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[CITE: 42USC5711]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 72--JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
 
               SUBCHAPTER III--RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH
 
            Part A--Runaway and Homeless Youth Grant Program
 
Sec. 5711. Authority to make grants


(a) Grants for centers and services

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary shall make grants to public and nonprofit private 
    entities (and combinations of such entities) to establish and 
    operate (including renovation) local centers to provide services for 
    runaway and homeless youth and for the families of such youth.

                        (2) Services provided

        Services provided under paragraph (1)--
            (A) shall be provided as an alternative to involving runaway 
        and homeless youth in the law enforcement, child welfare, mental 
        health, and juvenile justice systems;
            (B) shall include--
                (i) safe and appropriate shelter; and
                (ii) individual, family, and group counseling, as 
            appropriate; and

            (C) may include--
                (i) street-based services;
                (ii) home-based services for families with youth at risk 
            of separation from the family; and
                (iii) drug abuse education and prevention services.

(b) Allotment of funds for grants; priority given to certain private 
        entities

    (1) Subject to paragraph (2) and in accordance with regulations 
promulgated under this subchapter, funds for grants under subsection (a) 
of this section shall be allotted annually with respect to the States on 
the basis of their relative population of individuals who are less than 
18 years of age.
    (2) Subject to paragraph (3), the amount allotted under paragraph 
(1) with respect to each State for a fiscal year shall be not less than 
$100,000, except that the amount allotted to the Virgin Islands of the 
United States, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands shall be not less than $45,000 each.
    (3) If, as a result of paragraph (2), the amount allotted under 
paragraph (1) with respect to a State for a fiscal year would be less 
than the aggregate amount of grants made under this part to recipients 
in such State for fiscal year 1992, then the amounts allotted to satisfy 
the requirements of such paragraph shall be reduced pro rata to the 
extent necessary to allot under paragraph (1) with respect to such State 
for the fiscal year an amount equal to the aggregate amount of grants 
made under this part to recipients in such State for fiscal year 1992.
    (4) In selecting among applicants for grants under subsection (a) of 
this section, the Secretary shall give priority to private entities that 
have experience in providing the services described in such subsection.

(Pub. L. 93-415, title III, Sec. 311, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1130; Pub. 
L. 95-115, Sec. 7(a)(1), Oct. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 1058; Pub. L. 96-509, 
Sec. 18(c), Dec. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 2762; Pub. L. 98-473, title II, 
Sec. 651, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2123; Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, 
Sec. 7271(a), (b), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4452; Pub. L. 102-586, 
Sec. 3(b), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5018; Pub. L. 106-71, Sec. 3(b), Oct. 
12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1035.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-71, Sec. 3(b)(1), added heading and 
text of subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which read as 
follows: ``The Secretary shall make grants to public and private 
entities (and combinations of such entities) to establish and operate 
(including renovation) local runaway and homeless youth centers to 
provide services to deal primarily with the immediate needs of runaway 
or otherwise homeless youth, and their families, in a manner which is 
outside the law enforcement system, the child welfare system, the mental 
health system, and the juvenile justice system.''
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 106-71, Sec. 3(b)(2), struck out ``the Trust 
Territory of the Pacific Islands,'' after ``American Samoa,''.
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 106-71, Sec. 3(b)(3), struck out subsecs. 
(c) and (d) which related to street-based services and home-based 
services, respectively.
    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-586, Sec. 3(b)(1), substituted 
``system, the child welfare system, the mental health system, and'' for 
``structure and''.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 102-586, Sec. 3(b)(2)(A), substituted 
``$100,000'' for ``$75,000'' and ``$45,000'' for ``$30,000''.
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 102-586, Sec. 3(b)(2)(B), substituted 
``1992'' for ``1988'' in two places.
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 102-586, Sec. 3(b)(3), added subsecs. (c) 
and (d) and struck out former subsec. (c) which read as follows: ``The 
Secretary is authorized to provide on-the-job training to local runaway 
and homeless youth center personnel and coordinated networks of local 
law enforcement, social service, and welfare personnel to assist such 
personnel in recognizing and providing for learning disabled and other 
handicapped juveniles.''
    1988--Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7271(a), substituted ``Authority to make 
grants'' for ``Grants and technical assistance'' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7271(b), amended subsec. (a) 
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: ``The 
Secretary is authorized to make grants and to provide technical 
assistance and short-term training to States, localities and private 
entities and coordinated networks of such entities in accordance with 
the provisions of this part and assistance to their families. Grants 
under this part shall be made equitably among the States based upon 
their respective populations of youth under 18 years of age for the 
purpose of developing local facilities to deal primarily with the 
immediate needs of runaway youth or otherwise homeless youth, and their 
families, in a manner which is outside the law enforcement structure and 
juvenile justice system. The size of such grant shall be determined by 
the number of such youth in the community and the existing availability 
of services. Grants also may be made for the provision of a national 
communications system for the purpose of assisting runaway and homeless 
youth in communicating with their families and with service providers. 
Among applicants priority shall be given to private organizations or 
institutions which have had past experience in dealing with such 
youth.''
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7271(b), amended subsec. (b) 
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: ``The 
Secretary is authorized to provide supplemental grants to runaway 
centers which are developing, in cooperation with local juvenile court 
and social service agency personnel, model programs designed to provide 
assistance to juveniles who have repeatedly left and remained away from 
their homes or from any facilities in which they have been placed as the 
result of an adjudication and to the families of such juveniles.''
    1984--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-473, Sec. 651(a), in first sentence, 
substituted ``private entities and coordinated networks of such 
entities'' for ``nonprofit private agencies and coordinated networks of 
such agencies'' and inserted ``and assistance to their families''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-473, Sec. 651(b), inserted ``and to the 
families of such juveniles''.
    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-509, Sec. 18(c)(1)-(4), designated 
existing provision as subsec. (a), inserted ``equitably among the States 
based upon their respective populations of youth under 18 years of age'' 
after ``shall be made'', ``, and their families,'' after ``homeless 
youth'', and provision that grants also be made for the provision of a 
national communications system to assist runaway and homeless youth in 
communicating with their families and with service providers.
    Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 96-509, Sec. 18(c)(5), added subsecs. (b) 
and (c).
    1977--Pub. L. 95-115 substituted ``technical assistance and short-
term training to States, localities and nonprofit private agencies and 
coordinated networks of such agencies in'' for ``technical assistance to 
localities and nonprofit private agencies in'', ``needs of runaway youth 
or otherwise homeless youth in'' for ``needs of runaway youth in'', and 
``such youth'' for ``runaway youth'' in two places.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-690 effective Oct. 1, 1988, see section 
7296(a) of Pub. L. 100-690, set out as a note under section 5601 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-473 effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 
670(a) of Pub. L. 98-473, set out as a note under section 5601 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-115 effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 
263(c) of Pub. L. 93-415, as added by Pub. L. 95-115, set out as a note 
under section 5601 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5712, 5713 of this title.
