42 U.S.C. § 5775 : US Code - Section 5775: Grants

Search 42 U.S.C. § 5775 : US Code - Section 5775: Grants

(a) Authority of Administrator; description of research,
demonstration projects, and service programs
The Administrator is authorized to make grants to and enter into
contracts with the Center and with public agencies or nonprofit
private organizations, or combinations thereof, for research,
demonstration projects, or service programs designed -
(1) to educate parents, children, and community agencies and
organizations in ways to prevent the abduction and sexual
exploitation of children;
(2) to provide information to assist in the locating and return
of missing children;
(3) to aid communities in the collection of materials which
would be useful to parents in assisting others in the
identification of missing children;
(4) to increase knowledge of and develop effective treatment
pertaining to the psychological consequences, on both parents and
children, of -
(A) the abduction of a child, both during the period of
disappearance and after the child is recovered; and
(B) the sexual exploitation of a missing child;
(5) to collect detailed data from selected States or localities
on the actual investigative practices utilized by law enforcement
agencies in missing children's cases;
(6) to address the particular needs of missing children by
minimizing the negative impact of judicial and law enforcement
procedures on children who are victims of abuse or sexual
exploitation and by promoting the active participation of
children and their families in cases involving abuse or sexual
exploitation of children;
(7) to address the needs of missing children (as defined in
section 5772(1)(A) of this title) and their families following
the recovery of such children;
(8) to reduce the likelihood that individuals under 18 years of
age will be removed from the control of such individuals' legal
custodians without such custodians' consent; and
(9) to establish or operate statewide clearinghouses to assist
in locating and recovering missing children.
(b) Priorities of grant applicants
In considering grant applications under this subchapter, the
Administrator shall give priority to applicants who -
(1) have demonstrated or demonstrate ability in -
(A) locating missing children or locating and reuniting
missing children with their legal custodians;
(B) providing other services to missing children or their
families; or
(C) conducting research relating to missing children; and
(2) with respect to subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1),
substantially utilize volunteer assistance.
The Administrator shall give first priority to applicants
qualifying under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1).
(c) Non-Federal fund expenditures requisite for receipt of Federal
assistance
In order to receive assistance under this subchapter for a fiscal
year, applicants shall give assurance that they will expend, to the
greatest extent practicable, for such fiscal year an amount of
funds (without regard to any funds received under any Federal law)
that is not less than the amount of funds they received in the
preceding fiscal year from State, local, and private sources.