DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE BY STATES TO PRIVATE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

SEC. 421. DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE BY STATES TO PRIVATE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. (a) In General.— Section 413(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11373(a)) is amended by inserting “and private nonprofit organizations” after “local governments”. (b) Distributions to Nonprofits.— Section 413(c) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11373(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Any State receiving assistance under this subtitle may distribute all or a portion of such assistance to private nonprofit organizations providing assistance to homeless individuals, if the local government for the locality in which the project is located certifies that it approves of the project.”.