Sec. 732. Eligibility for development and operation grants
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Entities eligible to apply for and receive grants under section 734 or 735 are the following: State health agencies that apply on behalf of local community partnerships and other communities in need of health services for school-aged children within the State. Local community partnerships in States in which health agencies have not applied. A local community partnership under subsection (a)(2) is an entity that, at a minimum, includes— a local health care provider with experience in delivering services to school-aged children; 1 or more local public schools; and at least 1 community based organization located in the community to be served that has a history of providing services to school-aged children in the community who are at-risk.
A partnership described in paragraph
(1)shall, to the maximum extent feasible, involve broad based community participation from parents and adolescent children to be served, health and social service providers, teachers and other public school and school board personnel, development and service organizations for adolescent children, and interested business leaders. Such participation may be evidenced through an expanded partnership, or an advisory board to such partnership. For purposes of this subtitle: The term adolescent children means school-aged children who are adolescents. The term school-aged children means individuals who are between the ages of 4 and 19 (inclusive).