Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/615

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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1981

PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

95 STAT. 589

applicant shall include the comments of the Governor with such application. "(f) No application submitted for a grant for a demonstration project for care services under this title may be approved unless the Secretary is satisfied that core services shall be available through the applicant within a reasonable time after such grant is received. "COORDINATION OF FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS

"SEC. 2007. (a) The Secretary shall coordinate Federal policies and 42 USC 300z-6. programs providing services relating to the prevention of adolescent sexual relations and initial and recurrent adolescent pregnancies and providing care services for pregnant adolescents. In achieving such coordination, the Secretary shall— "(1) require grantees who receive funds for demonstration projects for services under this title to report periodically to the Secretary concerning Federal, State, and local policies and programs that interfere with the delivery of and coordination of pregnancy prevention services and other programs of care for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parente; "(2) provide technical assistance to facilitate coordination by State and local recipients of Federal assistance; "(3) review all programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services which provide prevention services or care services to determine if the policies of such programs are consistent with the policies of this title, consult with other departments and agencies of the Federal Government who administer programs that provide such services, and encourage such other departments and agencies to make recommendations, as appropriate, for legislation to modify such programs in order to facilitate the use of all Government programs which provide such services as a basis for delivery of more comprehensive prevention services and more comprehensive programs of care for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents; "(4) gpLve priority in the provision of funds, where appropriate, to applicants using single or coordinated grant applications for multiple programs; and "(5) give priority, where appropriate, to the provision of funds under Federal programs administered by the Secretary (other than the program established by this title) to projects providing comprehensive prevention services and comprehensive programs of care for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents. "(b) Any recipient of a grant for a demonstration project for services under this title shall coordinate its activities with any other recipient of such a grant which is located in the same locality. "RESEARCH

"SEC. 2008. (a)(1) The Secretary may make grants and enter into 42 USC 300z-7. contracts with public agencies or private organizations or institutions of higher education to support the research and dissemination activities described in paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) of section 2001(b). "(2) The Secretary may make grants or enter into contracts under this section for a period of one year. A grant or contract under this section for a project may be renewed for four additional one-year periods, which need not be consecutive. "(3) A grant or contract for any one-year period under this section may not exceed $100,000 for the direct costs of conducting research or