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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title V of the Social Security Act to establish a grant program |
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| 6 | 6 | | for community-based maternal mentoring programs. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY24 (legislative day, JANUARY3), 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. R |
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| 10 | 10 | | UBIOintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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| 11 | 11 | | to the Committee on Finance |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend title V of the Social Security Act to establish |
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| 14 | 14 | | a grant program for community-based maternal men- |
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| 15 | 15 | | toring programs. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Mentors 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | for Moms Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED MATERNAL MEN-6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | TORING PROGRAMS. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | ‘‘SEC. 514. GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED MATERNAL 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | MENTORING PROGRAMS. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 31 | 31 | | NGENERAL.—In addition to any other pay-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ments made under this title to a State, the Secretary shall 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | make grants to eligible entities to conduct demonstration 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | projects for, and enable such entities to deliver services 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | under, community-based mentoring programs that satisfy 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the requirements of subsection (c) to eligible mothers in 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | order to promote improvements in maternal and child well- 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | being, financial stewardship, child development, parenting, 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | and access to social services and other community re-11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | sources. 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(b) A |
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| 42 | 42 | | PPLICATION.—The Secretary may not award 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | funds made available under this subsection on a non-14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | competitive basis, and may not provide any such funds to 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | an entity for the purpose of carrying out a community- 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | based mentoring program unless the entity has submitted 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | an application to the Secretary that includes— 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(1) a description of how the programs or ac-19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | tivities proposed in the application will improve ma-20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ternal mental and physical health outcomes in a 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | service area identified by the entity, substantially in-22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | crease the number of eligible mothers in a service 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | area with access to a community-based mentoring 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | relationship, utilize community volunteer mentors, 25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | and supplement, including by avoiding duplication 26 |
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| 59 | 59 | | with, existing social services and community re-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | sources; 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(2) a description of how the program will part-3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ner with other community institutions, including pri-4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | vate institutions, in identifying eligible mothers in 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | need of a mentor and, as applicable, creating sup-6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | port communities among eligible mothers; 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(3) a description of the populations to be 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | served by the entity, including specific information 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | on how the entity will serve eligible mothers who be-10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | long to high-risk populations as identified in sub-11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | section (d); 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ‘‘(4) a description of the maternal and child 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | health indicators, financial well-being, and other 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | needs of populations to be served by the entity as 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | described in paragraph (3), including, to the extent 16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | practicable, the prevalence of mentoring opportuni-17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ties for such populations; 18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(5) the quantifiable benchmarks that will be 19 |
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| 78 | 78 | | used to measure program success; 20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(6) a commitment by the entity to consult 21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | with experts with a demonstrated history of men-22 |
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| 81 | 81 | | toring and case management success in achieving 23 |
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| 82 | 82 | | the outcomes described in subsection (c)(2)(A) in de-24 |
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| 83 | 83 | | veloping the programs and activities; 25 |
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| 87 | 87 | | ‘‘(7) a commitment by the entity to ensure 1 |
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| 88 | 88 | | mentors to not refer or counsel in favor of abortions; 2 |
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| 89 | 89 | | and 3 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ‘‘(8) such other application information as the 4 |
