42 USC Ch. 105: Front Matter
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CHAPTER 105-COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS
SUBCHAPTER I-COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Sec.
9801.
Statement of purpose.
9802.
"Community development corporation" defined.
9803.
Repealed.
9804.
Advisory Community Investment Board.
(a)
National Community Investment Board; functions, composition, etc.
(b)
Function.
(c)
Local advisory community investment boards; establishment, composition, etc.
Part A-Urban and Rural Special Impact Programs
9805.
Statement of purpose.
9806.
Establishment and scope of programs.
9807.
Financial assistance requirements.
(a)
Conditions.
(b)
Relocations substantially increasing unemployment.
(c)
Community economic development program; application; specification of goals.
9808.
Federal share; amount; availability; ownership of property acquired with Federal financial assistance.
Part B-Special Rural Programs
9809.
Statement of purpose.
9810.
Financial assistance to low-income families, local cooperative associations, and local public or private nonprofit organizations or entities; amount, purposes, etc.
9811.
Limitation on assistance.
Part C-Development Loans to Community Economic Development Programs
9812.
Development loan fund.
(a)
Authorities, scope, and purposes; conditions; interest rate; repayment.
(b)
Adjustment of interest rates, moratorium on principal and interest, etc.
(c)
Establishment, funding, etc.
9812a.
Interest rates payable on certain rural development loans; assignment of loan contracts.
(a)
Modification of interest rates.
(b)
Assignment of certain loan contracts.
9813.
Model Community Economic Development Finance Corporation; establishment; functions.
Part D-Supportive Programs and Activities
9814.
Training and technical assistance.
(a)
Grants, contracts, and other arrangements; preconditions.
(b)
Technical assistance to community development corporations and urban and rural cooperatives.
(c)
Training for employees of community development corporations and employees and members of urban and rural cooperatives.
9815.
Small Business Administration and Department of Commerce economic development programs; regulations.
9816.
Department of Housing and Urban Development programs.
9817.
Department of Agriculture; Rural Development Administration programs.
9818.
Coordination and eligibility.
9819.
Evaluation of programs; implementation and funding, etc.; research and demonstration projects; implementation and purposes.
9820.
Grants to plan economic development and cooperative programs.
9821.
Nondiscrimination provisions.
9822.
Availability of certain appropriated funds.
SUBCHAPTER II-HEAD START PROGRAMS
9831.
Statement of purpose.
9832.
Definitions.
9833.
Financial assistance for Head Start programs.
9834.
Authorization of appropriations.
9835.
Allotment of funds.
(a)
Distribution of appropriations; priorities, etc.
(b)
Federal share.
(c)
Services covered.
(d)
Enrollment of children with disabilities and provision of services.
(e)
Distribution of benefits between residents of rural and urban areas.
(f)
Guidelines for local service delivery models.
(g)
Maintenance of current services; expansion of Head Start programs.
(h)
Full-working-day services.
(i)
Vehicle safety regulations.
(j)
Compensation of staff.
(k)
Flexibility in hours of service requirement.
(l)
Frequent relocation of migrant families.
9835a.
Repealed.
9836.
Designation of Head Start agencies.
(a)
Authorization; prerequisites.
(b)
Definition.
(c)
Priority.
(d)
Designation; Head Start agency; qualified applicants.
(e)
Designation of agency on an interim basis.
(f)
Involvement of parents and area residents in selection of agencies.
(g)
Priority for nonprofit agencies and applicants with demonstrated capacity.
9836a.
Quality standards; monitoring of Head Start agencies and programs.
(a)
Quality standards.
(b)
Results-based performance measures.
(c)
Monitoring of local agencies and programs.
(d)
Corrective action; termination.
(e)
Summaries of monitoring outcomes.
9837.
Powers and functions of Head Start agencies.
(a)
Receipt, administration, and transfer of funds; sponsorship of projects; delegation of authority, etc.
(b)
Participation of parents in decisionmaking, implementation, etc.
(c)
Coordination with other agencies.
(d)
Transition coordination with schools.
(e)
Assessment when hiring or evaluating classroom teachers.
9837a.
Head Start transition.
9838.
Submission of plans to chief executive officer.
9839.
Administrative requirements and standards.
(a)
Employment practices, nonpartisanship, staff accountability, public access to information, etc.
(b)
Development and administrative costs of programs.
(c)
Rules and regulations; special or simplified requirements for small agencies; common or joint use of facilities.
(d)
Publication and notification of proposed rules, etc.
(e)
Neutrality concerning union organizing.
(f)
Purchase of facility; approval requirements; financial assistance.
(g)
Payments for capital expenditures.
(h)
Personnel preferences to Indian tribe members.
9840.
Participation in Head Start programs.
