Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60

§11343 Purposes of Grants

Title 42 › Chapter 119— HOMELESS ASSISTANCE › Subchapter III— FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM › Part B— Emergency Food and Shelter Grants › § 11343

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Grants to the National Board can be used for three main things. They can help provide shelter, food, and support services that move people from temporary shelter to permanent homes and meet special needs like mental or physical disabilities; they can fund local programs to make them more effective and innovative; and they can pay for minimal repairs to mass shelters or feeding sites so they are safe and meet local building codes. The Board may only fund programs run by private nonprofit organizations or local governments, and those programs must match the goals of this law. The Board cannot run programs itself.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §11343

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

(a)Grants to the National Board may be used—

(1)to supplement and expand ongoing efforts to provide shelter, food, and supportive services for homeless individuals with sensitivity to the transition from temporary shelter to permanent homes, and attention to the special needs of homeless individuals with mental and physical disabilities and illnesses, and to facilitate access for homeless individuals to other sources of services and benefits;

(2)to strengthen efforts to create more effective and innovative local programs by providing funding for them; and

(3)to conduct minimum rehabilitation of existing mass shelter or mass feeding facilities, but only to the extent necessary to make facilities safe, sanitary, and bring them into compliance with local building codes.

(b)(1)The National Board may only provide funding provided under this part for—

(A)programs undertaken by private nonprofit organizations and local governments; and

(B)programs that are consistent with the purposes of this subchapter.

(2)The National Board may not carry out programs directly.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 11343

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60