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| 91 | 91 | | Secretary may deem necessary, with the goal of 5 |
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| 92 | 92 | | minimizing the application burden on small non-6 |
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| 93 | 93 | | governmental organizations that would otherwise 7 |
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| 94 | 94 | | qualify for the grant. 8 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ‘‘(c) R |
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| 96 | 96 | | EQUIREMENTS.— 9 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ‘‘(1) C |
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| 98 | 98 | | ORE COMPONENTS .—A community ma-10 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ternal mentoring program conducted with a grant 11 |
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| 100 | 100 | | made under this section shall include the following 12 |
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| 101 | 101 | | core components: 13 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘‘(A) Provision of community-based men-14 |
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| 103 | 103 | | toring relationships for eligible mothers, which 15 |
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| 104 | 104 | | may include dedicated individual mentors and 16 |
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| 105 | 105 | | networks of peer and community support 17 |
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| 106 | 106 | | groups. 18 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ‘‘(B) An individualized needs assessment 19 |
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| 108 | 108 | | for each eligible mother participating in the 20 |
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| 109 | 109 | | program, to be administered at the outset of 21 |
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| 110 | 110 | | the program. 22 |
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| 111 | 111 | | ‘‘(C) Recruitment and utilization of com-23 |
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| 112 | 112 | | munity-based, volunteer mentors. 24 |
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| 116 | 116 | | ‘‘(D) Provision of training to participating 1 |
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| 117 | 117 | | mentors to equip them with mentoring best 2 |
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| 118 | 118 | | practices and knowledge of public and private 3 |
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| 119 | 119 | | resources available to eligible mothers (includ-4 |
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| 120 | 120 | | ing public social services). 5 |
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| 121 | 121 | | ‘‘(2) M |
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| 122 | 122 | | EASURABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN BENCH -6 |
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| 123 | 123 | | MARK AREAS.— 7 |
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| 124 | 124 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 125 | 125 | | N GENERAL.—The eligible entity 8 |
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| 126 | 126 | | shall establish, subject to the approval of the 9 |
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| 127 | 127 | | Secretary, quantifiable, measurable 3- and 5- 10 |
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| 128 | 128 | | year benchmarks demonstrating the program 11 |
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| 129 | 129 | | results in improvements for eligible mothers 12 |
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| 130 | 130 | | participating in the program in the following 13 |
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| 131 | 131 | | areas: 14 |
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| 132 | 132 | | ‘‘(i) The number of eligible mothers in 15 |
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| 133 | 133 | | the eligible entity’s service area with access 16 |
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| 134 | 134 | | to a community-based mentoring relation-17 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ship. 18 |
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| 136 | 136 | | ‘‘(ii) Improved maternal and child 19 |
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| 137 | 137 | | health, including mental and behavioral 20 |
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| 138 | 138 | | health. 21 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ‘‘(iii) Improved financial literacy. 22 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ‘‘(iv) Improved family economic self- 23 |
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| 141 | 141 | | sufficiency. 24 |
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| 145 | 145 | | ‘‘(v) Improved coordination and refer-1 |
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| 146 | 146 | | rals for other community resources and 2 |
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| 147 | 147 | | supports, including public and private re-3 |
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| 148 | 148 | | sources. 4 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ‘‘(B) D |
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| 150 | 150 | | EMONSTRATION OF IMPROVE -5 |
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| 151 | 151 | | MENT.— 6 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ‘‘(i) R |
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| 153 | 153 | | EPORT TO THE SECRETARY .— 7 |
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| 154 | 154 | | Not later than 30 days after the end of the 8 |
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| 155 | 155 | | third year in which the eligible entity con-9 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ducts the program, the entity shall submit 10 |
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| 157 | 157 | | to the Secretary a report describing the 11 |
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| 158 | 158 | | program’s results in the areas specified in 12 |
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| 159 | 159 | | subparagraph (A). 13 |
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| 160 | 160 | | ‘‘(ii) I |
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| 161 | 161 | | MPROVEMENT PLAN .—If the re-14 |
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| 162 | 162 | | port submitted to the Secretary fails to 15 |
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| 163 | 163 | | demonstrate improvements in at least 3 of 16 |
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| 164 | 164 | | the areas outlined in subparagraph (A), 17 |
