§12315 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

§12315 Administration

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 127— - COORDINATED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ESTABLISHMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND AWARDING OF GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS › Part Part A— - Administration on Children, Youth, and Families › § 12315

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commissioner can help by giving advice, technical support, and short training to state independent groups. The Commissioner can run research and demonstration projects, make and share educational and informational materials (including project reports), provide staff and technical help to the Council, and evaluate programs and publish those results. The Commissioner must prepare and send a report within 180 days after the end of each fiscal year to the President and to the chairs of the House Committee on Education and Labor and the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Under written agreements, the Commissioner may use services and facilities of any federal, public, or nonprofit agency and may pay for those services in advance or by reimbursement. Each year the Secretary may set aside up to 10 percent of the total money appropriated for this chapter for salaries and expenses of the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families to administer the chapter.

Title 42, §12315

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(a)In carrying out this subchapter, the Commissioner is authorized to—

(1)provide consultative services, technical assistance, and short-term training to the independent State bodies;

(2)conduct research and demonstrations;

(3)collect, prepare, publish, and disseminate special educational or informational materials, including reports of the projects for which funds are provided under this subchapter;

(4)provide staff and other technical assistance to the Council;

(5)evaluate the effectiveness of programs authorized under this subchapter and periodically publish analyses of the results of such evaluations; and

(6)not later than 180 days after the end of each fiscal year, prepare and submit, to the President and the chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report concerning the activities carried out under this subchapter and concerning such other activities as the Secretary determines appropriate.

(b)(1)Subject to agreements made between the Commissioner and the head of such agency or organization, in carrying out the duties referred to in subsection (a) the Commissioner may utilize the services and facilities of any agency of the Federal Government and of any other public or nonprofit agency or organizations.11 So in original. Probably should be “organization.”

(2)The Commissioner may pay for such services and facilities, in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be provided in such agreement.

(c)Of the aggregate amount appropriated to carry out this chapter in any fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve not more than 10 percent for salaries and expenses of the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families related to the administration of this chapter.

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Change of Name

Committee on Education and Labor of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Education and the Workforce of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, Jan. 9, 2023. Committee on Labor and Human Resources of Senate changed to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of Senate by Senate Resolution No. 20, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 19, 1999.

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1990, see section 1001(a) of Pub. L. 101–501, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1990 Amendment note under section 8621 of this title.

§12315 Administration

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Title 42, §12315

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