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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§12353 Establishment of National Center on Family Resource and Support Programs

Title 42 › CHAPTER 127 — COORDINATED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES › SUBCHAPTER I — ESTABLISHMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND AWARDING OF GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS › Part C — National Clearinghouse › § 12353

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commissioner must create, by grant or contract, the National Center on Family Resource and Support Programs to collect and share information and give help to family resource and support programs around the country. The Center will act as a national clearinghouse, offer training and technical help, and make materials. It will set up a system to spread information about all program types and the best models, run training courses and curricula, pick several programs to create how-to guides, and build statewide networks for sharing information.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §12353

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

(a)Establishment
The Commissioner shall establish, through grant or contract, a national center for the collection and provision of programmatic information and technical assistance that relates to all types of family resource and support programs, to be known as the “National Center on Family Resource and Support Programs”.
(b)Functions
The national center established under subsection (a) shall serve as a national information and data clearinghouse, training, technical assistance, and material development source for family resource and support programs. Such center shall—
(1)develop and maintain a system for disseminating information on all types of family resource and support programs and on the state of family resource and support program development, including information concerning the most effective model programs;
(2)develop and sponsor a variety of training institutes and curricula for family resource and support program staff;
(3)identify several programs representing the various types of family resource and support programs to develop technical assistance materials and activities to assist other agencies in establishing family resource and support programs; and
(4)develop State-wide networks of family resource and support programs for the purpose of sharing and disseminating information.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 103–252 substituted “several programs” for “several model programs”.

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.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 12353

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110