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| 165 | 165 | | the eligible entity shall develop and imple-18 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ment a plan to improve outcomes in each 19 |
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| 167 | 167 | | of the areas specified in subparagraph (A), 20 |
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| 168 | 168 | | subject to approval by the Secretary. 21 |
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| 169 | 169 | | ‘‘(iii) N |
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| 170 | 170 | | O IMPROVEMENT OR FAILURE 22 |
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| 171 | 171 | | TO SUBMIT REPORT .—If, 1 year after an 23 |
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| 172 | 172 | | eligible entity submits an improvement 24 |
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| 173 | 173 | | plan under clause (ii), the Secretary deter-25 |
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| 177 | 177 | | mines that the entity has failed to dem-1 |
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| 178 | 178 | | onstrate any improvement in the areas 2 |
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| 179 | 179 | | specified in subparagraph (A), or if the 3 |
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| 180 | 180 | | Secretary determines that an eligible entity 4 |
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| 181 | 181 | | has failed to submit the report required 5 |
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| 182 | 182 | | under clause (i), and has not agreed to a 6 |
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| 183 | 183 | | reasonable timeline to submit such report 7 |
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| 184 | 184 | | under such conditions as may be deter-8 |
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| 185 | 185 | | mined by the Secretary, the Secretary shall 9 |
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| 186 | 186 | | terminate the entity’s grant and may re-10 |
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| 187 | 187 | | allocate any unpaid grant funds toward fu-11 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ture grants provided under this section. 12 |
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| 189 | 189 | | ‘‘(3) I |
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| 190 | 190 | | MPROVEMENTS IN PARTICIPANT OUT -13 |
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| 191 | 191 | | COMES.— 14 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 193 | 193 | | N GENERAL.—The program is de-15 |
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| 194 | 194 | | signed, with respect to an eligible mother par-16 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ticipating in the program, to result in the par-17 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ticipant outcomes described in subparagraph 18 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (B) that are relevant to the mother (as deter-19 |
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| 198 | 198 | | mined pursuant to an individualized needs as-20 |
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| 199 | 199 | | sessment administered to the mother). 21 |
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| 200 | 200 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 201 | 201 | | ARTICIPANT OUTCOMES .—The par-22 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ticipant outcomes described in this subpara-23 |
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| 203 | 203 | | graph are the following: 24 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ‘‘(i) Improvements in prenatal and 1 |
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| 208 | 208 | | maternal health, including mental and be-2 |
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| 209 | 209 | | havioral health and improved pregnancy 3 |
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| 210 | 210 | | outcomes. 4 |
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| 211 | 211 | | ‘‘(ii) Improvements in child health 5 |
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| 212 | 212 | | and development, including the prevention 6 |
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| 213 | 213 | | of child injuries and maltreatment. 7 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ‘‘(iii) Higher levels of engagement be-8 |
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| 215 | 215 | | tween mothers, children, and their health 9 |
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| 216 | 216 | | providers. 10 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ‘‘(iv) Reductions in mothers’ stress 11 |
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| 218 | 218 | | and anxiety. 12 |
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| 219 | 219 | | ‘‘(v) Improvements in parenting skills. 13 |
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| 220 | 220 | | ‘‘(vi) Improvement in financial literacy 14 |
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| 221 | 221 | | skills. 15 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ‘‘(vii) Improvements in child’s school 16 |
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| 223 | 223 | | readiness and academic achievement. 17 |
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| 224 | 224 | | ‘‘(viii) Improvements in family eco-18 |
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| 225 | 225 | | nomic self-sufficiency. 19 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ‘‘(ix) Improvements in the coordina-20 |
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| 227 | 227 | | tion of referrals for, and the provision of, 21 |
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| 228 | 228 | | other community resources, including pri-22 |
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| 229 | 229 | | vate and public resources, and supports for 23 |
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| 230 | 230 | | eligible families. 24 |
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| 234 | 234 | | ‘‘(d) PRIORITIZATION.—An eligible entity receiving a 1 |
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| 235 | 235 | | grant under this section shall identify and prioritize high- 2 |
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| 236 | 236 | | risk populations in provision of services, including— 3 |
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| 237 | 237 | | ‘‘(1) low-income eligible mothers; 4 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ‘‘(2) eligible mothers who are pregnant women 5 |
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| 239 | 239 | | who have not attained the age of 21; 6 |
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| 240 | 240 | | ‘‘(3) eligible mothers from populations with a 7 |
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| 241 | 241 | | high risk of maternal morbidity; 8 |
