PUBLIC LAW 109–442—DEC. 21, 2006
120 STAT. 3293
‘‘(c) FEDERAL LIFESPAN APPROACH.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall work in cooperation with the National Family Caregiver Support Program of the Administration on Aging and other respite care programs within the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure coordination of respite care services for family caregivers of children and adults with special needs. ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.— ‘‘(1) SUBMISSION.—Each Governor desiring the eligible State agency of his or her State to receive a grant or cooperative agreement under this section shall submit an application on behalf of such agency to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary shall require. ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted under this section shall include— ‘‘(A) a description of the eligible State agency’s— ‘‘(i) ability to work with other State and community-based agencies; ‘‘(ii) understanding of respite care and family caregiver issues across all age groups, disabilities, and chronic conditions; and ‘‘(iii) capacity to ensure meaningful involvement of family members, family caregivers, and care recipients; ‘‘(B) with respect to the population of family caregivers to whom respite care information or services will be provided or for whom respite care workers and volunteers will be recruited and trained, a description of— ‘‘(i) the population of family caregivers; ‘‘(ii) the extent and nature of the respite care needs of that population; ‘‘(iii) existing respite care services for that population, including numbers of family caregivers being served and extent of unmet need; ‘‘(iv) existing methods or systems to coordinate respite care information and services to the population at the State and local level and extent of unmet need; ‘‘(v) how respite care information dissemination and coordination, respite care services, respite care worker and volunteer recruitment and training programs, or training programs for family caregivers that assist such family caregivers in making informed decisions about respite care services will be provided using grant or cooperative agreement funds; ‘‘(vi) a plan for administration, collaboration, and coordination of the proposed respite care activities with other related services or programs offered by public or private, nonprofit entities, including area agencies on aging; ‘‘(vii) how the population, including family caregivers, care recipients, and relevant public or private agencies, will participate in the planning and implementation of the proposed respite care activities; ‘‘(viii) how the proposed respite care activities will make use, to the maximum extent feasible, of other
VerDate 14-DEC-2004
12:05 Jul 13, 2007
Jkt 059194
PO 00003
Frm 00096
Fmt 6580
Sfmt 6581
E:\PUBLAW\PUBL003.109
APPS06
PsN: PUBL003
�
