---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 11271"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "11271"
heading: "Assistance to potential grantees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/11271"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts"
  - "Chapter 111 — Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention"
  - "Subchapter III — Runaway and Homeless Youth"
  - "Part F — General Provisions"
---

# §11271. Assistance to potential grantees


The Secretary shall provide informational assistance to potential grantees interested in establishing [runaway](/usc/34/11279.md?p=4) and [homeless](/usc/34/11279.md?p=3) [youth](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-52) centers and [transitional living youth projects](/usc/34/11279.md?p=7).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–415, title III, § 380, formerly § 315, as added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 655(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2124; renumbered § 341 and amended Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7273(a), (e)(2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4454, 4455; renumbered § 371, Pub. L. 102–586, § 3(g)(1)(B)(ii), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5022; renumbered § 380 and amended Pub. L. 106–71, § 3(j), (q), Oct. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1038, 1042.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 5714a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Amendments

1999—Pub. L. 106–71, § 3(j), struck out at end: “Such assistance shall consist of information on—

“(1) steps necessary to establish a runaway and homeless youth center or transitional living youth project, including information on securing space for such center or such project, obtaining insurance, staffing, and establishing operating procedures;

“(2) securing local private or public financial support for the operation of such center or such project, including information on procedures utilized by grantees under this subchapter; and

“(3) the need for the establishment of additional runaway and homeless youth centers in the geographical area identified by the potential grantee involved.”

1988—Pub. L. 100–690, § 7273(a)(1), inserted “and transitional living youth projects” after “homeless youth centers” in introductory provisions.

Par. (1). Pub. L. 100–690, § 7273(a)(2), (3), inserted “or transitional living youth project” after “homeless youth center” and “or such project” after “such center”.

Par. (2). Pub. L. 100–690, § 7273(a)(3), inserted “such project” after “such center”.

Par. (3). Pub. L. 100–690, § 7273(a)(4), inserted “and homeless” after “runaway”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 100–690 effective Oct. 1, 1988, see section 7296(a) of Pub. L. 100–690, set out as a note under section 11101 of this title.

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 670(a) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as an Effective Date of 1984 Amendment note under section 11101 of this title.