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| 242 | 242 | | ‘‘(4) eligible mothers with a history of sub-9 |
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| 243 | 243 | | stance abuse or victims of domestic abuse; 10 |
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| 244 | 244 | | ‘‘(5) eligible mothers with children with develop-11 |
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| 245 | 245 | | mental disabilities; and 12 |
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| 246 | 246 | | ‘‘(6) eligible mothers residing in a qualified op-13 |
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| 247 | 247 | | portunity zone, as designated under section 1400Z– 14 |
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| 248 | 248 | | 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 15 |
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| 249 | 249 | | ‘‘(e) M |
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| 250 | 250 | | AINTENANCE OFEFFORT.—Funds provided to 16 |
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| 251 | 251 | | an eligible entity under a grant awarded under subsection 17 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (a) shall supplement, and not supplant, funds from other 18 |
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| 253 | 253 | | sources for maternal mentorship or case management 19 |
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| 254 | 254 | | services. 20 |
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| 255 | 255 | | ‘‘(f) E |
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| 256 | 256 | | VALUATION.— 21 |
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| 257 | 257 | | ‘‘(1) O |
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| 258 | 258 | | NGOING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION .— 22 |
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| 259 | 259 | | The Secretary shall engage in ongoing research and 23 |
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| 260 | 260 | | evaluation activities in order to increase knowledge 24 |
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| 261 | 261 | | about the implementation and effectiveness of com-25 |
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| 265 | 265 | | munity maternal mentoring programs. The Sec-1 |
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| 266 | 266 | | retary may carry out such activities directly, or 2 |
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| 267 | 267 | | through grants, cooperative agreements, or con-3 |
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| 268 | 268 | | tracts, and shall submit a report to Congress not 4 |
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| 269 | 269 | | less than annually on the research and evaluation 5 |
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| 270 | 270 | | steps being taken to measure the impact and effec-6 |
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| 271 | 271 | | tiveness of programs funded under this section, as 7 |
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| 272 | 272 | | well as any interim outcomes that may be available. 8 |
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| 273 | 273 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 274 | 274 | | EPORT REQUIREMENT .—Not later than 3 9 |
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| 275 | 275 | | years after the date of enactment of this section, the 10 |
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| 276 | 276 | | Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the 11 |
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| 277 | 277 | | effectiveness of programs funded with grants under 12 |
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| 278 | 278 | | subsection (a) in producing the outcomes described 13 |
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| 279 | 279 | | in subsection (c)(3)(B), and shall include in such re-14 |
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| 280 | 280 | | port recommendations for improving program design 15 |
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| 281 | 281 | | and implementation. 16 |
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| 282 | 282 | | ‘‘(g) T |
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| 283 | 283 | | ECHNICALASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 17 |
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| 284 | 284 | | provide an eligible entity required to develop and imple-18 |
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| 285 | 285 | | ment an improvement plan under subsection (c)(2)(B) 19 |
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| 286 | 286 | | with technical assistance to develop and implement the 20 |
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| 287 | 287 | | plan. The Secretary may provide the technical assistance 21 |
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| 288 | 288 | | directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-22 |
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| 289 | 289 | | ments. 23 |
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| 290 | 290 | | ‘‘(h) N |
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| 291 | 291 | | OFUNDS TOPROHIBITEDENTITIES.—No 24 |
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| 292 | 292 | | prohibited entity shall be eligible to receive a grant under 25 |
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| 296 | 296 | | subsection (a), or any other funds made available by this 1 |
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| 297 | 297 | | section. 2 |
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| 298 | 298 | | ‘‘(i) P |
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| 299 | 299 | | ROTECTIONS FOR PARTICIPATINGRELIGIOUS 3 |
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| 300 | 300 | | O |
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| 301 | 301 | | RGANIZATIONS.—A religious organization shall be eligi-4 |
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| 302 | 302 | | ble to apply for and receive funding for a program under 5 |
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| 303 | 303 | | this section on the same basis as a non-religious organiza-6 |
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| 304 | 304 | | tion, and a religious organization’s exemptions, in title VII 7 |
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| 305 | 305 | | of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (including exemption from 8 |
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| 306 | 306 | | prohibitions in employment discrimination in section 9 |
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| 307 | 307 | | 702(a) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e–1(a))), title VIII of 10 |
