### Question
How is the "coordinated services project" defined?


### Answer
The term **coordinated services project** is defined in *20 U.S.C. § 8402* as follows -

> a comprehensive approach to meeting the educational, health, social service, and other needs of children and their families, including foster children and their foster families, through a communitywide partnership that links public and private agencies providing such services or access to such services through a coordination site at or near a school

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 8402*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 70-STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS > SUBCHAPTER XI-COORDINATED SERVICES**

