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[80 STAT. 1462]
PUBLIC LAW 89-000—MMMM. DD, 1966
[80 STAT. 1462]

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PUBLIC LAW 89-794-NOV. 8, 1966

[80 STAT.

Federal agencies or the making of grants or contracts that might be made by other Federal agencies having demonstration and research responsibilities, shall be approved by the Director only after consultation with such agencies. The Director shall include as part of the annual report required by section 608, or as a separate and simultaneous report, a description of the principal research and demonstration activities undertaken during each fiscal year under this part, a statement indicating the relation of such activities to the plan and the policies of this Act, and a statement with respect to each such category, describing the results or findings of such research and demonstration activities, or indicating the time or period, and to the extent possible the manner, in which the benefits or expected benefits of such activities will or are expected to be realized. The Director shall require that all applications or proposals for research or demonstrations shall be filed simultaneously in the appropriate regional office of the Office of Economic Opportunity, and shall require such offices to review and make recommendations with respect thereto within fifteen days from the date of filing.-' COMMUNITY ACTION — L I M I T A T I O N S ON

79^813^*97^^' 42 USC 27*88.

ASSISTANCE

^^^' ^"^^' S^^tion 208(a) of the Act is amended by striking out "three years after the date of enactment of this Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1967", and by striking out "50 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof "80 per centum". COMMUNITY ACTION

HEADSTART A N D LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAMS

42 USC 2781 et gjjc. 215. Title II of the Act is amended by inserting after section

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211 the following new section: uHEADSTART A N D LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAMS

"SEC, 211-1. (a) I n carrying out sections 204 and 205, the Director shall carry out programs eligible for assistance under such sections which assist young children who have not reached the age of compulsory school attendance and which include (1) the furnishing of such comprehensive health, nutritional, social, educational, and mental health services as the Director finds will aid such children to attain their greatest potential, (2) the provision of appropriate activities to encourage the participation of parents of such children and the effective use of their services, and (3) such other training, technical assistance, evaluation, and follow-through activities as may be necessary or appropriate. " (b) I n carrying out sections 204 and 205, the Director shall carry out programs eligible for assistance under such sections, which provide legal advice and legal representation to persons when they are unable to afford the services of a private attorney, together with legal research and information as appropriate to mobilize the assistance of lawyers or legal institutions, or combinations thereof, to further the cause of justice among persons living in poverty: Provided, That the Director shall establish procedures to assure that the principal local bar associations in the area to be served by any proposed program of legal advice and representation are afforded an adequate opportunity to review the proposed program and to submit comments and recommendations thereon before such program is approved or funded."