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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2807

To consolidate Federal youth prevention and youth development programs

and create a new process and structure for providing Federal assistance

for these programs, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

DECEMBER 18 (legislative day, DECEMBER 15), 1995

Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma (for himself, Ms. MOLINARI, Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, and Mr. TALENT) introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary and Commerce, for a period

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee

concerned

A BILL

To consolidate Federal youth prevention and youth development programs and create a new process and structure

for providing Federal assistance for these programs, and

for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 ‘‘Youth Development Community Block Grant Act of

6 1995’’.
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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is

2 as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Findings.

Sec. 3. Purposes.

Sec. 4. Definitions.

Sec. 5. General distribution of funds.

Sec. 6. Distribution of State allotments.

Sec. 7. Distribution of local allocations.

Sec. 8. Distribution to other entities.

Sec. 9. Distribution to grant recipients.

Sec. 10. Reallotment and reallocation.

Sec. 11. Community Youth Development Board.

Sec. 12. Duties of Community Boards.

Sec. 13. Duties of the States.

Sec. 14. Duties of the Assistant Secretary.

Sec. 15. Repeals.

Sec. 16. Conforming amendments.

Sec. 17. Transfer of funds.

Sec. 18. Effective date and transition provisions.

3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

4 Congress finds the following:

5 (1) In an increasingly complex and competitive

6 world economy, the human capital of the United

7 States is its most important resource. Too many

8 young people in the United States are reaching

9 adulthood unprepared to be productive workers, ef10 fective parents, or responsible citizens.

11 (2) Over the past decade, public concern related

12 to young people has focused primarily on improving

13 academic performance and combating youth prob14 lems such as substance abuse and juvenile delin15 quency.

16 (3) Young people who lack self-confidence, self17 discipline, respect for others, and a sense of connec-
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1 tion to their families and communities, are unlikely

2 to be successful in school, and far more likely to en3 gage in high-risk behaviors.

4 (4) Parents have primary responsibility for the

5 social, moral, emotional, physical, and cognitive de6 velopment of their children. However, tremendous

7 social and demographic changes during the last 30

8 years have had a significant effect on family life and

9 youth development, increasing the need for programs

10 to strengthen families and help parents meet the so11 cial, moral, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs

12 of their children.

13 (5) The lack of supervision of youth by parents

14 and the lack of meaningful activity after school for

15 youth contributes to the spread of violent juvenile

16 delinquency in the form of youth and gang violence,

17 drug trafficking, dangerous and self-destructive be18 havior, and lack of hope among youth in our Nation.

19 (6) The United States expects too much of its

20 schools if the Nation asks the schools to meet single21 handedly the needs described in paragraph (4) in ad22 dition to accomplishing their basic educational mis23 sion. Only a strong partnership among community24 based youth development organizations, community25 based youth-serving organizations, community-based
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1 family-serving organizations, local government, law

2 enforcement, juvenile and family courts, local schools

3 and local educational agencies, local businesses (in4 cluding small businesses, businesses that produce or

5 sell products that may be abused, and large indus6 tries), philanthropic organizations, the religious com7 munity, and families can create a community envi8 ronment that truly supports the youth of the Nation

9 in reaching their highest potential.

10 (7) Youth development programs, including

11 youth clubs, sports and recreation programs,

12 mentoring programs, leadership development activi13 ties, and community service programs, make a major

14 contribution to helping youth develop the life skills

15 and values that will prepare the youth for the chal16 lenges of adolescence and the independence and re17 sponsibilities of adulthood.

18 (8) Participation in positive youth development

19 programs can lead to a reduction in high-risk behav20 iors, including school failure, teenage pregnancy, use

21 of alcohol and drugs, and juvenile delinquency. Many

22 youth who would greatly benefit from such programs

23 do not have access due to factors that include lack

24 of coordination among the programs and inequitable

25 distribution of existing resources.
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1 (9) Community-based youth-serving organiza2 tions, private and public, are an effective resource in

3 developing and implementing community youth de4 velopment plans, both because of the responsiveness

5 of the organizations to local community values and

6 concerns, and the ability of the organizations to mo7 bilize community resources.

8 (10) Notwithstanding the efforts of community9 based youth-serving organizations, in most local

10 communities youth development efforts are so frag11 mented that millions of youth nationwide go

12 unserved, and no process exists through which key

13 groups regularly come together to develop a com14 prehensive approach to youth development. Without

15 a mechanism for coordination, narrowly focused

16 Federal programs are unable to meet the com17 prehensive needs of the youth of the Nation.

18 (11) Narrowly targeted categorical programs

19 have created a multitude of Federal funding streams

20 which have become a barrier to effective program co21 ordination and the provision of comprehensive serv22 ices for children and youth.

23 (12) It is critical that the Federal Government

24 adopt a comprehensive strategy in promoting the

25 positive development of youth, and encourage and
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1 empower communities to develop and implement

2 comprehensive youth development plans.

3 SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

4 It is the purpose of this Act to create a single, com5 prehensive Federal strategy for community-based youth

6 development programs, and to support communities in de7 signing community strategic plans for youth development

8 that—

9 (1) support the primary role of the family in

10 positive youth development;

11 (2) give priority to prevention of youth prob12 lems and crime through youth development;

13 (3) promote increased community coordination

14 and collaboration in meeting the developmental

15 needs of youth;

16 (4) support the development and expansion of

17 community-based youth development programs to re18 spond to local needs; and

19 (5) promote community partnerships that link

20 youth development programs with services provided

21 by community-based youth development organiza22 tions, community-based youth-serving organizations,

23 community-based family-serving organizations, local

24 government (including parks and recreation agen25 cies), law enforcement, juvenile and family courts,
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1 and local schools and local educational agencies, and

2 other segments of the community.

3 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

4 As used in this Act:

5 (1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist6 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary for

7 Children and Families of the Department of Health

8 and Human Services.

9 (2) COMMUNITY-BASED.—The term ‘‘commu10 nity-based’’—

11 (A) used with respect to an organization,

12 means an organization that is representative of

13 a community or a significant segment of a com14 munity and is engaged in providing services to

15 the community; and

16 (B) used with respect to a program or

17 service, means a program or service provided to

18 the community in which the program or service

19 is located.

20 (3) COMMUNITY BOARD.—The term ‘‘Commu21 nity Board’’ means a Community Youth Develop22 ment Board established under section 11.

23 (4) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘county’’, used to

24 refer to a political subdivision of Vermont, Rhode Is25 land, Connecticut, Hawaii, Alaska, or another State
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1 with similar local government, means a city, town,

2 township, village, or other general purpose political

3 subdivision.

4 (5) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term

5 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given

6 the term in section 14101 of the Elementary and

7 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801).

8 (6) LOW-INCOME FAMILY.—The term ‘‘low-in9 come family’’ means a family with an income below

10 the poverty line.

11 (7) OUTCOME OBJECTIVE.—The term ‘‘outcome

12 objective’’ means an objective that relates to the im13 pact of a program or initiative, with respect to the

14 participants in the program or initiative, the fami15 lies, peer groups, or schools of the participants, or

16 the community that the program or initiative serves,

17 including—

18 (A) an objective relating to changes in the

19 competencies described in paragraph (15)(A) of

20 individual participants in the program or initia21 tive;

22 (B) an objective relating to reducing the

23 incidence of high-risk behaviors, such as school

24 failure, violence, teenage pregnancy, use of alco-
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1 hol, use of illegal drugs, and juvenile delin2 quency, among youth in the community; and

3 (C) an objective relating to increasing pro4 tective factors and reducing risk factors for the

5 participants, the families, peer groups, or

6 schools of the participants, or the community.

