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101 STAT. 1330-320
PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1987
101 STAT. 1330-320

101 STAT. 1330-320

Grants.

PUBLIC LAW 100-203—DEC. 22, 1987

onstrate methods to recruit, train, and retain foster care families; and "(C) such other projects as the Secretary determines will best serve the interests of such infants and will serve as models for projects that agencies or organizations in other communities may wish to develop. "(3) In the case of any project which includes the use of funds authorized under this subsection for the care of infants in foster homes or other non-medical residential settings away from their parents, there shall be developed for each such infant a case plan of the type described in section 475(1) (to the extent that such infant is not otherwise covered by such a plan), and each such project shall include a case review system of the type described in section 475(5) (covering each such infant who is not otherwise subject to such a system). "(4) In evaluating applications from entities proposing to conduct demonstration projects under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to those projects that serve areas most in need of alternative care arrangements for infants described in paragraph (1). "(5) No project may be funded unless the application therefor contains assurances that it will— "(A) provide for adequate evaluation; "(B) provide for coordination with local governments; "(C) provide for community education regarding the inappropriate hospitalization of infants; "(D) use, to the extent practical, other available private, local. State, and Federal sources for the provision of direct services; and "(E) meet such other criteria as the Secretary may prescribe. "(6) Grants may be used to pay the costs of maintenance and of necessary medical and social services (to the extent that these costs are not otherwise paid for under other titles of this Act), and for such other purposes as the Secretary may allow. "(7) The Secretary shall provide training and technical assistance to grantees, as requested.". SEC. 9138. STUDY OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN WITH AIDS IN FOSTER CARE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the "Secretary") shall conduct (or arrange for) a survey to determine— (1) the total number of infants and children in the United States who have been diagnosed as having acquired immune deficiency syndrome and who have been placed in foster care; (2) the problems encountered by social service agencies in placing infants and children with such syndrome in foster care; and (3) the potential increase (over the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act) in the number of infants and children with such syndrome who will require foster care. For purposes of this section, an infant or child with acquired immune deficiency syndrome includes an infant or child who is infected with the virus associated with such syndrome. (b) RESTRICTION ON SCOPE OF SURVEY.—In conducting (or arranging for) the survey under subsection (a), the Secretary shall assure