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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§11361b Technical assistance

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 119— - HOMELESS ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - HOUSING ASSISTANCE › Part Part A— - General Provisions › § 11361b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must give technical help to private nonprofit organizations, other non‑government groups, States, metropolitan cities, urban counties, and non‑urban counties. The help is to plan to prevent and end homelessness, to help prepare joint funding applications, to keep families from being split in shelters or housing programs, and to share and use best housing and service practices for people who are homeless. The Secretary must set aside not more than 1 percent of the yearly funds for carrying out parts B and C to pay for this help.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §11361b

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary shall make available technical assistance to private nonprofit organizations and other nongovernmental entities, States, metropolitan cities, urban counties, and counties that are not urban counties, to implement effective planning processes for preventing and ending homelessness, to improve their capacity to prepare collaborative applications, to prevent the separation of families in emergency shelter or other housing programs, and to adopt and provide best practices in housing and services for persons experiencing homeless.
(b)The Secretary shall reserve not more than 1 percent of the funds made available for any fiscal year for carrying out parts B and C, to provide technical assistance under subsection (a).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification section 1103 of Pub. L. 111–22, which directed amendment of subtitle A of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act by adding this section after section 404, was executed by adding this section following section 404 (42 U.S.C. 11361a) of subtitle A of title IV of Pub. L. 100–77 (this part), to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on the earlier of 18 months after May 20, 2009, or 3 months after publication of certain final

Regulations

by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, see section 1503 of Pub. L. 111–22, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2009 Amendment note under section 11302 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 11361b

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73