7 (8) OUTLYING AREA.—The term ‘‘outlying

8 area’’ means the United States Virgin Islands,

9 Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the

10 Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Mar11 shall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia,

12 and the Republic of Palau.

13 (9) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’

14 means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of

15 Management and Budget, and revised annually in

16 accordance with section 673(2) of the Community

17 Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) appli18 cable to a family of the size involved.

19 (10) PROCESS OBJECTIVE.—The term ‘‘process

20 objective’’ means an objective that relates to the

21 manner in which a program or initiative is carried

22 out, including—

23 (A) an objective relating to the degree to

24 which the program or initiative is reaching its

25 intended target population;
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1 (B) an objective relating to the degree to

2 which the program or initiative addresses

3 known risk factors for youth problem behaviors

4 and incorporates activities that inhibit the be5 haviors and that build on protective factors for

6 youth;

7 (C) an objective relating to the number,

8 age, gender, and ethnicity of the youth involved

9 in the program or initiative;

10 (D) an objective relating to the degree to

11 which the services delivered are consistent with

12 the intended program model; and

13 (E) an objective relating to the cost of de14 livering services under the program or initiative.

15 (11) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of

16 the several States of the United States, the District

17 of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

18 (12) SUBSTANCE ABUSE.—The term ‘‘substance

19 abuse’’ has the meaning given the term in section

20 534 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

21 290cc–34).

22 (13) YOUTH.—The term ‘‘youth’’ means an in23 dividual who is not younger than age 6 and not

24 older than age 18.
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1 (14) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.—

2 The term ‘‘youth development organization’’ means

3 a private nonprofit youth-serving organization with a

4 major emphasis on providing youth development pro5 grams.

6 (15) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—The

7 term ‘‘youth development program’’ means a pro8 gram that—

9 (A) in order to enable youth to deal suc10 cessfully with the challenges of adolescence and

11 prepare the youth for the independence and re12 sponsibilities of being parents, workers, and

13 citizens, attempts to help the youth to de14 velop—

15 (i) social competencies, such as work

16 and family life skills, problem-solving

17 skills, and communication skills;

18 (ii) moral competencies, such as per19 sonal values, ethics, and a sense of respon20 sibility and citizenship (including participa21 tion in civic life and community service);

22 (iii) emotional competencies, such as a

23 sense of personal identity, self-confidence,

24 autonomy, and the ability to resist negative

25 peer pressure;
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1 (iv) physical competencies, such as

2 physical conditioning, endurance, and an

3 appreciation for and strategies to achieve

4 lifelong physical health and fitness; and

5 (v) cognitive competencies, such as

6 knowledge, reasoning ability, creativity,

7 and a lifelong commitment to learning and

8 achievement;

9 (B) conducts activities with a primarily

10 nonacademic focus;

11 (C) employs primarily active and experien12 tial learning methods;

13 (D) builds relationships between positive

14 adult role models and youth in a program set15 ting; and

16 (E) promotes the competencies described

17 in subparagraph (A) through group and one-to18 one activities, which may include activities in

19 youth clubs, sports and recreation, peer coun20 seling and teaching, mentoring, the arts, values

21 education, leadership development, crime and

22 delinquency prevention, community service or

23 volunteerism, literacy, before school and after

24 school programs, prevention of violence (includ25 ing violence in the home), mediation skills
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1 training, drug abuse prevention, alcohol edu2 cation, parenting skills activities, camping, envi3 ronmental education, ethnic or cultural enrich4 ment, tutoring, and academic enrichment.

5 (16) YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATION.—The

6 term ‘‘youth-serving organization’’ means an organi7 zation with a primary focus on providing youth de8 velopment, health and fitness, education, substance

9 abuse prevention, child welfare, child protective, psy10 chological, parenting, recreation, teen pregnancy, re11 habilitative, or residential services to youth.

12 SEC. 5. GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.

13 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

15 appropriated to carry out this Act, $890,900,000 for

16 fiscal year 1996 and such sums as may be necessary

17 for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2000.

18 (2) VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION TRUST

19 FUND.—Notwithstanding section 310001(c) of the

20 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of

21 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14211(c)), there are authorized to

22 be appropriated to carry out this Act, from amounts

23 in the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, for

24 each of fiscal years 1997 through 2000, the total

25 amount authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal
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1 year under title III of the Violent Crime Control and

2 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13741 et

3 seq.) (as in effect on the day before the date of en4 actment of this Act) from such trust fund to carry

5 out the provisions described in section 15(a).

6 (b) RESERVATIONS.—From the sums appropriated

7 under subsection (a) for any fiscal year, the Assistant Sec8 retary shall reserve—

9 (1) 95 percent of the sums for allotments to

10 States and allocations to Community Boards, as de11 scribed in sections 6 and 7;

12 (2) 1.5 percent of the sums for grants to Native

13 American organizations, as described in section 8(a);

14 (3) 0.5 percent of the sums for grants to outly15 ing areas, as described in section 8(b); and

16 (4) 3 percent of the sums for activities by the

17 Administration for Children and Families, as de18 scribed in this Act.

19 SEC. 6. DISTRIBUTION OF STATE ALLOTMENTS.

20 (a) TOTAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT.—From the sums

21 reserved under section 5(b)(1) (referred to in this section

22 as the ‘‘total distribution amount’’), the Assistant Sec23 retary shall make allotments under this section to States

24 to—
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1 (1) assist Community Boards in carrying out

2 the activities described in sections 7(b)(2)(A) and

3 9(a);

4 (2) carry out activities required to administer

5 the youth development programs carried out in the

6 States; and

7 (3) for any fiscal year described in section

8 7(a)(1)(B), assist appropriate entities, on a discre9 tionary basis, in carrying out local youth develop10 ment programs in order to—

11 (A) respond to emergency situations, as

12 determined by the States; or

13 (B) serve areas with a high concentration

14 of low-income families.

15 (b) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS TO STATES.—Subject to

16 subsection (c), for each fiscal year in which funds are ap17 propriated under section 5(a), the Assistant Secretary

18 shall allot to each State the sum (referred to in this sec19 tion and section 7 as the ‘‘State allotment’’) of—

20 (1) an amount that bears the same relation to

1 21 ⁄3 of the total distribution amount as the number

22 of youth in the State bears to the number of youth

23 in all States;

24 (2) an amount that bears the same relation to

1 25 ⁄3 of the total distribution amount as the number
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1 of youth from low-income families in the State bears

2 to the number of such youth in all States; and

(3) an amount from the remaining 1 3 ⁄3 of the

4 total distribution amount, calculated in accordance

5 with a formula prescribed by the Assistant Sec6 retary, that takes into account the average incidence

7 of juvenile crime in the State during the most recent

8 4-year period for which data are available, relative

9 to the average incidence of such crime in all States

10 during such period.

11 (c) MINIMUM STATE ALLOTMENT.—The Assistant

12 Secretary shall allot to each State under this section an

amount that is not less than 1 13 ⁄2 of 1 percent of the total

14 distribution amount.

