---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 U.S.C. § 1534"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
number: "1534"
heading: "Technical assistance and training"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/21/1534"
units:
  - "Chapter 20 — National Drug Control Program"
  - "Subchapter II — Drug-Free Communities"
  - "Part A — Drug-Free Communities Support Program"
---

# §1534. Technical assistance and training

- (a) **In general—**
  - (1) **Technical assistance and agreements—** With respect to any [grant recipient](/usc/21/1523.md?p=6) or other organization, the [Administrator](/usc/21/1523.md?p=1) may—
    - (A) offer technical assistance and training; and
    - (B) enter into contracts and cooperative agreements.
  - (2) **Coordination of programs—** The [Administrator](/usc/21/1523.md?p=1) may facilitate the coordination of [programs](/usc/21/1523.md?p=8) between a [grant recipient](/usc/21/1523.md?p=6) and other organizations and entities.
- (b) **Training—** The [Administrator](/usc/21/1523.md?p=1) may provide training to any representative designated by a [grant recipient](/usc/21/1523.md?p=6) in—
  - (1) coalition building;
  - (2) task force development;
  - (3) mediation and facilitation, direct service, assessment and evaluation; or
  - (4) any other activity related to the purposes of the [Program](/usc/21/1523.md?p=8).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–690, title I, § 1034, as added Pub. L. 105–20, § 2(a)(2), June 27, 1997, 111 Stat. 231.)