Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110
§11361b Technical Assistance
Title 42 › CHAPTER 119 — HOMELESS ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER IV — HOUSING ASSISTANCE › Part A — General Provisions › § 11361b
Summary
The Secretary must help nonprofits, states, cities, and counties plan and act to prevent and end homelessness, improve joint grant applications, and keep families together while using proven housing and service practices. Each fiscal year, the Secretary must reserve not more than 1 percent of funds for parts B and C to pay for this help.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §11361b
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(a)In general
The Secretary shall make available technical assistance to private nonprofit organizations and other nongovernmental entities, States, metropolitan cities, urban counties, and counties that are not urban counties, to implement effective planning processes for preventing and ending homelessness, to improve their capacity to prepare collaborative applications, to prevent the separation of families in emergency shelter or other housing programs, and to adopt and provide best practices in housing and services for persons experiencing homeless.
(b)Reservation
The Secretary shall reserve not more than 1 percent of the funds made available for any fiscal year for carrying out parts B and C, to provide technical assistance under subsection (a).
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification section 1103 of Pub. L. 111–22, which directed amendment of subtitle A of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act by adding this section after section 404, was executed by adding this section following section 404 (42 U.S.C. 11361a) of subtitle A of title IV of Pub. L. 100–77 (this part), to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on the earlier of 18 months after May 20, 2009, or 3 months after publication of certain final
Regulations
by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, see section 1503 of Pub. L. 111–22, set out as an
Effective Date
of 2009 Amendment note under section 11302 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
42 U.S.C. § 11361b
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110