34 U.S.C. § 11222 | Eligibility

(a)

In general

To be eligible for assistance under this part, an applicant shall propose to establish, strengthen, or fund a transitional living youth project for homeless youth and shall submit to the Secretary a plan in which such applicant agrees, as part of such project—

(1)

1 So in original. The comma probably should not appear.

to provide, by grant, agreement, or contract, shelter (such as group homes, including maternity group homes, host family homes, and supervised apartments) and provide, by grant, agreement, or contract, services, (including information and counseling services in basic life skills which shall include money management, budgeting, consumer education, and use of credit, parenting skills (as appropriate), interpersonal skill building, educational advancement, job attainment skills, and mental and physical health care) to homeless youth;

(2)

to provide such shelter and such services to individual homeless youth throughout a continuous period not to exceed 540 days, or in exceptional circumstances 635 days, except that a youth in a program under this part who has not reached 18 years of age on the last day of the 635-day period may, in exceptional circumstances and if otherwise qualified for the program, remain in the program until the youth’s 18th birthday;

(3)

to provide, directly or indirectly, on-site supervision at each shelter facility that is not a family home;

(4)

that such shelter facility used to carry out such project shall have the capacity to accommodate not more than 20 individuals (excluding staff);

(5)

to provide a number of staff sufficient to ensure that all homeless youth participating in such project receive adequate supervision and services;

(6)

to provide a written transitional living plan to each youth based on an assessment of such youth’s needs, designed to help the transition from supervised participation in such project to independent living or another appropriate living arrangement;

(7)

to develop an adequate plan to ensure proper referral of homeless youth to social service, law enforcement, educational (including post-secondary education), vocational, training (including services and programs for youth available under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), welfare (including programs under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996), legal service, and health care programs and to help integrate and coordinate such services for youths;

(8)

to provide for the establishment of outreach programs designed to attract individuals who are eligible to participate in the project;

(9)

to submit to the Secretary an annual report that includes information regarding the activities carried out with funds under this part, the achievements of the project under this part carried out by the applicant and statistical summaries describing the number and the characteristics of the homeless youth who participate in such project, and the services provided to such youth by such project, in the year for which the report is submitted;

(10)

to implement such accounting procedures and fiscal control devices as the Secretary may require;

(11)

to submit to the Secretary an annual budget that estimates the itemized costs to be incurred in the year for which the applicant requests a grant under this part;

(12)

to keep adequate statistical records profiling homeless youth which it serves and not to disclose the identity of individual homeless youth in reports or other documents based on such statistical records;

(13)

not to disclose records maintained on individual homeless youth without the informed consent of the individual youth to anyone other than an agency compiling statistical records;

(14)

to provide to the Secretary such other information as the Secretary may reasonably require;

(15)

42 U.S.C. 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii)42 U.S.C. 11431 to coordinate services with McKinney-Vento school district liaisons, designated under section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (), to assure that runaway and homeless youth are provided information about the educational services available to such youth under subtitle B of title VII of that Act [ et seq.]; and

(16)

to develop an adequate emergency preparedness and management plan.

(b)

Priority

In selecting eligible applicants to receive grants under this part, the Secretary shall give priority to entities that have experience in providing to homeless youth shelter and services of the types described in subsection (a)(1).

(c)

Definition

In this part—

(1)

the term “maternity group home” means a community-based, adult-supervised transitional living arrangement that provides pregnant or parenting youth and their children with a supportive and supervised living arrangement in which such pregnant or parenting youth are required to learn parenting skills, including child development, family budgeting, health and nutrition, and other skills to promote their long-term economic independence in order to ensure the well-being of their children; and

(2)

the term “exceptional circumstances” means circumstances in which a youth would benefit to an unusual extent from additional time in the program.

Pub. L. 93–415, title III, § 322 Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7273(f)Nov. 18, 1988102 Stat. 4456 Pub. L. 102–586, § 3(f)Nov. 4, 1992106 Stat. 5022 Pub. L. 106–71, § 3(f)Oct. 12, 1999113 Stat. 1038 Pub. L. 108–96, title IOct. 10, 2003117 Stat. 1168 Pub. L. 110–378, § 4Oct. 8, 2008122 Stat. 4069 Pub. L. 113–128, title V, § 512(aa)July 22, 2014128 Stat. 1717(, as added , , ; amended , , ; , , ; , §§ 107, 108, 110, 111, , , 1169; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Pub. L. 113–128July 22, 2014128 Stat. 1425 section 3101 of Title 29The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(7), is , , , which enacted chapter 32 (§ 3101 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor, repealed chapter 30 (§ 2801 et seq.) of Title 29 and chapter 73 (§ 9201 et seq.) of Title 20, Education, and made amendments to numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.

