family-to-family and deaf and hard-of-hearing consumer-to-family supports. (2) To continue to provide technical support to States, through one or more technical resource centers, to assist in further developing and enhancing State early hearing detection and intervention programs. (3) To identify or develop efficient models (educational and medical) to ensure that newborns, infants, and young children who are identified through screening as deaf or hard of hearing receive, as appropriate, follow-up by qualified early intervention providers, qualified health care providers, or medical homes for children and referrals to early intervention services under part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. State agencies shall be encouraged to effectively increase the rate of such follow-up and referral. (b) Technical assistance, data management, and applied research (1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (A) In general The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall make awards of grants or cooperative agreements to provide technical assistance to State agencies or designated entities of States— (i) for the development, maintenance, and improvement of data tracking and surveillance systems on newborn, infant, and young childhood hearing screening, audiologic evaluations, medical evaluations, language-acquisition evaluations, and intervention services