---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch7/schXX/dA"
level: "division"
label: "Division A"
heading: "Block Grants to States for Social Services"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch7-schXX-dA"
sections_count: 10
---

# Division A — Block Grants to States for Social Services

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 7 — Social Security › Subchapter XX — Block Grants and Programs for Social Services and Elder Justice

## Sections

- [§1397. Purposes of division; authorization of appropriations](/usc/42/1397.md)
- [§1397a. Payments to States](/usc/42/1397a.md)
- [§1397b. Allotments](/usc/42/1397b.md)
- [§1397c. State reporting requirements](/usc/42/1397c.md)
- [§1397d. Limitation on use of grants; waiver](/usc/42/1397d.md)
- [§1397e. Administrative and fiscal accountability](/usc/42/1397e.md)
- [§1397f. Additional grants](/usc/42/1397f.md)
- [§1397g. Demonstration projects to address health professions workforce needs](/usc/42/1397g.md)
- [§1397h. Program for early detection of certain medical conditions related to environmental health hazards](/usc/42/1397h.md)
- [§1397i. Additional funding for aging and disability services programs](/usc/42/1397i.md)