SEC-515 -- PUBLIC HOUSING FAMILY INVESTMENT CENTERS. (a) In General.-Title I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "family investment centers "Sec. 22. (a) Purpose.-The purpose of this section is to provide families living in public housing with better access to educational and employment opportunities to achieve self-sufficiency and independence by- "(1) developing facilities in or near public housing for training and support services; "(2) mobilizing public and private resources to expand and improve the delivery of such services; "(3) providing funding for such essential training and support services that cannot otherwise be funded; and "(4) improving the capacity of management to assess the training and service needs of families with children, coordinate the provision of training and services that meet such needs, and ensure the longterm provision of such training and services. "(b) Grant Authority.- "(1) In general.-The Secretary may make grants to public housing agencies to adapt public housing to help families living in the public housing gain better access to educational and job opportunities to achieve self-sufficiency and independence. Assistance under this section may be made available only to public housing agencies that demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that supportive services (as such term is defined under subsection (j) will be made available. Facilities assisted under this section shall be in or near the premises of public housing. "(2) Supplemental grant set-aside.-The Secretary may reserve not more than 5 percent of the amounts available in each fiscal year under this section to supplement grants awarded to public housing agencies under this section when, in the determination of the Secretary, such supplemental adjustments are required to maintain adequate levels of services to eligible residents. "(c) Use of amounts.-Amounts received from a grant under this section may only be used for- "(1) the renovation, conversion, or combination of vacant dwelling units in a public housing project to create common areas to accommodate the provision of supportive services; "(2) the renovation of existing common areas in a public housing project to accommodate the provision of supportive services; "(3) the renovation of facilities located near the premises of 1 or more public housing projects to accommodate the provision of supportive services; "(4) the provision of not more than 15 percent of the cost of any supportive services (which may be provided directly to eligible residents by the public housing agency or by contract or lease through other appropriate agencies or providers) only if the public housing agency demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that- "(A) the supportive services are appropriate to improve the access of eligible residents to employment and educational opportunities; and "(B) the public housing agency has made diligent efforts to use or obtain other available resources to fund or provide such services; and "(5) the employment of service coordinators subject to such minimum qualifications and standards that the Secretary may establish to ensure sound management, who may be responsible for- "(A) assessing the training and service needs of eligible residents; "(B) working with service providers to coordinate the provision of services and tailor such services to the needs and characteristics of eligible residents; "(C) mobilizing public and private resources to ensure that the supportive services identified pursuant to subsection (e)(1) can be funded over the time period identified under such subsection; "(B) monitoring and evaluating the impact and effectiveness of any supportive service program receiving capital or operating assistance under this section; and "(V) performing such other duties and functions that the Secretary determines are appropriate to provide families living in public housing with better access to educational and employment opportunities. "(d) Allocation of Grant Amounts.-Assistance under this section shall be allocated by the Secretary among approvable applications submitted by public housing agencies. "(e) Applications.-Applications for assistance under this section shall be submitted in such form and in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary shall establish. Each application for assistance shall contain- "(1) a description of the supportive services that are to be provided over a 5-year period (or such longer period that the Secretary determines to be appropriate if assistance is provided for activities under subsection (c) that involve substantial rehabilitation); "(2) a firm commitment of assistance from 1 or more sources ensuring that the supportive services will be provided for not less than 1 year following the completion of activities assisted under subsection (c); "(3) a description of public or private sources of assistance that can reasonably be expected to fund or provide supportive services for the entire period specified under paragraph (1), including evidence of any intention to provide assistance expressed by State and local governments, private foundations, and other organizations (including profit and nonprofit organizations); "(4) certification from the appropriate State or local agency (as determined by the Secretary) that- "(A) the provision of supportive services described in paragraph (1) is well designed to provide resident families better access to educational and employment opportunities; and "(B) there is a reasonable likelihood that such services will be funded or provided for the entire period specified in paragraph (1); "(5) a description of assistance for which the public housing agency is applying under this section; and "(6) any other information or certifications that the Secretary determines are necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this section. "(f) Selection.-The Secretary shall establish selection criteria for grants under this section, which shall take into account- "(1) the ability of the public housing agency or a designated service provider to provide the supportive services identified under subsection (e)(1); "(2) the need for such services in the public housing project; "(3) the extent to which the envisioned renovation, conversion, and combination activities are appropriate to facilitate the provision of such services; "(4) the extent to which the public housing agency has demonstrated that such services will be provided for the period identified under subsection (e)(1); "(5) the extent to which the public housing agency has a good record of maintaining and operating public housing; and "(6) any other factors that the Secretary determines to be appropriate to ensure that amounts made available under this section are used effectively. "(g) Reports.- "(1) To secretary.-Each public housing agency receiving a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary, in such form and at such time as the Secretary shall prescribe, an annual progress report describing and evaluating the use of grant amounts received under this section. "(2) To congress.-The Secretary shall submit to the Congress annually, as a part of the report of the Secretary under section 8 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act, an evaluation of the effectiveness of activities carried out with grants under this section in such fiscal year. Such report shall summarize the progress reports submitted pursuant to paragraph (1). "(h) Employment of Public Housing Residents.-Each public housing agency shall, to the maximum extent practicable, employ public housing residents to provide the services assisted under this section or from other sources. Such persons shall be paid at a rate not less than the highest of- "(1) the minimum wage that would be applicable to the employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, if section 6(a)(1) of such Act applied to the resident and if the resident were not exempt under section 13 of such Act; "(2) the State or local minimum wage for the most nearly comparable covered employment; or "(3) the prevailing rates of pay for persons employed in similar public occupations by the same employer. "(i) Treatment of Income.-No service provided to a public housing resident under this section may be treated as income for the purpose of any other program or provision of State or Federal law. "(j) Definition of Supportive Services.-For purposes of this section, the term `supportive services' means new or significantly expanded services that the Secretary determines are essential to providing families living with children in public housing with better access to educational and employment opportunities. Such services may include- "(1) child care; "(2) employment training and counseling; "(3) literacy training; "(4) computer skills training; "(5) assistance in the attainment of certificates of high school equivalency; and "(6) other appropriate services. "(k) Authorization of appropriations.-There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 in fiscal year 1991, and $26,100,000 in fiscal year 1992.". (b) Conforming Amendment.-Section 3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new undesignated paragraph: "The earnings of and benefits to any public housing resident resulting from participation in a program providing employment training and supportive services in accordance with the Family Support Act of 1988, section 22 of this Act, or any comparable Federal, State, or local law shall not be considered as income for the purposes of determining a limitation on the amount of rent paid by the resident during- "(1) the period that the resident participates in such program; and "(2) the period that- "(A) begins with the commencement of employment of the resident in the first job acquired by the person after completion of such program that is not funded by assistance under this Act; and "(B) ends on the earlier of- "(i) the date the resident ceases to continue employment without good cause as the Secretary shall determine; or "(ii) the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on the date referred to in subparagraph (A).".