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Code · U.S. Code · Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · CHAPTER 7— SOCIAL SECURITY · SUBCHAPTER XX— BLOCK GRANTS AND PROGRAMS FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND ELDER JUSTICE · § 1397

§ 1397. Purposes of division; authorization of appropriations

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For the purposes of consolidating Federal assistance to States for social services into a single grant, increasing State flexibility in using social service grants, and encouraging each State, as far as practicable under the conditions in that State, to furnish services directed at the goals of—
(1)achieving or maintaining economic self-support to prevent, reduce, or eliminate dependency;
(2)achieving or maintaining self-sufficiency, including reduction or prevention of dependency;
(3)preventing or remedying neglect, abuse, or exploitation of children and adults unable to protect their own interests, or preserving, rehabilitating or reuniting families;
(4)preventing or reducing inappropriate institutional care by providing for community-based care, home-based care, or other forms of less intensive care; and
(5)securing referral or admission for institutional care when other forms of care are not appropriate, or providing services to individuals in institutions,
there are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this division.
(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XX, § 2001, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title XXIII, § 2352(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 867; amended Pub. L. 111–148, title VI, § 6703(d)(1), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 803.)
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  • Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531
  • Pub. L. 97–35, title XXIII, § 2352(a)
  • 95 Stat. 867
  • Pub. L. 111–148, title VI, § 6703(d)(1)
  • 124 Stat. 803
  • act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XX, § 2001
  • Pub. L. 93–647, § 2
  • 88 Stat. 2337
  • Pub. L. 96–272, title II, § 207(b)
  • 94 Stat. 526
  • section 2352(a) of Pub. L. 97–35
  • Pub. L. 111–148, § 6703(d)(1)(B)
  • Pub. L. 111–148, § 6703(d)(1)(A)
  • Pub. L. 97–35, title XXIII, § 2354
  • 95 Stat. 874
  • Pub. L. 97–35
  • Pub. L. 97–35, title XXIII, § 2355
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ActAug. 14, 1935, ch. 531
Pub. L.Pub. L. 97–35, title XXIII, § 2352(a)
Stat.95 Stat. 867
Pub. L.Pub. L. 111–148, title VI, § 6703(d)(1)
Stat.124 Stat. 803
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