HEAD START AND CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

SEC. 302. HEAD START AND CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.(a) Head Start.—(1) Technical assistance, guidance, and resources.—From the amount made available for Head Start in this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide training and technical assistance, guidance, and resources through the Region 4 and Region 6 offices of the Administration for Children and Families (and may provide training and technical assistance, guidance, and resources through other regional offices of the Administration, at the request of such offices that administer affected Head Start agencies and Early Head Start entities) to Head Start agencies and Early Head Start entities in areas affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster, and to affected Head Start agencies and Early Head Start entities, to assist the agencies and entities involved to address the health and counseling needs of infants, toddlers, and young children affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster. Such training and technical assistance may be provided by contract or cooperative agreement with qualified national, regional, or local providers.(2) Waiver.—For such period up to September 30, 2006, and to such extent as the Secretary considers appropriate, the Secretary of Health and Human Services—(A) may waive section 640(b) of the Head Start Act for Head Start agencies located in an area affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster, and other affected Head Start agencies and Early Head Start agencies; and(B) shall waive requirements of documentation for individuals adversely affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster who participate in a Head Start program or an Early Head Start program funded under the Head Start Act.(b) Child Care and Development Block Grant.—(1) Child care and development block grant act of 1990.—For such period up to September 30, 2006, and to such extent as the Secretary considers to be appropriate, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may waive, for any affected State, and any State serving significant numbers of individuals adversely affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster, provisions of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.)—(A) relating to Federal income limitations on eligibility to receive child care services for which assistance is provided under such Act;(B) relating to work requirements applicable to eligibility to receive child care services for which assistance is provided under such Act;(C) relating to limitations on the use of funds under section 658G of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990;(D) preventing children designated as evacuees from receiving priority for child care services provided under such Act, except that children residing in a State and 119 STAT. 2812 currently receiving services should not lose such services to accommodate evacuee children; and(E) relating to any non-Federal or capital contribution required (including copayment or other cost sharing by parents receiving child care assistance) to match Federal funds provided under programs administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services;(2) Technical assistance and guidance.—The Secretary may provide assistance to States for the purpose of providing training, technical assistance, and guidance to eligible child care providers (as defined in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990) who are licensed and regulated, as applicable, by the States, to enable such providers to provide child care services for children and families described in paragraph (1). Such training and technical assistance may be provided through intermediary organizations, including those with demonstrated experience in providing training and technical assistance to programs serving school-age children up to age 13, involved in reinstituting child care services on a broad scale in areas affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster.