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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1005

To provide assistance to mobilize and support United States communities

in carrying out community-based youth development programs that assure that all youth have access to programs and services that build

the competencies and character development needed to fully prepare

the youth to become adults and effective citizens, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 7, 2001

Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. CLELAND, and

Mr. DODD) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To provide assistance to mobilize and support United States

communities in carrying out community-based youth development programs that assure that all youth have access to programs and services that build the competencies and character development needed to fully prepare the youth to become adults and effective citizens,

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,
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1 TITLE I—SHORT TITLE; POLICY;

2 FINDINGS; DEFINITIONS

3 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Younger Americans

5 Act’’.

6 SEC. 102. A NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY.

7 It is the policy of the United States, in keeping with

8 the traditional United States concept that youth are the

9 Nation’s most valuable resource, that youth of the Nation

10 need, and it is the joint and several duty and responsibility

11 of governments of the United States, of the several States

12 and political subdivisions, and of Indian tribes, to assure

13 that all youth are assured of access to, the full array of

14 core resources, including—

15 (1) ongoing relationships with caring adults;

16 (2) safe places with structured activities;

17 (3) services that promote healthy lifestyles, in18 cluding services designed to improve physical and

19 mental health;

20 (4) opportunities to acquire marketable skills

21 and competencies; and

22 (5) opportunities for community service and

23 civic participation.

24 SEC. 103. FINDINGS.

25 Congress finds that—
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1 (1) young people under 18 years of age are now

2 the most impoverished age group, with 20 percent of

3 the young people living in poverty, a higher percent4 age than in 1968, with the percentage of minority

5 children living in poverty being about twice as high;

6 (2) more than 1 of 4 families is headed by a

7 single parent and the percentage of families headed

8 by single parents has risen steadily over the past few

9 decades, and has risen 13 percent since 1990;

10 (3) approximately 8,000,000 school-age children

11 under 14 years of age spend time without adult su12 pervision on a regular basis;

13 (4) 70 percent of children and adolescents in

14 need of mental health treatment do not receive such

15 treatment;

16 (5) there is a need to address the developmental

17 needs of all youth, including youth with disabilities,

18 while providing more intensive support for youth in

19 communities where need is greatest;

20 (6) there is a need to engage youth and their

21 parents as active participants in decisionmaking that

22 affects their lives, including the design, development,

23 implementation, and evaluation of youth develop24 ment programs at the Federal, State, and commu25 nity levels;
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1 (7) existing outcome driven youth development

2 strategies, pioneered by community-based organiza3 tions, hold real promise for promoting positive be4 haviors by youth and preventing youth problems;

5 (8) formal evaluations of youth development

6 programs have documented significant improvements

7 in interpersonal skills, quality of peer and adult rela8 tionships, self-control, cognitive competencies, com9 mitment to schooling, and academic achievement;

10 (9) formal evaluations of youth development

11 programs have documented significant reductions in

12 drug and alcohol use, school misbehavior, aggressive

13 behavior, violence, truancy, high-risk sexual behav14 ior, and smoking;

15 (10) compared to United States youth gen16 erally, youth participating in activities provided by

17 community-based organizations are more than 26

18 percent more likely to report having received rec19 ognition for good grades than United States youth

20 generally and nearly 20 percent more likely to rate

21 the likelihood of their going to college as ‘‘very high’’

22 than United States youth generally;

23 (11) an effective partnership between the public

24 and private sector is necessary to promote access to

25 the full array of core resources for youth who need
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1 such resources because the private sector alone does

2 not have the capacity to promote such access; and

3 (12) the availability and use of Federal re4 sources can be effective incentives to leverage broad5 er community support to enable entities carrying out

6 local youth development programs to provide the full

7 array of core resources, remove barriers to access to

8 core resources, promote program effectiveness, and

9 facilitate coordination of activities, and collaboration

10 within the community to ensure the most efficient

11 use of resources.

12 SEC. 104. DEFINITIONS.

13 In this Act:

14 (1) AREA AGENCY ON YOUTH.—The term ‘‘area

15 agency on youth’’ means an area agency on youth

16 designated under section 304(a)(2)(A).

17 (2) ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER.—The term ‘‘As18 sociate Commissioner’’ means the Associate Commis19 sioner of the Family and Youth Services Bureau of

20 the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families

21 of the Department of Health and Human Services.

22 (3) COMMUNITY-BASED.—The term ‘‘commu23 nity-based’’, used with respect to an organization,

24 means an organization that—
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1 (A) is representative of a community or

2 significant segment of a community; and

3 (B) is engaged in providing services to the

4 community.

5 (4) COMMUNITY BOARD.—The term ‘‘commu6 nity board’’ means a community board established in

7 accordance with section 307(a).

8 (5) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means

9 the Director of the Office of National Youth Policy.

10 (6) FUNDING AND COORDINATING AGENCY.—

11 The term ‘‘funding and coordinating agency’’ means

12 an organization that—

13 (A) is directed by a board with wide rep14 resentation from a community;

15 (B) generates and distributes charitable

16 funds for diverse health and human service pro17 grams and coordinates the efforts of multiple

18 agencies as needed or requested; and

19 (C) does not itself provide direct services

20 to children, youth, or their families.

21 (7) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ has the mean22 ing given the term in section 4(d) of the Indian Self23 Determination and Education Assistance Act (25

24 U.S.C. 450b(d)).
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1 (8) NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATION.—The

2 term ‘‘Native American organization’’ means—

3 (A) a tribal organization, as defined in sec4 tion 4(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and

5 Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(l));

6 (B) a Native Hawaiian Organization, as

7 defined in section 4009(4) of the Augustus F.

8 Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and

9 Secondary School Improvement Amendments of

10 1988 (20 U.S.C. 4909(4)) (as in effect on the

11 day before the date of enactment of the Improv12 ing America’s Schools Act of 1994);

13 (C) an Alaska Native Village Corporation

14 or Regional Corporation as defined in or estab15 lished pursuant to the Alaskan Native Claims

16 Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); or

17 (D) a private nonprofit organization estab18 lished for the purpose of serving youth who are

19 Indians or Native Hawaiians.

20 (9) NATIVE HAWAIIAN.—The term ‘‘Native Ha21 waiian’’ has the meaning given the term in section

22 4009(1) of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T.

23 Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improve24 ment Amendments of 1988 (20 U.S.C. 4909(1)) (as
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1 in effect on the day before the date of enactment of

2 the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994).

3 (10) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the

4 Office of National Youth Policy.

5 (11) OUTLYING AREA.—The term ‘‘outlying

6 area’’ means the United States Virgin Islands,

7 Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of

8 the Northern Mariana Islands.

9 (12) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’

10 means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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

12 the several States of the United States, the District

13 of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

14 (14) UNIT OF GENERAL PURPOSE LOCAL GOV15 ERNMENT.—The term ‘‘unit of general purpose local

16 government’’ means—

17 (A) a political subdivision of a State whose

18 authority is general and not limited to only 1

19 function or combination of related functions; or

20 (B) a Native American organization.

21 (15) YOUTH.—The term ‘‘youth’’ means an in22 dividual who is not younger than age 10 and not

23 older than age 19.

