38 U.S.C. § 2021A — Homeless women veterans and homeless

Page 573 TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS § 2022 Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under sec- tion 4101 of Title 25 and Tables. The date of the enactment of the Joseph Maxwell Cleland and Robert Joseph Dole Memorial Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2022, re- ferred to in subsecs. (b)(2), (g)(1), and (h)(2), is the date of enactment of div. U of Pub. L. 117–328, which was ap- proved Dec. 29, 2022. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 2021 was renumbered section 4301 of this title and subsequently omitted in the general amendment of chapter 43 of this title by Pub. L. 103–353, § 2(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3150. AMENDMENTS 2022—Pub. L. 117–328 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to homeless veterans re- integration programs and authorized appropriations to carry out this section. Subsec. (e)(1)(F). Pub. L. 117–180 substituted ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2022’’. 2021—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 116–315 substituted ‘‘sec- tion 2023(d)’’ for ‘‘section 2023(e)’’. 2020—Subsec. (e)(1)(F). Pub. L. 116–159 substituted ‘‘2022’’ for ‘‘2020’’. 2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–407 substituted ‘‘re- integration into the labor force of—’’ for ‘‘reintegration of homeless veterans into the labor force.’’ and added pars. (1) to (5). Subsec. (e)(1)(F). Pub. L. 115–251 substituted ‘‘2020’’ for ‘‘2018’’. 2017—Subsec. (e)(1)(F). Pub. L. 115–62 substituted ‘‘2018’’ for ‘‘2017’’. 2016—Subsec. (e)(1)(F). Pub. L. 114–228 substituted ‘‘2017’’ for ‘‘2016’’. 2015—Subsec. (e)(1)(F). Pub. L. 114–58 substituted ‘‘2016’’ for ‘‘2015’’. 2014—Subsec. (e)(1)(F). Pub. L. 113–175 substituted ‘‘2015’’ for ‘‘2014’’. 2013—Subsec. (e)(1)(F). Pub. L. 113–37 substituted ‘‘2014’’ for ‘‘2013’’. 2012—Subsec. (e)(1)(F). Pub. L. 112–154 substituted ‘‘2013’’ for ‘‘2012’’. 2011—Subsec. (e)(1)(F). Pub. L. 112–37 substituted ‘‘2012’’ for ‘‘2011’’. 2010—Subsec. (e)(1)(F). Pub. L. 111–275 substituted ‘‘2011’’ for ‘‘2009’’. 2006—Subsec. (e)(1)(F). Pub. L. 109–233 added subpar. (F). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2013 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 113–37 effective Oct. 1, 2013, see section 4(a) of Pub. L. 113–37, set out as a note under section 322 of this title. § 2021A. Homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children reintegration grant program (a) GRANTS.—Subject to the availability of ap- propriations provided for such purpose, the Sec- retary of Labor shall make grants to programs and facilities that the Secretary determines pro- vide dedicated services for homeless women vet- erans and homeless veterans with children. (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants under this section shall be used to provide job training, counseling, placement services (including job readiness and literacy and skills training) and child care serv- ices to expedite the reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children into the labor force. (c) REQUIREMENT TO MONITOR EXPENDITURES OF FUNDS.—(1) The Secretary of Labor shall col- lect such information as that Secretary con- siders appropriate to monitor and evaluate the distribution and expenditure of funds appro- priated to carry out this section. The informa- tion shall include data with respect to the re- sults or outcomes of the services provided to each homeless veteran under this section. (2) Information under paragraph (1) shall be furnished in such form and manner as the Sec- retary of Labor may specify. (d) ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF LABOR FOR VETERANS’ EMPLOY- MENT AND TRAINING.—The Secretary of Labor shall carry out this section through the Assist- ant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employ- ment and Training. (e) BIENNIAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Sec- retary of Labor shall include as part of the re- port required under section 2021(h)(1) of this title an evaluation of the grant program under this section, which shall include an evaluation of services furnished to veterans under this sec- tion and an analysis of the information col- lected under subsection (c). (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) In addition to any amount authorized to be appro- priated to carry out section 2021 of this title, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2025. (2) Funds appropriated to carry out this sec- tion shall remain available until expended. Funds obligated in any fiscal year to carry out this section may be expended in that fiscal year and the succeeding fiscal year. (Added Pub. L. 111–275, title II, § 202(a), Oct. 13, 2010, 124 Stat. 2873; amended Pub. L. 114–58, title III, § 302, Sept. 30, 2015, 129 Stat. 534; Pub. L. 114–228, title III, § 302, Sept. 29, 2016, 130 Stat. 938; Pub. L. 115–62, title III, § 302, Sept. 29, 2017, 131 Stat. 1163; Pub. L. 115–251, title I, § 142, Sept. 29, 2018, 132 Stat. 3170; Pub. L. 116–159, div. E, title III, § 5302, Oct. 1, 2020, 134 Stat. 750; Pub. L. 117–180, div. E, title III, § 302, Sept. 30, 2022, 136 Stat. 2138; Pub. L. 117–328, div. U, title III, § 303(b), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5470; Pub. L. 118–83, div. B, title III, § 323, Sept. 26, 2024, 138 Stat. 1540.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2024—Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 118–83 substituted ‘‘2025’’ for ‘‘2024’’. 2022—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 117–328 substituted ‘‘section 2021(h)(1)’’ for ‘‘section 2021(d)’’. Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 117–180 substituted ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2022’’. 2020—Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 116–159 substituted ‘‘2022’’ for ‘‘2020’’. 2018—Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 115–251 substituted ‘‘2020’’ for ‘‘2018’’. 2017—Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 115–62 substituted ‘‘2018’’ for ‘‘2017’’. 2016—Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 114–228 substituted ‘‘2017’’ for ‘‘2016’’. 2015—Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 114–58 substituted ‘‘2016’’ for ‘‘2015’’. § 2022. Coordination of outreach services for vet- erans at risk of homelessness (a) OUTREACH PLAN.—The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Health, shall