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34 U.S.C. § 12252 — Definitions
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 13901 was editorially reclassified as [section 12261 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section12261&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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**(a) General authority** The Attorney General may make grants, on a competitive basis, to States to carry out in accordance with this part family unity demonstration projects that enable eligible offenders to live in community correctional facilities with their children.
**(b) Preferences** For the purpose of making grants under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall give preference to a State that includes in the application required by [section 12252 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section12252&num=0&edition=prelim) assurances that if the State receives a grant—
(1) both the State corrections agency and the State health and human services agency will participate substantially in, and cooperate closely in all aspects of, the development and operation of the family unity demonstration project for which such a grant is requested;
(2) boards made up of community members, including residents, local businesses, corrections officials, former prisoners, child development professionals, educators, and maternal and child health professionals will be established to advise the State regarding the operation of such project;
(3) the State has in effect a policy that provides for the placement of all prisoners, whenever possible, in correctional facilities for which they qualify that are located closest to their respective family homes;
(4) unless the Attorney General determines that a longer timeline is appropriate in a particular case, the State will implement the project not later than 180 days after receiving a grant under subsection (a) and will expend all of the grant during a 1-year period;
(5) the State has the capacity to continue implementing a community correctional facility beyond the funding period to ensure
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### Statutory Notes
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Section 13892 was editorially reclassified as [section 12252 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section12252&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
§ 12253
1 See References in Text note below.
(A) a parent who has consistently assumed
responsibility for the housing, health, and
safety of a child prior to incarceration; or
(B) a woman who has given birth to a child
after or while awaiting her sentencing hear-
ing and who expresses a willingness to as-
sume responsibility for the housing, health,
and safety of that child,
a parent who, in the best interest of a child,
has arranged for the temporary care of the
child in the home of a relative or other respon-
sible adult shall not for that reason be ex-
cluded from the category ‘‘primary care-
taker’’.
‘‘State’’ means a State, the District of Co-
lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
the United States Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Is-
lands.
(Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 31903, Sept. 13, 1994,
108 Stat. 1893.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 13882 of
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi-
torial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
SUBPART 1—GRANTS TO STATES
§ 12251. Authority to make grants
(a) General authority
The Attorney General may make grants, on a
competitive basis, to States to carry out in ac-
cordance with this part family unity demonstra-
tion projects that enable eligible offenders to
live in community correctional facilities with
their children.
(b) Preferences
For the purpose of making grants under sub-
section (a), the Attorney General shall give pref-
erence to a State that includes in the applica-
tion required by section 12252 of this title assur-
ances that if the State receives a grant—
(1) both the State corrections agency and
the State health and human services agen
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