Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§15062 Grant Awards

Title 42 › CHAPTER 144 — DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ASSISTANCE AND BILL OF RIGHTS › SUBCHAPTER I — PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Part D — National Network of University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service › § 15062

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must give each Center that existed last year and meets the rules an equal grant of $500,000, unless Congress changes the money available. That $500,000 can be raised for inflation using the latest Consumer Price Index if it went up. The Secretary must give these equal grants first. If paying every Center $500,000 would be more than the money Congress provided for the year, each grant is cut by the same percentage so the total fits the available funds. If every Center does get at least $500,000 (after any inflation adjustment), and money is available, the Secretary must then pay for national training projects that cover the federal share of training to meet unmet needs of people with developmental disabilities and their families. After the base grants, the Secretary may also give extra grants or fund additional Centers to serve States or groups that are unserved or underserved for reasons like population size or large rural, urban, or underserved concentrations.

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Title 42, §15062

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(a)Existing Centers

(1)In general

In awarding and distributing grant funds under section 15061(a)of this title for a fiscal year, the Secretary, subject to the availability of appropriations and the condition specified in subsection (d), shall award and distribute grant funds in equal amounts of $500,000 (adjusted in accordance with subsection (b)), to each Center that existed during the preceding fiscal year and that meets the requirements of this part, prior to making grants under subsection (c) or (d).

(2)Reduction of award

Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the aggregate of the funds to be awarded to the Centers pursuant to paragraph (1) for any fiscal year exceeds the total amount appropriated under section 15066 of this title for such fiscal year, the amount to be awarded to each Center for such fiscal year shall be proportionately reduced.

(b)Adjustments

Subject to the availability of appropriations, for any fiscal year following a year in which each Center described in subsection (a) received a grant award of not less than $500,000 under subsection (a) (adjusted in accordance with this subsection), the Secretary shall adjust the awards to take into account the most recent percentage change in the Consumer Price Index published by the Secretary of Labor under section 720(c)(1) of title 29 (if the percentage change indicates an increase), prior to making grants under subsection (c) or (d).

(c)National training initiatives on critical and emerging needs

Subject to the availability of appropriations, for any fiscal year in which each Center described in subsection (a) receives a grant award of not less than $500,000, under subsection (a) (adjusted in accordance with subsection (b)), after making the grant awards, the Secretary shall make grants under section 15061(b) of this title to Centers to pay for the Federal share of the cost of training initiatives related to the unmet needs of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families, as described in section 15063(b) of this title.

(d)Additional grants

For any fiscal year in which each Center described in subsection (a) receives a grant award of not less than $500,000 under subsection (a) (adjusted in accordance with subsection (b)), after making the grant awards, the Secretary may make grants under section 15061(a) of this title for activities described in section 15063(a) of this title to additional Centers, or additional grants to Centers, for States or populations that are unserved or underserved by Centers due to such factors as—

(1)population;

(2)a high concentration of rural or urban areas; or

(3)a high concentration of unserved or underserved populations.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 15062

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110