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[CITE: 42USC12338]

 
                 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. 12338. Supportive services


(a) Authority

    The Commissioner shall carry out a program for making grants to a 
State, that has designated an independent State body under section 12336 
of this title and provided for coordinated services under section 12337 
of this title, for distribution by the chief executive officer under a 
State plan approved under section 12337 of this title to demonstrate 
successful program approaches to fill service gaps identified through 
State planning and advocacy efforts for any of the areas specified in 
paragraph (2).

(b) Eligible services

    The services eligible to be provided under subsection (a) of this 
section are services--
        (1) that are designed to facilitate the provision of 
    comprehensive community based services that are efficient, 
    coordinated, and readily available through such activities as case 
    planning, case management, intake and assessment, and information 
    and referral; and
        (2) that serve any of the following purposes--
            (A) provide adequate and safe physical shelter to young 
        individuals and the families of such individuals, especially in 
        emergency circumstances;
            (B) provide transitional living services to young 
        individuals who are homeless;
            (C) enable young individuals to attain and maintain physical 
        and mental well-being;
            (D) provide health screening to detect or prevent illnesses, 
        or both, that occur most frequently in young individuals as well 
        as better treatment and counseling;
            (E) enhance the development of children to ensure that such 
        children enter school prepared and ready to learn;
            (F) promote the highest quality of educational opportunity, 
        especially through drop-out prevention programs, remediation for 
        young individuals who have dropped out of school, and vocational 
        education;
            (G) provide effective training apprenticeships and 
        employment opportunities;
            (H) promote participation in community service and civic, 
        cultural, and recreational activities that value young 
        individuals as resources and promote self-esteem and a stake in 
        the community;
            (I) promote the participation of young individuals in 
        decisions concerning planning and managing the lives of such 
        individuals;
            (J) encourage young individuals and the families of such 
        individuals to use any community facilities and services that 
        are available to such individuals;
            (K) ensure that young individuals who are unable to live 
        with the biological families of such individuals have a safe 
        place to live until such individuals can return home or move 
        into independent adult life; and
            (L) prevent the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of young 
        individuals.

(Pub. L. 101-501, title IX, Sec. 932, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1273.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 12333, 12335, 12336, 12337, 
12340 of this title.
