42 USC § 9912 - Office of Community Services

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s9912"
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title: "42 USC § 9912 - Office of Community Services"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "9912"
section_name: "Office of Community Services"
chapter_number: 106
chapter_name: "COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK 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. 97–35, title VI, § 678, as added Pub. L. 105–285, title II, § 201, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2742.)"
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# § 9912. Office of Community Services

**(a)** **Office** The Secretary shall carry out the functions of this chapter through an Office of Community Services, which shall be established in the Department of Health and Human Services. The Office shall be headed by a Director.

**(b)** **Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements** The Secretary shall carry out functions of this chapter through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 678, as added Pub. L. 105–285, title II, § 201, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2742.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 9912, , formerly § 683, , ; , , ; renumbered § 684, , , , contained provisions repealing certain other statutory provisions, reauthorizing appropriations, and conforming references, prior to general amendment of this chapter by .

A prior  was classified to , prior to the general amendment of this chapter by .