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| 308 | 308 | | the Civil Rights Act of 1968, title IX of the Educational 11 |
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| 309 | 309 | | Amendments of 1987, the Americans with Disabilities Act, 12 |
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| 310 | 310 | | the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the Religious 13 |
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| 311 | 311 | | Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, or any other 14 |
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| 312 | 312 | | provision in law providing an exemption for a religious or-15 |
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| 313 | 313 | | ganization, shall not be waived by its participation in, or 16 |
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| 314 | 314 | | receipt of funds from, a grant provided by this section. 17 |
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| 315 | 315 | | ‘‘(j) A |
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| 316 | 316 | | UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 18 |
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| 317 | 317 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 318 | 318 | | N GENERAL.—For purposes of carrying 19 |
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| 319 | 319 | | out this section, there are authorized to be appro-20 |
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| 320 | 320 | | priated $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 21 |
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| 321 | 321 | | through 2026. 22 |
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| 322 | 322 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 324 | 324 | | priated under this subsection for a fiscal year, the 24 |
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| 328 | 328 | | Secretary shall reserve 3 percent for purposes of car-1 |
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| 329 | 329 | | rying out subsections (f) and (g). 2 |
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| 330 | 330 | | ‘‘(3) A |
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| 331 | 331 | | VAILABILITY.—Funds made available to 3 |
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| 332 | 332 | | an eligible entity under this section shall remain 4 |
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| 333 | 333 | | available for expenditure by the eligible entity 5 |
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| 334 | 334 | | through the end of the third fiscal year following the 6 |
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| 335 | 335 | | fiscal year in which the funds are awarded to the en-7 |
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| 336 | 336 | | tity. 8 |
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| 337 | 337 | | ‘‘(k) D |
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| 338 | 338 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9 |
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| 339 | 339 | | ‘‘(1) C |
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| 340 | 340 | | OMMUNITY-BASED MENTORING RELA -10 |
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| 341 | 341 | | TIONSHIP.—The term ‘community-based mentoring 11 |
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| 342 | 342 | | relationship’ means a relationship with a dedicated 12 |
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| 343 | 343 | | mentor and, as applicable, group of mentors or peer 13 |
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| 344 | 344 | | support group, who meet regularly with an eligible 14 |
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| 345 | 345 | | mother and help that mother address barriers to 15 |
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| 346 | 346 | | care, mental, behavioral, and physical well-being, 16 |
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| 347 | 347 | | and economic mobility by providing support services 17 |
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| 348 | 348 | | and linkages to community resources. A community- 18 |
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| 349 | 349 | | based mentoring relationship should, to the extent 19 |
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| 350 | 350 | | practicable, have an understanding of the barriers 20 |
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| 351 | 351 | | and lived experience of that community, which may 21 |
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| 352 | 352 | | include shared lived experience. 22 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 354 | 354 | | LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-23 |
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| 355 | 355 | | tity’ means a local government, Indian Tribe (or a 24 |
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| 356 | 356 | | consortium of Indian Tribes), Tribal Organization, 25 |
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| 360 | 360 | | Urban Indian Organization, or nonprofit organiza-1 |
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| 361 | 361 | | tion, including religious organizations, with a dem-2 |
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| 362 | 362 | | onstrated history of serving eligible mothers. 3 |
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| 363 | 363 | | ‘‘(3) E |
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| 364 | 364 | | LIGIBLE MOTHER.—The term ‘eligible 4 |
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| 365 | 365 | | mother’ means— 5 |
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| 366 | 366 | | ‘‘(A) a woman who is pregnant; or 6 |
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| 367 | 367 | | ‘‘(B) a woman who has primary caregiving 7 |
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| 368 | 368 | | responsibilities for a child under the age of 6. 8 |
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| 369 | 369 | | ‘‘(4) P |
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| 370 | 370 | | ROHIBITED ENTITY.—The term ‘prohib-9 |
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| 371 | 371 | | ited entity’ means an entity, including its affiliates, 10 |
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| 372 | 372 | | subsidiaries, successors, and clinics that, as of the 11 |
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| 373 | 373 | | date of enactment of this section, performs, induces, 12 |
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| 374 | 374 | | refers for, or counsels in favor of abortions, or pro-13 |
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| 375 | 375 | | vides financial support to any other organization 14 |
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| 376 | 376 | | that conducts such activities.’’. 15 |
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