15 (d) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO STATES.—To be el16 igible to receive such State allotment, the State shall pre17 pare, and submit to the Assistant Secretary, an applica18 tion at such time, in such manner, and containing such

19 information as the Assistant Secretary may reasonably re20 quire to assure compliance with this Act. Such application

21 shall include, at a minimum, an assurance that the State

22 is prepared to use such amount in compliance with all the

23 requirements of this Act, and, in the case of any applica24 tion submitted after the first year in which the State re25 ceives funds under this Act, that the State will submit to
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1 the Assistant Secretary an annual program report and the

2 results of an independent audit conducted by the State

3 concerning the use of such funds.

4 SEC. 7. DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL ALLOCATIONS.

5 (a) RESERVATION AND ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO

6 COMMUNITY BOARDS.—

7 (1) RESERVATIONS.—

8 (A) ADMINISTRATION.—A State may re9 serve not more than 4 percent of the State al10 lotment to carry out activities required to ad11 minister the youth development programs car12 ried out in the State.

13 (B) DISCRETIONARY FUNDING OF LOCAL

14 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—For each

15 fiscal year for which the total sums appro16 priated under section 5(a) are $500,000,000 or

17 more, a State may reserve not more than 3.5

18 percent of the State allotment to assist appro19 priate entities, on a discretionary basis, in car20 rying out local youth development programs in

21 order to—

22 (i) respond to emergency situations,

23 as determined by the State; or

24 (ii) serve areas with a high concentra25 tion of low-income families.
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1 (2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO COMMUNITY

2 BOARDS FOR FISCAL YEARS FOR WHICH APPROPRIA3 TIONS ARE $500,000,000 OR MORE.—

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as described in

5 paragraph (3), for each fiscal year for which a

6 State receives a State allotment, the State shall,

7 after making any reservation under paragraph

8 (1), allocate and distribute to each Community

9 Board in the State an amount (referred to in

10 this section as the ‘‘local allocation’’) represent11 ing an equitable allocation of the remainder of

12 the State allotment.

13 (B) CALCULATION.—The local allocations

14 shall be distributed among Community Boards

15 representing counties within the State utilizing

16 the Federal allotment formula specified in sec17 tion 6(b), except that for purposes of the appli18 cation of the formula—

19 (i) each reference to the total distribu20 tion amount shall be deemed to be a ref21 erence to the remainder of the State allot22 ment;

23 (ii) each reference to a State shall be

24 deemed to be a reference to a county; and
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1 (iii) the reference to all States shall be

2 deemed to be a reference to all counties in

3 the State.

4 (3) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO COMMUNITY

5 BOARDS FOR FISCAL YEARS FOR WHICH APPROPRIA6 TIONS ARE LESS THAN $500,000,000.—

7 (A) GRANTS.—For each fiscal year for

8 which the total sums appropriated under sec9 tion 5(a) are less than $500,000,000, and for

10 which a State receives a State allotment, the

11 State shall, after making any reservation under

12 paragraph (1)(A), make grants from the re13 mainder of the State allotment to eligible Com14 munity Boards to carry out the activities de15 scribed in subsection (b)(2)(A) and section 9(a).

16 (B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making such

17 grants, the State shall consider the criteria de18 scribed in the formula specified in section 6(b),

19 applied as described in paragraph (2)(B). The

20 State shall ensure an equitable geographic dis21 tribution of such grants (including distribution

22 to rural, urban, and suburban areas within the

23 State), and shall ensure that a variety of pro24 gram models and activities receive funding

25 under this paragraph.
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1 (C) TREATMENT OF GRANTS.—For pur2 poses of this Act, a grant awarded to a Commu3 nity Board under this paragraph shall be con4 sidered to be a local allocation.

5 (b) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO COMMUNITY

6 BOARDS.—

7 (1) INITIAL PLANNING FUNDS.—For the first

8 fiscal year for which Community Boards in a State

9 are eligible to receive funds under this section, the

10 State shall make available, to each eligible Commu11 nity Board in the State, 5 percent of the local allo12 cation of such Board, to be used for up to 6 months

13 for an initial planning phase. To be eligible to re14 ceive such amount, the Community Board shall sub15 mit to the State a letter of intent to apply for funds

16 under this section. Such letter of intent shall include

17 a list of the members of the Community Board, in18 cluding sufficient information about their affiliations

19 to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of

20 subsections (b) through (f) of section 11.

21 (2) DISTRIBUTION OF PROGRAM FUNDS.—

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year for

23 which a State receives a State allotment, the

24 State shall distribute to each eligible Commu25 nity Board in the State an amount equal to the
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1 remainder of the local allocation of such Board

2 for the purpose of conducting community-based

3 youth development programs that—

4 (i) address the process objectives, and

5 the outcome objectives, identified in the

6 community strategic plan described in sec7 tion 12(a)(1);

8 (ii) incorporate components that pro9 mote competencies in youth;

10 (iii) recognize the primary role of the

11 family in positive youth development in

12 order to strengthen families;

13 (iv) promote the involvement of youth

14 (including program participants), parents,

15 and other community members in the plan16 ning and implementation of the programs;

17 (v) identify specific protective factors

18 and risk factors for youth, to be addressed

19 by the programs;

20 (vi) coordinate services with other

21 youth and family services in the commu22 nity and help participants access the serv23 ices;
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1 (vii) build relationships between posi2 tive adult role models and youth in pro3 gram settings;

4 (viii) encourage youth leadership and

5 civic involvement;

6 (ix) seek to establish a long-term rela7 tionship with participating youth;

8 (x) employ strong outreach efforts to

9 youth from low-income families and to the

10 families;

11 (xi) provide age-appropriate activities;

12 (xii) provide activities that—

13 (I) are open to all youth, regard14 less of such factors as race, color, reli15 gion, sex, national origin, disability, or

16 social or economic background; or

17 (II) target a population on the

18 basis of 1 or more of such factors, if

19 such targeting is designed to meet the

20 special needs of such population; and

21 (xiii) use not more than 10 percent of

22 the amount to provide preservice and in23 service training and educational materials

24 and services for program staff.
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1 (B) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to re2 ceive an amount referred to in subparagraph

3 (A), the Community Board shall prepare and

4 submit to the State an application, at such

5 time, in such manner, and containing such in6 formation as the State may reasonably require

7 to assure compliance with this Act. Such appli8 cation shall include, at a minimum, a commu9 nity strategic plan described in section

10 12(a)(1), a description of the types of activities

11 and services for which the amount will be pro12 vided, information indicating the extent to

13 which the activities and services achieve the

14 purposes of this Act and the purpose described

15 in subparagraph (A), and a description of the

16 processes used to select members of the Com17 munity Board.

18 (C) PROHIBITION.—No Community Board

19 may use funds appropriated under section 5(a)

20 to carry out a youth employment program pro21 viding subsidized employment opportunities, job

22 training activities, or school-to-work activities

23 for participants.

24 SEC. 8. DISTRIBUTION TO OTHER ENTITIES.

25 (a) NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—From the sums reserved

2 under section 5(b)(2), the Assistant Secretary shall

3 make grants to eligible Native American organiza4 tions to assist the organizations in carrying out the

5 activities described in sections 7(b)(2)(A) and 9(a).

