42 U.S.C. 1397 - Purposes of division; authorization of appropriations

• Cite as: 42 U.S.C. 1397

For the purposes of consolidating Federal assistance to States for social services into a single grant, increasing State flexibility in using social service grants, and encouraging each State, as far as practicable under the conditions in that State, to furnish services directed at the goals of-

(1) achieving or maintaining economic self-support to prevent, reduce, or eliminate dependency;

(2) achieving or maintaining self-sufficiency, including reduction or prevention of dependency;

(3) preventing or remedying neglect, abuse, or exploitation of children and adults unable to protect their own interests, or preserving, rehabilitating or reuniting families;

(4) preventing or reducing inappropriate institutional care by providing for community-based care, home-based care, or other forms of less intensive care; and

(5) securing referral or admission for institutional care when other forms of care are not appropriate, or providing services to individuals in institutions,

there are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this division.

Cite as 42 U.S.C. § 1397

Source: Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XX, §2001, as added Pub. L. 97-35, title XXIII, §2352(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 867; amended Pub. L. 111-148, title VI, §6703(d)(1), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 803.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 12/7/2021

EDITORIAL NOTES

PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 1397, act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XX, §2001, as added Jan. 4, 1975, Pub. L. 93-647, §2, 88 Stat. 2337; amended June 17, 1980, Pub. L. 96-272, title II, §207(b), 94 Stat. 526, authorized appropriations to carry out former provisions of this subchapter, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by section 2352(a) of Pub. L. 97-35.