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.

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.

112th Congress · introduced 2011-09-15 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-09-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

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.

Plain summary

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.

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Official text

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.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16] · 1 cosponsors

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Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr2963.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2963 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112