---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 290cc–23"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "290cc–23"
heading: "Requirement of matching funds"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/290cc-23"
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–23. Requirement of matching funds

- (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, with respect to the costs of providing [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) pursuant to [section 290cc–22 of this title](/usc/42/290cc–22.md), the [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) involved agrees to make available, directly or through donations from public or private entities, non-Federal contributions toward such costs in an amount that is not less than $1 for each $3 of Federal funds provided in such payments.
- (b) **Determination of amount—** Non-Federal contributions required in [subsection (a)](#a) may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a). Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) assisted or subsidized to any significant extent by the Federal Government, shall not be included in determining the amount of such non-Federal contributions.
- (c) **Limitation regarding grants by States—** 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 [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) will not require the entities to which grants are provided pursuant to [section 290cc–22(a) of this title](/usc/42/290cc–22.md?p=a) to provide non-Federal contributions in excess of the non-Federal contributions described in [subsection (a)](#a).

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 523, as added Pub. L. 100–77, title VI, § 611(3), July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 517; amended Pub. L. 101–645, title V, § 511, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4728.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 523 of act July 1, 1944, was renumbered section 544 by section 611(2) of Pub. L. 100–77 and is classified to section 290dd–3 of this title.

### Amendments

1990—Pub. L. 101–645 amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions which related to: in subsec. (a), general requirements; and in subsec. (b), determination of amount of non-Federal contribution.