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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§12333 Establishment of programs

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 B— - Grants for State and Community Programs for Children, Youth, and Families › § 12333

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commissioner must give grants in each State under sections 12337 and 12338 to help states plan and expand services for children, youth, and their families. These services must help make sure kids have safe housing, good physical and mental health care, strong early development for school readiness, good education, job training and apprenticeships, chances for community service and work and for youth to take part in decisions, and many civic, cultural, and recreational activities that build self‑esteem. The Commissioner must also award competitive grants under section 12339 to set up family resource programs, including family support centers, that help families stay together and thrive by teaching parenting skills, helping families use formal and informal supports, building family support networks, and linking with other community services without duplicating them.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §12333

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

The Commissioner shall make grants—
(1)in each State under section 12337 of this title to improve State planning and coordination of services, and under section 12338 of this title to expand supportive services, in order to promote the availability of developmental, preventive, and remedial services to children, youth and their families that are designed to ensure—
(A)adequate and safe physical shelter whether in their own homes or, if necessary, in out-of-home programs;
(B)high quality physical and mental health care;
(C)the enhancement of the development of children to ensure that children enter school prepared and ready to learn;
(D)highest quality educational opportunity;
(E)effective training and apprenticeships to increase the likelihood of employment;
(F)opportunities for community service and productive employment, and for participation by children and youth in decisions affecting the lives of such children and youth; and
(G)a wide range of civic, cultural, and recreational activities that recognize young individuals as resources and promote self-esteem and a sense of community; and
(2)to States on a competitive basis under section 12339 11 See References in Text note below. of this title to establish family resource programs (including family support centers) in order to enhance the ability of families to remain together and to thrive through the provision of community based services that—
(A)promote and build family and parenting skills;
(B)promote and assist families in the use of formal and informal family support services;
(C)create a support network to strengthen and reinforce good parenting; and
(D)are closely linked with, but not duplicative of, other community resources.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 12339 of this title, referred to in par. (2), was repealed by Pub. L. 103–252, title IV, § 401(b)(1), May 18, 1994, 108 Stat. 672.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 12333

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73