[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR56.503]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

                                SERVICES

 

PART 56_GRANTS FOR MIGRANT HEALTH SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

  Subpart E_Grants for Planning and Developing Migrant Health Programs

 

Sec. 56.503  Project elements.



    A project for the planning and development of a migrant health 

program supported under this subpart must:

    (a) Determine (by survey or other appropriate means) the approximate 

number of

    (1) Migratory agricultural workers and the members of their 

families, and

    (2) Seasonal agricultural workers and the members of their families 

within the project's catchment area in the calendar year in which the 

grant is made and the period of time these workers and their families 

reside in the catchment area during such year.

    (b) Prepare an assessment of need of the population proposed to be 

served by the migrant health program for the services set forth in Sec. 

56.603(a) of subpart F of this part. This assessment of need must, at a 

minimum, consider the factors listed in Sec. 56.104(b)(3) (i)-(iv).

    (c) Design a migrant health program for such population, based on 

such assessment, which indicates in detail how the proposed program will 

fulfill the needs identified in that assessment and meet the 

requirements of subpart F of this part.

    (d) Develop a plan for the implementation of the program designed 

pursuant to paragraph (c) of this section. The implementation plan must 

provide for the time-phased recruitment and training of the personnel 

essential for the operation of a migrant health program and the gradual 

assumption of operational status of the project so that the project 

will, in the judgment of the Secretary, meet the requirements of subpart 

F of this part as of the end of the project period.

    (e) Implement the plan developed pursuant to paragraph (d) of this 

section in accordance with such paragraph.

    (f) Make efforts to secure within the proposed catchment area of 

such proj ect, to the extent possible, financial and professional 

assistance and support for the project.

    (g) Initiate and encourage continuing community involvement in the 

development and operation of the proj ect through, for example, 

contributions or loans of cash, services, equipment, full- or part-time 

staff, space, materials, or facilities.

    (h) Provide for sufficient staff, qualified by training and 

experience, to carry out the project and establish standards and 

qualifications for personnel (including the project director).

    (i) Utilize, to the maximum extent feasible, other Federal, State, 

local, and private resources available for support of the project, prior 

to use of project funds under this subpart.

    (j) Provide for the means of evaluating the project's progress in 

achievement of its specific objectives and submission of such progress 

reports on the project as the Secretary may from time to time request.