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

# §9859d. State applications


To be eligible to receive an allotment under [section 9859c of this title](/usc/42/9859c.md), a [State](/usc/42/9832.md?p=25) shall submit an application to the [Secretary](/usc/42/9832.md?p=24) at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the [Secretary](/usc/42/9832.md?p=24) may require. The application shall contain information assessing the needs of the [State](/usc/42/9832.md?p=25) with regard to child care health and safety, the goals to be achieved through the program carried out by the [State](/usc/42/9832.md?p=25) under this subchapter, and the measures to be used to assess the progress made by the [State](/usc/42/9832.md?p=25) toward achieving the goals.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title XIV, § 1405, Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1145.)