---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 12644a"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "12644a"
heading: "Availability of assistance"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/12644a"
units:
  - "Chapter 129 — National and Community Service"
  - "Subchapter I — National and Community Service State Grant Program"
  - "Division F — Administrative Provisions"
---

# §12644a. Availability of assistance


A reference in division C, D, E, or H of this subchapter regarding an entity eligible to receive direct or indirect assistance to carry out a national service [program](/usc/42/12626.md?p=8) shall include a non-profit organization promoting competitive and non-competitive sporting events involving individuals with disabilities (including the Special Olympics), which enhance the quality of life for individuals with disabilities.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 184A, as added Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1613(a), Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1541.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as an Effective Date of 2009 Amendment note under section 4950 of this title.