; 135 Stat. 4) and the Child Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq. ). (7) Activities that include Medicaid-enrolled children and their families and caregivers as partners at all levels of decision-making, implementation, and evaluation, including engaging such children who are youth and their families directly as paraprofessional providers. (c) Planning grants (1) In general For the first 18-month period of the demonstration project, the Secretary shall award planning grants to States that apply for such grants, including to entities specified in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (h)(7). A State awarded a planning grant under this subsection shall use the grant to carry out the activities described in paragraph (2) for purposes of preparing and submitting an application to participate in the remaining 36-month period of the demonstration project in accordance with subsection (d). (2) Activities described Activities described in this paragraph are, with respect to a State awarded a planning grant under this subsection, each of the following: (A) Activities that support the development of an initial assessment of the access needs of Medicaid-enrolled children in the State with respect to mental health and substance use services, to determine the types of support, training, incentives, and technical assistance that primary care, early care and education, or other programs provided in care settings described in subsection (b) and with which Medicaid-enrolled children and their families regularly engage need in order to offer integrated mental health and substance use disorder care services, including prevention and early intervention services, and which shall include engaging Medicaid-enrolled children and their families directly to ensure that the assessment builds toward solutions that meet their needs and reflect their perspectives, experiences, and solutions. (B) Activities that, taking into account the results of the assessment described in subparagraph (A), support the