### Question
How does GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID TO BLIND define aid to the blind?


### Answer
Under *42 U.S.C. § 1206*, **aid to the blind** is defined as:

> money payments to blind individuals who are needy, but does not include any such payments to or care in behalf of any individual who is an inmate of a public institution (except as a patient in a medical institution) or any individual who is a patient in an institution for tuberculosis or mental diseases

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 1206*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 6-THE CHILDREN'S BUREAU > SUBCHAPTER X-GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID TO BLIND**