6 (2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a

7 grant under paragraph (1), a Native American orga8 nization shall submit an application to the Assistant

9 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con10 taining such information as the Assistant Secretary

11 may reasonably require to assure compliance with

12 this Act, including any information that a Commu13 nity Board is required to submit in an application

14 described in section 7(b)(2)(B).

15 (3) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—The provi16 sions of sections 9 and 12 shall apply to Native

17 American organizations receiving funds through

18 grants made under this subsection. For purposes of

19 the application of such provisions to a Native Amer20 ican organization, references to a county shall be

21 deemed to be references to the area served by the or22 ganization, and references to a State shall be

23 deemed to be references to the Assistant Secretary.

24 (4) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection:
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1 (A) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ has the

2 meaning given the term in section 4(d) of the

3 Indian Self-Determination and Education As4 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(d)).

5 (B) NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATION.—

6 The term ‘‘Native American organization’’

7 means—

8 (i) a tribal organization, as defined in

9 section 4(l) of the Indian Self-Determina10 tion and Education Assistance Act (25

11 U.S.C. 450b(l));

12 (ii) a Native Hawaiian Organization,

13 as defined in section 4009(4) of the Au14 gustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Ele15 mentary and Secondary School Improve16 ment Amendments of 1988 (20 U.S.C.

17 4909(4)); and

18 (iii) a private nonprofit organization

19 established for the purpose of serving

20 youth who are Indians or Native Hawai21 ians.

22 (C) NATIVE HAWAIIAN.—The term ‘‘Native

23 Hawaiian’’ has the meaning given the term in

24 section 4009(1) of the Augustus F. Hawkins25 Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary
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1 School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (20

2 U.S.C. 4909(1)).

3 (b) OUTLYING AREAS.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—From the sums reserved

5 under section 5(b)(3), the Assistant Secretary shall

6 make grants to eligible outlying areas to assist the

7 areas in—

8 (A) carrying out the activities described in

9 sections 7(b)(2)(A) and 9(a); or

10 (B) providing assistance to geographic or

11 political subdivisions of the areas to carry out

12 the activities.

13 (2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a

14 grant under paragraph (1), the outlying area shall

15 submit an application to the Assistant Secretary at

16 such time, in such manner, and containing such in17 formation as the Assistant Secretary may reasonably

18 require to assure compliance with this Act, including

19 any information that a State is required to submit

20 in an application described in section 6(d).

21 (3) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—The provi22 sions of sections 9 and 12 shall apply to outlying

23 areas receiving funds through grants made under

24 this subsection. For purposes of the application of

25 such provisions to an outlying area, references to a
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1 county shall be deemed to be references to a geo2 graphic or political subdivision within the outlying

3 area, or to the outlying area, as appropriate, and

4 references to a State shall be deemed to be ref5 erences to the Assistant Secretary.

6 SEC. 9. DISTRIBUTION TO GRANT RECIPIENTS.

7 (a) GRANTS.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—A Community Board shall

9 award grants in accordance with this subsection to

10 pay for the Federal share of carrying out youth de11 velopment programs addressing the process objec12 tives, and the outcome objectives, established in the

13 community strategic plan described in section

14 12(a)(1) and the program components described in

15 section 7(b)(2)(A).

16 (2) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.—The Commu17 nity Board shall issue a request for proposals to

18 apply for a grant under paragraph (1). Such request

19 shall specify the process objectives and outcome ob20 jectives to be addressed by the applicants submitting

21 the proposals.

22 (3) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—In awarding grants

24 under paragraph (1) for programs, the Commu25 nity Board shall take into account the extent to
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1 which a program meets the objectives and goals

2 of the community strategic plan described in

3 section 12(a)(1). In the second and subsequent

4 years for which such grants are awarded, the

5 Community Board shall take into account the

6 extent to which the programs receiving funding

7 through such grants were successful in meeting

8 the community process objectives and outcome

9 objectives for youth development programs, in10 cluding changes in protective factor and risk

11 factor levels.

12 (B) FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES.—A for-profit

13 entity that receives funds through a grant made

14 under paragraph (1) shall use the funds in a

15 manner consistent with such fiscal requirements

16 as the Assistant Secretary may by regulation

17 specify.

18 (C) RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE ORGANI19 ZATIONS.—Nothing in this Act shall be con20 strued to prohibit a religious or charitable orga21 nization from receiving a grant under this sub22 section, or from carrying out a youth develop23 ment program with such grant, on the same

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1 diminishing the religious character or freedom

2 of such organization.

3 (4) GRANT APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to

4 receive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall

5 submit an application to the Community Board at

6 such time, in such manner, and containing such in7 formation as the Community Board may reasonably

8 require.

9 (5) FUNDING PERIOD.—The Community Board

10 may award such a grant for a period of up to 3

11 years. The Community Board may terminate the

12 funding made available through such grant during

13 such grant period for a program if the program fails

14 to comply with the requirements of this Act or if in15 sufficient Federal funds are appropriated under sec16 tion 5(a) to permit the continuation of funding for

17 the full grant period of all such grants awarded by

18 the Community Board.

19 (6) RENEWALS OF GRANTS.—The Community

20 Board may renew grants made under paragraph (1).

21 After the initial grant period, in determining wheth22 er to renew a grant to an entity to carry out activi23 ties, the Community Board shall give substantial

24 weight to the effectiveness of the activities in achiev25 ing process objectives and outcome objectives speci-
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1 fied in the community strategic plan described in

2 section 12(a)(1).

3 (7) FEDERAL SHARE REQUIREMENT.—

4 (A) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share

5 of the cost of carrying out a youth development

6 program described in paragraph (1) shall be—

7 (i) 80 percent for the first year for

8 which the program receives funding under

9 this subsection;

10 (ii) 70 percent for the second such

11 year;

12 (iii) 60 percent for the third such

13 year; and

14 (iv) 50 percent for the fourth and any

15 subsequent year.

16 (B) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—In providing

17 for the remaining share of the cost of carrying

18 out such a program, each grant recipient under

19 this subsection—

20 (i) shall provide for such share

21 through non-Federal sources;

22 (ii) may provide for such share

23 through a payment in cash (which may in24 clude State or local public funds expended
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1 to meet the requirements of section 10(e));

2 and

3 (iii) may provide for not more than 50

4 percent of such share through a payment

5 in kind, fairly evaluated, including facili6 ties, equipment, or services.

7 (8) CONTINUATION OF PROGRAMS.—The Com8 munity Board may award a grant under this sub9 section for the continuation of any program carried

10 out prior to the date of enactment of this Act under

11 any provision of law referred to in section 15.

12 (b) ANNUAL REPORTS TO COMMUNITY BOARD.—In

13 carrying out a program under this Act, each grant recipi14 ent under subsection (a) shall, not later than 45 days after

15 the end of each fiscal year of the Community Board, pre16 pare and submit to the Community Board an annual re17 port on the program during the fiscal year, in such man18 ner and containing such information as the Assistant Sec19 retary may reasonably require to determine compliance

20 with this Act.

21 (c) PLANNING, ADMINISTRATION, COORDINATION,

22 AND EVALUATION.—A grant recipient under subsection

23 (a) may use up to 10 percent of the funds received under

24 the grant for planning, administration, and coordination,
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1 and may use up to an additional 5 percent of such funds

2 for evaluation expenses.