(a)
Criteria for eligibility.
(b)
Establishment of fee schedule or charging of fees; payment by families willing and able to pay.
(c)
Availability of more than one year of services; children eligible.
(d)
Indian tribes.
9840a.
Early Head Start programs for families with infants and toddlers.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Scope and design of programs.
(c)
Persons eligible to participate.
(d)
Eligible service providers.
(e)
Selection of grant recipients.
(f)
Distribution.
(g)
Monitoring, training, technical assistance, and evaluation.
9841.
Appeals, notice, hearing, and mediation; alternative agency for Indian tribe.
(a)
Notice requirements; suspension or termination of assistance stayed pending hearing; mediation.
(b)
Notification of conflict by Head Start agency to regional office.
(c)
Timeline for administrative hearing.
(d)
Termination of designation not stayed upon appeal.
(e)
Establishment of alternative agency by Indian tribe.
9842.
Records and audits.
9843.
Technical assistance and training.
(a)
Technical assistance and personnel training.
(b)
Consideration of local needs.
(c)
Prioritization of resource allocation.
(d)
Training in performing and visual arts and electronic media.
(e)
Child development and assessment program.
9843a.
Staff qualifications and development.
(a)
Classroom teachers.
(b)
Mentor teachers.
(c)
Family service workers.
(d)
Head Start Fellowships.
(e)
Model staffing plans.
9844.
Research, demonstrations, and evaluation.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Conduct of research, demonstration, and evaluation activities.
(c)
Consultation and collaboration.
(d)
Specific objectives.
(e)
Longitudinal studies.
(f)
Ownership of results.
(g)
National Head Start impact research.
(h)
Quality improvement study.
9845.
Repealed.
9846.
Reports.
(a)
Status of children.
(b)
Facilities.
9846a, 9847. Repealed.
9848.
Comparability of wages.
9849.
Nondiscrimination provisions.
(a)
Discrimination based on race, creed, color, etc., as basis for denial of financial assistance.
(b)
Sex discrimination; enforcement provisions applicable.
(c)
Discrimination based on handicapping condition as basis for denial of financial assistance.
9850.
Limitation with respect to certain unlawful activities.
9851.
Political activities.
9852.
Advance funding.
9852a.
Repealed.
SUBCHAPTER II–A-HEAD START TRANSITION PROJECT
9855 to 9855g. Repealed.
SUBCHAPTER II–B-CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
9858.
Authorization of appropriations.
9858a.
Establishment of block grant program.
9858b.
Lead agency.
(a)
Designation.
(b)
Duties.
9858c.
Application and plan.
(a)
Application.
(b)
Period covered by plan.
(c)
Requirements of a plan.
(d)
Approval of application.
9858d.
Limitations on State allotments.
(a)
No entitlement to contract or grant.
(b)
Construction of facilities.
9858e.
Activities to improve quality of child care.
9858f.
Repealed.
9858g.
Administration and enforcement.
(a)
Administration.
(b)
Enforcement.
9858h.
Payments.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Method of payment.
(c)
Spending of funds by State.
9858i.
Reports and audits.
(a)
Reports.
(b)
Audits.
9858j.
Report by Secretary.
9858k.
Limitations on use of financial assistance for certain purposes.
(a)
Sectarian purposes and activities.
(b)
Tuition.
9858l.
Nondiscrimination.
(a)
Religious nondiscrimination.
(b)
Effect on State law.
9858m.
Amounts reserved; allotments.
(a)
Amounts reserved.
(b)
State allotment.
(c)
Payments for benefit of Indian children.
(d)
Data and information.
(e)
Reallotments.
(f)
"State" defined.
9858n.
Definitions.
9858o.
Parental rights and responsibilities.
9858p.
Severability.
9858q.
Miscellaneous provisions.
SUBCHAPTER III-FOLLOW THROUGH PROGRAMS
9861 to 9869. Repealed.
SUBCHAPTER IV-GRANTS TO STATES FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF DEPENDENT CARE PROGRAMS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
9871.
Authorization of appropriations.
9872.
Allotments.
9873.
Payments under allotments to States.
9874.
Use of allotments.
(a)
Referral systems; information; contents.
(b)
School-age child care services; assurances; estimates.
(c)
Percentage of allotment; waiver.
(d)
Prohibition; use of amounts.
(e)
Federal share; cost of administration.
(f)
Duplication of services.
(g)
Technical assistance to States; planning and operational activities.
9875.
Application and description of activities; requirements.
(a)
Applications.
(b)
Certifications.
(c)
Description; intended use of payments; comments; revision.
(d)
Application to Public Health Service Act.
9876.
Report.
9877.
Definitions.
SUBCHAPTER V-COMPREHENSIVE CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
9881 to 9887. Repealed.