§300z–3 Uses of Grants for Demonstration Projects for Services

Summary

Grantees may use demonstration project money only to give eligible teenagers care, prevention, or both; to connect and coordinate care, prevention, and other services; to provide extra services that are missing in the community and are needed for pregnant teens or to prevent teen sex and pregnancy; to plan how pregnancy-prevention and care programs will be run and coordinated for pregnant teens and teen parents; and to meet the promises made in their grant application. Grant funds cannot pay for family-planning services (except counseling and referral) for adolescents unless appropriate family-planning services are not available in the community. If a grantee finds local services are lacking and then provides family planning, federal grant money can only be used if other funding sources are not enough. Grantees must charge fees using a fee schedule approved by the Secretary as part of their application. Fees must be based on the income of the teen or the teen’s parents or guardians and must consider how hard it is for teens to find money to pay. No one may be denied services because they cannot pay. For minors who are not legally independent, the family’s income is used to decide the fee unless the parents or guardians refuse to pay.