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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 123 — Drug Abuse Education and Prevention

§ 11821. Establishment of program

Statutory text

(a)

Program aims

The Secretary shall make grants to public and private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions to carry out research, demonstration, and services projects designed—

(1)

to provide individual, family, and group counseling to runaway youth and their families and to homeless youth for the purpose of preventing or reducing the illicit use of drugs by such youth,

(2)

to develop and support peer counseling programs for runaway and homeless youth related to the illicit use of drugs,

(3)

to develop and support community education activities related to illicit use of drugs by runaway and homeless youth, including outreach to youth individually,

(4)

to provide to runaway and homeless youth in rural areas assistance (including the development of community support groups) related to the illicit use of drugs,

(5)

to provide to individuals involved in providing services to runaway and homeless youth, information and training regarding issues related to the illicit use of drugs by runaway and homeless youth,

(6)

to support research on the illicit drug use by runaway and homeless youth, and the effects on such youth of drug abuse by family members, and any correlation between such use and attempts at suicide, and

(7)

to improve the availability and coordination of local services related to drug abuse, for runaway and homeless youth.

(b)

Priority

In selecting among applicants for grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to agencies and organizations that have experience in providing services to runaway and homeless youth.

(c)

Limitation

Grants under this section may be made for a period not to exceed 3 years.

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.

  1. Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988

    Pub. L. 100–690 title III § 3511 · 102 Stat. 4181

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 11821

    (Pub. L. 100–690, title III, § 3511, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4255.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 100–690, title III, § 3511, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4255.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 3511. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. (a) The Secretary shall make grants to public and private non-profit Grants. Research and development. agencies, organizations, and institutions to carry out research, demonstration, and services projects designed— (1) to provide individual, family, and group counseling to runaway youth and their families and to homeless youth for the purpose of preventing or reducing the illicit use of drugs by such youth, (2) to develop and support peer counseling programs for runaway and homeless youth related to the illicit use of drugs, (3) to develop and support community education activities related to illicit use of drugs by runaway and homeless youth, including outreach to youth individually, (4) to provide to runaway and homeless youth in rural areas Rural areas. assistance (including the development of community support groups) related to the illicit use of drugs, (5) to provide to individuals involved in providing services to runaway and homeless youth, information and training regarding issues related to the illicit use of drugs by runaway and homeless youth, (6) to support research on the illicit drug use by runaway and homeless youth, and the effects on such youth of drug abuse by family members, and any correlation between such use and attempts at suicide, and (7) to improve the availability and coordination of local services related to drug abuse, for runaway and homeless youth. (b) Priority.— In selecting among applicants for grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to agencies and organizations that have experience in providing services to runaway and homeless youth. (c) Limitation.— Grants under this section may be made for a period not to exceed 3 years.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 100–690, title III, § 3511, , 102 Stat. 4255.)

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