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[CITE: 42USC9833]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 105--COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS
 
                   SUBCHAPTER II--HEAD START PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 9833. Financial assistance for Head Start programs

    The Secretary may, upon application by an agency which is eligible 
for designation as a Head Start agency pursuant to section 9836 of this 
title, provide financial assistance to such agency for the planning, 
conduct, administration, and evaluation of a Head Start program focused 
primarily upon children from low-income families who have not reached 
the age of compulsory school attendance which (1) will provide such 
comprehensive health, education, parental involvement, nutritional, 
social, and other services as will enable the children to attain their 
full potential and attain school readiness; and (2) will provide for 
direct participation of the parents of such children in the development, 
conduct, and overall program direction at the local level.

(Pub. L. 97-35, title VI, Sec. 638, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 499; Pub. L. 
100-297, title II, Sec. 2504, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 330; Pub. L. 103-
252, title I, Secs. 103, 112(c), May 18, 1994, 108 Stat. 625, 641; Pub. 
L. 105-285, title I, Sec. 104, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2705.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Cl. (1). Pub. L. 105-285 substituted ``enable the children'' 
for ``aid the children'' and inserted ``and attain school readiness'' 
before the semicolon.
    1994--Pub. L. 103-252 struck out subsec. (a) designation, in cl. 
(1), substituted ``health, education, parental involvement, nutritional, 
social, and other services'' for ``health, nutritional, educational, 
social, and other services'', and struck out subsec. (b) which read as 
follows: ``For purposes of providing financial assistance under 
subsection (a) of this section to agencies, the Secretary may not take 
into consideration whether such agency applies for or receives funds 
under subchapter V of this chapter.''
    1988--Pub. L. 100-297 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) 
and added subsec. (b).


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-252 effective May 18, 1994, but not 
applicable to Head Start agencies and other recipients of financial 
assistance under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) until Oct. 
1, 1994, see section 127 of Pub. L. 103-252, set out as a note under 
section 9832 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    For effective date and applicability of amendment by Pub. L. 100-
297, see section 6303 of Pub. L. 100-297, set out as a note under 
section 1071 of Title 20, Education.
