§ 1705-E. Block grants
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal AffairsEffective: July 1, 2019
Effective: July 1, 2019
72 P.S. § 1705-E
§ 1705-E. Block grants
(a) Small Communities Development Block Grant.--The Small Communities Development Block Grant (SCDBG) is to assist small cities and communities that have a high concentration of impoverished citizens and substandard housing to expand their low-income and moderate-income housing opportunities and to meet community development needs.
(b) Community Services Block Grant.--The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) is to provide a range of services and activities having a measurable and potentially major impact on the causes of poverty in the community or those areas of the community where poverty is a particularly acute problem. In addition, new focus may be placed on the unemployed, both old and new. Local agencies may lower their eligibility requirements for recipients to three months to allow greater flexibility to assure proper consideration of each recipient.
(c) Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant.--The Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant (PHHSBG) is for the provision of preventive health and other health services related to emergency medical systems, health initiative grants, comprehensive public health, hypertension, fluoridation, health education, risk reduction, home health, rape crisis and domestic violence services.
(d) Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant.--The Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (MCHSBG) is to enable states to maintain and strengthen their leadership in planning, promoting, coordinating and evaluating health care for pregnant women, mothers, infants and children and children with special health care needs and in providing health services for mothers and children who do not have access to adequate health care.
(e) Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Block Grant.--The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Block Grant (LIHEABG) is to help lessen the impact of the high cost of energy on low-income families and individuals, including energy efficiency grants for low-income dwellings. No less than 15% of the LIHEABG funds received shall be used for weatherization. LIHEABG funds received pursuant to a Presidential release of contingency funds shall be exempt from the 15% requirement.
Credits
1929, April 9, P.L. 343, No. 176, art. XVII-E, § 1705-E, added 2019, June 28, P.L. 173, No. 20, § 15, effective July 1, 2019.
72 P.S. § 1705-E, PA ST 72 P.S. § 1705-E
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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