24 (16) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.—

25 The term ‘‘youth development’’, used with respect to
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1 an organization, means a public or private youth2 serving organization with a major emphasis on pro3 viding youth development programs.

4 (17) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—The

5 term ‘‘youth development programs’’ means pro6 grams, services, and activities that prepare youth to

7 contribute to their communities and to meet the

8 challenges of adolescence and adulthood through a

9 structured, progressive series of activities and expe10 riences (in contrast to deficit-based approaches that

11 focus solely on youth problems) that—

12 (A) help the youth obtain social, emotional,

13 ethical, physical, and cognitive competencies;

14 and

15 (B) address the broader developmental re16 sources all children and youth need, such as the

17 core resources described in section 102.

18 (18) YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATION.—The

19 term ‘‘youth-serving’’, used with respect to an orga20 nization, means a public or private organization with

21 a primary focus on providing youth development pro22 grams, or health, mental health, fitness, education,

23 workforce preparation, substance abuse prevention,

24 child welfare, evaluation and assessment, parenting,
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1 recreation, teen pregnancy prevention, rehabilitative,

2 or residential services, to youth.

3 TITLE II—COORDINATION OF

4 NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY

5 SEC. 201. OFFICE ON NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY.

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the

7 Executive Office of the President an Office of National

8 Youth Policy.

9 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Office of National Youth

10 Policy established under subsection (a) shall be adminis11 tered by a Director who shall be appointed by the Presi12 dent with the advice and consent of the Senate.

13 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director appointed

14 under subsection (b) shall—

15 (1) establish, in cooperation with the Associate

16 Commissioner, policies, objectives, and priorities for

17 youth development programs funded under this Act;

18 (2) serve as an effective and visible advocate for

19 youth in the Federal Government, with other depart20 ments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Fed21 eral Government, including the Corporation for Na22 tional Service, by actively reviewing and commenting

23 on all Federal policies affecting youth;

24 (3) develop mechanisms to resolve administra25 tive and programmatic conflicts between Federal
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1 programs that would be barriers to parents, commu2 nity-based, youth-serving, and youth development or3 ganizations, local government entities, education en4 tities, older adult organizations, faith-based organi5 zations, and organizations supporting youth involved

6 in community service and civic participation, related

7 to the coordination of services and funding for pro8 grams promoting access to the full array of core re9 sources described in section 102; and

10 (4) consult with and assist State and local gov11 ernments with respect to barriers the governments

12 encounter related to the coordination of services and

13 funding for youth development programs under this

14 Act.

15 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the

16 purposes of carrying out this title, there are authorized

17 to be appropriated $500,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such

18 sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding

19 fiscal years, to remain available until expended.

20 SEC. 202. COUNCIL ON NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY.

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the

23 Department of Health and Human Services a Coun24 cil on National Youth Policy (referred to in this sec25 tion as the ‘‘Council’’).
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1 (2) COMPOSITION.—

2 (A) NUMBER.—The Council shall be com3 posed of 15 members.

4 (B) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Secretary

5 shall appoint the 15 members of the Council

6 from among—

7 (i) individuals who have expertise in

8 or experience with youth development or

9 youth-serving programs, especially pro10 grams serving rural and inner-city urban

11 youth;

12 (ii) representatives of national organi13 zations with an interest in youth develop14 ment programs;

15 (iii) representatives of business;

16 (iv) representatives of minorities;

17 (v) parents; and

18 (vi) youth who have participated in

19 local youth development programs.

(C) AGE.—At least 1 20 ⁄3 of the individuals

21 appointed shall be younger than age 20 at the

22 time of appointment.

23 (D) LIMITATIONS.—No full-time officer or

24 employee of the Federal Government may be

25 appointed to be a member of the Council.
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1 (b) APPOINTMENT AND TERMS.—

2 (1) TERMS.—

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise

4 provided in this section, a member of the Coun5 cil shall serve for a term of 3 years.

6 (B) END OF TERM.—The term shall end

7 on March 31 regardless of the actual date of

8 the appointment of the member.

9 (2) SERVICE.—Members of the Council shall

10 serve without regard to the provisions of title 5,

11 United States Code.

12 (c) SERVICE DURING VACANCIES.—Any member ap13 pointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration

14 of the term for which such member’s predecessor was ap15 pointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term.

16 Members shall be eligible for reappointment and may con17 tinue to serve after the expiration of their terms until their

18 successors have taken office.

19 (d) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Council shall

20 not affect the powers of the Council, but shall be filled

21 in the same manner as the original appointment was

22 made.

23 (e) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary shall designate a

24 Chairperson for the Council from among the members ap25 pointed to the Council.
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1 (f) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet at the call

2 of the Chairperson at least twice a year.

3 (g) DUTIES.—The Council shall—

4 (1) advise and assist the Secretary on matters

5 regarding the core resources youth need and the ca6 pacity of youth to contribute to the Nation and their

7 communities;

8 (2) directly advise the Director and the Asso9 ciate Commissioner on matters affecting the youth

10 development needs of youth for services and assist11 ance provided under this Act;

12 (3) make recommendations to the President, to

13 the Director, to the Secretary, to the Associate Com14 missioner, and to Congress with respect to Federal

15 policies regarding youth; and

16 (4) provide public forums for discussion on

17 issues regarding youth, publicize the core resources

18 youth need, and obtain information relating to as19 suring all youth access to the full array of core re20 sources described in section 102, by conducting pub21 lic hearings, and by conducting or sponsoring con22 ferences, workshops, and other similar meetings.

23 (h) REPORTS.—Not later than March 31 of 2003 and

24 each subsequent year, the Council shall prepare and sub25 mit to the Secretary an annual report of the findings and
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1 recommendations of the Council. The Secretary shall

2 transmit each such report to Congress together with com3 ments and recommendations.

4 (i) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members of the Council

5 shall not receive compensation for the performance of

6 services for the Council, but shall be allowed travel ex7 penses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates

8 authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I

9 of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away

10 from their homes or regular places of business in the per11 formance of services for the Council. Notwithstanding sec12 tion 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary

13 may accept the voluntary and uncompensated services of

14 members of the Council.

15 (j) PERMANENT COMMITTEE.—Section 14 of the

16 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not

17 apply to the Council.

18 (k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

19 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

20 $250,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be

21 necessary for fiscal years 2003 through 2006.
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1 TITLE III—GRANTS FOR STATE

2 AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

3 SEC. 301. PURPOSE.

4 The purpose of this title is to encourage and assist

5 State agencies, community boards, and area agencies on

6 youth to mobilize and support communities in planning,

7 implementing, and being accountable for strategies that

8 link community-based organizations, local government,

9 volunteer centers, schools, faith-based organizations, busi10 ness, and other segments of the community to assure that

11 all youth have access to the full array of core resources

12 consisting of—

13 (1) ongoing relationships with caring adults;

14 (2) safe places with structured activities;

15 (3) services that promote healthy lifestyles, in16 cluding services designed to improve physical and

17 mental health;

18 (4) opportunities to acquire marketable skills

19 and competencies; and

20 (5) opportunities for community service and

21 civic participation.

