Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§9805 Statement of Purpose

Title 42 › CHAPTER 105 — COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS › SUBCHAPTER I — COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Part A — Urban and Rural Special Impact Programs › § 9805

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Create special aid programs for nonprofit community development groups that start locally. These groups must meet four things: they must tackle serious problems in specific communities or neighborhoods (regardless of official political lines) with many low-income people; be big and long-lasting enough to sharply reduce dependence, long-term unemployment, and neighborhood decline; be likely to keep working after the federal money ends; and help start, grow, or bring businesses nearby to create jobs and ownership for residents, including those with limited English.

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Title 42, §9805

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

The purpose of this part is to establish special programs of assistance to nonprofit private locally initiated community development corporations which (1) are directed to the solution of the critical problems existing in particular communities or neighborhoods (defined without regard to political or other subdivisions or boundaries) within those urban and rural areas having concentrations or substantial numbers of low-income persons; (2) are of sufficient size, scope, and duration to have an appreciable impact in such communities, neighborhoods, and rural areas in arresting tendencies toward dependency, chronic unemployment, and community deterioration; (3) hold forth the prospect of continuing to have such impact after the termination of financial assistance under this part; and (4) provide financial and other assistance to start, expand, or locate enterprises in or near the area to be served so as to provide employment and ownership opportunities for residents of such areas, including those who are disadvantaged in the labor market because of their limited speaking, reading, and writing abilities in the English language.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 9805

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102