---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 290cc–22"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "290cc–22"
heading: "Purpose of grants"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/290cc-22"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter III–A — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration"
  - "Part C — Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness"
---

# §290cc–22. Purpose of grants

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may not make payments under [section 290cc–21 of this title](/usc/42/290cc–21.md) unless the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) involved agrees that the payments will be expended solely for making grants to political subdivisions of the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f), and to [nonprofit](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=3) private entities (including community-based veterans organizations and other community organizations), for the purpose of providing the [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) specified in [subsection (b)](#b) to individuals who—
  - (1)
    - (A) are suffering from serious mental illness; or
    - (B) are suffering from serious mental illness and from a substance use disorder; and
  - (2) are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless.
- (b) **Specification of services—** The [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) referred to in [subsection (a)](#a) are—
  - (1) outreach [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a);
  - (2) screening and diagnostic [treatment](/usc/42/11851.md?p=11) [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a);
  - (3) habilitation and rehabilitation [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a);
  - (4) community mental health [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a);
  - (5) alcohol or [drug](/usc/42/11851.md?p=4) [treatment](/usc/42/11851.md?p=11) [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a);
  - (6) staff training, including the training of individuals who work in shelters, mental health clinics, substance use disorder [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4), and other sites where [homeless individuals](/usc/42/290cc–34.md?p=2) require [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a);
  - (7) case management [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), including—
    - (A) preparing a plan for the provision of community mental health [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) to the [eligible homeless individual](/usc/42/290cc–34.md?p=1) involved, and reviewing such plan not less than once every 3 months;
    - (B) providing assistance in obtaining and coordinating social and maintenance [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) for the [eligible homeless individuals](/usc/42/290cc–34.md?p=1), including [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) relating to daily living activities, personal financial planning, transportation [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), and habilitation and rehabilitation [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), prevocational and vocational [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), and housing [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a);
    - (C) providing assistance to the [eligible homeless individual](/usc/42/290cc–34.md?p=1) in obtaining income support [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), including [housing assistance](/usc/42/13641.md?p=3), supplemental nutrition assistance [program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) benefits, and supplemental security income benefits;
    - (D) referring the [eligible homeless individual](/usc/42/290cc–34.md?p=1) for such other [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) as may be appropriate; and
    - (E) providing representative payee [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) in accordance with section 1631(a)(2) of the Social Security Act [[42 U.S.C. 1383(a)(2)](/usc/42/1383.md?p=a-2)] if the [eligible homeless individual](/usc/42/290cc–34.md?p=1) is receiving aid under title XVI of such act [[42 U.S.C. 1381](/usc/42/1381.md) et seq.] and if the applicant is designated by the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) to provide such [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a);
  - (8) supportive and supervisory [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) in residential settings;
  - (9) referrals for primary health [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), job training, educational [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), and relevant housing [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a);
  - (10) subject to subsection (h)(1)—
    - (A) minor renovation, expansion, and [repair](/usc/42/300j–21.md?p=4) of housing;
    - (B) planning of housing;
    - (C) technical assistance in applying for [housing assistance](/usc/42/13641.md?p=3);
    - (D) improving the coordination of housing [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a);
    - (E) security deposits;
    - (F) the costs associated with matching [eligible homeless individuals](/usc/42/290cc–34.md?p=1) with appropriate housing situations; and
    - (G) 1-time rental payments to prevent eviction; and
  - (11) other appropriate [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c).
- (c) **Coordination—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may not make payments under [section 290cc–21 of this title](/usc/42/290cc–21.md) unless the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) involved agrees to make grants pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) only to entities that have the capacity to provide, directly or through arrangements, the [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) specified in [subsection (b)](#b), including coordinating the provision of [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) in order to meet the needs of [eligible homeless individuals](/usc/42/290cc–34.md?p=1) who are both mentally ill and suffering from a substance use disorder.
- (d) **Special consideration regarding veterans—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may not make payments under [section 290cc–21 of this title](/usc/42/290cc–21.md) unless the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) involved agrees that, in making grants to entities pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a), the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) will give special consideration to entities with a demonstrated effectiveness in serving homeless veterans.
- (e) **Special rules—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may not make payments under [section 290cc–21 of this title](/usc/42/290cc–21.md) unless the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) involved agrees that grants pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) will not be made to any entity that—
  - (1) has a policy of excluding individuals from mental health [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) due to the existence or suspicion of a substance use disorder; or
  - (2) has a policy of excluding individuals from [substance use disorder services](/usc/42/290cc–34.md?p=4) due to the existence or suspicion of mental illness.
- (f) **Administrative expenses—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may not make payments under [section 290cc–21 of this title](/usc/42/290cc–21.md) unless the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) involved agrees that not more than 4 percent of the payments will be expended for administrative expenses regarding the payments.
- (g) **Restrictions on use of funds—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may not make payments under [section 290cc–21 of this title](/usc/42/290cc–21.md) unless the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) involved agrees that—
  - (1) not more than 20 percent of the payments will be expended for housing [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) under [subsection (b)(10)](#b-10); and
  - (2) the payments will not be expended—
    - (A) to support emergency shelters or [construction](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=7) of housing facilities;
    - (B) for inpatient psychiatric [treatment](/usc/42/11851.md?p=11) costs or inpatient substance use disorder [treatment](/usc/42/11851.md?p=11) costs; or
    - (C) to make cash payments to intended recipients of mental health or [substance use disorder services](/usc/42/290cc–34.md?p=4).
- (h) **Waiver for territories—** With respect to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may waive the provisions of this part that the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) determines to be appropriate.

