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20 U.S.C. § 1473 — Community parent resource centers
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**(a) Program authorized**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary may award grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, local parent organizations to support community parent resource centers that will help ensure that underserved parents of children with disabilities, including low income parents, parents of limited English proficient children, and parents with disabilities, have the training and information the parents need to enable the parents to participate effectively in helping their children with disabilities—
(A) to meet developmental and functional goals, and challenging academic achievement goals that have been established for all children; and
(B) to be prepared to lead productive independent adult lives, to the maximum extent possible.
(2) **Definition of local parent organization** — In this section, the term “local parent organization” means a parent organization, as defined in [section 1471(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1471/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), that—
(A) has a board of directors the majority of whom are parents of children with disabilities ages birth through 26 from the community to be served; and
(B) has as its mission serving parents of children with disabilities who—
(i) are ages birth through 26; and
(ii) have the full range of disabilities described in [section 1401(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1401/3&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Required activities** Each community parent resource center assisted under this section shall—
(1) provide training and information that meets the training and information needs of parents of children with disabilities proposed to be served
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**(a) Program authorized**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary may award grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, local parent organizations to support community parent resource centers that will help ensure that underserved parents of children with disabilities, including low income parents, parents of limited English proficient children, and parents with disabilities, have the training and information the parents need to enable the parents to participate effectively in helping their children with disabilities—
(A) to meet developmental and functional goals, and challenging academic achievement goals that have been established for all children; and
(B) to be prepared to lead productive independent adult lives, to the maximum extent possible.
(2) **Definition of local parent organization** — In this section, the term “local parent organization” means a parent organization, as defined in [section 1471(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1471/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), that—
(A) has a board of directors the majority of whom are parents of children with disabilities ages birth through 26 from the community to be served; and
(B) has as its mission serving parents of children with disabilities who—
(i) are ages birth through 26; and
(ii) have the full range of disabilities described in [section 1401(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1401/3&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Required activities** Each community parent resource center assisted under this section shall—
(1) provide training and information that meets the training and information needs of parents of children with disabilities proposed to be served by the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement;
(2) carry out the activities required of parent training and information centers under paragraphs (2) through (9) of [section 1471(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1471/b&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) establish cooperative partnerships with the parent training and information centers funded under [section 1471 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1471&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(4) be designed to meet the specific needs of families who experience significant isolation from available sources of information and support.
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The purposes of this part are to ensure that—
(1) children with disabilities and their parents receive training and information designed to assist the children in meeting developmental and functional goals and challenging academic achievement goals, and in preparing to lead productive independent adult lives;
(2) children with disabilities and their parents receive training and information on their rights, responsibilities, and protections under this chapter, in order to develop the skills necessary to cooperatively and effectively participate in planning and decision making relating to early intervention, educational, and transitional services;
(3) parents, teachers, administrators, early intervention personnel, related services personnel, and transition personnel receive coordinated and accessible technical assistance and information to assist such personnel in improving early intervention, educational, and transitional services and results for children with disabilities and their families; and
(4) appropriate technology and media are researched, developed, and demonstrated, to improve and implement early intervention, educational, and transitional services and results for children with disabilities and their families.
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**(a) Demonstration projects to increase client choice**
(1) **Grants** — The Commissioner may make grants to States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations to pay all or part of the costs of projects to demonstrate ways to increase client choice in the rehabilitation process, including the selection of providers of vocational rehabilitation services.
(2) **Use of funds** — An entity that receives a grant under this subsection shall use the grant only—
(A) for activities that are directly related to planning, operating, and evaluating the demonstration projects; and
(B) to supplement, and not supplant, funds made available from Federal and non-Federal sources for such projects.
(3) **Application** — Any eligible entity that desires to receive a grant under this subsection shall submit an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information and assurances as the Commissioner may require, including—
(A) a description of—
(i) how the entity intends to promote increased client choice in the rehabilitation process, including a description, if appropriate, of how an applicant will determine the cost of any service or product offered to an eligible client;
(ii) how the entity intends to ensure that any vocational rehabilitation service or related service is provided by a qualified provider who is accredited or meets such other quality assurance and cost-control criteria as the State may establish; and
(iii) the outreach activities to be conducted by the applicant to obtain eligible clients; and
(B) assurances that a written plan will be established with the full participation of the client, which plan shall, at a minimum, include—
(i) a statement of the vocational rehabilitation goals to be achieved;
(ii)
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 1473
port community parent resource centers that
will help ensure that underserved parents of
children with disabilities, including low in-
come parents, parents of limited English pro-
ficient children, and parents with disabilities,
have the training and information the parents
need to enable the parents to participate effec-
tively in helping their children with disabil-
ities—
(A) to meet developmental and functional
goals, and challenging academic achieve-
ment goals that have been established for all
children; and
(B) to be prepared to lead productive inde-
pendent adult lives, to the maximum extent
possible.
(2) Definition of local parent organization
In this section, the term ‘‘local parent orga-
nization’’ means a parent organization, as de-
fined in section 1471(a)(2) of this title, that—
(A) has a board of directors the majority of
whom are parents of children with disabil-
ities ages birth through 26 from the commu-
nity to be served; and
(B) has as its mission serving parents of
children with disabilities who—
(i) are ages birth through 26; and
(ii) have the full range of disabilities de-
scribed in section 1401(3) of this title.
(b) Required activities
Each community parent resource center as-
sisted under this section shall—
(1) provide training and information that
meets the training and information needs of
parents of children with disabilities proposed
to be served by the grant, contract, or cooper-
ative agreement;
(2) carry out the activities required of par-
ent training and information centers under
paragraphs (2) through (9) of section 1471(b) of
this title;
(3) establish cooperative partnerships with
the parent training and information centers
funded under section 1471 of this title; and
(4
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