112 STAT. 2752 PUBLIC LAW 105-285—OCT. 27, 1998 42 USC 9922.
- SEC. 681. COMMUNITY FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS.
"(a) GRANTS.— The Secretary may, through grants to public and private, nonprofit agencies, provide for community-based, local, statewide, and national programs— "(1) to coordinate private and public food assistance resources, wherever the grant recipient involved determines such coordination to be inadequate, to better serve low-income populations; "(2) to assist low-income communities to identify potential sponsors of child nutrition programs and to initiate such programs in underserved or unserved areas; and "(3) to develop innovative approaches at the State and local level to meet the nutrition needs of low-income individuals. " (b) ALLOTMENTS AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS,— "(1) NOT TO EXCEED $6,000,000 IN APPROPRIATIONS. — Of the amount appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out this section (but not to exceed $6,000,000), the Secretary shall distribute funds for grants under subsection (a) as follows: "(A) ALLOTMENTS. —From a portion equal to 60 percent of such amount (but not to exceed $3,600,000), the Secretary shall allot for grants to eligible agencies for statewide programs in each State the amount that bears the same ratio to such portion as the low-income and unemployed population of such State bears to the lowincome and unemployed population of all the States. "(B) COMPETITIVE GRANTS. —From a portion equal to 40 percent of such amount (but not to exceed $2,400,000), the Secretary shall make grants on a competitive basis to eligible agencies for local and statewide programs. "(2) GREATER AVAILABLE APPROPRL\TIONS.—Any amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out this section in excess of $6,000,000 shall be allotted as follows: "(A) ALLOTMENTS. — The Secretary shall use 40 percent of such excess to allot for grants under subsection (a) to eligible agencies for statewide programs in each State an amount that bears the same ratio to 40 percent of such excess as the low-income and unemployed population of such State bears to the low-income and unemployed population of all the States. "(B) COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR LOCAL AND STATEWIDE PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall use 40 percent of such excess to make grants under subsection (a) on a competitive basis to eligible agencies for local and statewide programs. "(C) COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR NATIONWIDE PRO- GRAMS.— The Secretary shall use the remaining 20 percent of such excess to make grants under subsection (a) on a competitive basis to eligible agencies for nationwide programs, including programs benefiting Indians, as defined in section 677, and migrant or seasonal farmworkers. " (3) ELIGIBILITY FOR ALLOTMENTS FOR STATEWIDE PRO- GRAMS. —To be eligible to receive an allotment under paragraph (1)(A) or (2)(A), an eligible agency shall demonstrate that the proposed program is statewide in scope and represents a comprehensive and coordinated effort to alleviate hunger within the State. " (4) MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS FOR STATEWIDE PROGRAMS.—
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