[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR38.1]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 38--DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR CRISIS COUNSELING AND TRAINING--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 38.1  Purpose; coordination.

    (a) Purpose. This part establishes standards and procedures for the 
implementation of section 413 of Pub. L. 93-288, the Disaster Relief Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5183) which authorizes the provision, either directly 
or through financial assistance to State or local agencies or private 
mental health organizations, of:
    (1) Professional counseling services to victims of a major disaster 
in order to relieve mental health problems caused or aggravated by such 
a major disaster or its aftermath; and
    (2) Training of disaster workers to provide or assist in providing 
those professional counseling services.
    (b) Coordination. The Secretary, acting through the National 
Institute of Mental Health, will, as provided in 24 CFR 2205.51, carry 
out section 413 of the Act and this part in coordination with and under 
the general policy guidance of, the Administrator of the Federal 
Disaster Assistance Administration. Contracts and grants awarded under 
this part are subject to all applicable provisions of the Act and the 
implementing regulations promulgated by the Administrator (24 CFR part 
2205).

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