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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="11.5-109" title_number="11.5" title_name="Ending Youth Homelessness Act" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Funds appropriated or otherwise allocated for programs under this title may be expended for any lawful purpose authorized by this title, as well as:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>outreach;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>technical assistance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>capacity building for recipient and prospective recipient entities with the goal of building capacity to effectively meet the greatest need on a statewide basis; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>administrative costs to the Department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In and after the third year of funding, each year the Department shall allocate at least 50% of the money appropriated to the Fund for housing programs as described in § 11.5–105(3) of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department may partner or contract to provide programs or services authorized under subsection (a) of this section, including conducting training on racial equity, harm reduction, trauma–informed care, and needs of overrepresented or particularly vulnerable groups, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>racial minority youth;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>minors;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>victims of human trafficking and intimate partner violence;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>youth with disabilities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>pregnant and parenting youth; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>immigrant youth.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
