PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary of Labor must give grants, when money is provided, to programs and facilities that serve homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children. Grants must pay for job training, counseling, job placement help (including literacy and skills training) and child care so these veterans can rejoin the workforce. The Secretary must collect information on how funds are used and the results for each veteran, in the form the Secretary sets. The program is run by the Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training, and every two years the Secretary must include an evaluation of the program and the collected data in the required report to Congress. Congress authorized $1,000,000 for each fiscal year 2011 through 2026, and $197,261 for the period from October 1, 2026, to December 11, 2026. These funds remain available until spent, and money obligated in one fiscal year may be spent that year and the next.

Title 38, §2021A

Veterans' Benefits, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Grants.—

Subject to the availability of appropriations provided for such purpose, the Secretary of Labor shall make grants to programs and facilities that the Secretary determines provide dedicated services for homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children.

(b)Use of Funds.—

Grants under this section shall be used to provide job training, counseling, placement services (including job readiness and literacy and skills training) and child care services to expedite the reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children into the labor force.

(c)Requirement To Monitor Expenditures of Funds.—

(1)The Secretary of Labor shall collect such information as that Secretary considers appropriate to monitor and evaluate the distribution and expenditure of funds appropriated to carry out this section. The information shall include data with respect to the results or outcomes of the services provided to each homeless veteran under this section.

(2)Information under paragraph (1) shall be furnished in such form and manner as the Secretary of Labor may specify.

(d)Administration Through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training.—

The Secretary of Labor shall carry out this section through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training.

(e)Biennial Report to Congress.—

The Secretary of Labor shall include as part of the report required under section 2021(h)(1) of this title an evaluation of the grant program under this section, which shall include an evaluation of services furnished to veterans under this section and an analysis of the information collected under subsection (c).

(f)Authorization of Appropriations.—

(1)In addition to any amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 2021 of this title, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—

(A)$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2026; and

(B)$197,261 for the period beginning on October 1, 2026, and ending on December 11, 2026.

(2)Funds appropriated to carry out this section shall remain available until expended. Funds obligated in any fiscal year to carry out this section may be expended in that fiscal year and the succeeding fiscal year.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2026—Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 119–103 substituted “to carry out this section—” for “to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2026.” and added subpars. (A) and (B). 2025—Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 119–37 substituted “2026” for “2025”. 2024—Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 118–83 substituted “2025” for “2024”. 2022—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 117–328 substituted “section 2021(h)(1)” for “section 2021(d)”. Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 117–180 substituted “2024” for “2022”. 2020—Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 116–159 substituted “2022” for “2020”. 2018—Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 115–251 substituted “2020” for “2018”. 2017—Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 115–62 substituted “2018” for “2017”. 2016—Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 114–228 substituted “2017” for “2016”. 2015—Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 114–58 substituted “2016” for “2015”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2025 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 119–37 effective as if enacted on Sept. 30, 2025, see section 7406 of Pub. L. 119–37, set out as a note under section 111A of this title.

§2021A Homeless Women Veterans and Homeless Veterans with Children Reintegration Grant Program