---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 10902"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "10902"
heading: "Application for grants"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/10902"
units:
  - "Chapter 115 — Child Development Associate Scholarship Assistance Program"
---

# §10902. Application for grants

- (a) **Application required—** A [State](/usc/42/10903.md?p=4) desiring to participate in the grant program established by this chapter shall submit an application to the [Secretary](/usc/42/10903.md?p=3) in such form as the [Secretary](/usc/42/10903.md?p=3) may require.
- (b) **Contents of applications—** A [State](/usc/42/10903.md?p=4)’s application shall contain appropriate assurances that—
  - (1) scholarship assistance made available with funds provided under this chapter will be awarded—
    - (A) only to [eligible individuals](/usc/42/10903.md?p=1);
    - (B) on the basis of the financial need of such individuals; and
    - (C) in amounts sufficient to cover the cost of application, assessment, and credentialing (including, at the option of the [State](/usc/42/10903.md?p=4), any training necessary for credentialing) for the Child Development Associate credential for such individuals;
  - (2) not more than 35 percent of the funds received under this chapter by a [State](/usc/42/10903.md?p=4) may be used to provide scholarship assistance under [paragraph (1)](#b-1) to cover the cost of training described in [paragraph (1)(C)](#b-1-C); and
  - (3) not more than 10 percent of the funds received by the [State](/usc/42/10903.md?p=4) under this chapter will be used for the costs of administering the program established in such [State](/usc/42/10903.md?p=4) to award such assistance.
- (c) **Equitable distribution—** In making grants under this chapter, the [Secretary](/usc/42/10903.md?p=3) shall—
  - (1) distribute such grants equitably among [States](/usc/42/10903.md?p=4); and
  - (2) ensure that the needs of rural and urban areas are appropriately addressed.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 99–425, title VI, § 603, Sept. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 976; Pub. L. 101–501, title V, § 501, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1256.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1990—Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 101–501, § 501(a), (b)(1), inserted “(including, at the option of the State, any training necessary for credentialing)” after “credentialing” and struck out “and” at end.

Subsec. (b)(2), (3). Pub. L. 101–501, § 501(b)(2), (3), added par. (2) and redesignated former par. (2) as (3).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 101–501 effective Oct. 1, 1990, see section 1001(a) of Pub. L. 101–501, set out as a note under section 8621 of this title.

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1986, see section 1001 of Pub. L. 99–425, set out as an Effective Date of 1986 Amendment note under section 8621 of this title.