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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

92 STAT. 3598

Limitation.

Waiver.

PUBLIC LAW 95-626—NOV. 10, 1978 (5) make use, to the maximum extent feasible, of other Federal, State, and local funds, programs, contributions, and other thirdparty reimbursements; (6) can demonstrate a community commitment to the program by making available to the project non-Federal funds, personnel, and facilities; and (7) have involved the community to be served, including public and private agencies, adolescents, and families, in the planning and implementation of the project. (b)(1) The amount of a grant under this Act shall be determined by the Secretary, based on factors such as the incidence of adolescent pregnancy in the geographic area to be served, and the adequacy of pregnancy prevention and pregnancy-related services in the area to be served. (2) In making grants under this Act, the Secretary shall consider the special needs of rural areas and, to the maximum extent practicable, shall distribute funds in consideration of the relative number of adolescents in such areas in need of such services. (c)(1) A grantee may not receive funds under this Act for a period in excess of 5 years. (2) Subject to paragraph (3), a grant made under this Act may not exceed 70 percent of the costs of a project assisted under this Act for the first and second years of the project. In each year succeeding the second year of the project the amount of the Federal grant under this Act shall decrease by no less than 10 percent of the amount of the Federal grant under this Act in the preceding year. (3) The Secretary may waive the limitation specified in paragraph (2) in any year in accordance with criteria established by regulation. REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT APPROVAL

42 USC 300a-26.

SEC. 606. (a) An application for a grant under this Act shall be in such form and contain such information as the Secretary may require, and shall include— (1) an identification of the incidence of adolescent pregnancy and related problems; (2) a description of the economic conditions and income levels in the geographic area to be served; (3) a description of existing pregnancy prevention and pregnancy-related services (including family life and sex education), and including where, how, by whom and to whom they are provided, and the extent to which they are coordinated in the geographic area to be served; (4) a description of the major unmet needs for services for adolescents at risk of initial or repeat pregnancies, the number of adolescents currently served in the area, and the number of adolescents not being served in the area; (5) a description of how all of the core services will be provided in the project using funds under this Act or otherwise provided by the grantee, to whom they will be provided, how they will be coordinated, integrated, and linked with other related programs and services and the source or sources of funding of such core services; (6) a description of how adolescents needing services other than those provided directly by the grantee will be identified and how