S.5171 - HOPE Act of 2024 (Introduced in the Senate on September 25, 2024)
This bill was introduced in the Senate on September 25, 2024. This bill authorizes competitive grants for the establishment of HOPE Accounts Pilot Projects and HOPE Action Plans Pilot Projects, and for other purposes. In 2022, according to the Bureau of the Census, 37,920,000 individuals in the United States lived below the Federal poverty line. The majority of these individuals living in poverty were working people, children, older individuals, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. Secretaries shall make grants for pilot projects that operate statewide, and pilot projects designed to serve specific rural, urban, and suburban areas. Pilot projects for which grants are made should be distributed among diverse administrative regions of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Agriculture.