A prevention training center shall provide information and services to primary prevention programs, the office, and interested applicants for grants, as follows: (

a) Act as a clearinghouse to provide information on state-of-the-art prevention curricula which meet the requirements of this chapter. (

b) Assist in selecting a prevention program model, or a combination of program models, which will meet the needs of their communities. (

c) Design and administer training sessions to develop or expand local primary prevention programs. (

d) Provide technical assistance to local programs, including, but not limited to, all of the following: administration, management, evaluation, program development, development of multicultural staffing, and community education. (

e) Provide ongoing program development and in-service training to meet all of the following:

(1) The special needs of children, including, but not limited to, the needs of disabled and high-risk children.

(2) The geographic, cultural, and linguistic needs of the diverse communities of the state. (

f) Conduct an outreach program to inform communities of the existence of funds to conduct primary prevention programs. (

g) To act in an advisory capacity to the office to provide information for all of the following:

(1) The development of a standard request for proposal as described in

Section 18978.2.

(2) Suggestions of appropriate agencies to receive the request for proposal.

(3) The determination of, if requested, a current needs assessment for the number of projects needed to serve a county.