Sec. 734. Grants for development of projects
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The Secretary may make grants to State health agencies or to local community partnerships to develop school health service sites. A project for which a grant may be made under subsection
(a)may include the cost of the following: Planning for the provision of school health services. Recruitment, compensation, and training of health and administrative staff. The development of agreements, and the acquisition and development of equipment and information services, necessary to support information exchange between school health service sites and health plans, health providers, and other entities authorized to collect information under this Act. Other activities necessary to assume operational status. Applicants shall submit applications in a form and manner prescribed by the Secretary. In the case of applicants that are State health agencies, the application shall contain assurances that the State health agency is applying for funds— on behalf of at least 1 local community partnership; and on behalf of at least 1 other community identified by the State as in need of the services funded under this subtitle but without a local community partnership. In the case of the communities identified in applications submitted by State health agencies that do not yet have local community partnerships (including the community identified under subparagraph (A)(ii)), the State shall describe the steps that will be taken to aid the communities in developing a local community partnership. A State applying on behalf of local community partnerships and other communities may retain not more than 10 percent of grants awarded under this subtitle for administrative costs. In order to receive a grant under this section, an applicant shall include in the application the following information: An assessment of the need for school health services in the communities to be served, using the latest available health data and health goals and objectives established by the Secretary. A description of how the applicant will design the proposed school health services to reach the maximum number of school-aged children who are at risk. An explanation of how the applicant will integrate its services with those of other health and social service programs within the community. A description of a quality assurance program which complies with standards that the Secretary may prescribe. Not more than 1 planning grant may be made to a single applicant. A planning grant may not exceed 2 years in duration.