34 USC § 11221 - Authority for program

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s11221"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 11221 - Authority for program"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "11221"
section_name: "Authority for program"
chapter_number: 111
chapter_name: "JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Transitional Living Grant Program"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–415, title III, § 321, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7273(f), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4455; amended Pub. L. 106–71, § 3(e), Oct. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1038.)"
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# § 11221. Authority for program

The Secretary is authorized to make grants and to provide technical assistance to public and nonprofit private entities to establish and operate transitional living youth projects for homeless youth.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–415, title III, § 321, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7273(f), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4455; amended Pub. L. 106–71, § 3(e), Oct. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1038.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was renumbered section 363 and is classified to .

### Amendments

1999— struck out “Purpose and” before “Authority” in section catchline and struck out subsec. (a) designation before “The Secretary” and subsec. (b) which defined “homeless youth” and “transitional living youth project”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1988 Amendment note under .