Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§9915 Corrective Action; Termination and Reduction of Funding

Title 42 › CHAPTER 106 — COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM › § 9915

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a State finds that an eligible entity is not following its agreement or meeting State standards, the State must tell the entity what is wrong and require fixes. The State must offer training and help if it is appropriate and send a report to the Secretary about that help, or explain why help is not appropriate. The entity may be allowed to write and start a quality improvement plan within 60 days of being told. The State must either approve that plan or explain why not within 30 days after getting it. After giving notice and a chance for a hearing, the State can begin steps to end the entity’s designation or cut its funding if the problem is not fixed. If the State tries to end designation or cut funding, the Secretary will review that decision if asked. The Secretary must finish the review within 90 days after getting all needed documents, or the State’s decision becomes final at the end of the 90th day. If the State cut funding before finishing its hearing and before the Secretary’s review and the State broke the assurance in section 9908(b)(8), the Secretary can give money directly to the affected entity until the issue is fixed. The State’s next grant or allotment under sections 9905 or 9906 will be reduced by the amount the Secretary provided.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §9915

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(a)Determination

If the State determines, on the basis of a final decision in a review pursuant to section 9914 of this title, that an eligible entity fails to comply with the terms of an agreement, or the State plan, to provide services under this chapter or to meet appropriate standards, goals, and other requirements established by the State (including performance objectives), the State shall—

(1)inform the entity of the deficiency to be corrected;

(2)require the entity to correct the deficiency;

(3)(A)offer training and technical assistance, if appropriate, to help correct the deficiency, and prepare and submit to the Secretary a report describing the training and technical assistance offered; or

(B)if the State determines that such training and technical assistance are not appropriate, prepare and submit to the Secretary a report stating the reasons for the determination;

(4)(A)at the discretion of the State (taking into account the seriousness of the deficiency and the time reasonably required to correct the deficiency), allow the entity to develop and implement, within 60 days after being informed of the deficiency, a quality improvement plan to correct such deficiency within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the State; and

(B)not later than 30 days after receiving from an eligible entity a proposed quality improvement plan pursuant to subparagraph (A), either approve such proposed plan or specify the reasons why the proposed plan cannot be approved; and

(5)after providing adequate notice and an opportunity for a hearing, initiate proceedings to terminate the designation of or reduce the funding under this chapter of the eligible entity unless the entity corrects the deficiency.

(b)Review

A determination to terminate the designation or reduce the funding of an eligible entity is reviewable by the Secretary. The Secretary shall, upon request, review such a determination. The review shall be completed not later than 90 days after the Secretary receives from the State all necessary documentation relating to the determination to terminate the designation or reduce the funding. If the review is not completed within 90 days, the determination of the State shall become final at the end of the 90th day.

(c)Direct assistance

Whenever a State violates the assurances contained in section 9908(b)(8) of this title and terminates or reduces the funding of an eligible entity prior to the completion of the State hearing described in that section and the Secretary’s review as required in subsection (b), the Secretary is authorized to provide financial assistance under this chapter to the eligible entity affected until the violation is corrected. In such a case, the grant or allotment for the State under section 9905 or 9906 of this title for the earliest appropriate fiscal year shall be reduced by an amount equal to the funds provided under this subsection to such eligible entity.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 9915

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110