§12201 — Title 34 Navy | U.S. Code

§12201 Community development corporation improvement grants

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Comprehensive Acts › Chapter CHAPTER 121— - VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - CRIME PREVENTION › Part Part E— - National Community Economic Partnership › Subpart subpart 2— - emerging community development corporations › § 12201

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Gives grants to community development corporations so they can get better at running their organizations and do more local economic development work. The Secretary must award money to help staff learn business and management skills. The grants can pay for training and technical help from experienced agencies, institutions, or other successful community development corporations. Also gives grants to help with planning, development, and management of low-income community projects. The money can be used to study whether a project will work, make a business plan, or gather resources for a planned project. Corporations must apply when and how the Secretary says. Grants cannot be more than $75,000 per year. A corporation can get grants for up to 3 years in a row, but must submit a new application each time and compete for the award.

Title 34, §12201

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(a)It is the purpose of this section to provide assistance to community development corporations to upgrade the management and operating capacity of such corporations and to enhance the resources available to enable such corporations to increase their community economic development activities.

(b)(1)The Secretary shall award grants to community development corporations to enable such corporations to attain or enhance the business management and development skills of the individuals that manage such corporations to enable such corporations to seek the public and private resources necessary to develop community economic development projects.

(2)A recipient of a grant under paragraph (1) may use amounts received under such grant—

(A)to acquire training and technical assistance from agencies or institutions that have extensive experience in the development and management of low-income community economic development projects; or

(B)to acquire such assistance from other highly successful community development corporations.

(c)(1)The Secretary shall award grants to community development corporations to enable such corporations to support an administrative capacity for the planning, development, and management of low-income community economic development projects.

(2)A recipient of a grant under paragraph (1) may use amounts received under such grant—

(A)to conduct evaluations of the feasibility of potential low-income community economic development projects that address identified needs in the low-income community and that conform to those projects and activities permitted under subpart 1; 11 See References in Text note below.

(B)to develop a business plan related to such a potential project; or

(C)to mobilize resources to be contributed to a planned low-income community economic development project or strategy.

(d)A community development corporation that desires to receive a grant under this section shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.

(e)Amounts provided under this section to a community development corporation shall not exceed $75,000 per year. Such corporations may apply for grants under this section for up to 3 consecutive years, except that such corporations shall be required to submit a new application for each grant for which such corporation desires to receive and compete on the basis of such applications in the selection process.

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

Subpart 1, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(A), was in the original “subtitle A”, and was translated as reading “chapter 1”, meaning chapter 1 of subtitle K of title III of Pub. L. 103–322, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 13841 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.