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[CITE: 42USC12333]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
   CHAPTER 127--COORDINATED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
 
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND AWARDING OF GRANTS FOR 
                                PROGRAMS
 
Part B--Grants for State and Community Programs for Children, Youth, and 
                                Families
 
Sec. 12333. Establishment of programs

    The Commissioner shall make grants--
        (1) in each State under section 12337 of this title to improve 
    State planning and coordination of services, and under section 12338 
    of this title to expand supportive services, in order to promote the 
    availability of developmental, preventive, and remedial services to 
    children, youth and their families that are designed to ensure--
            (A) adequate and safe physical shelter whether in their own 
        homes or, if necessary, in out-of-home programs;
            (B) high quality physical and mental health care;
            (C) the enhancement of the development of children to ensure 
        that children enter school prepared and ready to learn;
            (D) highest quality educational opportunity;
            (E) effective training and apprenticeships to increase the 
        likelihood of employment;
            (F) opportunities for community service and productive 
        employment, and for participation by children and youth in 
        decisions affecting the lives of such children and youth; and
            (G) a wide range of civic, cultural, and recreational 
        activities that recognize young individuals as resources and 
        promote self-esteem and a sense of community; and

        (2) to States on a competitive basis under section 12339 \1\ of 
    this title to establish family resource programs (including family 
    support centers) in order to enhance the ability of families to 
    remain together and to thrive through the provision of community 
    based services that--
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            (A) promote and build family and parenting skills;
            (B) promote and assist families in the use of formal and 
        informal family support services;
            (C) create a support network to strengthen and reinforce 
        good parenting; and
            (D) are closely linked with, but not duplicative of, other 
        community resources.

(Pub. L. 101-501, title IX, Sec. 927, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1269.)

                       References in Text

    Section 12339 of this title, referred to in par. (2), was repealed 
by Pub. L. 103-252, title IV, Sec. 401(b)(1), May 18, 1994, 108 Stat. 
672.