3 SEC. 10. REALLOTMENT AND REALLOCATION.

4 (a) AUTHORITY TO ASSIST COMMUNITY BOARDS IN

5 NONPARTICIPATING STATES/REALLOTMENT OF STATE

6 FUNDS.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—For any fiscal year for

8 which a State does not submit an application for an

9 allotment under section 6, the Assistant Secretary

10 may use the allotment of such State to make direct

11 grants to eligible Community Boards in the

12 nonparticipating State.

13 (2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a

14 direct grant under paragraph (1), a Community

15 Board shall submit an application to the Assistant

16 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con17 taining such information as the Assistant Secretary

18 may reasonably require to assure compliance with

19 this Act, including any information that a Commu20 nity Board is required to submit in an application

21 described in section 7(b)(2)(B).

22 (3) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—The provi23 sions of sections 9, 11, and 12 shall apply to Com24 munity Boards receiving funds through grants made

25 under this subsection. For purposes of the applica-
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1 tion of such provisions, references to the State shall

2 be deemed to be references to the Assistant Sec3 retary.

4 (b) STATE REALLOTMENT.—For any fiscal year for

5 which a State does not submit an application for an allot6 ment under section 6, and the Assistant Secretary does

7 not use the allotment as described in subsection (a), the

8 Assistant Secretary shall make the allotment of such State

9 available to such other States as the Assistant Secretary

10 may determine to be appropriate.

11 (c) COUNTY REALLOCATION.—For any fiscal year for

12 which a Community Board in a State does not submit an

13 application for an allocation under section 7, the State

14 shall make available the allocation of such county to such

15 other counties in the State as the State may determine

16 to be appropriate.

17 (d) OBLIGATION AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—

18 (1) STATE OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—Any State

19 that receives funds from the Assistant Secretary

20 under this Act shall obligate the funds (other than

21 any amount reserved under section 7(a)(1)) not later

22 than 6 months after the date of such receipt or re23 turn the funds to the Assistant Secretary for reallot24 ment in accordance with subsection (b).
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1 (2) NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS AND

2 OUTLYING AREAS.—Any Native American organiza3 tion or outlying area that receives funds from the

4 Assistant Secretary under this Act shall obligate the

5 funds not later than 6 months after the date of such

6 receipt or return the funds to the Assistant Sec7 retary for reallotment in accordance with subsection

8 (b).

9 (3) COMMUNITY BOARD OBLIGATION OF

10 FUNDS.—Any Community Board that receives funds

11 from a State or the Assistant Secretary under this

12 Act shall obligate the funds not later than 6 months

13 after the date of such receipt or return the funds to

14 the State for reallocation in accordance with sub15 section (c), or to the Assistant Secretary for reallot16 ment in accordance with subsection (b), respectively.

17 (4) GRANT RECIPIENT EXPENDITURE OF

18 FUNDS.—Any grant recipient under section 9(a)

19 shall expend the funds made available through the

20 grant not later than 3 years after the date of such

21 receipt or return the funds to the State for

22 reallocation in accordance with subsection (c).

23 (e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds appro24 priated under this Act shall be used to supplement and

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1 expended to provide youth development programs for eligi2 ble individuals.

3 SEC. 11. COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

4 (a) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term

5 ‘‘appointing authority’’ means—

6 (1) except as provided in paragraph (2) and

7 subsection (d)(1)(B), the Chief Executive Officer

8 and the representatives described in subsection

9 (b)(1)(A); and

10 (2) except as provided in subsection (d)(1)(B),

11 in a State referred to in subsection (b)(2), the local

12 government official and the representatives described

13 in subsection (b)(2)(B).

14 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY BOARD.—

15 (1) ESTABLISHMENT OR DESIGNATION.—

16 (A) MEMBERSHIP OF APPOINTING AU17 THORITY.—

18 (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided

19 in subparagraph (B) or paragraph (4), in

20 order for entities within a county to be eli21 gible to receive assistance under this Act—

22 (I) the Chief Executive Officer of

23 the county;

24 (II) a representative (who may be

25 a teacher, an administrator, a coun-
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1 selor, or another person with experi2 ence with education activities, or other

3 activities described in section

4 7(b)(2)(A) or 9(a)), selected by the

5 educational community serving the

6 county;

7 (III) a representative of the com8 munity-based youth development orga9 nizations serving the county, selected

10 by the youth development organiza11 tions; and

12 (IV) except as provided in clause

13 (ii), a representative (who may be a

14 teacher, an administrator, a coun15 selor, or another person with experi16 ence with substance abuse prevention

17 activities), selected by the substance

18 abuse prevention agencies and sub19 stance abuse prevention providers

20 serving the county;

21 shall jointly facilitate the establishment of

22 a local entity, or designate an existing (as

23 of the date of such designation) local en24 tity, that meets the requirements of this
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1 section, to serve as the Community Youth

2 Development Board for the county.

3 (ii) SPECIAL RULE REGARDING REP4 RESENTATIVE WITH EXPERIENCE WITH

5 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION ACTIVI6 TIES.—The agencies and providers de7 scribed in clause (i)(IV) shall select a rep8 resentative under such clause only if the

9 agencies and providers determine that nei10 ther of the representatives selected under

11 subclause (II) or (III) of clause (i) has the

12 experience described in clause (i)(IV).

13 (B) EXISTING ENTITY OR SUBDIVISION.—

14 The appointing authority shall consider permit15 ting an existing (as of the date of the consider16 ation) community-based coalition that focuses

17 on risk and protective factor needs assessments

18 and program planning, an existing (as of such

19 date) community-based youth-focused entity, or

20 a subdivision of such coalition or entity to serve

21 as the Community Board.

22 (2) CERTAIN STATES.—

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in

24 paragraph (4), in a State referred to in section

25 4(4), in order for entities within a general pur-
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1 pose political subdivision to be eligible to receive

2 assistance under this Act, the persons described

3 in subparagraph (B) shall provide for the facili4 tation or designation described in paragraph

5 (1).

6 (B) APPOINTING AUTHORITY.—

7 (i) IN GENERAL.—The persons re8 ferred to in subparagraph (A) are—

9 (I) a local government official

10 from the general purpose political

11 subdivision, who shall be selected by

12 the State to serve on the appointing

13 authority, in lieu of a Chief Executive

14 Officer of a county;

15 (II) a representative described in

16 paragraph (1)(A)(i)(II), selected by

17 the educational community serving the

18 subdivision;

19 (III) a representative of the com20 munity-based youth development orga21 nizations serving the subdivision, se22 lected by the youth development orga23 nizations; and

24 (IV) except as provided in clause

25 (ii), a representative described in
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1 paragraph (1)(A)(i)(IV), selected by

2 the substance abuse prevention agen3 cies and substance abuse prevention

4 providers serving the subdivision.

5 (ii) SPECIAL RULE REGARDING REP6 RESENTATIVE WITH EXPERIENCE WITH

7 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION ACTIVI8 TIES.—The agencies and providers de9 scribed in clause (i)(IV) shall select a rep10 resentative under such clause only if the

11 agencies and providers determine that nei12 ther of the representatives selected under

13 subclause (II) or (III) of clause (i) has the

14 experience described in paragraph

15 (1)(A)(i)(IV).

