Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§3200 Technical Assistance Liaisons

Title 42 › CHAPTER 38 — PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › SUBCHAPTER V — ADMINISTRATION › § 3200

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Regional offices can pick a staff member to serve as a Technical Assistance Liaison for any State they cover. The Liaison must work with an Economic Development Representative to give extra technical help, beyond other help already offered, to eligible, underresourced communities that apply for grants under subchapter II (the Liaison decides which communities are underresourced). If an applicant asks, the Liaison must give technical feedback on applications that were not funded. The Secretary can also hire or make agreements with eligible groups to provide this kind of help to underresourced communities that have applied or might apply under this chapter.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §3200

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

(a)In general

A Regional Director of a regional office of the Economic Development Administration may designate a staff member to act as a “Technical Assistance Liaison” for any State served by the regional office.

(b)Role

A Technical Assistance Liaison shall—

(1)work in coordination with an Economic Development Representative to provide technical assistance, in addition to technical assistance under section 3147 of this title, to eligible recipients that are underresourced communities, as determined by the Technical Assistance Liaison, that submit applications for assistance under subchapter II; and

(2)at the request of an eligible recipient that submitted an application for assistance under subchapter II, provide technical feedback on unsuccessful grant applications.

(c)Technical assistance

The Secretary may enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with an eligible recipient for the purpose of providing technical assistance to eligible recipients that are underresourced communities that have submitted or may submit an application for assistance under this chapter.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 3200

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110