22 SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

23 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

24 this title $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $750,000,000

25 for fiscal year 2003, $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2004,
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1 $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, and $2,000,000,000

2 for fiscal year 2006.

3 SEC. 303. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.

4 (a) RESERVATIONS.—From sums appropriated under

5 section 302 for each fiscal year, the Associate Commis6 sioner shall reserve—

7 (1) 95 percent of the sums for allotments to

8 States to enable the States to make allocations to

9 area agencies on youth;

10 (2) 1 percent of the sums for grants to Native

11 American organizations to carry out activities con12 sistent with the objectives of this title;

13 (3) 1 percent of the sums for grants to outlying

14 areas to carry out activities consistent with the ob15 jectives of this title; and

16 (4) 3 percent of the sums for Federal competi17 tive grant programs aimed at demonstrating ways to

18 respond, through programs that meet the require19 ments of subsection (b), to the special developmental

20 needs of youth—

21 (A) in correctional facilities and other out22 of-home residential settings;

23 (B) in areas with high concentrations of

24 poverty;

25 (C) in rural areas;
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1 (D) in situations where youth are at higher

2 risk due to abuse, neglect, disconnection from

3 family, disconnection from school, or another

4 community risk factor; and

5 (E) in alternative educational settings or

6 who have been expelled or suspended from

7 school.

8 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—For each fiscal year for which

9 a State receives a State allotment, the State shall ensure

10 that funds made available through the allotment, and used

11 by the State or an area agency on youth in the State to

12 fund youth development programs, shall be used for the

13 purpose of conducting community-based youth develop14 ment programs that—

15 (1) recognize the primary role of the family in

16 positive youth development in order to strengthen

17 families;

18 (2) promote the involvement of youth (including

19 program participants), parents, and other commu20 nity members in the planning and implementation of

21 the youth development programs;

22 (3) coordinate services with other entities pro23 viding youth and family services in the community,

24 including the youth and family services provided by

25 local educational agencies;
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1 (4) eliminate barriers, such as a lack of trans2 portation, cost, and service delivery location, to the

3 accessibility of core youth development services;

4 (5) provide, directly or through a written con5 tract, a broad variety of accessible youth develop6 ment programs for youth that are designed to assist

7 youth in acquiring skills and competencies that are

8 necessary to make a successful transition from child9 hood to adulthood;

10 (6) incorporate activities that foster relation11 ships between positive adult role models and youth,

12 provide age-appropriate activities, and provide activi13 ties that engage youth in, and promote, positive

14 youth development, including activities such as—

15 (A) youth clubs, character development ac16 tivities, mentoring, community service, leader17 ship development, recreation, and literacy and

18 educational tutoring;

19 (B) sports, workforce readiness activities,

20 peer counseling, and fine and performing arts;

21 and

22 (C) camping and environmental education,

23 cultural enrichment, risk avoidance programs,

24 academic enrichment, and participant-defined
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1 special interest group activities, courses, or

2 clubs; and

3 (7) employ strong outreach efforts to engage

4 the participation of a wide range of youth, families,

5 and service providers, including youth with disabil6 ities.

7 (c) ALLOTMENTS.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para9 graph (2), from sums reserved under subsection

10 (a)(1), the Associate Commissioner shall allot to

11 each State the sum (referred to in this title as the

12 ‘‘State allotment’’) of—

13 (A) an amount that bears the same relation to 1 14 ⁄2 of the reserved sums as the number

15 of individuals who are not younger than age 10

16 and not older than age 19 in the State bears

17 to the number of such individuals in all the

18 States; and

19 (B) an amount that bears the same relation to 1 20 ⁄2 of the reserved sums as the number

21 of youth who are receiving free or reduced price

22 lunches under the school lunch program estab23 lished under the Richard B. Russell National

24 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) in
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1 the State bears to the number of such youth

2 in all the States.

3 (2) STATE MINIMUM.—No State shall be allot4 ted less than 0.40 percent of the reserved sums for

5 a fiscal year.

6 (3) DETERMINATIONS.—For purposes of this

7 subsection, the number of individuals who are not

8 younger than age 10 and not older than age 19 in

9 any State and in all the States, and the number of

10 youth who are receiving free or reduced price

11 lunches under the school lunch program established

12 under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch

13 Act in any State and in all the States, shall be de14 termined by the Associate Commissioner on the

15 basis of the most recent data available from the Bu16 reau of the Census, and other reliable demographic

17 data satisfactory to the Associate Commissioner.

18 (d) REALLOTMENTS.—Whenever the Associate Com19 missioner determines that any amount allotted to a State

20 for a fiscal year under this section will not be used by

21 such State for carrying out the purpose for which the al22 lotment was made, the Associate Commissioner shall make

23 such amount available for carrying out such purpose to

24 1 or more other States to the extent the Associate Com-
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1 missioner determines that such other States will be able

2 to use such amount for carrying out such purpose.

3 (e) WITHHOLDING.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Associate Commis5 sioner finds that any State has failed to meet the

6 State plan requirements of section 305 or the alloca7 tion requirements of section 306(b), the Associate

8 Commissioner shall withhold the State allotment

9 from such State.

10 (2) DISBURSAL.—The Associate Commissioner

11 shall disburse the funds withheld directly to any en12 tity that is a public or private institution, organiza13 tion, or agency, or unit of general purpose local gov14 ernment of such State that submits an approved

15 plan described in section 308, if the plan includes an

16 agreement that the entity will—

17 (A) make available (directly or through do18 nations from public or private entities) non19 Federal contributions, in cash or in kind, in an

20 amount equal to a percentage determined for

21 the State of the funds; and

22 (B) comply with the requirements of this

23 Act that apply to States receiving State allot24 ments under this section.
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1 SEC. 304. STATE AGENCIES AND PLANNING AND MOBILIZA2 TION AREAS.

3 (a) STATE AGENCIES.—In order for a State to be eli4 gible to receive a State allotment under this title—

5 (1) the State shall, in accordance with regula6 tions issued by the Associate Commissioner, des7 ignate a State agency as the sole State agency to—

8 (A) develop a State plan to be submitted

9 to the Associate Commissioner for approval

10 pursuant to section 305;

11 (B) administer the plan in the State;

12 (C) be primarily responsible for the plan13 ning, policy development, administration, co14 ordination, priority setting, and evaluation of

15 all State activities related to the objectives of

16 this Act;

17 (D) serve as an effective and visible advo18 cate for youth by reviewing and commenting on

19 all State plans, budgets, and policies that affect

20 youth; and

21 (E) divide the State into distinct planning

22 and mobilization areas, after considering the

23 views offered by units of general purpose local

24 government and appropriate public or private

25 agencies and organizations in the State, in ac-
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1 cordance with regulations issued by the Asso2 ciate Commissioner; and

3 (2) the State agency shall—

4 (A) designate for each such area, after

5 consideration of the views offered by the units

6 of general purpose local government and by

7 agencies and organizations in such areas, a

8 public or private nonprofit agency or organiza9 tion to serve as the area agency on youth for

10 such area;

