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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2963 

To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide 

grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to provide specialized housing 

and social services to elderly individuals who are the primary caregiver 

of a child that is related to such individual. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 

Mr. SERRANO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide grants to eligible nonprofit organizations 

to provide specialized housing and social services to elderly individuals who are the primary caregiver of a child 

that is related to such individual. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. GRANT PROGRAM FOR ELDERLY CAREGIVERS. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

5 Department of Housing and Urban Development a pro6 gram to provide grants to eligible nonprofit organizations 

7 for start-up and ongoing operational costs associated with 


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1 providing specialized housing and social services for quali2 fied relatives who are raising a child. 

3 (b) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant award under 

4 this program, an eligible nonprofit organization shall sub5 mit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 

6 manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 

7 may require. 

8 (c) NEED-BASED; COMPETITION.—A grant award 

9 under the program shall be need-based and made available 

10 on a competitive basis. 

11 (d) LIMIT ON ORGANIZATIONS SELECTED.—The Sec12 retary may select no more than 5 eligible organizations 

13 to receive a grant award under the program. 

14 (e) DISTRIBUTION OF AWARDS.—A grant award 

15 under the program shall be distributed during the fiscal 

16 years referenced in subsection (g). 

17 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

18 (1) CHILD.—The term ‘‘child’’ means an indi19 vidual who— 

20 (A) is not attending school and is not more 

21 than 18 years of age; or 

22 (B) is attending school and is not more 

23 than 19 years of age. 

24 (2) ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible non2 profit organization’’ means an organization 

3 that— 

4 (i) provides specialized housing and 

5 social services for qualified relatives who 

6 are raising a child; and 

7 (ii) is described in section 501(c)(3) of 

8 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is 

9 exempt from tax under section 501(a) of 

10 such Code. 

11 (B) POLITICAL DIVISIONS INCLUDED.— 

12 Such term includes organizations that provide 

13 such services in each of the several States, the 

14 District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, 

15 territory, or possession of the United States. 

16 (3) RAISING A CHILD.—The term ‘‘raising a 

17 child’’ means, with respect to an individual, that the 

18 individual— 

19 (A) resides with the child; and 

20 (B) is the primary caregiver for the 

21 child— 

22 (i) because the biological or adoptive 

23 parents of the child do not reside with the 

24 child or are unable or unwilling to serve as 

25 the primary caregiver for the child; and 


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1 (ii) regardless of whether the indi2 vidual has a legal relationship to the child 

3 (such as guardianship or legal custody) or 

4 is caring for the child informally and has 

5 no such legal relationship with the child. 

6 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

7 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

8 (5) QUALIFIED RELATIVE.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified 

10 relative’’ means, with respect to a child, an in11 dividual who is— 

12 (i) 65 years of age or older; 

13 (ii) is not a parent of the child by 

14 blood or marriage; and 

15 (iii) is a relative of the child by blood 

16 or marriage. 

17 (B) ADOPTED CHILDREN.—In the case of 

18 a child who was adopted, the term includes an 

19 individual who, by blood or marriage, is a rel20 ative of the family who adopted the child. 

21 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

22 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 

23 $20,000,000 for fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 

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