---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 9859b"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "9859b"
heading: "Programs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/9859b"
units:
  - "Chapter 105 — Community Services Programs"
  - "Subchapter II–C — Child Care Safety and Health Grants"
---

# §9859b. Programs


The [Secretary](/usc/42/9832.md?p=24) shall make allotments to eligible [States](/usc/42/9832.md?p=25) under [section 9859c of this title](/usc/42/9859c.md). The [Secretary](/usc/42/9832.md?p=24) shall make the allotments to enable the [States](/usc/42/9832.md?p=25) to establish programs to improve the health and safety of children receiving child care outside the home, by preventing illnesses and injuries associated with that care and promoting the health and well-being of children receiving that care.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title XIV, § 1403, Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1143.)