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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

PUBLIC LAW 98-558—OCT. 30, 1984

98 STAT. 2881

section 670B for fiscal year 1985 and fiscal year 1986 may be used for the planning, development, establishment, expansion, or improvement by the States, directly or by grant or contract with public or private entities, of State and local resource and referral systems to provide information concerning the availability, types, costs, and locations of dependent care services. The information provided by any such system shall include— "(1) the types of dependent care services available, including services provided by individual homes, religious organizations, community organizations, employers, private industry, and public and private institutions; "(2) the costs of available dependent care services; "(3) the locations in which dependent care services are provided; "(4) the forms of transportation available to such locations; "(5) the hours during which such dependent care services are available; "(6) the dependents eligible to enroll for such dependent care services; and "(7) any resource and referral system planned, developed, established, expanded, or improved with amounts paid to a State under this subchapter. In carrying out clause (7) of the previous sentence, no information shall be included with respect to any dependent care services which are not provided in compliance with the laws of the State and localities in which such services are provided. "(b)(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d), amounts paid to a State under section 670C from its allotment under section 670B for fiscal year 1985 and fiscal year 1986 may be used for the planning, development, establishment, expansion, or improvement by the States, directly, or by grant or contract, with public agencies or private nonprofit organizations of programs to furnish school-age child care services before and after school in public or private school facilities or in community centers in communities where school facilities are not available. "(2) The State, with respect to the uses of funds described in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall— "(A) provide assurances, in the case of an applicant that is not a State or local educational agency, that the applicant has or will enter into an agreement with the State or local educational agency, institution of higher education or community center containing provisions for— "(i) the use of facilities for the provision of before or after school child care services (including such use during holidays and vacation periods), '(ii) the restrictions, if any, on the use of such space, and "(iii) the times when the space will be available for the use of the applicant; "(B) provide an estimate of the costs of the establishment of the child care service program in the facilities; "(C) provide assurances that the parents of school-age children will be involved in the development and implementation of the program for which assistance is sought under this Act; "(D) provide assurances that the applicant is able and willing to seek to enroll racially, ethnically, and economically diverse as well as handicapped school-age children in the child care service program for which assistance is sought under this Act;