§1621o — Title 25 Indians | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary, through the Service, can make grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations to fund new programs that prevent and treat mental and physical illness in Indian preadolescent and adolescent youths. Grants can pay for programs that promote mental and physical health using cultural values, family and community involvement, and traditional healers, and for community training and education. Funds cannot pay for services listed in section 1665g(c) of this title. The Secretary must share and promote care models for Indian and urban Indian adolescents, offer technical help if a tribe asks, and set rules for reviewing and approving applications.

Title 25, §1621o

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(a)The Secretary, acting through the Service, is authorized to make grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations for innovative mental and physical disease prevention and health promotion and treatment programs for Indian preadolescent and adolescent youths.

(b)(1)Funds made available under this section may be used to—

(A)develop prevention and treatment programs for Indian youth which promote mental and physical health and incorporate cultural values, community and family involvement, and traditional healers; and

(B)develop and provide community training and education.

(2)Funds made available under this section may not be used to provide services described in section 1665g(c) of this title.

(c)The Secretary shall—

(1)disseminate to Indian tribes information regarding models for the delivery of comprehensive health care services to Indian and urban Indian adolescents;

(2)encourage the implementation of such models; and

(3)at the request of an Indian tribe, provide technical assistance in the implementation of such models.

(d)The Secretary shall establish criteria for the review and approval of applications under this section.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Amendment by Pub. L. 111–148 is based on section 101(b)(4) and 131 of title I of S. 1790, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, as reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate in Dec. 2009, which were enacted into law by section 10221(a) of Pub. L. 111–148.

Amendments

2010—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 111–148 substituted “section 1665g(c) of this title” for “section 1621h(m) of this title”. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 111–148 struck out subsec. (e) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1993 to 2000.

§1621o Indian youth grant program

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Title 25, §1621o

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