Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part B · Chapter 119 — Homeless Assistance
§ 11343. Purposes of grants
Statutory text
Eligible activities
Grants to the National Board may be used—
to supplement and expand ongoing efforts to provide shelter, food, and supportive services for homeless individuals with sensitivity to the transition from temporary shelter to permanent homes, and attention to the special needs of homeless individuals with mental and physical disabilities and illnesses, and to facilitate access for homeless individuals to other sources of services and benefits;
to strengthen efforts to create more effective and innovative local programs by providing funding for them; and
to conduct minimum rehabilitation of existing mass shelter or mass feeding facilities, but only to the extent necessary to make facilities safe, sanitary, and bring them into compliance with local building codes.
Limitations on activities
The National Board may only provide funding provided under this part for—
programs undertaken by private nonprofit organizations and local governments; and
programs that are consistent with the purposes of this subchapter.
The National Board may not carry out programs directly.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 100–77 title III § 313 · 101 Stat. 482
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 11343
(Pub. L. 100–77, title III, § 313, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 492.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 100–77, title III, § 313, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 492.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 313. PURPOSES OF GRANTS. (a) Eligible Activities.— Grants to the National Board may be used— (1) to supplement and expand ongoing efforts to provide shelter, food, and supportive services for homeless individuals with sensitivity to the transition from temporary shelter to permanent homes, and attention to the special needs of homeless individuals with mental and physical disabilities and illnesses, and to facilitate access for homeless individuals to other sources of services and benefits; (2) to strengthen efforts to create more effective and innovative local programs by providing funding for them; and (3) to conduct minimum rehabilitation of existing mass shelter or mass feeding facilities, but only to the extent necessary to make facilities safe, sanitary, and bring them into compliance with local building codes. (b) Limitations on Activities.— (1) The National Board may only provide funding provided under this subtitle for— (A) programs undertaken by private nonprofit organizations and local governments; and (B) programs that are consistent with the purposes of this title. (2) The National Board may not carry out programs directly.
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