16 (3) ESTABLISHMENT OF MULTICOUNTY COMMU17 NITY BOARD.—The appointing authorities of 2 or

18 more counties may agree to facilitate the establish19 ment of a local entity, or designate an existing (as

20 of the date of the designation) entity, that meets the

21 requirements of this section, to serve as a

22 multicounty Community Board. Such a multicounty

23 Community Board shall carry out the duties de24 scribed in sections 9(a) and 12 with respect to the

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1 Board is established, all duties required by this sec2 tion to be carried out by an appointing authority

3 shall be carried out jointly by the appointing au4 thorities of each participating county.

5 (4) LESS POPULATED COUNTIES.—

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a county

7 with a population of 25,000 or less, paragraphs

8 (1) through (3) and subsections (c) through (f)

9 shall not apply, and the Chief Executive Officer

10 of the county may serve as the Community

11 Board for the county.

12 (B) CONSULTATION.—A Chief Executive

13 Officer who serves as a Community Board

14 under this paragraph shall consult with schools,

15 local educational agencies, youth-serving organi16 zations, and youth development organizations.

17 (C) TREATMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF18 FICER.—For purposes of this Act, a Chief Ex19 ecutive Officer serving as a Community Board

20 under this paragraph shall be considered to be

21 a Community Board.

22 (c) NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON THE COMMUNITY

23 BOARD.—The appointing authority for a county shall de24 termine the total number of members on the Community
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1 Board, which shall be not less than 5 nor more than 11

2 members.

3 (d) COMPOSITION OF COMMUNITY BOARD.—

4 (1) APPOINTMENT.—

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—The appointing author6 ity shall appoint for the county the members of

7 a Community Board that is established, rather

8 than designated, under this Act.

9 (B) COUNTIES WITH DOMINANT SUBDIVI10 SIONS.—If any political subdivision of a State is

11 located totally or partially within a county, and

12 the population of the subdivision is more than

13 30 percent of the total population of the county,

14 the Chief Executive Officer of such subdivision

15 shall be included in the appointing authority for

16 the county.

17 (2) INTERESTS.—The Community Board shall,

18 to the extent practicable, be comprised of members

19 whose interests and involvement in youth and youth

20 development reflect the various segments of the com21 munity.

22 (3) ORGANIZATIONS.—In facilitating the estab23 lishment of, or designating, the Community Board,

24 the appointing authority shall consider the inclusion

25 of representatives of community-based youth devel-
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1 opment organizations, community-based youth-serv2 ing organizations (including substance abuse preven3 tion agencies and substance abuse prevention provid4 ers), community-based family-serving organizations

5 (including family or domestic violence organiza6 tions), local government (including parks and recre7 ation agencies), law enforcement, juvenile and family

8 courts, local schools and local educational agencies,

9 local businesses (including small businesses, busi10 nesses that produce or sell products that may be

11 abused, and large industries), philanthropic organi12 zations (including community foundations), the reli13 gious community, and families (including youth par14 ticipants in local youth development programs and

15 their parents).

16 (4) EXPERTISE.—

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—

18 (i) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SERV19 ICES.—At least 1 member of the Commu20 nity Board shall have demonstrated exper21 tise in the design and delivery of youth de22 velopment programs (provided through a

23 community-based youth development orga24 nization, where feasible).
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1 (ii) YOUTH SUBSTANCE ABUSE PRE2 VENTION.—At least 1 member of the Com3 munity Board (who may be the same indi4 vidual as the member described in clause

5 (i)) shall have demonstrated expertise in

6 youth substance abuse prevention.

7 (B) SPECIAL RULE FOR LESS POPULATED

8 COUNTIES.—In the case of a county with a pop9 ulation of 100,000 or less, if the Chief Execu10 tive Officer of the county determines that, be11 cause of the absence of youth development or12 ganizations, the county cannot establish an ap13 pointing authority meeting the requirements of

14 paragraph (1) or (2), as appropriate, of sub15 section (b) or a Community Board meeting the

16 requirements of subparagraph (A), a represent17 ative of a community-based youth-serving orga18 nization with the expertise required under sub19 paragraph (A)(i) may be selected to serve, and

20 participate, on the appointing authority or

21 Community Board, as appropriate, on the same

22 basis as a representative of a community-based

23 youth development organization.

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1 (1) TERMS; OFFICERS; VACANCIES.—The Com2 munity Board shall adopt, and shall include in the

3 application described in section 7(b)(2)(B), bylaws

4 that include provisions regarding the terms of office

5 of members, the election of officers, and the selec6 tion of members to fill vacancies, of the Community

7 Board.

8 (2) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.—The bylaws of

9 the Community Board shall contain a conflict of in10 terest provision that requires any member of the

11 Community Board who has a conflict of interest re12 garding any matter before the Board to declare the

13 conflict and refrain from voting on the matter.

14 (f) FISCAL AGENT.—

15 (1) APPOINTMENT OF FISCAL AGENT.—The ap16 pointing authority shall appoint a fiscal agent for

17 the Board.

18 (2) DUTIES.—The fiscal agent shall carry out

19 such duties as the Community Board may determine

20 to be appropriate.

21 SEC. 12. DUTIES OF COMMUNITY BOARDS.

22 (a) DUTIES OF COMMUNITY BOARD.—

23 (1) COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLAN.—

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Community Board

25 shall prepare and submit to the State (to en-
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1 sure that the plan meets the requirements of

2 this Act), as part of the application described in

3 section 7(b)(2)(B), a community strategic plan

4 for youth development in the county involved,

5 including—

6 (i) the results of a current (as of the

7 date of the submission) assessment of com8 munity needs and resources;

9 (ii) the results of a current (as of the

10 date of the submission) assessment of sub11 stance abuse in the county;

12 (iii) specific process objectives and

13 outcome objectives for youth development

14 programs; and

15 (iv) measures of program effectiveness

16 that shall be used to evaluate the progress

17 of grant recipients under section 9(a) in

18 achieving the objectives described in clause

19 (iii).

20 (B) REVIEW AND COMMENT.—The Com21 munity Board shall provide the members of the

22 appointing authority (as defined in section

23 11(a)) for the county with an opportunity to re24 view and comment on the community strategic
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1 plan prior to the submission of the plan to the

2 State.

3 (2) MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND TECH4 NICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Community Board shall

5 be responsible for establishing monitoring and eval6 uation procedures, consistent with such requirements

7 as may be established by the Assistant Secretary, to

8 assess the progress of grant recipients under section

9 9(a) in achieving the process objectives and outcome

10 objectives identified in the community strategic plan.

11 Community Boards shall also provide technical as12 sistance to applicants and grant recipients under

13 section 9(a).

14 (3) APPEAL.—A State may deny approval of

15 the community strategic plan only on the basis that

16 the plan does not meet the requirements of this Act.

17 In the event that the State denies approval of the

18 community strategic plan, the Community Board

19 submitting the plan may appeal the denial in accord20 ance with such appeals process as the Assistant Sec21 retary shall specify by regulation.

22 (b) ANNUAL REPORT TO STATE.—Each Community

23 Board shall, not later than 75 days after the end of each

24 fiscal year of the Community Board, prepare and submit

25 to the State an annual report in such manner and contain-
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1 ing such information as the Assistant Secretary may rea2 sonably require to determine compliance with this Act.

