{"data":{"id":"us/42-u.s.c.-9831","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 U.S.C. § 9831","heading":"Statement of purpose","body":"It is the purpose of this subchapter to promote the school readiness of low-income children by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development—(1) in a learning environment that supports children’s growth in language, literacy, mathematics, science, social and emotional functioning, creative arts, physical skills, and approaches to learning; and (2) through the provision to low-income children and their families of health, educational, nutritional, social, and other services that are determined, based on family needs assessments, to be necessary.","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":"da40288a02317202cf2435f3504b2c62bfd0dd364f91c59a3f444100eef36348","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-u.s.c.-9822","next":"us/42-u.s.c.-9832"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}