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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act · Sec. 404

Sec. 404. PREVENTING INVOLUNTARY FAMILY SEPARATION

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## SEC. 404 PREVENTING INVOLUNTARY FAMILY SEPARATION **[**[42 U.S.C. 11361a](/us/usc/t42/s11361a)**]** ###
(a)In General After the expiration of the 2-year period that begins upon the date of the enactment of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009, and except as provided in subsection (b), any project sponsor receiving funds under this title to provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent housing to families with children under age 18 shall not deny admission to any family based on the age of any child under age 18. ###
(b)Exception Notwithstanding the requirement under subsection (a), project sponsors of transitional housing receiving funds under this title may target transitional housing resources to families with children of a specific age only if the project sponsor— ####
(1)operates a transitional housing program that has a primary purpose of implementing an evidence-based practice that requires that housing units be targeted to families with children in a specific age group; and ####
(2)provides such assurances, as the Secretary shall require, that an equivalent appropriate alternative living arrangement for the whole family or household unit has been secured.
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