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 522, as added Pub. L. 100–77, title VI, § 611(3), July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 516; amended Pub. L. 101–645, title V, § 511, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4726; Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXII, § 3203(a), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1191; Pub. L. 110–234, title IV, § 4002(b)(1)(E), (2)(U), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1096, 1097; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title IV, § 4002(b)(1)(E), (2)(U), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1857, 1858; Pub. L. 114–255, div. B, title IX, § 9004(b), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1238.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(7)(E), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Title XVI of the Act is classified generally to subchapter XVI (§ 1381 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of this title and Tables.

### Codification

Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 522 of act July 1, 1944, was renumbered section 543 by section 611(2) of Pub. L. 100–77 and is classified to section 290dd–2 of this title.

### Amendments

2016—Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 114–255, § 9004(b)(1), substituted “a substance use disorder” for “substance abuse”.

Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 114–255, § 9004(b)(2), substituted “substance use disorder” for “substance abuse”.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–255, § 9004(b)(3), substituted “a substance use disorder” for “substance abuse”.

Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 114–255, § 9004(b)(4)(A), substituted “a substance use disorder” for “substance abuse”.

Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 114–255, § 9004(b)(4)(B), substituted “substance use disorder” for “substance abuse”.

Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 114–255, § 9004(b)(5), redesignated subsec. (h) as (g) and struck out former subsec. (g). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (g) read as follows: “The Secretary may not make payments under section 290cc–21 of this title unless the State involved agrees that the State will maintain State expenditures for services specified in subsection (b) at a level that is not less than the average level of such expenditures maintained by the State for the 2-year period preceding the fiscal year for which the State is applying to receive such payments.”

Subsec. (g)(2)(B), (C). Pub. L. 114–255, § 9004(b)(6), substituted “substance use disorder” for “substance abuse”.

Subsecs. (h), (i). Pub. L. 114–255, § 9004(b)(5), redesignated subsec. (i) as (h). Former subsec. (h) redesignated (g).

2008—Subsec. (b)(7)(C). Pub. L. 110–246, § 4002(b)(1)(E), (2)(U), substituted “supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits” for “food stamps”.

2000—Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 106–310 added subsec. (i).

1990—Pub. L. 101–645 amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to purpose of grants for provisions relating to requirement of submission of application containing certain agreements.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2008 Amendment

Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.

Amendment by section 4002(b)(1)(E), (2)(U) of Pub. L. 110–246 effective Oct. 1, 2008, see section 4407 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 1161 of Title 2, The Congress.