Sec. 154. PRIORITY FOR GRANT AWARDS

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## SEC. 154 PRIORITY FOR GRANT AWARDS **[**6064**]** ###

(a)In General In awarding and distributing grant funds under this part, the Secretary, subject to the availability of appropriations, shall award and distribute grant funds in accordance with the following order of priorities: ####

(1)Existing state university affiliated programs First priority shall be given, with respect to the provision of grant awards under section 152(a) in the amount of $200,000, to an existing State university affiliated program that meets the requirements under section 153. ####

(2)Unserved states Second priority shall be given, with respect to the provision of grant awards under section 152(a) in the amount of $200,000, to a university or public or nonprofit entity associated with a college or university that desires to establish a university affiliated program in a State that is unserved by a university affiliated program as of the date of enactment of the Developmental Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Amendments of 1994. ####

(3)Training projects in all university affiliated programs Third priority shall be given, with respect to the provision of grant awards, to each university affiliated program that receives funding under section 152(a) and that meets the eligibility limitations under section 152(b) to the establishment of training projects under section 152(b) in the amount of $90,000 in each such program. ####

(4)Increased funding for training projects Fourth priority shall be given, with respect to the provision of grant awards, to the provision of an increase in the amount of a training project grant award under section 152(b) to $100,000. ####

(5)Increased funding for university affiliated programs Fifth priority shall be given, with respect to the provision of grant awards, to the provision of an increase in the amount of a university affiliated program grant award under section 152(a) to $250,000. ####

(6)Additional training Sixth priority shall be given, with respect to the provision of grant awards, to an existing university affiliated program in a State that is served by such program under section 152(a) to provide additional training under subsection

(b)or

(c)of section 152 within such State or other geographic regions, or to a university or public or nonprofit entity associated with a college or university that desires to establish another university affiliated program within such State under section 152(a). All applications submitted to the Secretary for such grant awards shall document plans for coordinating activities with an existing university affiliated program in the State (if applicable) and in consultation with the State Developmental Disabilities Council. ###

(b)Additional Programs For purposes of making grants under subsection (a)(6), the Secretary shall consider applications for grants for university affiliated programs— ####

(1)for States that are currently underserved by a university affiliated program; and ####

(2)that are in addition to the total number of university affiliated programs receiving grants under this subsection for the preceding fiscal year. ###

(c)Single Application When every State is served by a university affiliated program under section 152(a) in the amount of $200,000 and every such program has been awarded a training grant under section 152(b) in the amount of $90,000, the Secretary may accept applications under such sections in a single application.