# 42 U.S.C. § 5013: Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t42_s5013

## Section

- **Citation:** 42 U.S.C. § 5013
- **Heading:** Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 9, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE > CHAPTER 66—DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER II—NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS > Part C—Senior Companion Program

## Text

The Director is authorized to make grants to or contracts with public and nonprofit private agencies and organizations to pay part or all of the cost of development and operation of projects (including direct payments to individuals serving under this part in the same manner as provided in section 5011(a) of this title ) designed for the purpose of providing opportunities for low-income persons age 55 or older to serve as “senior companions” to persons with exceptional needs. Senior companions may provide services designed to help older persons requiring long-term care, including services to persons receiving home health care, nursing care, home-delivered meals or other nutrition services; services designed to help persons deinstitutionalized from mental hospitals, nursing homes, and other institutions; and services designed to assist persons having developmental disabilities and other special needs for companionship.

( Pub. L. 93–113, title II, § 213 , as added Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 608(c)(2) , Aug. 13, 1981 , 95 Stat. 487 ; amended Pub. L. 98–288, § 15 , May 21, 1984 , 98 Stat. 193 ; Pub. L. 99–551 , §§ 7(b), 10(c)(1), Oct. 27, 1986 , 100 Stat. 3075 , 3077; Pub. L. 101–204, title IX, § 902(5) , Dec. 7, 1989 , 103 Stat. 1826 ; Pub. L. 103–82, title III, § 347 , Sept. 21, 1993 , 107 Stat. 905 ; Pub. L. 111–13, title II, § 2145 , Apr. 21, 2009 , 123 Stat. 1589 .)

## Nearby sections

- [42 U.S.C. § 5001 Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t42_s5001.md)
- [42 U.S.C. § 5011 Grants and contracts for individual service projects](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t42_s5011.md)
- [42 U.S.C. § 5012 Repealed. Pub. L. 103–82, title III, § 346 , Sept. 21, 1993 , 107 Stat. 905](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t42_s5012.md)
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- [42 U.S.C. § 5021 Promotion of National Senior Service Corps](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t42_s5021.md)
- [42 U.S.C. § 5022 Payments; adjustments; advances or reimbursement; installments; conditions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t42_s5022.md)
- [42 U.S.C. § 5023 Minority population participation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t42_s5023.md)
- [42 U.S.C. § 5024 Use of locally generated contributions in National Senior Service Corps](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t42_s5024.md)
- [42 U.S.C. § 5025 Programs of national significance](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t42_s5025.md)
- [42 U.S.C. § 5026 Adjustments to Federal financial assistance](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t42_s5026.md)
- [42 U.S.C. § 5027 Multiyear grants or contracts](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t42_s5027.md)
- [42 U.S.C. § 5027a Acceptance of donations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t42_s5027a.md)
- [42 U.S.C. § 5028 Authority of Director](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t42_s5028.md)
- [42 U.S.C. § 5028a Prohibition](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t42_s5028a.md)

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