# § 10493. Uses of funds
**1** **In general** [^1]
A State or local law enforcement agency or organization that receives a grant under this subchapter shall use amounts provided under the grant to establish or improve training and support programs for law enforcement personnel.
See References in Text note below.
**(b)** **Required activities** A law enforcement agency or organization that receives funds under this subchapter shall provide at least one of the following services:
**(1)** Counseling for law enforcement officers and family members.
**(2)** Child care on a 24-hour basis.
**(3)** Marital and adolescent support groups.
**(4)** Evidence-based programs to reduce stress, prevent suicide, and promote mental health.
**(5)** Stress education for law enforcement recruits and families.
**(6)** Technical assistance and training programs to support any or all of the services described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5).
**(c)** **Optional activities** A law enforcement agency or organization that receives funds under this subchapter may provide the following services:
**(1)** Post-shooting debriefing for officers and their spouses.
**(2)** Group therapy.
**(3)** Hypertension clinics.
**(4)** Critical incident response on a 24-hour basis.
**(5)** Law enforcement family crisis, mental health crisis, and suicide prevention telephone services on a 24-hour basis.
**(6)** Counseling for law enforcement personnel exposed to infectious disease.
**(7)** Counseling for peers.
**(8)** Counseling for families of personnel killed, injured, or permanently disabled in the line of duty.
**(9)** Seminars regarding alcohol, drug use, gambling, and overeating.
**(10)** Specialized training for identifying, reporting, and responding to officer mental health crises and suicide.
**(11)** Technical assistance and training to support any or all of the services described in paragraphs (1) through (10).
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2303, as added Pub. L. 103–322, title XXI, § 210201(a)(3), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2062; amended Pub. L. 116–32, § 2(4), July 25, 2019, 133 Stat. 1036.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, and was translated as reading “this part”, meaning part W of title I of , to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
### Codification
Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
### Amendments
2019—Subsec. (b)(1). , inserted “officers and” after “law enforcement”.
Subsec. (b)(4). , amended par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (4) read as follows: “Stress reduction programs.”
Subsec. (c)(5). , inserted “, mental health crisis, and suicide prevention” after “family crisis”.
Subsec. (c)(6). , substituted “infectious disease” for “the human immunodeficiency virus”.
Subsec. (c)(8). , inserted “, injured, or permanently disabled” after “killed”.
Subsec. (c)(10), (11). , added pars. (10) and (11) and struck out former par. (10) which read as follows: “Technical assistance and training to support any or all of the services described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9).”