Sec. 402. Grants to facilitate voting by homeless and housing-unstable individuals
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The Election Assistance Commission shall carry out a program under which the Commission shall make grants to eligible nonprofit corporations and eligible units of local government for carrying out programs and activities which will facilitate voting in elections for public office by individuals who are homeless or who are housing-unstable. A nonprofit corporation or a unit of local government is eligible to receive a grant under the program established under this section if the corporation or unit submits to the Election Assistance Commission, at such time and in such form as the Commission may require, an application containing— in the case of a nonprofit corporation, a certification that the corporation has in effect a non-discrimination policy that prohibits discrimination against persons in all classes provided protection against discrimination under Federal law and that further protects against discrimination on the basis of the gender-related identity, appearance, mannerisms, or other gender-related characteristics of an individual, regardless of the individual’s designated sex at birth; and such information and assurances as the Commission may require.
In selecting among eligible nonprofit corporations for receiving grants under the program established under this section, the Commission shall give priority to corporations which meet any of the following: A proven history of working with homeless, housing-unstable, and cost-burdened households. A proven history of successfully encouraging civic participation. A proven history of participation by homeless, housing-unstable, and cost-burdened households in the leadership and decision-making power of the corporation.
A proven history of successful engagement with a population at higher risk of homelessness, as defined in section 2 of this Act, including— LGBTQ persons; foster youth and former foster youth; Asian, Black, Latino, Native American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and other communities of color; low-income older adults; persons with disabilities, including mental health disabilities; justice-system-involved persons; and immigrant communities. In this section, the term nonprofit corporation means a corporation described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for the first fiscal year commencing after the date of the enactment of this Act and for each of the next nine succeeding fiscal years thereafter.