123STA T . 1 67 7 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 22 —M A Y 2 0, 200 9projects po n sor fu n d ed byag rant rece iv ed under subtit l e C.‘ ‘ (h) C ONFLICT OF I NT ER E S T. —N o board m ember of a collabo - rative applicant may participate in decisions of the collaborative applicant concerning the a w ard of a grant , or provision of other financial benefits, to such member or the organi z ation that such member represents. ’ ’. SEC.1 1 03 . G E N E RALP R OVI SIONS. S ubtitle A of the M c K inney- V ento H omeless Assistance Act ( 42U .S.C. 1 1 36 1etse q .) is amended by inserting after section 4 0 3 (as so redesignated by section 1101(2) of this division) the following new sections
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‘SEC. 4 04. PREVEN T ING INVOL U NTAR YF A M ILY SEPARATION. ‘‘(a) IN G ENER A L.—After the e x piration of the 2-year period that begins upon the date of the enactment of the Homeless E mer- gency Assistance and R apid T ransition to Housing Act of 200 9 , and except as provided in subsection (b), any project sponsor receiving funds under this title to provide emergency shelter, transi- tional housing, or permanent housing to families with children under age 1 8 shall not deny admission to any family based on the age of any child under age 18. ‘‘(b) E X CE P TION.—Notwithstanding the requirement under sub- section (a), project sponsors of transitional housing receiving funds under this title may target transitional housing resources to families with children of a specific age only if the project sponsor— ‘‘(1) operates a transitional housing program that has a primary purpose of implementing an evidence-based practice that requires that housing units be targeted to families with children in a specific age group
and ‘‘(2) provides such assurances, as the Secretary shall require, that an equivalent appropriate alternative living arrangement for the whole family or household unit has been secured. ‘‘SEC. 40 5 . TEC H NICAL ASSISTANCE. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ma k e available technical assistance to private nonprofit organizations and other nongovern- mental entities, States, metropolitan cities, urban counties, and counties that are not urban counties, to implement effective plan- ning processes for preventing and ending homelessness, to improve their capacity to prepare collaborative applications, to prevent the separation of families in emergency shelter or other housing pro- grams, and to adopt and provide best practices in housing and services for persons experiencing homeless. ‘‘(b) RESER V ATION.—The Secretary shall reserve not more than 1 percent of the funds made available for any fiscal year for carrying out subtitles B and C, to provide technical assistance under sub- section (a).’’. SEC. 1104. PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY I D ENTIFYING INFORMATION B Y VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDERS. Subtitle A of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361 et seq.), as amended by the preceding provisions of this title, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: 42USC1 1 36 1 b.Timep e r i od . 42 USC 11361 a .
