ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. (a) In General.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services may make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for the purpose of developing, implementing, and operating projects to demonstrate methods— (1) to prevent the abandonment of infants and young children; (2) to identify and address the needs of abandoned infants and young children, particularly those with acquired immune deficiency syndrome; (3) to assist abandoned infants and young children, particularly those with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, to reside with their natural families or in foster care, as appropriate; (4) to recruit, train, and retain foster families for abandoned infants and young children, particularly those with acquired immune deficiency syndrome; (5) to carry out residential care programs for abandoned infants and young children, particularly those with acquired immune deficiency syndrome; (6) to carry out programs of respite care for families and foster families of infants and young children with acquired immune deficiency syndrome; and (7) to recruit and train health and social services personnel to work with families, foster care families, and residential care programs for abandoned infants and young children, particularly those with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. (b) Case Plan With Respect to Foster Care.—The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless the applicant for the grant agrees that, if the applicant expends the grant to carry out any program of providing care to infants and young children in foster homes or in other nonmedical residential settings away from their parents, the applicant will ensure that— (1) a case plan of the type described in paragraph (1) of section 475 of the Social Security Act is developed for each such infant and young child (to the extent that such infant and young child is not otherwise covered by such a plan); and (2) the program includes a case review system of the type described in paragraph (5) of such section (covering each such infant and young child who is not otherwise subject to such a system). (c) Administration of Grant.—The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless the applicant for the grant agrees— (1) to use the funds provided under this section only for the purposes specified in the application submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary pursuant to subsection (d); 102 STAT. 2535 (2) to establish such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to ensure proper disbursement and accounting of Federal funds paid to the applicant under this section; (3) to report to the Secretary annually on the utilization, cost, and outcome of activities conducted, and services furnished, under this section; and (4) that if, during the majority of the 180-day period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act, the applicant has carried out any program with respect to the care of abandoned infants and young children, the applicant will expend the grant only for the purpose of significantly expanding, in accordance with subsection (a), activities under such program above the level provided under such program during the majority of such period. (d) Requirement of Application.—The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless— (1) an application for the grant is submitted to the Secretary; (2) with respect to carrying out the purpose for which the grant is to be made, the application provides assurances of compliance satisfactory to the Secretary; and (3) the application otherwise is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains such agreements, assurances, and information as the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. (e) Technical Assistance to Grantees.—The Secretary may, without charge to any grantee under subsection (a), provide technical assistance (including training) with respect to the planning, development, and operation of projects described in such subsection. The Secretary may provide such technical assistance directly, through contracts, or through grants. (f) Technical Assistance With Respect to Process of Applying for Grant.—The Secretary may provide technical assistance (including training) to public and nonprofit private entities with respect to the process of applying to the Secretary for a grant under subsection (a). The Secretary may provide such technical assistance directly, through contracts, or through grants.