11 (B) provide assurances that the State

12 agency will solicit and take into account, with

13 regard to general policy related to the develop14 ment and the administration of the State plan

15 for any fiscal year, the views of youth who are

16 the recipients of services provided for in the

17 plan;

18 (C) in accordance with guidelines issued by

19 the Associate Commissioner, make allocations

20 to area agencies on youth pursuant to section

21 306(b);

22 (D) provide assurances that Federal funds

23 made available under this title for the State for

24 any period will be used to supplement, and not

25 supplant, the State, local, and other funds that
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1 would in the absence of such Federal funds be

2 made available for the youth development pro3 grams described in this title;

4 (E) coordinate its activities with other

5 State agencies and offices, including—

6 (i) State Commissions on National

7 and Community Service established under

8 section 178 of the National and Commu9 nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

10 12638);

11 (ii) entities carrying out programs

12 under the Runaway and Homeless Youth

13 Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) and other

14 programs under the Juvenile Justice and

15 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42

16 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.);

17 (iii) entities carrying out independent

18 living programs;

19 (iv) entities carrying out foster care

20 programs;

21 (v) youth councils established under

22 section 117(h) of the Workforce Invest23 ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2832(h));

24 and
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1 (vi) entities carrying out related ac2 tivities under the Elementary and Sec3 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

4 6301 et seq.); and

5 (F) compile reports from area agencies on

6 youth, including outcome and utilization data

7 developed under section 501(1) and evaluation

8 information regarding youth development pro9 grams funded under this title, provide an an10 nual report based on the compilation to the As11 sociate Commissioner, and provide a copy of

12 such report to the Director.

13 (b) PLANNING AND MOBILIZATION AREAS.—

14 (1) UNIT OF GENERAL PURPOSE LOCAL GOV15 ERNMENT.—

16 (A) CRITERIA.—In carrying out subsection

17 (a)(1), the State agency may designate as a

18 planning and mobilization area any unit of gen19 eral purpose local government that has a popu20 lation of 100,000 or more. In particular, the

21 State agency may designate such a unit as a

22 planning and mobilization area if the unit has

23 been engaged in youth development program

24 planning and mobilization, such as a commu-
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1 nity of promise designated by America’s Prom2 ise: the Alliance for Youth.

3 (B) HEARING.—In any case in which a

4 unit of general purpose local government ap5 plies to the State agency to be designated as a

6 planning and mobilization area under this para7 graph, the State agency shall, upon request,

8 provide an opportunity for a hearing to such

9 unit of general purpose local government.

10 (2) REGION.—The State agency may designate

11 as a planning and mobilization area under sub12 section (a)(1) any region in the State that includes

13 1 or more units of general purpose local government

14 if the State agency determines that the designation

15 of such a regional planning and mobilization area is

16 necessary for, and will enhance, the effective admin17 istration of the youth development programs author18 ized by this title.

19 (3) ADDITIONAL AREAS.—The State agency

20 may include in any planning and mobilization area

21 designated under subsection (a)(1) such additional

22 areas, adjacent to a unit of general purpose local

23 government, as the State agency determines are nec24 essary for, and will enhance, the effective adminis-
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1 tration of the youth development programs author2 ized by this title.

3 (4) INDIAN RESERVATIONS.—The State agency,

4 in carrying out subsection (a)(1), shall to the extent

5 practicable include all portions of an Indian reserva6 tion in a single planning and mobilization area.

7 SEC. 305. STATE PLANS.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a State

9 allotment under this title, a State shall develop, prepare,

10 and submit to the Associate Commissioner a State plan,

11 for a 2-, 3-, or 4-year period determined by the State

12 agency, at such time, in such manner, and meeting such

13 criteria as the Associate Commissioner may by regulation

14 prescribe, and shall make such annual revisions as may

15 be necessary to the plan.

16 (b) CONTENTS.—Each such State plan shall contain

17 assurances that the plan is based on area plans developed

18 under section 308 by area agencies on youth in the State

19 and that the State has prepared and distributed a uniform

20 format for use by area agencies on youth in developing

21 the area plans.

22 SEC. 306. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FOR STATE ACTIVITIES

23 AND LOCAL ALLOCATIONS.

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—From a State allotment made

25 under this title for any fiscal year—
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1 (1)(A) the State agency may use such amount

2 as the State agency determines to be appropriate,

3 but not more than 7 percent, for the purposes of

4 subparagraphs (B) and (C);

5 (B) the State agency may use such amount as

6 the State agency determines to be appropriate, but

7 not more than 4 percent of the State allotment, for

8 paying the cost of—

9 (i) reviewing area plans and distributing

10 funds to area agencies on youth; and

11 (ii) assisting community boards and area

12 agencies on youth in carrying out activities

13 under this title; and

14 (C) the State agency may use such amount as

15 the State agency determines to be appropriate, but

16 not less than 3 percent and not more than 7 percent

17 of the State allotment, for making State discre18 tionary grants to respond to the special develop19 mental needs of youth—

20 (i) in correctional facilities and other out21 of-home residential settings;

22 (ii) in areas with high concentrations of

23 poverty;

24 (iii) in rural areas;
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1 (iv) in situations where youth are at great2 er risk due to abuse, neglect, disconnection

3 from family, disconnection from school, or an4 other community risk factor; and

5 (v) in alternative educational settings or

6 who have been expelled or suspended from

7 school; and

8 (2) the State agency shall use the remainder of

9 such allotment to make allocations under subsection

10 (b) to area agencies on youth associated with plan11 ning and mobilization areas, to pay for the cost of

12 youth development programs under this title that

13 are specified in area plans that—

14 (A) are developed through a comprehensive

15 and coordinated system of planning;

16 (B) have been approved by the community

17 boards involved; and

18 (C) have been approved by the State agen19 cy.

20 (b) ALLOCATIONS AND COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—

21 (1) ALLOCATIONS.—Except as provided in

22 paragraph (2), from the remainder of the State al23 lotment described in subsection (a)(2), the State

24 agency, using the best available data, shall allocate
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1 for each planning and mobilization area in the State

2 the sum of—

3 (A) an amount that bears the same relation to 1 4 ⁄2 of the remainder as the number of

5 individuals who are not younger than age 10

6 and not older than age 19 in the planning and

7 mobilization area bears to the number of such

8 individuals in the State; and

9 (B) an amount that bears the same relation to 1 10 ⁄2 of the remainder as the number of

11 youth who are receiving free or reduced price

12 lunches under the school lunch program estab13 lished under the Richard B. Russell National

14 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) in

15 the planning and mobilization area bears to the

16 number of such youth in the State.

17 (2) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—For any year for which

19 the amount appropriated to carry out this Act

20 is less than $150,000,000, the State agency

21 shall use the remainder of the State allotment

22 described in subsection (a)(2) to make competi23 tive grants to area agencies on youth.

24 (B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—An agency that

25 receives such a grant shall be considered to
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1 have received an allocation under this sub2 section, and shall comply with the requirements

3 of this Act relating to funds received through

4 such an allocation. A State that makes such

5 grants shall be considered to have complied

6 with the requirements of this subsection relat7 ing to making allocations. The Associate Com8 missioner shall carry out the responsibilities of

9 the State with respect to evaluation and over10 sight of agencies receiving funds under this

11 paragraph.

