PUBLIC LAW 102-590 —NOV. 10, 1992 106 STAT. 5139 transportation assistance, and such other services as the Secretary determines necessary; and (4) such center may be e(][uipped and staffed to provide, or to assist in providing, job training and job placement services (including job readiness, job counseling, and literacy and skills training), as well as any outreach and case management services that may be necessary to carry out this paragraph. SEC. 4. PER DIEM PAYMENTS. 38 USC 7721 (a) PER DIEM PAYMENTS FOR FURNISHING SERVICES TO HOME- S^giiiations. LESS VETERANS.— Subject to the availability of appropriations provided for under section 12, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, pursuant to such criteria as the Secretary shall prescribe, shall provide to a recipient of a grant under section 3 (or an entity eligible to receive a grant under section 3 virhich after the date of enactment of this Act establishes a program which the Secretary determines carries out the purposes described in section 3) per diem payments at such rates as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulation for services furnished to any homeless veteran— (1) whom the Secretary has referred to the grant recipient (or entity eligible for such a grant); or (2) for whom the Secretary has authorized the provision of services. In a case in which the Secretary has authorized the provision of services, per diem pa^onents may be paid retroactively for services provided not more than 3 days before the authorization was provided. (b) LIMITATION. —The amount of per diem pa3anents made with respect to a veteran under this section may not exceed one-half of the cost to the grant recipient (or other eligible entity) of providing such service. (c) IN-KIND ASSISTANCE.—In lieu of per diem payments under this section, the Secretary may, with the approval of the grant recipient, provide in-kind assistance (through the services of Department employees and the use of other Department resources) to a grant recipient (or entity eligible for such a grant) under section 3. (d) INSPECTIONS. —The Secretary may inspect any facility of an entity eligible for payments under subsection (a) at such times as the Secretary considers necessary. No per diem payment may be made to an entity under this section unless the facilities of that entity meet such standards as the Secretary shall prescribe. SEC. 5. OUTREACH SERVICES. Section 7722 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(e) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall assign such employees of the Veterans Benefits Administration as the Secretary considers appropriate to conduct outreach programs and provide outreach services for homeless veterans. Such outreach services may include site visits through which homeless veterans can be identified and provided assistance in obtaining benefits and services that may be available to them.". SEC. 6. EXPANSION OF PROGRAMS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS. Section 801 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-628; 102 Stat. 3257) is amended in subsection (c), by striking out "to homeless" and
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