View all text of Part E [§ 300d-51 - § 300d-54]
§ 300d–53. State grants for protection and advocacy services
(a) In general
(b) Services provided
Services provided under this section may include the provision of—
(1) information, referrals, and advice;
(2) individual and family advocacy;
(3) legal representation; and
(4) specific assistance in self-advocacy.
(c) Application
(d) Appropriations less than $2,700,000
(1) In general
(2) Amount
(e) Appropriations of $2,700,000 or more
(1) Population basis
(2) Amount
(3) Minimums
Subject to the availability of appropriations, the amount of a grant 1
1 So in original. Probably should be followed by “to”.
a protection and advocacy system under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year shall—(A) in the case of a protection and advocacy system located in American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the protection and advocacy system serving the American Indian consortium, not be less than $20,000; and
(B) in the case of a protection and advocacy system in a State not described in subparagraph (A), not be less than $50,000.
(4) Inflation adjustment
(f) Carryover
(g) Direct payment
(h) Reporting
(1) Reports by systems
(2) Report by Secretary
(i) Data collection
(j) Training and technical assistance
(1) Grants
(2) Definition
(k) System authority
(l) Authorization of appropriations
(m) Definitions
In this section:
(1) American Indian consortium
(2) Protection and advocacy system
(3) State
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XII, § 1253, as added Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title XIII, § 1305, Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1141; amended Pub. L. 110–206, § 6(b), Apr. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 717; Pub. L. 113–196, § 4, Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2053; Pub. L. 115–377, § 4, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5114.)