12 (c) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—A State that uses Fed13 eral funds provided under this title to carry out the activi14 ties described in section 306(a)(1)(B) shall make available

15 (directly or through donations from public or private enti16 ties) non-Federal contributions in cash in an amount equal

17 to not less than $1 for every $1 of the Federal funds.

18 SEC. 307. COMMUNITY BOARDS AND AREA AGENCIES ON

19 YOUTH.

20 (a) COMMUNITY BOARD.—

21 (1) SELECTION.—

22 (A) LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND FUNDING

23 AND COORDINATING AGENCIES.—Except as oth24 erwise provided in this paragraph, in order to

25 receive funds from a State pursuant to this
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1 title, a planning and mobilization area shall

2 have a community board appointed and con3 vened jointly by the chief executive officer of a

4 local funding and coordinating agency in the

5 area and the chief executive officers of units of

6 general purpose local government in the area.

7 (B) PRIVATE AGENCIES AND LOCAL GOV8 ERNMENTS.—In the event that a local funding

9 and coordinating agency is not represented in

10 the planning and mobilization area, or the chief

11 executive officer of a local funding and coordi12 nating agency in the area is unwilling or unable

13 to participate in jointly appointing and con14 vening the community board, the State agency,

15 after consideration of the views offered by the

16 units of general purpose local government and

17 by nonprofit agencies and organizations in such

18 area, shall designate a private nonprofit agency

19 or organization in the area to appoint and con20 vene the community board jointly with the chief

21 executive officers of units of general purpose

22 local government in the area.

23 (C) LOCAL FUNDING AND COORDINATING

24 AGENCIES AND PUBLIC ENTITIES.—In the event

25 that a chief executive officer of a unit of gen-
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1 eral purpose local government in the planning

2 and mobilization area is unwilling or unable to

3 participate in jointly appointing and convening

4 the community board, the State agency, after

5 consideration of the views offered by the units

6 of general purpose local government and by

7 youth-serving agencies and organizations in

8 such area, shall designate an executive official

9 of a public entity in the area to appoint and

10 convene the community board jointly with the

11 chief executive officer of a local funding and co12 ordinating agency and any other chief executive

13 officers of units of general purpose local govern14 ment in the area.

15 (D) EXISTING ENTITY.—An existing entity

16 in the planning and mobilization area may serve

17 as the community board if—

18 (i) such entity’s membership meets

19 the requirements for a community board or

20 is adapted to meet such requirements; and

21 (ii) such entity is approved by the

22 State agency; or

23 (iii) such entity is approved by the

24 chief executive officer of a local funding

25 and coordinating agency, or by the chief
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1 executive officer of a private nonprofit

2 agency or organization designated accord3 ing to subparagraph (B) in the event that

4 a local funding and coordinating agency is

5 not represented in the area or the chief ex6 ecutive officer of the agency is unwilling or

7 unable to consider the approval of the enti8 ty.

9 (2) COMPOSITION.—A community board shall

10 consist of an equal number of local representatives

11 from each of the following 3 groups:

12 (A) A group comprised of individuals, in13 cluding minority individuals, under age 21 at

14 the time of their appointment.

15 (B) A group comprised of representatives

16 of—

17 (i) private youth-serving and youth

18 development organizations (in existence as

19 of the date of appointment of the rep20 resentatives to the board);

21 (ii) public youth-serving and youth de22 velopment organizations;

23 (iii) organizations supporting youth

24 involved in community service and civic

25 participation; and
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1 (iv) organizations providing or oper2 ating local youth correctional programs or

3 facilities and local law enforcement agen4 cies.

5 (C) A group comprised of representatives

6 of—

7 (i) local elected officials;

8 (ii) educational entities, including

9 local elementary, middle, and secondary

10 schools, community colleges, colleges, and

11 universities;

12 (iii) volunteer centers;

13 (iv) philanthropic organizations, in14 cluding community foundations;

15 (v) businesses and employee organiza16 tions;

17 (vi) faith-based organizations;

18 (vii) health and mental health agen19 cies;

20 (viii) parents and grandparents; and

21 (ix) if a military installation is located

22 in the planning and mobilization area, per23 sonnel of the installation.

24 (3) SPECIAL RULE.—At least 1 member of the

25 community board shall be a parent of a youth who
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1 has participated in an activity described in section

2 312(b) within the 3-year period preceding appoint3 ment to the board.

4 (4) CHAIRPERSON.—After being appointed and

5 convened, the community board shall elect a chair6 person from among its membership.

7 (5) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each community

8 board in each planning and mobilization area shall

9 have responsibility for supervising the preparation,

10 submission, and implementation of the area plan de11 scribed in section 308, including the approval of

12 grants and contracts funded pursuant to this title

13 within the planning and mobilization area.

14 (b) AREA AGENCY ON YOUTH.—An area agency on

15 youth—

16 (1) shall serve as the fiscal agent for a planning

17 and mobilization area;

18 (2) shall be under the supervision of the com19 munity board for the planning and mobilization area

20 with regard to activities conducted pursuant to this

21 title;

22 (3) shall provide an assurance to the State

23 agency, that is determined to be adequate by the

24 State agency, that such area agency on youth will

25 have the ability to develop an area plan for the plan-
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1 ning and mobilization area and to carry out, either

2 directly or indirectly through contractual or other

3 arrangements, a youth development program in ac4 cordance with such plan; and

5 (4) shall compile reports from entities carrying

6 out youth development programs approved by the

7 community board for funding under this Act, includ8 ing outcome and utilization data developed under

9 section 501(1) and evaluation information regarding

10 youth development programs funded under this title,

11 and provide an annual report based on the compila12 tion to the State agency.

13 (c) COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION EXPENSES.—An

14 area agency on youth may use not more than 10 percent

15 of the allocation made to the agency under this title for

16 expenses related to community mobilization, including ex17 penses related to generating additional commitments of

18 cash and in-kind resources, administration, planning,

19 monitoring, and evaluation.

20 SEC. 308. AREA PLANS.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each area agency on youth for

22 a planning and mobilization area shall, in order to be ap23 proved by the State agency and receive an allocation under

24 this title, develop, prepare, and submit to the State agency

25 an area plan, approved by the community board, for the
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1 planning and mobilization area, at such time, in such man2 ner, and meeting such criteria as the State agency may

3 prescribe. Such plan shall be for a 2-, 3-, or 4-year period

4 determined by the State agency, with such annual revi5 sions as may be necessary. Each such plan shall be based

6 upon a uniform format for area plans in the State pre7 pared in accordance with section 305(b).

