{"data":{"id":"us/42-u.s.c.-9801","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 U.S.C. § 9801","heading":"Statement of purpose","body":"The purpose of this subchapter is to encourage the development of special programs by which the residents of urban and rural low-income areas may, through self-help and mobilization of the community at large, with appropriate Federal assistance, improve the quality of their economic and social participation in community life in such a way as to contribute to the elimination of poverty and the establishment of permanent economic and social benefits.","path":["Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","CHAPTER 105—COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc42@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:34Z","sha256":"e92827b7bb2613f7dd3d9493c84def8ddd02104202d3d14a857f29de153a0088","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-u.s.c.-9708","next":"us/42-u.s.c.-9802"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}