Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 1.djvu/1186

 98 STAT. 1138

PUBLIC LAW 98-369—JULY 18, 1984

"(b) The integration of service delivery systems for human services programs in any State or locality under a pilot project established under this section shall involve or include— "(1) the development of a common set of terms for use in all of the human services programs involved; "(2) the development for each applicant of a single comprehensive family profile which is suitable for use under all of the human services programs involved; "(3) the establishment and maintenance of a single resources directory by which the citizens of the community involved may be informed of and gain access to the services which are available under all such programs; "(4) the development of a unified budget and budgeting process, and a unified accounting system, with standardized audit procedures; "(5) the implementation of unified planning, needs assessment, and evaluation; "(6) the consolidation of agency locations and related transportation services; "(7) the standardization of procedures for purchasing services from nongovermental sources; "(8) the creation of communications linkages among agencies to permit the serving of individual and family needs across program and agency lines; "(9) the development, to the maximum extent possible, of uniform application and eligibility determination procedures; and "(10) any other methods, arrangements, and procedures which the Secretary determines are necessary or desirable for, and consistent with, the establishment and operation of an integrated service delivery system. "(c)(1) Any State which desires to establish and conduct a pilot project under this section, after having published a description of the proposed project and invited comments thereon from interested persons in the community or communities which would be affected, shall submit an application to the Secretary (in such form and containing such information as the Secretary may require) within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this section. The proposed project may be statewide in operation or may be limited to one or more political subdivisions of the State; and the application shall in any event include or be accompanied by satisfactory assurances that the project as proposed would be permitted under applicable State and local law. "(2) The Secretary shall consider all applications and accompanying comments and materials which are submitted under paragraph (1), and, no later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this section, shall approve no fewer than 3 nor more than 5 of the proposed projects (including one such project to be operated on a statewide basis). In considering and approving such applications the Secretary shall take into account the size and characteristics of the population that would be served by each proposed project, the desirability of wide geographic distribution among the projects, the number and nature of the human services programs which are in active operation in the various communities involved, and such other factors as may tend to indicate whether or not a particular proposed project would provide a useful and effective demonstration of the value of an integrated service delivery system. Each project

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