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105 STAT. 106 PUBLIC LAW 102-25—APR. 6, 1991 for fiscal year 1991 under section 101(a), $20,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions of this section. The costs of carrying out such provisions are incremental costs associated with Operation Desert Storm. (c) SUPPLEMENTATION OF OTHER PUBLIC FUNDS. —Funds appropriated pursuant to subsection Qy) that are made available to carry out this section may be used only to supplement, and not to supplant, the amount of any other Federal, State, or local government funds otherwise expended or authorized for the support of child care programs for members of the Armed Forces. 10 USC 113 SEC. 602. FAMILY EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of Defense may provide assistance in accordance with this section to families of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in order to ensure that those families receive educational assistance and family support services necessary to meet needs arising out of Operation Desert Storm. 0)) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE. —The assistance authorized by this section may be provided to families directly or through the awarding of grants, contracts, or other forms of financial assistance to appropriate private or public entities. (c) GEOGRAPHIC AREAS ASSISTED. —(1) Such assistance shall be provided primarily in geographic areas— (A) in which a substantial number of members of the active components of the Armed Forces of the United States are permanently assigned and from which a significant number of such members are being deployed, or have been deployed, in connection with Operation Desert Storm; or (B) from which a significant number of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces ordered to, or retained on, active duty pursuant to section 672(a), 672(d), 673, 673b, or 688 of title 10, United States Code, are being deployed, or have been deployed, in connection with Operation Desert Storm. (2) The Secretary of Defense shall determine which areas meet the criteria set out in paragraph (1). (d) EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.— Educational assistance authorized by this section may be used for the furnishing of one or more of the following forms of assistance: (1) Individual or group counseling for children and other members of the families of members of the Armed Forces of the United States who have been deployed in connection with, or are casualties of. Operation Desert Storm. (2) Training and technical assistance to better prepare teachers and other school employees to address questions and concerns of children of such members of the Armed Forces. (3) Other appropriate programs, services, and information designed to address the special needs of children and other members of the families of members of the Armed Forces referred to in paragraph (1) resulting from the deployment, the return from deployment, or the medical or rehabilitation needs of such members. (e) FAMILY SUPPORT ASSISTANCE.— Family support assistance authorized by this section may be used for the following purposes: (1) Family crisis intervention. (2) Family counseling. (3) Family support groups. (4) Expenses for volunteer activities.