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§9913 Training, Technical Assistance, and Other Activities

Title 42 › CHAPTER 106 — COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM › § 9913

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must use reserved funds to pay for training, technical help, planning, evaluation, and performance measurement. These activities are meant to help States fix program problems, watch program performance, and collect and report data on programs under this law. The Secretary can carry out this work by giving grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to other groups. The plan for what training and help to give must focus on improving program quality, including financial management. It must include ways to get ongoing input from national and State networks so local needs are met. Some of the reserved money must be sent directly to eligible groups—statewide or local organizations with proven experience training people and groups on how to serve low-income families and communities—to improve quality, reporting, and measuring results.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §9913

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(a)Activities

(1)In general

The Secretary shall use amounts reserved in section 9903(b)(2) of this title—

(A)for training, technical assistance, planning, evaluation, and performance measurement, to assist States in carrying out corrective action activities and monitoring (to correct programmatic deficiencies of eligible entities), and for reporting and data collection activities, related to programs carried out under this chapter; and

(B)to distribute amounts in accordance with subsection (c).

(2)Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements

The activities described in paragraph (1)(A) may be carried out by the Secretary through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with appropriate entities.

(b)Terms and technical assistance process

The process for determining the training and technical assistance to be carried out under this section shall—

(1)ensure that the needs of eligible entities and programs relating to improving program quality (including quality of financial management practices) are addressed to the maximum extent feasible; and

(2)incorporate mechanisms to ensure responsiveness to local needs, including an ongoing procedure for obtaining input from the national and State networks of eligible entities.

(c)Distribution requirement

(1)In general

The amounts reserved under section 9903(b)(2)(A) of this title for activities to be carried out under this subsection shall be distributed directly to eligible entities, organizations, or associations described in paragraph (2) for the purpose of improving program quality (including quality of financial management practices), management information and reporting systems, and measurement of program results, and for the purpose of ensuring responsiveness to identified local needs.

(2)Eligible entities, organizations, or associations

Eligible entities, organizations, or associations described in this paragraph shall be eligible entities, or statewide or local organizations or associations, with demonstrated expertise in providing training to individuals and organizations on methods of effectively addressing the needs of low-income families and communities.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 9913

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110