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[CITE: 38USC1774]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
    CHAPTER 17--HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE
 
SUBCHAPTER VII--TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION FOR SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL 
                          AND HOMELESS VETERANS
 
Sec. 1774. Coordination with other agencies and organizations

    (a) In assisting homeless veterans, the Secretary shall coordinate 
with, and may provide services authorized under this title in 
conjunction with, State and local governments, other appropriate 
departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and nongovernmental 
organizations.
    (b)(1) The Secretary shall require the director of each medical 
center or the director of each regional benefits office to make an 
assessment of the needs of homeless veterans living within the area 
served by the medical center or regional office, as the case may be.
    (2) Each such assessment shall be made in coordination with 
representatives of State and local governments, other appropriate 
departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and nongovernmental 
organizations that have experience working with homeless persons in that 
area.
    (3) Each such assessment shall identify the needs of homeless 
veterans with respect to the following:
        (A) Health care.
        (B) Education and training.
        (C) Employment.
        (D) Shelter.
        (E) Counseling.
        (F) Outreach services.

    (4) Each assessment shall also indicate the extent to which the 
needs referred to in paragraph (3) are being met adequately by the 
programs of the Department, of other departments and agencies of the 
Federal Government, of State and local governments, and of 
nongovernmental organizations.
    (5) Each assessment shall be carried out in accordance with uniform 
procedures and guidelines prescribed by the Secretary.
    (c) In furtherance of subsection (a), the Secretary shall require 
the director of each medical center and the director of each regional 
benefits office, in coordination with representatives of State and local 
governments, other Federal officials, and nongovernmental organizations 
that have experience working with homeless persons in the areas served 
by such facility or office, to--
        (1) develop a list of all public and private programs that 
    provide assistance to homeless persons or homeless veterans in the 
    area concerned, together with a description of the services offered 
    by those programs;
        (2) seek to encourage the development by the representatives of 
    such entities, in coordination with the director, of a plan to 
    coordinate among such public and private programs the provision of 
    services to homeless veterans;
        (3) take appropriate action to meet, to the maximum extent 
    practicable through existing programs and available resources, the 
    needs of homeless veterans that are identified in the assessment 
    conducted under subsection (b); and
        (4) attempt to inform homeless veterans whose needs the director 
    cannot meet under paragraph (3) of the services available to such 
    veterans within the area served by such center or office.

(Added Pub. L. 105-114, title II, Sec. 202(a), Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 
2286.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1774 to 1777 were renumbered sections 3674 to 3677 
of this title, respectively.
    Another prior section 1777 was renumbered section 1778 of this 
title.
    Prior section 1778 was renumbered section 3678 of this title.
    Another prior section 1778 was renumbered section 1779 of this 
title.
    Prior sections 1779 to 1786 were renumbered sections 3679 to 3686 of 
this title, respectively.
    Another prior section 1786, added Pub. L. 89-358, Sec. 3(b), Mar. 3, 
1966, 80 Stat. 23, related to the examination of records, prior to 
repeal by section 316(1) of Pub. L. 92-540. See section 3690 of this 
title.
    Prior section 1787 was renumbered section 3687 of this title.
    Another prior section 1787, added Pub. L. 89-358, Sec. 3(b), Mar. 3, 
1966, 80 Stat. 23, related to the submission of false or misleading 
statements by educational institutions, persons or veterans, prior to 
repeal by section 316(1) of Pub. L. 92-540. See section 3690 of this 
title.
    Prior section 1788 was renumbered section 3688 of this title.
    Another prior section 1788 was renumbered section 1792 of this 
title.
    Prior section 1789 was renumbered section 3689 of this title.
    Another prior section 1789, which required the Administrator not to 
approve of enrollments in courses in institutions listed by the Attorney 
General under section 12 of Ex. Ord. No. 10450, was renumbered section 
1793 of this title.
    Prior section 1790 was renumbered section 3690 of this title.
    Another prior section 1790 was renumbered section 1794 of this 
title.
    Prior section 1791 was renumbered section 3691 of this title.
    Another prior section 1791 was renumbered section 1795 of this 
title.
    Prior sections 1792 and 1793 were renumbered sections 3692 and 3693 
of this title, respectively.
    Another prior section 1793, added Pub. L. 89-358, Sec. 3(b), Mar. 3, 
1966, 80 Stat. 23, Sec. 1789; amended Pub. L. 91-24, Sec. 15, June 11, 
1969, 83 Stat. 35; renumbered and amended Pub. L. 92-540, title III, 
Sec. 316(2), title IV, Sec. 403(12), Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1086, 1090, 
required that the Administrator not to approve of enrollment in any 
course in an institution listed by the Attorney General under section 12 
of Executive Order 10450, prior to repeal by section 511(1) of Pub. L. 
94-502.
    Prior sections 1794 to 1799 were renumbered sections 3694 to 3699 of 
this title, respectively.
