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Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110

§1621o Indian Youth Grant Program

Title 25 › CHAPTER 18 — INDIAN HEALTH CARE › SUBCHAPTER II — HEALTH SERVICES › § 1621o

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary, through the Service, can give grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations for new programs that prevent and treat mental and physical problems in preadolescent and adolescent Indian youth. Money can fund programs that promote health and use cultural values, family and community, and traditional healers, and can pay for community training and education. Funds cannot pay for services listed in section 1665g(c). The Secretary must share and promote models for full adolescent health care, help tribes who ask for technical assistance, and set rules for reviewing grant applications.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §1621o

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(a)Grants
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)Use of funds
(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)Models for delivery of comprehensive health care services
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)Criteria for review and approval of applications
The Secretary shall establish criteria for the review and approval of applications under this section.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 1621o

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110