maintenance of effort

maintenance of effort Sec. 206. Part B of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 84 Stat. 1327 “maintenance of effort “Sec. 127. Applications for grants under this part may be approved by the Secretary only if the application contains or is supported by reasonable assurances that the grants will not result in any decrease in the level of State, local, and other non-Federal funds for services for persons with developmental disabilities and training of persons to provide such services which would (except, for such grant) be available to the applicant, but that such grants will be used to supplement, and, to the extent practicable, to increase the level of such funds.”