Title 42 › CHAPTER 105 — COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS › SUBCHAPTER IV — GRANTS TO STATES FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF DEPENDENT CARE PROGRAMS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES › § 9877
Gives meanings for words used in this subchapter. "Community center" means places run by nonprofit local groups that offer recreation, social, or learning services to the public. "Dependent" covers three kinds of people: those under 17, those 55 or older, and people with a developmental disability. "Developmental disability" means the same as in section 15002 of this title. "Equipment" means the same as in section 198(a)(8) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. "Institution of higher education" and "local educational agency" mean what those terms mean in section 1001 and section 7801 of title 20, respectively. "School-age children" are ages five through thirteen, except a State may use a younger age if its law starts free public education earlier. "School facilities" are classrooms and related spaces used for teaching. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. "State" includes each State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Palau, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. "State educational agency" means the same as in section 7801 1 of title 20.
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42 U.S.C. § 9877
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
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Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110