day care projects

day care projects Sec. 107. (a) Title V of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is amended by adding the following new part at the end thereof: “Part B— Day Care Projects “statement of purpose “Sec. 521. The purpose of this part is to provide day care for children from families which need such assistance to become or remain self-sufficient or otherwise to obtain objectives related to the purposes of this Act, with particular emphasis upon enabling the parents or relatives of such children to choose to undertake or to continue basic education, vocational training, or gainful employment. “financial assistance for day care projects “Sec. 522. (a) The Director is authorized to provide financial assistance to appropriate public agencies and private organizations to pay not to exceed 90 per centum of the cost of planning, conducting, administering, and evaluating projects under which children from low-income families or from urban and rural areas with large concentrations or proportions of low-income persons may receive day care. Non-Federal contributions may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including but not limited to plant, equipment and services. Such day care projects shall provide health, education, social, and such other supportive services as may be needed. Financial assistance under this section may be provided to employers, labor unions, or to joint employer-union organizations, for day care projects established at or in association with a place of employment or training where such projects are financed in major part through private funds. Project costs payable under this part may include costs of renovation and alteration of physical facilities. Financial assistance under this section may be provided in conjunction with or to supplement day care projects under the Social Security Act or other relevant statutes. “(b) The Director may require a family which is not a low-income family to make payment, in whole or in part, for the day care services provided under this program where the family’s financial condition is, or becomes through employment or otherwise, such as to make such payment appropriate. “(c) The Director may provide, directly or through contracts or other arrangements, technical assistance and training necessary for the initiation or effective operation of programs under this part. “(d) The Director and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall take all necessary steps to coordinate programs under their jurisdictions which provide day care, with a view to establishing, insofar as possible, a common set of program standards and regulations, and mechanisms for coordination at the State and local levels. In approving applications for assistance under this part, the Director shall take into consideration (1) the extent to which applicants show evidence of coordination and cooperation between their projects and other day care programs in the areas which they will serve, and (2) the extent to which unemployed or low-income individuals are to be employed, including individuals receiving or eligible to receive assistance under the Social Security Act. 81 Stat. 714 “(e) Each project to which payments are made hereunder shall provide for a thorough evaluation. This evaluation shall be conducted by such agency or independent public or private organization as the Director shall designate, with a view to determining, among other things, the extent to which the day care provided may have increased the employment of parents and relatives of the children served, the extent to which such day care may have reduced the costs of aid and services to such children, the extent to which such children have received health and educational benefits, and the extent to which the project has been coordinated with other day care activities in the area served. Up to 100 per centum of the costs of evaluation may be paid by the Director from funds appropriated for the purposes of carrying out this part, except that where such evaluation is carried on by the assisted agency itself, he may pay only 90 per centum of such costs. Such evaluations, together with a report on the program described in this part, shall be included in the report required by section 608. “duration of programs “Sec. 523. The Director shall carry out the programs provided for in this part during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and the two succeeding fiscal years.” (b) The heading of title V of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is amended to read as follows: “TITLE V— WORK EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, AND DAY CARE PROGRAMS” (c) Title V of such Act is further amended by inserting after the heading thereof the following: “Part A— Work Experience and Training Programs” (d) Sections 501, 502, 503, 504, and 505 of such Act are amended by striking out “this title” wherever it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “this part”.