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42 U.S.C. § 11361b

Technical assistance

United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective

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42 U.S.C. § 11361b, Technical assistance, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/482525
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The Secretary shall make available technical assistance to private nonprofit organizations and other nongovernmental entities, States, metropolitan cities, urban counties, and counties that are not urban counties, to implement effective planning processes for preventing and ending homelessness, to improve their capacity to prepare collaborative applications, to prevent the separation of families in emergency shelter or other housing programs, and to adopt and provide best practices in housing and services for persons experiencing homeless. The Secretary shall reserve not more than 1 percent of the funds made available for any fiscal year for carrying out parts B and C, to provide technical assistance under subsection (a).

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 100-77(H.R. 558)1987-07-22
    Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 111-22(S. 896)2009-05-20
    Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009