INITIATIVE ON FAMILIES WITH INFANTS AND TODDLERS.

SEC. 112. INITIATIVE ON FAMILIES WITH INFANTS AND TODDLERS. (a) Establishment.— The Act is amended by adding after section 645 (42 U.S.C. 9840) the following new section: “SEC. 645A PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES WITH INFANTS AND TODDLERS. “(a) In General.— The Secretary shall make grants, in accordance with the provisions of this section for— “(1) programs providing family-centered services for low- income families with very young children designed to promote the development of the children, and to enable their parents to fulfill their roles as parents and to move toward self-sufficiency; and “(2) provision of training and technical assistance to entities carrying out programs, and evaluation of programs, that were supported under the Comprehensive Child Development Act (42 U.S.C. 9881 et seq.), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this section. “(b) Scope and Design of Programs.— In carrying out a program described in subsection (a), an entity receiving assistance under this section shall— “(1) provide, either directly or through referral, early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services that will enhance the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of participating children; “(2) ensure that the level of services provided to families responds to their needs and circumstances; “(3) promote positive parent-child interactions; “(4) provide services to parents to support their role as parents and to help the families move toward self-sufficiency (including educational and employment services as appropriate); “(5) coordinate services with services provided by programs in the State and programs in the community to ensure a comprehensive array of services (such as health and mental health services); “(6) ensure formal linkages with local Head Start programs in order to provide for continuity of services for children and families; “(7) in the case of a Head Start agency that operates a program and that also provides Head Start services through the age of mandatory school attendance, ensure that children and families participating in the program receive such services through such are: and 108 STAT. 639 “(8) meet such other requirements concerning design and operation of the program described in subsection (a) as the Secretary may establish. “(c) Persons Eligible To Participate.— Persons who may participate in programs described in subsection (a)(1) include— “(1) pregnant women; and “(2) families with children under age 3 (or under age 5, in the case of children served by an entity specified in subsection (e)(3)); who meet the income criteria specified for families in section 645(a)(1). “(d) Eligible Service Providers.— To be eligible to receive assistance under this section, an entity shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. Entities that may apply to carry out activities under this section include— “(1) entities operating Head Start programs under this subchapter; “(2) entities that, on the day before the date of enactment of this section, were operating— “(A) Parent-Child Centers receiving financial assistance under section 640(a)(4), as in effect on such date; or “(B) programs receiving financial assistance under the Comprehensive Child Development Act, as in effect on such date; and “(3) other public entities, and nonprofit private entities, capable of providing child and family services that meet the standards for participation in programs under this subchapter and meet such other appropriate requirements relating to the activities under this section as the Secretary may establish. “(e) Time-Limited Priority for Certain Entities.— “(1) In general.— From amounts allotted pursuant to para-graphs (2) and (4) of section 640(a), the Secretary shall provide financial assistance in accordance with paragraphs (2) through (4). “(2) Parent-child centers.—The Secretary shall make financial assistance available under this section for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997 to any entity that— “(A) complies with subsection (b); and “(B) received funding as a Parent-Child Center pursuant to section 640(a)(4), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this section, for fiscal year 1994. “(3) Comprehensive child development centers.— “(A) In the case of an entity that received a grant for fiscal year 1994 to operate a project under the Comprehensive Child Development Act, the Secretary— “(i) shall make financial assistance available under this section, in a comparable amount and scope to the assistance provided for fiscal year 1994, for the duration of the project period specified in the grant award to such entity under such Act; and “(ii) shall permit such entity, in carrying out activities assisted under this section, to serve children from birth through age 5. “(B) In the case of an entity that received a grant for fiscal year 1989 to operate a project under the Com-108 STAT. 640prehensive Child Development Act, the Secretary shall make assistance available under this section for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997 to any entity that com-plies with subsection (b). “(4) Evaluations, training, and technical assistance.—The Secretary shall make financial assistance available under this section as necessary to provide for the evaluation of, and furnishing of training and technical assistance to, programs specified in paragraph (3)(A). “(f) Selection of Other Grant Recipients.— From the balance remaining of the portion specified in section 640(a)(6), after making grants to the eligible entities specified in subsection (e), the Secretary shall award grants under this subsection on a competitive basis to applicants meeting the criteria specified in subsection (d) (giving priority to entities with a record of providing early, continuous, ana comprehensive childhood development and family services). “(g) Distribution.— In awarding grants to eligible applicants under this section, the Secretary shall— “(1) ensure an equitable national geographic distribution of the grants; and “(2) award grants to applicants proposing to serve communities in rural areas and to applicants proposing to serve communities in urban areas. “(h) Secretarial Responsibilities.— “(1) Guidelines.— Not later than September 30, 1994, the Secretary shall develop program guidelines concerning the content and operation of programs assisted under this section— “(A) in consultation with experts in early childhood development, experts in health, and experts in family services; and “(B) taking into consideration the knowledge and experience gained from other early childhood programs, including programs under the Comprehensive Child Development Act, and from migrant Head Start programs that serve a large number of infants and toddlers. “(2) Standards.— Not later than December 30, 1994, the Secretary shall develop and publish performance standards for programs assisted under this section, and a grant announcement based on the guidelines developed under paragraph (1). “(3) Monitoring, training, technical assistance, and evaluation.— In order to ensure the successful operation of programs assisted under this section, the Secretary shall use funds from the balance described in subsection (f) to monitor the operation of such programs, evaluate their effectiveness, and provide training and technical assistance tailored to the particular needs of such programs.”. (b) Consolidation.— (1) In General.—In recognition that the Comprehensive Child Development Centers Act has demonstrated positive results, and that its purposes and functions have been consolidated into section 645A of the Head Start Act, the Comprehensive Child Development Centers Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 9801 note) and the Comprehensive Child Development Act (42 U.S.C. 9881 et seq.) are repealed. (2) Repeals.— 108 STAT. 641 (A) Part E of title II of the Augustus F. Hawkins- Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Amendments of 1988 (Public Law 100–297; 102 Stat. 325) is repealed. (B) Subchapter F of chapter 8 of subtitle A of title VI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–35; 42 U.S.C. 9801 note, et seq.) is repealed. (c) Conforming Amendment.—Section 638 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9833) is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking “(a)”; and (2) by striking subsection (b).