8 (b) CONTENTS.—Each such plan shall—

9 (1) provide specific outcome objectives for youth

10 development programs to be carried out in the plan11 ning and mobilization area, based on an assessment

12 of needs and resources, sufficient to assure that all

13 youth in the area have access through a comprehen14 sive and coordinated system to the full array of core

15 resources that consist of—

16 (A) ongoing relationships with caring

17 adults;

18 (B) safe places with structured activities;

19 (C) services that promote healthy lifestyles,

20 including services designed to improve physical

21 and mental health;

22 (D) opportunities to acquire marketable

23 skills and competencies; and

24 (E) opportunities for community service

25 and civic participation;
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1 (2) provide an assurance that, in awarding

2 grants and contracts to entities to implement the

3 area plan to provide youth with access to core re4 sources described in paragraph (1) through youth

5 development programs, the agency will give priority

6 to entities as described in section 310(b);

7 (3) provide that not less than 30 percent of the

8 funds allocated under this title for the planning and

9 mobilization area will be used for youth development

10 programs that respond to the special developmental

11 needs of youth—

12 (A) in correctional facilities and other out13 of-home residential settings;

14 (B) in areas with high concentrations of

15 poverty;

16 (C) in rural areas;

17 (D) in situations where youth are at higher

18 risk due to abuse, neglect, disconnection from

19 family, disconnection from school, or another

20 community risk factor; and

21 (E) in alternative educational settings or

22 who have been expelled or suspended from

23 school;
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1 (4) provide assurances that youth engaged in

2 youth development programs carried out under the

3 area plan will be treated equitably;

4 (5) contain strategies for mobilizing and coordi5 nating community resources to meet the outcome ob6 jectives;

7 (6) describe activities for which funds made

8 available through the allocation will be used to fill

9 gaps between unmet needs and available resources;

10 (7) describe the inclusive process used by the

11 area agency on youth to engage all segments of the

12 communities in the planning and mobilization area

13 in developing the area plan;

14 (8) provide measures of program effectiveness

15 to be used in evaluating the progress of the youth

16 development programs approved by the community

17 board in the area in assuring access for all youth to

18 the full array of core resources described in para19 graph (1), including specific measures for providing

20 access to such resources for youth living in areas

21 with high concentrations of poverty;

22 (9) describe how local requirements for pro23 viding matching funds will be met, how resources

24 will be leveraged, and the uses to which matching
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1 funds and leveraged resources will be applied, in car2 rying out the area plan;

3 (10) provide for the establishment and mainte4 nance of outreach sufficient to ensure that youth

5 and their families in the planning and mobilization

6 area are aware of youth development programs pro7 viding access to the core resources described in para8 graph (1);

9 (11) provide that the area agency on youth,

10 under the supervision of the community board,

11 will—

12 (A) conduct periodic evaluations of, and

13 public hearings on, activities carried out under

14 the area plan;

15 (B) furnish technical assistance to entities

16 carrying out youth development programs under

17 this title within the planning and mobilization

18 area;

19 (C) establish effective and efficient proce20 dures for the coordination of—

21 (i) entities carrying out youth develop22 ment programs under this title within the

23 planning and mobilization area; and
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1 (ii) entities carrying out other Federal

2 programs for youth within the planning

3 and mobilization area;

4 (D) conduct outreach, to identify youth in

5 the area and inform the youth of the avail6 ability of resources under this Act; and

7 (E) take into account in connection with

8 matters of general policy arising in the develop9 ment and administration of the area plan, the

10 views of youth who have participated in youth

11 development programs pursuant to the plan;

12 and

13 (12) provide for the utilization of entities car14 rying out volunteer service centers and organizations

15 supporting youth in community service and civic

16 participation in the area to—

17 (A) encourage and enlist the services of

18 local volunteer groups to provide assistance and

19 services appropriate to the unique develop20 mental needs of youth in the planning and mo21 bilization area;

22 (B) encourage, organize, and promote

23 youth to serve as volunteers to communities in

24 the area; and
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1 (C) promote recognition of the contribution

2 made by youth volunteers to youth development

3 programs administered in the planning and mo4 bilization area.

5 SEC. 309. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.

6 (a) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.—In implementing an

7 area plan, once the plan has been submitted to and ap8 proved by the State agency, an area agency on youth,

9 under the supervision of a community board, shall issue

10 a request for proposals, to award grants and contracts to

11 eligible entities to carry out youth development programs

12 under the plan.

13 (b) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—The area agency on

14 youth, under the supervision of the community board,

15 shall use the funds made available through the allocation

16 made to the agency under this title to award grants on

17 a competitive basis and contracts to eligible entities to pay

18 for the Federal share of the cost of carrying out the youth

19 development programs. Not more than 50 percent of the

20 funds made available through the allocation made to the

21 agency may be awarded to a single recipient of a grant

22 or contract unless the recipient is a consortium as de23 scribed in section 310(a)(1) or is approved by the Asso24 ciate Commissioner.
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1 (c) CONFLICT PROVISION.—The bylaws of the com2 munity board and the area agency on youth shall contain

3 a conflict of interest provision that requires any member

4 of the board or employee of the agency who has a conflict

5 of interest regarding any matter related to awarding a

6 grant or contract under subsection (b) to declare the con7 flict and refrain from voting on the award.

8 (d) PERIOD.—The area agency on youth may award

9 such a grant or contract for a period of not more than

10 4 years. The area agency on youth, under the supervision

11 of the community board, may terminate the funding made

12 available through such grant or contract during such

13 grant or contract period for a youth development program

14 if insufficient Federal funds are appropriated under sec15 tion 302 to permit continuation of funding.

16 (e) FEDERAL SHARE.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the

18 cost of carrying out a program described in this sec19 tion shall be—

20 (A) 80 percent for the first and second

21 year for which the program receives funding

22 under this section;

23 (B) 70 percent for the third such year;

24 (C) 60 percent for the fourth such year;

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1 (D) 50 percent for any subsequent year.

2 (2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—An entity that re3 ceives a grant or contract under this section may

4 provide for the non-Federal share of the cost from

5 non-Federal sources (which may include State or

6 local public sources) in cash or in kind, fairly evalu7 ated, including facilities, equipment, or services.

8 (3) ADJUSTMENTS.—A State agency and the

9 Associate Commissioner may jointly adjust the Fed10 eral share of the cost that applies to an entity that

11 receives a grant or contract under this section from

12 an area agency on youth, in the event that the agen13 cy demonstrates significant economic need sufficient

14 to cause difficulties in area plan implementation.

15 SEC. 310. ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant

17 or contract under section 309, an entity shall be—

18 (1) a consortium of community-based youth19 serving or youth development organizations, public

20 agencies, health and mental health agencies, edu21 cation entities including community colleges, col22 leges, and universities, volunteer centers, faith-based

23 organizations, older adult organizations, or organiza24 tions supporting youth involved in community service

25 and civic participation; or
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1 (2) a community-based public or private youth2 serving or youth development organization.

3 (b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants and contracts

4 under section 309, an area agency on youth shall give pri5 ority to—

6 (1) existing entities that carry out health and

7 human service programs (as of the date of submis8 sion of the area plan) that use proven methods and

9 materials supported by evaluation and can dem10 onstrate effective service delivery and sustainability;

11 and

12 (2) entities that submit applications under sec13 tion 311 that—

14 (A) evidence collaboration among commu15 nity agencies in providing services under an

16 area plan; and

17 (B) are outcome driven.

18 (c) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—An entity that re19 ceives a grant or contract under section 309 may use up

20 to 5 percent of the funds received through the grant or

21 contract for the cost of administrative expenses.