Pub. L. 104–193Aug. 22, 1996110 Stat. 2105 section 1305 of Title 42The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, referred to in subsec. (a)(7), is , , . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1996 Amendments note set out under , The Public Health and Welfare, and Tables.

Pub. L. 100–77July 22, 1987101 Stat. 482 section 11301 of Title 42The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(15), is , , . Subtitle B of title VII of the Act is classified generally to part B (§ 11431 et seq.) of subchapter VI of chapter 119 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.

Codification

section 5714–2 of Title 42Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Prior Provisions

section 322 of title III of Pub. L. 93–415Sept. 7, 197488 Stat. 1132 Pub. L. 95–115, § 7(b)Oct. 3, 197791 Stat. 1058Oct. 1, 1977A prior , , , set forth restrictions on disclosure and transfer of records, prior to repeal by , , , eff. .

Amendments

Pub. L. 113–1282014—Subsec. (a)(7). substituted “(including services and programs for youth available under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act)” for “(including services and programs for youth available under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998)”.

Pub. L. 110–378, § 4(a)(1)2008—Subsec. (a)(1). , substituted “by grant, agreement, or contract, shelter” for “directly or indirectly, shelter” and “and provide, by grant, agreement, or contract, services,” for “and services”.

Pub. L. 110–378, § 4(a)(2)Subsec. (a)(2). , substituted “a continuous period not to exceed 540 days, or in exceptional circumstances 635 days, except that a youth in a program under this part who has not reached 18 years of age on the last day of the 635-day period may, in exceptional circumstances and if otherwise qualified for the program, remain in the program until the youth’s 18th birthday;” for “a continuous period not to exceed 540 days, except that a youth in a program under this part who is under the age of 18 years on the last day of the 540-day period may, if otherwise qualified for the program, remain in the program until the earlier of the youth’s 18th birthday or the 180th day after the end of the 540-day period;”.

Pub. L. 110–378, § 4(a)(3)Subsec. (a)(16). –(5), added par. (16).

Pub. L. 110–378, § 4(b)Subsec. (c). , substituted “part—” for “part,”, inserted par. (1) designation before “the term”, substituted “; and” for period at end, and added par. (2).

Pub. L. 108–96, § 107(a)2003—Subsec. (a)(1). , inserted “including maternity group homes,” after “group homes,” and “parenting skills (as appropriate),” after “use of credit,”.

Pub. L. 108–96, § 108Subsec. (a)(2). , inserted “, except that a youth in a program under this part who is under the age of 18 years on the last day of the 540-day period may, if otherwise qualified for the program, remain in the program until the earlier of the youth’s 18th birthday or the 180th day after the end of the 540-day period” after “days”.

Pub. L. 108–96, § 111Subsec. (a)(7). , amended par. (7) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (7) read as follows: “to develop an adequate plan to ensure proper referral of homeless youth to social service, law enforcement, educational, vocational, training, welfare, legal service, and health care programs and to help integrate and coordinate such services for youths;”.

Pub. L. 108–96, § 110Subsec. (a)(15). , added par. (15).

Pub. L. 108–96, § 107(b)Subsec. (c). , added subsec. (c).

Pub. L. 106–711999—Subsec. (a)(9). inserted “, and the services provided to such youth by such project,” after “participate in such project”.

Pub. L. 102–586, § 3(f)(1)1992—Subsec. (a)(1). , inserted “which shall include money management, budgeting, consumer education, and use of credit” after “basic life skills”.

Pub. L. 102–586, § 3(f)(2)Subsec. (a)(13). , substituted “informed consent of the individual youth” for “consent of the individual youth and parent or legal guardian” and struck out “or a government agency involved in the disposition of criminal charges against youth” after “statistical records”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2014 Amendment

Pub. L. 113–128July 22, 2014July 1, 2015section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128 section 3101 of Title 29Amendment by effective on the first day of the first full program year after (), see , set out as an Effective Date note under , Labor.

Effective Date

Oct. 1, 1988section 7296(a) of Pub. L. 100–690 section 11101 of this titleSection effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1988 Amendment note under .