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34 U.S.C. § 11245 — Authority to make grants for research, evaluation, demonstration, and service projects

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34 U.S.C. § 11245 — Authority to make grants for research, evaluation, demonstration, and service projects

**(a) Authorization; purposes** The Secretary may make grants to States, localities, and private entities (and combinations of such entities) to carry out research, evaluation, demonstration, and service projects regarding activities under this subchapter designed to increase knowledge concerning, and to improve services for, runaway youth and homeless youth. **(b) Selection factors; priority** In selecting among applications for grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to proposed projects relating to— (1) youth who repeatedly leave and remain away from their homes; (2) transportation of runaway youth and homeless youth in connection with services authorized to be provided under this subchapter; (3) the special needs of runaway youth and homeless youth programs in rural areas; (4) the special needs of programs that place runaway youth and homeless youth in host family homes; (5) staff training in— (A) the behavioral and emotional effects of sexual abuse and assault, severe forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 7102(9) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 22), and sex trafficking (as defined in section 7102(10) 1 of title 22); (B) responding to youth who are showing effects of sexual abuse and assault, severe forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 7102(9) 1 of title 22), or sex trafficking (as defined in section 7102(10) 1 of title 22); and (C) agency-wide strategies for working with runaway and homeless youth who have been sexually victimized, including such youth who are victims of trafficking (as defined in section 7102(15) 1 of title 22); (6) innovative methods of developing resources that enhance the establishment or operation of runaway and homeless youth centers; (7) training for ru

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**(a) Authorization; purposes** The Secretary may make grants to States, localities, and private entities (and combinations of such entities) to carry out research, evaluation, demonstration, and service projects regarding activities under this subchapter designed to increase knowledge concerning, and to improve services for, runaway youth and homeless youth. **(b) Selection factors; priority** In selecting among applications for grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to proposed projects relating to— (1) youth who repeatedly leave and remain away from their homes; (2) transportation of runaway youth and homeless youth in connection with services authorized to be provided under this subchapter; (3) the special needs of runaway youth and homeless youth programs in rural areas; (4) the special needs of programs that place runaway youth and homeless youth in host family homes; (5) staff training in— (A) the behavioral and emotional effects of sexual abuse and assault, severe forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 7102(9) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 22), and sex trafficking (as defined in section 7102(10) 1 of title 22); (B) responding to youth who are showing effects of sexual abuse and assault, severe forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 7102(9) 1 of title 22), or sex trafficking (as defined in section 7102(10) 1 of title 22); and (C) agency-wide strategies for working with runaway and homeless youth who have been sexually victimized, including such youth who are victims of trafficking (as defined in section 7102(15) 1 of title 22); (6) innovative methods of developing resources that enhance the establishment or operation of runaway and homeless youth centers; (7) training for runaway youth and homeless youth, and staff training, related to preventing and obtaining treatment for infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); (8) increasing access to quality health care (including behavioral health care) for runaway youth and homeless youth; (9) increasing access to education for runaway youth and homeless youth, including access to educational and workforce programs to achieve outcomes such as decreasing secondary school dropout rates, increasing rates of attaining a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent, or increasing placement and retention in postsecondary education or advanced workforce training programs; and (10) providing programs, including innovative programs, that assist youth in obtaining and maintaining safe and stable housing, and which may include programs with supportive services that continue after the youth complete the remainder of the programs. **(c) Applicant experience and diversity** In selecting among applicants for grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— (1) give priority to applicants who have experience working with runaway or homeless youth; and (2) ensure that the applicants selected— (A) represent diverse geographic regions of the United States; and (B) carry out projects that serve diverse populations of runaway or homeless youth.

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42 U.S.C. § 5714–23 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 5714–21 was editorially reclassified as [section 11241 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section11241&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.

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34 U.S.C. § 11201 — Authorization of appropriations

**(a) In general** (1) **Authorization** — There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subchapter (other than part E) $127,421,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2020. (2) **Allocation** (A) *Parts A and B* — From the amount appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve not less than 90 percent to carry out parts A and B. (B) *Part B* — Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), 45 percent and, in those fiscal years in which continuation grant obligations and the quality and number of applicants for parts A and B warrant not more than 55 percent, shall be reserved to carry out part B. (3) **Parts C and D** (A) *In general* — In each fiscal year, after reserving the amounts required by paragraph (2), the Secretary shall use the remaining amount (if any) to carry out parts C and D (other than [section 11245 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section11245&num=0&edition=prelim)). (B) *Periodic estimate* — Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), such sums as may be necessary shall be made available to carry out [section 11245 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section11245&num=0&edition=prelim) for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2020. (4) **Part E** — There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part E $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2020. **(b) Separate identification required** No funds appropriated to carry out this subchapter may be combined with funds appropriated under any other Act if the purpose of combining such funds is to make a single discretionary grant, or a single discretionary payment, unless such funds are separately identified in all

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42 U.S.C. § 5714a — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 5714–25 was editorially reclassified as [section 11245 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section11245&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.

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34 U.S.C. § 11245 — Periodic estimate of incidence and prev-

Page 277 TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT § 11261 1 See References in Text note below. 1999—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 106–71 substituted ‘‘The Secretary’’ for ‘‘With funds appropriated under section 5751(c) of this title, the Secretary’’. § 11245. Periodic estimate of incidence and prev- alence of youth homelessness (a) Periodic estimate Not later than 2 years after October 8, 2008, and at 5-year intervals thereafter, the Sec- retary, in consultation with the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, shall pre- pare and submit to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and make available to the public, a report— (1) by using the best quantitative and quali- tative social science research methods avail- able, containing an estimate of the incidence and prevalence of runaway and homeless indi- viduals who are not less than 13 years of age but are less than 26 years of age; and (2) that includes with such estimate an as- sessment of the characteristics of such indi- viduals. (b) Content The report required by subsection (a) shall in- clude— (1) the results of conducting a survey of, and direct interviews with, a representative sam- ple of runaway and homeless individuals who are not less than 13 years of age but are less than 26 years of age, to determine past and current— (A) socioeconomic characteristics of such individuals; and (B) barriers to such individuals obtain- ing— (i) safe, quality, and affordable housing; (ii) comprehensive and affordable health insurance and health services; and (iii) incomes, public benefits, supportive services, and connections to caring adults; and (2) such other information as the Secretary determines, in consultatio

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