§9914 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

Require the State to review eligible organizations to make sure they meet performance goals, administrative rules, financial rules, and other State requirements. The State must do a full onsite review of each organization at least once every 3-year period, review any newly designated organization right after its first year of getting community services block grant funds, and make prompt follow-up visits when an organization fails to meet standards or when other grants were ended for cause. The State may ask the Secretary for training and technical help. The Secretary must evaluate use of funds in several States in each fiscal year, with attention to section 9908(b), send each evaluated State a report with findings and recommendations, the State must send back a plan of action, and the Secretary must include the results each year in the report under section 9917(b)(2) to the Chairperson of the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Chairperson of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate.

Title 42, §9914

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(a)In order to determine whether eligible entities meet the performance goals, administrative standards, financial management requirements, and other requirements of a State, the State shall conduct the following reviews of eligible entities:

(1)A full onsite review of each such entity at least once during each 3-year period.

(2)An onsite review of each newly designated entity immediately after the completion of the first year in which such entity receives funds through the community services block grant program.

(3)Followup reviews including prompt return visits to eligible entities, and their programs, that fail to meet the goals, standards, and requirements established by the State.

(4)Other reviews as appropriate, including reviews of entities with programs that have had other Federal, State, or local grants (other than assistance provided under this chapter) terminated for cause.

(b)The State may request training and technical assistance from the Secretary as needed to comply with the requirements of this section.

(c)The Secretary shall conduct in several States in each fiscal year evaluations (including investigations) of the use of funds received by the States under this chapter in order to evaluate compliance with the provisions of this chapter, and especially with respect to compliance with section 9908(b) of this title. The Secretary shall submit, to each State evaluated, a report containing the results of such evaluations, and recommendations of improvements designed to enhance the benefit and impact of the activities carried out with such funds for people in need. On receiving the report, the State shall submit to the Secretary a plan of action in response to the recommendations contained in the report. The results of the evaluations shall be submitted annually to the Chairperson of the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Chairperson of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate as part of the report submitted by the Secretary in accordance with section 9917(b)(2) of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on Labor and Human Resources of Senate changed to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of Senate by Senate Resolution No. 20, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 19, 1999.

§9914 Monitoring of eligible entities

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Title 42, §9914

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