Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§15099 Evaluation

Title 42 › CHAPTER 144 — DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ASSISTANCE AND BILL OF RIGHTS › SUBCHAPTER II — FAMILY SUPPORT › § 15099

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must evaluate the national grant program to States. The study will look at how well States build, expand, or improve statewide family support services for families of children with disabilities, measure effects on those families, and recommend needed changes. The Secretary must also work with States to make a data system that collects numbers and stories about four things: effects on families (including unserved and underserved groups), access and funding for services, coordination among agencies, and family involvement at all levels. The results must be sent to the appropriate committees of Congress no later than 2½ years after October 30, 2000.

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Title 42, §15099

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(a)In general

The Secretary shall conduct a national evaluation of the program of grants to States authorized by this subchapter.

(b)Purpose

(1)In general

The Secretary shall conduct the evaluation under subsection (a) to assess the status and effects of State efforts to develop and implement, or expand and enhance, statewide systems of family support services for families of children with disabilities in a manner consistent with the provisions of this subchapter. In particular, the Secretary shall assess the impact of such efforts on families of children with disabilities, and recommend amendments to this subchapter that are necessary to assist States to accomplish fully the purposes of this subchapter.

(2)Information systems

The Secretary shall work with the States to develop an information system designed to compile and report, from information provided by the States, qualitative and quantitative descriptions of the impact of the program of grants to States authorized by this subchapter on—

(A)families of children with disabilities, including families from unserved and underserved populations;

(B)access to and funding for family support services for families of children with disabilities;

(C)interagency coordination and collaboration between agencies responsible for providing the services; and

(D)the involvement of families of children with disabilities at all levels of the statewide systems.

(c)Report to Congress

Not later than 2½ years after October 30, 2000, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report concerning the results of the evaluation conducted under this section.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 15099

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110