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.

Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a program to provide up to five grants, on a need and competitive basis, to eligible nonprofit organizations for start-up and ongoing operational costs associated with providing specialized housing and social services for qualified relatives, age 65 or older, who are raising a child of which they are not a parent either by blood or marriage.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2963 Introduced in House (IH)]

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2011

 Mr. Serrano introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. GRANT PROGRAM FOR ELDERLY CAREGIVERS.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development a program to provide grants to eligible 
nonprofit organizations for start-up and ongoing operational costs 
associated with providing specialized housing and social services for 
qualified relatives who are raising a child.
    (b) Application.--To receive a grant award under this program, an 
eligible nonprofit organization shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information 
as the Secretary may require.
    (c) Need-Based; Competition.--A grant award under the program shall 
be need-based and made available on a competitive basis.
    (d) Limit on Organizations Selected.--The Secretary may select no 
more than 5 eligible organizations to receive a grant award under the 
program.
    (e) Distribution of Awards.--A grant award under the program shall 
be distributed during the fiscal years referenced in subsection (g).
    (f) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Child.--The term ``child'' means an individual who--
                    (A) is not attending school and is not more than 18 
                years of age; or
                    (B) is attending school and is not more than 19 
                years of age.
            (2) Eligible nonprofit organization.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``eligible nonprofit 
                organization'' means an organization that--
                            (i) provides specialized housing and social 
                        services for qualified relatives who are 
                        raising a child; and
                            (ii) is described in section 501(c)(3) of 
                        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt 
                        from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.
                    (B) Political divisions included.--Such term 
                includes organizations that provide such services in 
                each of the several States, the District of Columbia, 
                and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the 
                United States.
            (3) Raising a child.--The term ``raising a child'' means, 
        with respect to an individual, that the individual--
                    (A) resides with the child; and
                    (B) is the primary caregiver for the child--
                            (i) because the biological or adoptive 
                        parents of the child do not reside with the 
                        child or are unable or unwilling to serve as 
                        the primary caregiver for the child; and
                            (ii) regardless of whether the individual 
                        has a legal relationship to the child (such as 
                        guardianship or legal custody) or is caring for 
                        the child informally and has no such legal 
                        relationship with the child.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Housing and Urban Development.
            (5) Qualified relative.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``qualified relative'' 
                means, with respect to a child, an individual who is--
                            (i) 65 years of age or older;
                            (ii) is not a parent of the child by blood 
                        or marriage; and
                            (iii) is a relative of the child by blood 
                        or marriage.
                    (B) Adopted children.--In the case of a child who 
                was adopted, the term includes an individual who, by 
                blood or marriage, is a relative of the family who 
                adopted the child.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act $20,000,000 for fiscal years 2012 
through 2016.
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