3 Such report shall contain, at a minimum, information on

4 the programs and activities funded by the Community

5 Board during the fiscal year under section 9(a), the extent

6 to which private funds are leveraged for such programs

7 and activities carried out in the county served by the Com8 munity Board during such year, and the extent to which

9 the entity carrying out the programs and activities

10 achieved the process objectives and outcome objectives

11 specified in the community strategic plan described in sub12 section (a)(1).

13 (c) PLANNING, ADMINISTRATION, COORDINATION,

14 EVALUATION, AND FISCAL AGENT EXPENSES.—In addi15 tion to any initial planning funds provided under section

16 7(b)(1), the Community Board may use up to 5 percent

17 of the funds received under section 7(b)(2) for planning,

18 administration, coordination, and evaluation expenses, and

19 expenses of the fiscal agent of the Community Board.

20 SEC. 13. DUTIES OF THE STATES.

21 (a) DESIGNATION OF STATE ENTITY.—In order for

22 entities within a State to be eligible to receive assistance

23 under this Act, the Governor of the State shall establish

24 an entity, or designate an existing entity, to administer

25 and conduct the State activities described under this Act.
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1 (b) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INPUT.—The Governor

2 shall establish and implement a mechanism to receive reg3 ularly advice and input from a representative mix of the

4 individuals and organizations described in section 11(d)(3)

5 to improve the effectiveness and increase coordination of

6 youth development programs funded under this Act in the

7 State.

8 (c) REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Within 30 days of the sub10 mission by a Community Board of an application

11 under section 7(b)(2)(B), the State shall either ap12 prove the application and distribute to the Commu13 nity Board its local allocation under section 7, or no14 tify the Community Board of the additional steps

15 that the Community Board shall take to bring the

16 plan into compliance with this Act.

17 (2) MONITORING OPERATIONS OF COMMUNITY

18 BOARDS.—The State shall have primary responsibil19 ity for ensuring that the Community Boards in the

20 State operate in compliance with this Act.

21 (3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY

22 BOARDS.—The State shall provide technical assist23 ance related to the development and implementation

24 of community strategic plans described in section

25 12(a)(1) to Community Boards that are applicants
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1 for, or recipients of, local allocations under section

2 7.

3 (4) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the State determines,

4 based on a review of the community strategic plans,

5 annual reports, audits, or other documentation re6 quired by this Act, that a Community Board or an

7 entity carrying out a program or activity funded by

8 a Community Board under section 9(a) fails to com9 ply with the requirements of this Act, the State

10 shall—

11 (A) inform the Community Board or entity

12 of the deficiencies that need correction;

13 (B) provide appropriate training and tech14 nical assistance designed to correct the defi15 ciencies and ensure compliance with the re16 quirements; and

17 (C) initiate actions to terminate funding to

18 the Community Board or entity under this Act

19 if, after 1 year of providing training and tech20 nical assistance, the Community Board or en21 tity has not made substantial efforts to correct

22 the deficiencies and comply with the require23 ments.

24 (d) ANNUAL REPORT AND AUDIT.—Each State shall,

25 not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year
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1 of the State, prepare and submit to the Assistant Sec2 retary an annual report, in such manner and containing

3 such information as the Assistant Secretary may reason4 ably require to determine compliance with this Act. Such

5 report shall contain, at a minimum, information on the

6 programs and activities funded in the State during the fis7 cal year under this Act, the extent to which private funds

8 are leveraged for such programs and activities carried out

9 in the State during such year, and the extent to which

10 the Community Boards in the State achieved the process

11 objectives and outcome objectives specified in the commu12 nity strategic plan described in section 12(a)(1). The State

13 shall submit to the Assistant Secretary with the report the

14 findings of an independent audit conducted in accordance

15 with chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code, concern16 ing such programs and activities.

17 SEC. 14. DUTIES OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

18 (a) INPUT FROM YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND RE19 LATED ORGANIZATIONS.—The Assistant Secretary shall

20 establish and implement a mechanism to receive regularly

21 advice and input from a representative mix of individuals

22 and organizations described in section 11(d)(3) (except

23 that the individuals and organizations may operate at a

24 State or local level) to improve the effectiveness and in25 crease coordination of youth development programs fund-
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1 ed under this Act, including the administration of this Act

2 and regulations issued under this Act.

3 (b) NATIONAL POLICY GOALS AND STRATEGIC

4 PLANS.—

5 (1) NATIONAL POLICY GOALS.—After a review

6 of annual reports and audit findings developed under

7 section 13(d), and input from Community Boards,

8 representatives of youth development organizations

9 and youth-serving organizations, and other inter10 ested parties, the Assistant Secretary shall develop

11 and issue national policy goals that reflect the proc12 ess objectives and outcome objectives specified in the

13 community strategic plans described in section

14 12(a)(1).

15 (2) NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR YOUTH

16 DEVELOPMENT.—Based on the national policy goals,

17 the Assistant Secretary, in cooperation with the Ad18 ministrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and De19 linquency Prevention, the Secretary of Education,

20 and other Federal officers carrying out Federal

21 youth development programs, shall develop a na22 tional strategic plan for youth development, includ23 ing specific process objectives and outcome objec24 tives, designed to achieve the national policy goals.
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1 (c) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—The Assistant

2 Secretary shall develop and establish a system for mon3 itoring and evaluating the effectiveness of activities funded

4 under this Act.

5 (d) COORDINATION.—The Assistant Secretary shall

6 consult with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies,

7 including the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Jus8 tice and Delinquency Prevention, the Secretary of Edu9 cation, and other Federal officers carrying out Federal

10 youth development programs, to ensure effective coordina11 tion of programs funded under this Act with other Federal

12 programs serving youth and families.

13 (e) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The

14 Assistant Secretary shall develop and establish a system

15 for providing training and technical assistance to States

16 and local communities to increase their capacity to provide

17 quality youth development programs.

18 (f) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.—The Assistant

19 Secretary, in cooperation with the Administrator of the

20 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and

21 the Secretary of Education, may provide financial assist22 ance to appropriate entities to carry out time-limited, re23 search-based youth development demonstration programs

24 designed to improve the knowledge base of the youth de25 velopment and youth prevention fields.
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1 (g) REPORT.—Every 2 years, the Assistant Secretary

2 shall prepare and submit to the President and Congress

3 a report describing the activities funded under this Act,

4 and an assessment of the effectiveness of the activities in

5 meeting the process objectives and outcome objectives de6 scribed in subsection (b)(2).

7 (h) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the Assistant Secretary de8 termines, based on a review of the community strategic

9 plans, annual reports, audits, or other documentation re10 quired by this Act, that a State, a Community Board, or

11 an entity carrying out a program or activity funded by

12 a Community Board under section 9(a) fails to comply

13 with the requirements of this Act, the Assistant Secretary

14 shall—

15 (1) inform the State, Community Board, or en16 tity of the deficiencies that need correction;

17 (2) provide appropriate training and technical

18 assistance designed to correct the deficiencies and

19 ensure compliance with the requirements; and

20 (3) initiate actions to terminate funding to the

21 State, Community Board, or entity under this Act if,

22 after 1 year of providing training and technical as23 sistance, the State, Community Board, or entity has

24 not made substantial efforts to correct the defi25 ciencies and comply with the requirements.
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1 SEC. 15. REPEALS.

