42 U.S.C. § 290cc–22 — Purpose of grants

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States that get these grants must pass the money to local governments and nonprofits serving homeless people with serious mental illness. That money pays for outreach, treatment, case management, and limited housing help. States cannot fund emergency shelters, inpatient treatment, or cash payments with this money.

(a) In general: The Secretary will only pay a state under section 290cc–21 if the state agrees to give all the money out as grants to local governments and nonprofits, including veterans' and community groups. Those grants must pay for the services in subsection (b), for people who (1) have a serious mental illness, alone or (B) together with a substance use disorder, and (2) are homeless or about to become homeless. (b) Specification of services: The services are: (1) outreach; (2) screening and diagnosis; (3) habilitation and rehabilitation; (4) community mental health care; (5) alcohol or drug treatment; (6) staff training, including for shelter and clinic workers; (7) case management, meaning (A) writing and updating, every 3 months, a service plan; (B) helping get daily-living, financial, transportation, and job services; (C) helping get income support like housing aid, food benefits, and SSI; (D) referring people to other appropriate services; and (E) acting as a representative payee for SSI benefits, if the Secretary designates the applicant to do so; (8) supportive and supervisory services where people live; (9) referrals for health care, job training, education, and housing; (10) subject to subsection (h)(1): small housing repairs and additions, housing planning, help applying for housing assistance, better-coordinated housing services, security deposits, costs of matching people to housing, and one-time rent payments to stop an eviction; and (11) other services the Secretary approves. (c) Coordination: The Secretary will only pay a state if it agrees to give grants only to organizations able to provide, directly or through partners, the services in subsection (b), including coordinating care for people who are both mentally ill and dealing with substance use. (d) Special consideration regarding veterans: The Secretary will only pay a state if it agrees to give special consideration, when picking grantees, to organizations with a track record of serving homeless veterans. (e) Special rules: The Secretary will only pay a state if it agrees not to fund any organization that (1) excludes people from mental health services because they have or might have a substance use disorder, or (2) excludes people from substance use services because they have or might have a mental illness. (f) Administrative expenses: The Secretary will only pay a state if it agrees to spend no more than 4 percent of the money on its own administration. (g) Restrictions on use of funds: The Secretary will only pay a state if it agrees that (1) no more than 20 percent goes to the housing services in subsection (b)(10), and (2) none of the money pays for (A) emergency shelters or building housing, (B) inpatient psychiatric or substance use treatment costs, or (C) cash payments to the people being served. (h) Waiver for territories: For the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands, the Secretary may waive whatever parts of this part the Secretary thinks are appropriate.

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(a) In general

The Secretary may not make payments under section 290cc–21 of this title unless the State involved agrees that the payments will be expended solely for making grants to political subdivisions of the State, and to nonprofit private entities (including community-based veterans organizations and other community organizations), for the purpose of providing the services specified in subsection (b) to individuals who—

(1)

(A)

are suffering from serious mental illness; or

(B)

are suffering from serious mental illness and from a substance use disorder; and

(2)

are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless.

(b) Specification of services

The services referred to in subsection (a) are—

(1)

outreach services;

(2)

screening and diagnostic treatment services;

(3)

habilitation and rehabilitation services;

(4)

community mental health services;

(5)

alcohol or drug treatment services;

(6)

staff training, including the training of individuals who work in shelters, mental health clinics, substance use disorder programs, and other sites where homeless individuals require services;

(7)

case management services, including—

(A)

preparing a plan for the provision of community mental health services to the eligible homeless individual involved, and reviewing such plan not less than once every 3 months;

(B)

providing assistance in obtaining and coordinating social and maintenance services for the eligible homeless individuals, including services relating to daily living activities, personal financial planning, transportation services, and habilitation and rehabilitation services, prevocational and vocational services, and housing services;

(C)

providing assistance to the eligible homeless individual in obtaining income support services, including housing assistance, supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, and supplemental security income benefits;

(D)

referring the eligible homeless individual for such other services as may be appropriate; and

(E)

providing representative payee services in accordance with section 1631(a)(2) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1383(a)(2)] if the eligible homeless individual is receiving aid under title XVI of such act [42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.] and if the applicant is designated by the Secretary to provide such services;

(8)

supportive and supervisory services in residential settings;

(9)

referrals for primary health services, job training, educational services, and relevant housing services;

(10)

subject to subsection (h)(1)—

(A)

minor renovation, expansion, and repair of housing;

(B)

planning of housing;

(C)

technical assistance in applying for housing assistance;

(D)

improving the coordination of housing services;

(E)

security deposits;

(F)

the costs associated with matching eligible homeless individuals with appropriate housing situations; and

(G)

1-time rental payments to prevent eviction; and

(11)

other appropriate services, as determined by the Secretary.

The Secretary may not make payments under section 290cc–21 of this title unless the State involved agrees to make grants pursuant to subsection (a) only to entities that have the capacity to provide, directly or through arrangements, the services specified in subsection (b), including coordinating the provision of services in order to meet the needs of eligible homeless individuals who are both mentally ill and suffering from a substance use disorder.

(d) Special consideration regarding veterans

The Secretary may not make payments under section 290cc–21 of this title unless the State involved agrees that, in making grants to entities pursuant to subsection (a), the State will give special consideration to entities with a demonstrated effectiveness in serving homeless veterans.

(e) Special rules

The Secretary may not make payments under section 290cc–21 of this title unless the State involved agrees that grants pursuant to subsection (a) will not be made to any entity that—

(1)

has a policy of excluding individuals from mental health services due to the existence or suspicion of a substance use disorder; or

(2)

has a policy of excluding individuals from substance use disorder services due to the existence or suspicion of mental illness.

(f) Administrative expenses

The Secretary may not make payments under section 290cc–21 of this title unless the State involved agrees that not more than 4 percent of the payments will be expended for administrative expenses regarding the payments.

(g) Restrictions on use of funds

The Secretary may not make payments under section 290cc–21 of this title unless the State involved agrees that—

(1)

not more than 20 percent of the payments will be expended for housing services under subsection (b)(10); and

(2)

the payments will not be expended—

(A)

to support emergency shelters or construction of housing facilities;

(B)

for inpatient psychiatric treatment costs or inpatient substance use disorder treatment costs; or

(C)

to make cash payments to intended recipients of mental health or substance use disorder services.

(h) Waiver for territories

With respect to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Secretary may waive the provisions of this part that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 522, as added Pub. L. 100–77, title VI, § 611(3), July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 516; amended Pub. L. 101–645, title V, § 511, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4726; Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXII, § 3203(a), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1191; Pub. L. 110–234, title IV, § 4002(b)(1)(E), (2)(U), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1096, 1097; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title IV, § 4002(b)(1)(E), (2)(U), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1857, 1858; Pub. L. 114–255, div. B, title IX, § 9004(b), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1238.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1944Enacted · Pub. L. 100-77 · 101 Stat. 516
1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-645 · 104 Stat. 4726
2000Amended · Pub. L. 106-310 · 114 Stat. 1191
2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-234 · 122 Stat. 1096, 1097
2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-246 · 122 Stat. 1664, 1857, 1858
2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-255 · 130 Stat. 1238

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