---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 9858a"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "9858a"
heading: "Establishment of block grant program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/9858a"
units:
  - "Chapter 105 — Community Services Programs"
  - "Subchapter II–B — Child Care and Development Block Grant"
---

# §9858a. Establishment of block grant program


The [Secretary](/usc/42/9832.md?p=24) is authorized to make grants to [States](/usc/42/9832.md?p=25) in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 658C, as added Pub. L. 101–508, title V, § 5082(2), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–236; amended Pub. L. 102–401, § 3(a), Oct. 7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1959; Pub. L. 102–586, § 8(c)(1), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5036.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1992—Pub. L. 102–401 and Pub. L. 102–586 made identical technical corrections to directory language of Pub. L. 101–508, § 5082(2), which added this section.