22 (d) LIMITATION.—A for-profit entity that receives a

23 grant or contract under section 309 may not use funds

24 made available through the grant or contract for the pur25 poses of generating additional profits.
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1 SEC. 311. APPLICATIONS.

2 To be eligible to receive a grant or contract under

3 section 309 to carry out youth development programs

4 under an area plan, an entity shall submit an application

5 to the area agency on youth for the area at such time,

6 in such manner, and containing such information as the

7 area agency on youth, under the supervision of the com8 munity board, and the appropriate State agency, may rea9 sonably require. Such application shall include specific de10 scriptions of how the entity will implement section 312(a).

11 SEC. 312. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.

12 (a) ACCESS.—An eligible entity that receives a grant

13 or contract under section 309 to carry out a youth devel14 opment program shall implement a program that pro15 motes, either directly, through a contract, or indirectly

16 through collaboration with other community entities, ac17 cess to the full array of core resources specified in section

18 102.

19 (b) ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity that receives a

20 grant or contract under section 309 to carry out a youth

21 development program may include among eligible activities

22 provided through the program, which are part of an effort

23 to provide access to the full array of core resources speci24 fied in section 102—

25 (1) character development and ethical enrich26 ment activities;
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1 (2) mentoring activities, including one-to-one

2 relationship building and tutoring;

3 (3) provision and support of community youth

4 centers and clubs;

5 (4) nonschool hours, weekend, and summer pro6 grams and camps;

7 (5) sports, recreation, and other activities pro8 moting physical fitness and teamwork;

9 (6) services that promote health and healthy de10 velopment and behavior on the part of youth, includ11 ing risk avoidance programs;

12 (7) academic enrichment, peer counseling and

13 teaching, and literacy activities;

14 (8) camping and environmental education;

15 (9) cultural enrichment, including enrichment

16 through music, fine and performing arts;

17 (10) workforce preparation, youth entrepreneur18 ship, and technological and vocational skill building;

19 (11) opportunities for community service aimed

20 at involving youth in providing the full array of core

21 resources described in section 102 to other youth, in22 cluding opportunities provided in conjunction with

23 activities being performed by entities under the Na24 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42

25 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.);
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1 (12) opportunities that engage youth in civic

2 participation and as partners in decisionmaking, es3 pecially opportunities with respect to programs and

4 strategies that seek to offer access to the full array

5 of core resources described in section 102;

6 (13) special interest group activities or courses,

7 including activities or courses regarding video pro8 duction, cooking, gardening, pet care, photography,

9 and other youth-identified interests;

10 (14) efforts focused on building the capacity of

11 community-based youth workers, utilizing commu12 nity colleges, colleges, and universities;

13 (15) public and private youth led programs, in14 cluding such programs provided by youth-serving or

15 youth development organizations;

16 (16) transportation services to foster the par17 ticipation of youth in youth development programs

18 in the community involved;

19 (17) subsidies for youth from families that meet

20 the income eligibility guidelines for a free or reduced

21 price lunch under section 9(b) of the Richard B.

22 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.

23 1758(b)), if the provision of such a subsidy allows

24 a youth to fully participate in a youth development

25 program that is part of a strategy to promote access
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1 to the full array of core resources described in sec2 tion 102;

3 (18) training or group counseling to assist

4 youth, by State certified counselors, psychologists,

5 social workers, or other State licensed or certified

6 mental health professionals who are qualified under

7 State law to provide such services to youth; and

8 (19) referrals to State certified counselors, psy9 chologists, social workers, or other State licensed or

10 certified mental health professionals or health pro11 fessionals who are qualified under State law to pro12 vide such services to youth.

13 (c) INFORMATION.—An eligible entity that receives a

14 grant or contract under section 309 shall be considered

15 to be a person directly connected with the administration

16 of a Federal education program for purposes of section

17 9(b)(2)(C)(iii)(II)(aa) of the Richard B. Russell National

18 School Lunch Act (7 U.S.C. 1758(b)(2)(C)(iii)(II)). A

19 school serving youth who are receiving services under this

20 title from the eligible entity shall provide information to

21 the eligible entity on the income eligibility status of the

22 youth who are children described in section 9(b)(2)(C)(iv)

23 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1758(b)(2)(C)(iv)), in accordance

24 with that section, to enable the eligible entity to determine

25 eligibility for subsidies under subsection (b)(17).
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1 (d) PARTICIPATION IN PLANNING, DESIGN, AND IM2 PLEMENTATION.—An eligible entity that receives a grant

3 or contract under section 309 shall actively engage parents

4 and youth in the planning, design, and implementation of

5 youth development programs supported by funds made

6 available through the grant or contract, including using

7 consumer feedback and evaluation mechanisms at least

8 once a year.

9 TITLE IV—ACCOUNTABILITY

10 SEC. 401. PURPOSES.

11 The purposes of this title are—

12 (1) to ensure that funds appropriated to carry

13 out this Act are expended in compliance with this

14 Act; and

15 (2) to establish mechanisms at the Federal,

16 State, and local levels to monitor expenditures of the

17 funds and respond to noncompliance with this Act.

18 SEC. 402. FEDERAL LEVEL ACCOUNTABILITY.

19 (a) DATA COLLECTION AND USE.—The Associate

20 Commissioner shall collect, collate, and review data re21 ceived from States under section 304(a)(2)(F) and shall

22 make such data available, in the aggregate and by State,

23 to the Office of National Youth Policy, the Council on Na24 tional Youth Policy, and (on request) to the general public.
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1 (b) CORRECTION OF DEFICIENCIES.—If the Asso2 ciate Commissioner determines, based on a review of State

3 annual reports, State plans, State data submissions, au4 dits, evaluations, or other documentation required under

5 this Act, that a State or eligible entity that receives funds

6 through a grant or contract made under this Act is not

7 complying with the requirements of this Act, the Associate

8 Commissioner shall—

9 (1) notify the State or eligible entity of the defi10 ciencies that require correction and request that the

11 State or entity submit a plan to correct the defi12 ciencies;

13 (2) negotiate a plan to correct the deficiencies,

14 and provide appropriate training or technical assist15 ance designed to assist the State or eligible entity in

16 complying with the requirements of this Act; and

17 (3) if the State or eligible entity fails to submit

18 or negotiate a plan to correct the deficiencies or fails

19 to make substantial efforts, within 6 months after

20 the date of the notification described in paragraph

21 (1), to correct the deficiencies and comply with the

22 requirements of this Act—

23 (A) terminate the provision of funds under

24 this Act to the State or entity for the remainder

25 of the period of the grant or contract; and
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1 (B) disburse such funds in the manner

2 prescribed in section 303(e) for funds withheld

3 under that section.

