---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 5189d"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "5189d"
heading: "Case management services"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/5189d"
units:
  - "Chapter 68 — Disaster Relief"
  - "Subchapter IV — Major Disaster Assistance Programs"
---

# §5189d. Case management services

- (a) **In general—** The President may provide case management services, including financial assistance, to [State](/usc/42/5122.md?p=4) or [local government](/usc/42/5122.md?p=8) [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) or qualified private organizations to provide such services, to victims of [major disasters](/usc/42/5122.md?p=2) to identify and address unmet needs.
- (b) **Training—** Each [State](/usc/42/5122.md?p=4), [local government](/usc/42/5122.md?p=8) [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1), or qualified private organization providing professional counseling services described in [subsection (a)](#a) shall ensure that any individual providing case management services to victims of a [major disaster](/usc/42/5122.md?p=2) as authorized under [subsection (a)](#a), including individuals working for [nonprofit](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=3) partners and recovery organizations, is appropriately trained to address impacts from [major disasters](/usc/42/5122.md?p=2) in communities, and to individuals, with socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–288, title IV, § 426, as added Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 689f, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1453; amended Pub. L. 117–251, § 8(a), Dec. 20, 2022, 136 Stat. 2357.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–251 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2022 Amendment

Pub. L. 117–251, § 8(b), Dec. 20, 2022, 136 Stat. 2357, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall apply with respect to amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 20, 2022].”