2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-800. (Formerly Sec. 17-590). Programs for homeless individuals. Standards for shelters.
Sec. 17b-800. (Formerly Sec. 17-590). Programs for homeless individuals.
Standards for shelters. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services may, upon application
of any public or private organization or agency, make grants, within available appropriations, to develop and maintain programs for homeless individuals including programs
for emergency shelter services, transitional housing services, on-site social services for
available permanent housing and for the prevention of homelessness.
(P.A. 83-532, S. 1, 3; P.A. 91-14; 91-20; P.A. 92-52, S. 2; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: Sec. 17-31v transferred to Sec. 17-590 in 1991; P.A. 91-14 provided grants may be made for transitional housing services and on-site social services for available permanent housing; P.A. 91-20 added Subsec. (b) establishing standards for shelters receiving grants under this section; P.A. 92-52 amended Subsec. (a) to include programs for the prevention of homelessness; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-590 transferred to Sec. 17b-800 in 1995.
Annotation to former section 17-31v:
Cited. 214 C. 256, 282.
Annotation to present section:
Cited. 233 C. 557, 565.
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