2 (a) VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCE3 MENT ACT OF 1994.—The following provisions of law are

4 repealed:

5 (1) Subtitles A, B, D, J, and O of title III of

6 the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement

7 Act of 1994 (relating to crime prevention programs)

8 (42 U.S.C. 13741 et seq.).

9 (2) Chapter 67 of title 31, United States Code

10 (relating to the Local Partnership Act).

11 (3) The amendments made by subtitle O of title

12 III of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce13 ment Act of 1994 (relating to urban recreation and

14 at-risk youth).

15 (b) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—The

16 following provisions of law are repealed:

17 (1) Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary

18 Education Act of 1965 (relating to drug free schools

19 and communities) (as amended by Public Law 103–

20 382).

21 (2) Part C of title V of the Elementary and

22 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (relating to assist23 ance to address school dropout problems) (as

24 amended by Public Law 103–382).

25 (c) OTHER PROGRAMS.—The following provisions of

26 law are repealed:
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1 (1) Section 517 of the Public Health Service

2 Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–23) (relating to grants for

3 the prevention of alcohol and drug abuse among

4 high-risk youth).

5 (2) Part D of title II of the Juvenile Justice

6 and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.

7 5667 et seq.) (relating to gang-free schools and com8 munities).

9 (3) Part G of title II of the Juvenile Justice

10 and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.

11 5667e et seq.) (relating to mentoring).

12 (4) Title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delin13 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5781 et

14 seq.) (relating to local delinquency programs).

15 (5) Section 408 of the Human Services Reau16 thorization Act of 1986 (relating to demonstration

17 partnership agreements) (42 U.S.C. 9910b).

18 (6) Section 682 of the Community Services

19 Block Grant Act (relating to the National Youth

20 Sports Program) (42 U.S.C. 9910c).

21 (7) Chapters 1 and 2 of subtitle B of title III

22 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C.

23 11801 et seq.) (relating to drug abuse prevention re24 lating to youth gangs and runaway and homeless

25 youth).
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1 SEC. 16. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

2 (a) VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCE3 MENT ACT OF 1994.—The Violent Crime Control and

4 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is amended—

5 (1) in section 31121(c)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C.

6 13841(c)(2)(A)), by striking ‘‘and that conform to

7 those projects and activities permitted under subtitle

8 A’’; and

9 (2) in section 310004(d) (42 U.S.C. 14214), in

10 the matter relating to the definition of the term

11 ‘‘prevention program’’—

12 (A) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (5),

13 (7), and (9); and

14 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (6),

15 (8), and (10) through (32) as paragraphs (2),

16 (3), (4), and (5) through (27), respectively.

17 (b) DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES.—

18 (1) Section 441(a) of the General Education

19 Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232d(a)) is amended by

20 striking ‘‘(subject to the provisions of part C of title

21 V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

22 of 1965)’’.

23 (2) Section 704(a)(8) of the Goals 2000: Edu24 cate America Act (20 U.S.C. 5964(a)(8)) is amend25 ed by striking ‘‘activities carried out’’ and all that
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1 follows and inserting ‘‘other drug and violence pre2 vention activities carried out by the grantee;’’.

3 (3) The Elementary and Secondary Education

4 Act of 1965 (as amended by Public Law 103–382)

5 is amended—

6 (A) in section 2209(b)(1)(C) (20 U.S.C.

7 6649(b)(1)(C))—

8 (i) by striking clause (ii); and

9 (ii) by redesignating clauses (iii)

10 through (vii) as clauses (ii) through (vi),

11 respectively;

12 (B) in section 14101(10) (20 U.S.C.

13 8801(10))—

14 (i) in subparagraph (D), by adding

15 ‘‘and’’ at the end;

16 (ii) by striking subparagraph (E); and

17 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph

18 (F) as subparagraph (E);

19 (C) in section 14201(a)(2) (20 U.S.C.

20 8821(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (C),

21 (D), (E), and (F) of section 14101(10)’’ and

22 inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) of

23 section 14101(10)’’;

24 (D) in section 14307 (20 U.S.C. 8857)—

25 (i) in subsection (a)(1)—
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1 (I) by striking subparagraph (E);

2 and

3 (II) by redesignating subpara4 graphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs

5 (E) and (F), respectively; and

6 (ii) in subsection (b)(1)—

7 (I) by striking subparagraph (C);

8 and

9 (II) by striking subparagraphs

10 (D) through (G) as subparagraphs

11 (C) through (F), respectively; and

12 (E) in section 14503(b)(1) (20 U.S.C.

13 8893(b)(1))—

14 (i) in subparagraph (C), by adding

15 ‘‘and’’ at the end;

16 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking

17 ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; and

18 (iii) by striking subparagraph (E).

19 (4) Subparagraph (A) of section 3521(d)(8) of

20 the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C.

21 11841(d)(8)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘consistent

22 with title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Edu23 cation Act of 1965’’.
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1 (c) NATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM.—Section

2 13 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761)

3 is amended—

4 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘public or

5 private nonprofit higher education institutions par6 ticipating in the National Youth Sports Program,,’’;

7 and

8 (2) in subsection (c)—

9 (A) by striking paragraph (2); and

10 (B) by striking ‘‘(c)’’ and all that follows

11 through ‘‘Payments’’ and inserting ‘‘(c) Pay12 ments’’.

13 SEC. 17. TRANSFER OF FUNDS.

14 (a) TRANSFER.—The total of the amounts described

15 in subsection (b) shall be transferred to the budget ac16 count for this Act and made available to carry out this

17 Act for fiscal year 1996.

18 (b) TOTAL.—The total referred to in subsection (a)

19 is the total of—

20 (1) the amounts (but not more than

21 $500,000,000) that have been made available for fis22 cal year 1996 to carry out a provision of Federal law

23 repealed by section 15(a), and that have not been

24 obligated by the date of enactment of this Act; and
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1 (2) the amounts that have been made available

2 for fiscal year 1996 to carry out a provision of Fed3 eral law repealed by subsection (b) or (c) of section

4 15 and that have not been obligated by the date of

5 enactment of this Act.

6 SEC. 18. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—This Act and the amendments

8 made by this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment

9 of this Act.

10 (b) TRANSITION PROVISION.—Notwithstanding any

11 other provision of law, a recipient of funds under any pro12 gram carried out on the day before the date of enactment

13 of this Act under any provision referred to in section 15

14 may use the funds to carry out reasonable and necessary

15 transition activities to ensure efficient implementation of

16 programs authorized under this Act, during the period be17 ginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending

18 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.

19 (c) TERMINATION OF CERTAIN POSITIONS.—

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months

21 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec22 retary of Education, Attorney General, and Sec23 retary of Health and Human Services shall take

24 such actions as may be necessary, including reduc25 tion in force actions, consistent with sections 3502
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1 and 3595 of title 5, United States Code, to ensure

2 that the positions of personnel in the Department of

3 Education, Department of Justice, and Department

4 of Health and Human Services, respectively, who

5 carried out (on the day before the date of enactment

6 of this Act) functions under a provision repealed by

7 section 15, are separated from service.

8 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 9 months after

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of

10 the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare

11 and submit to the President and Congress a report

12 verifying that the actions required by paragraph (1)

13 have been taken.

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