4 SEC. 403. STATE LEVEL ACCOUNTABILITY.

5 If the State agency designated in section 304(a)(1)

6 determines, based on a review of reports, data submis7 sions, audits, evaluations, or other documentation required

8 under this Act, that a community board, area agency on

9 youth, or eligible entity that receives funds through a

10 grant or contract made under this Act is not complying

11 with the requirements of this Act, the State agency shall—

12 (1) notify the community board, area agency on

13 youth, or eligible entity of the deficiencies that re14 quire correction and request that the board, agency,

15 or entity submit a plan to correct the deficiencies;

16 (2) negotiate a plan to correct the deficiencies,

17 and provide appropriate training or technical assist18 ance designed to assist the community board, area

19 agency on youth, or eligible entity in complying with

20 the requirements of this Act; and

21 (3) if the community board, area agency on

22 youth, or eligible entity fails to submit or negotiate

23 a plan to correct the deficiencies or fails to make

24 substantial efforts, within 6 months after the date of

25 the notification described in paragraph (1), to cor-
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1 rect the deficiencies and comply with the require2 ments of this Act, terminate the provision of funds

3 under this Act to the board, agency, or entity for the

4 remainder of the period of the grant or contract.

5 SEC. 404. LOCAL LEVEL ACCOUNTABILITY.

6 If a community board and an area agency on youth

7 jointly determine, based on a review of reports, data sub8 missions, audits, evaluations, or other documentation re9 quired under this Act, that an eligible entity that receives

10 funds through a grant or contract made under this Act

11 is not complying with the requirements of this Act, the

12 area agency on youth shall—

13 (1) notify the eligible entity of the deficiencies

14 that require correction and request that the entity

15 submit a plan to correct the deficiencies;

16 (2) negotiate a plan to correct the deficiencies

17 and provide appropriate training or technical assist18 ance designed to assist the eligible entity in com19 plying with the requirements of this Act; and

20 (3) if the eligible entity fails to submit or nego21 tiate a plan to correct the deficiencies or fails to

22 make substantial efforts, within 6 months after the

23 date of the notification described in paragraph (1),

24 to correct the deficiencies and comply with the re25 quirements of this Act, terminate the provision of
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1 funds under this Act of the entity for the remainder

2 of the period of the grant or contract.

3 SEC. 405. STATE AUDIT.

4 Each State that receives funds under this Act shall

5 submit annually, to the Associate Commissioner, the find6 ings of an independent audit conducted in accordance with

7 chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code, concerning the

8 use of such funds.

9 TITLE V—TRAINING, RESEARCH,

10 AND EVALUATION

11 SEC. 501. PURPOSE.

12 The purpose of this title is to expand the Nation’s

13 knowledge and understanding of youth, youth development

14 programs, and community mobilization aimed at providing

15 all youth with access to the full array of core resources

16 described in section 102 by—

17 (1) assisting States in evaluating the effective18 ness of activities implemented under this Act (in19 cluding evaluating the outcomes resulting from the

20 activities), including assisting in the specification of

21 a minimum set of outcome and utilization data to be

22 collected, and development of common definitions to

23 be used, by entities receiving funds under this Act;

24 (2) placing priority on the education and train25 ing of personnel, with respect to youth development
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1 programs, to work with youth, with a special empha2 sis on youth who are minority individuals, youth

3 with disabilities, and youth who are low-income indi4 viduals;

5 (3) conducting research and identifying effec6 tive practices directly related to the field of youth

7 development; and

8 (4) disseminating widely information acquired

9 through such research to national, State, and local

10 youth development organizations and youth-serving

11 organizations.

12 SEC. 502. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Associate Commissioner may

14 award grants and contracts to eligible entities to carry out

15 evaluation, education and training, and dissemination ac16 tivities described in this section.

17 (b) EVALUATION.—

18 (1) SYSTEM.—The Associate Commissioner

19 shall develop and establish a system for evaluating

20 the effectiveness of activities implemented under this

21 Act, including mechanisms for determining and

22 measuring programmatic outcomes resulting from

23 those activities.

24 (2) DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding grants and

25 contracts under subsection (a), the Associate Com-
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1 missioner shall use 50 percent of the funds appro2 priated to carry out this title for an equitable dis3 tribution among the States to allow State agencies

4 to be responsible for evaluating the effectiveness of

5 the activities implemented in the State under this

6 Act, including, at a minimum, collecting the outcome

7 and utilization data described in section 501(1).

8 (c) EDUCATION AND TRAINING.—The Associate

9 Commissioner shall develop and establish a system for

10 providing education and training of personnel of States,

11 area agencies on youth, and community boards to increase

12 their capacity to work with youth, with a special emphasis

13 on youth who are minority individuals, youth with disabil14 ities, and youth who are low-income individuals, in car15 rying out quality youth development programs under this

16 Act.

17 (d) IMPACT EVALUATION.—

18 (1) BIENNIAL EVALUATION.—

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Associate Commis20 sioner, in consultation with the Director and

21 the National Council on Youth Policy, shall

22 conduct an independent biennial evaluation of

23 the impact of youth development programs as24 sisted under this Act to promote positive youth

25 development.
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1 (B) CONTENTS.—The evaluation shall re2 port on—

3 (i) whether the entities carrying out

4 the youth development programs—

5 (I) provided a thorough assess6 ment of local resources and barriers

7 to access to the full array of core re8 sources;

9 (II) used objective data and the

10 knowledge of a wide range of commu11 nity members;

12 (III) developed measurable goals

13 and objectives;

14 (IV) implemented research-based

15 youth development programs that

16 have been shown to be effective and

17 meet identified needs; and

18 (V) conducted periodic evalua19 tions to assess progress made toward

20 achieving the goals and objectives and

21 used evaluations to improve the goals

22 and objectives, and the youth develop23 ment programs;

24 (ii) whether the entities carrying out

25 the youth development programs have been
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1 designed and implemented in a manner

2 that specifically targets, if relevant to the

3 youth development programs—

4 (I) research-based variables that

5 are predictive of healthy youth devel6 opment;

7 (II) risk factors that are pre8 dictive of an increased likelihood that

9 youth will use drugs, alcohol, or to10 bacco, become sexually active, or en11 gage in violence or drop out of school;

12 or

13 (III) protective factors, buffers,

14 or assets that are known to protect

15 youth from exposure to risk, either by

16 reducing the exposure to risk factors

17 or by changing the way a youth re18 sponds to risk, and to increase the

19 likelihood of positive youth develop20 ment;

21 (iii) whether the entities carrying out

22 the youth development programs have ap23 preciably reduced individual risk-taking be24 havior and community risk factors and in-
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1 creased either individual or community

2 protective factors; and

3 (iv) whether the entities carrying out

4 the youth development programs have in5 corporated effective youth and parent in6 volvement.

7 (2) BIENNIAL REPORT.—Not later than Janu8 ary 1, 2004, and every 2 years thereafter, the Asso9 ciate Commissioner shall submit to the President

10 and Congress a report on the findings of the evalua11 tion conducted under paragraph (1) together with

12 data available from other sources on the well-being

13 of youth.

14 (e) DISSEMINATION.—The Associate Commissioner

15 shall develop a system to facilitate the broad dissemination

16 of information acquired through research to States, area

17 agencies on youth, community boards, and the public

18 about successful and promising strategies for providing all

19 youth with the full array of core resources specified in sec20 tion 102.

21 SEC. 503. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

22 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

23 this title $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums
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1 as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2003, 2004,

2 2005, and 2006.

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