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

§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 Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commissioner must set up a National Center on Family Resource and Support Programs by grant or contract. The center will collect and share program information and give technical help for all types of family resource and support programs. The center has four main jobs: act as a national hub for information and data and show which program models work best; create and run training and curricula for staff; pick several model programs to make technical-help materials so other agencies can start programs; and build statewide networks for sharing information.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §12353

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

(a)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)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

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60