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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3328 

To provide grants for juvenile mentoring. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 21, 2012 

Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. COONS, Mr. KERRY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 

SANDERS, and Mr. CARPER) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide grants for juvenile mentoring. 

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Juvenile Mentoring 

5 Program Reauthorization Act of 2012’’ or the ‘‘JUMP 

6 Reauthorization Act of 2012’’. 

7 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PRO8 GRAMS. 

9 Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre10 vention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amended 

11 by inserting after part F the following: 


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1 ‘‘PART G—MENTORING 

2 ‘‘SEC. 299K. PURPOSES. 

3 ‘‘The purposes of this part are— 

4 ‘‘(1) to reduce juvenile delinquency and gang 

5 participation; 

6 ‘‘(2) to improve academic performance; and 

7 ‘‘(3) to provide general guidance and promote 

8 personal and social responsibility, 

9 through the use of mentors for at-risk youth. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 299L. DEFINITIONS. 

11 ‘‘For purposes of this part— 

12 ‘‘(1) the term ‘at-risk youth’ means an indi13 vidual less than 18 years of age at risk of edu14 cational failure or dropping out of school or involve15 ment in delinquent activities; 

16 ‘‘(2) the term ‘mentor’ means a responsible 

17 adult who is linked with at-risk youth in consistent 

18 contact, either as a one-to-one mentor or in small 

19 group mentoring, establishing supportive relation20 ships with youth and providing youth with exposure 

21 to new experiences that enhance the ability of at-risk 

22 youth to become responsible citizens; 

23 ‘‘(3) the term ‘one-to-one mentor’ means a re24 sponsible adult who is linked with an at-risk youth 

25 on a one-to-one volunteer basis, establishing a sup26 portive relationship with the youth and providing the 


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1 youth with exposure to new experiences that enhance 

2 the youth’s ability to become a responsible citizen; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(4) the term ‘small group mentoring’ means 

5 one adult mentor forming a relationship with a small 

6 group of youths. The mentor assumes the role of 

7 leader and makes a commitment to meet regularly 

8 with the group over an extensive period of time in 

9 a predetermined facility. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 299M. GRANTS. 

11 ‘‘The Administrator shall, by making grants to and 

12 entering into contracts with national, regional, and local 

13 nonprofit organizations, establish and support programs 

14 and activities for the purpose of implementing mentoring 

15 programs that— 

16 ‘‘(1) are designed to link at-risk children, par17 ticularly children living in high crime areas and chil18 dren experiencing educational failure, with respon19 sible adults; and 

20 ‘‘(2) are intended to achieve one or more of the 

21 following goals: 

22 ‘‘(A) Provide general guidance to at-risk 

23 youth. 

24 ‘‘(B) Promote personal and social responsi25 bility among at-risk youth. 


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1 ‘‘(C) Increase at-risk youth’s participation 

2 in and enhance their ability to benefit from ele3 mentary and secondary education. 

4 ‘‘(D) Discourage at-risk youth’s use of ille5 gal drugs, violence, and dangerous weapons, 

6 and other criminal activity. 

7 ‘‘(E) Discourage involvement of at-risk 

8 youth in gangs. 

9 ‘‘(F) Encourage at-risk youth’s participa10 tion in community service and community ac11 tivities. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 299N. REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES. 

13 ‘‘The Administrator shall develop and distribute to 

14 program participants specific model guidelines for the 

15 screening of prospective program mentors. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 299O. USE OF GRANTS. 

17 ‘‘(a) PERMITTED USES.—Grants awarded pursuant 

18 to this part shall be used to implement mentoring pro19 grams, including— 

20 ‘‘(1) hiring of mentoring coordinators and sup21 port staff; 

22 ‘‘(2) recruitment, screening, and training of 

23 adult mentors; 


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1 ‘‘(3) reimbursement of mentors for reasonable 

2 incidental expenditures such as transportation that 

3 are directly associated with mentoring; 

4 ‘‘(4) training of mentoring program staff in ef5 fective practices; and 

6 ‘‘(5) such other purposes as the Administrator 

7 may reasonably prescribe by regulation. 

8 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL PERMITTED USES FOR NATIONAL

9 GRANTS.—In addition to the uses set forth in subsection 

10 (a), national grants awarded pursuant to this part may 

11 be used to implement and improve mentoring programs, 

12 including— 

13 ‘‘(1) the establishment and implementation of 

14 quality assurance services, including best practices 

15 for the screening of mentors and supervision of men16 toring relationships; 

17 ‘‘(2) the establishment and implementation of 

18 child safety standards; 

19 ‘‘(3) the establishment and implementation of 

20 information technology systems to track the effec21 tiveness of program models; and 

22 ‘‘(4) research evaluations to inform best prac23 tices. 

24 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITED USES.—Grants awarded pursuant 

25 to this part shall not be used— 


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1 ‘‘(1) to support litigation of any kind; or 

2 ‘‘(2) for any other purpose reasonably prohib3 ited by the Administrator by regulation. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 299P. CONSIDERATIONS. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In making grants under this 

6 part, the Administrator shall give priority for awarding 

7 grants to applicants that— 

8 ‘‘(1) serve at-risk youth in high crime areas; 

9 ‘‘(2) have 60 percent or more of their youth eli10 gible to receive funds under the Elementary and 

11 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. et 

12 seq.); 

13 ‘‘(3) establish and support mentoring programs 

14 that serve at-risk youth in public housing sites or on 

15 Native American lands; and 

16 ‘‘(4) serve at-risk youth with a parent in the 

17 military, including a deployed parent. 

18 ‘‘(b) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.—In making grants 

19 under this part, the Administrator shall give consideration 

20 to— 

21 ‘‘(1) the quality of a mentoring plan, includ22 ing— 

23 ‘‘(A) the resources, if any, that will be 

24 dedicated to providing participating youth with 


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1 opportunities for job training or postsecondary 

2 education; and 

3 ‘‘(B) the degree to which there is appro4 priate coordination with the local community to 

5 ensure the mentoring plan will continue to be 

6 implemented once the grant is discontinued; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(2) the capability of the applicant to effectively 

9 implement the mentoring plan. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 299Q. APPLICATIONS. 

11 ‘‘An application for assistance under this part shall 

12 include— 

13 ‘‘(1) information on the youth expected to be 

14 served by the program; 

15 ‘‘(2) a provision for a mechanism for matching 

16 youth with mentors based on the needs of the youth; 

17 ‘‘(3) an assurance that projects will be mon18 itored to ensure that each youth benefits from a 

19 mentor relationship, with provision for a new mentor 

20 assignment if the relationship is not beneficial to the 

21 youth; 

22 ‘‘(4) the method by which mentors and youth 

23 will be recruited to the project; 

24 ‘‘(5) the method by which prospective mentors 

25 will be screened; 


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1 ‘‘(6) the training that will be provided to men2 tors; and 

3 ‘‘(7) the method by which outcomes for youth 

4 will be measured and the strength of the mentoring 

5 relationship monitored.’’. 

6 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 Section 299 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

8 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

11 ‘‘PARTS C AND E’’ and inserting ‘‘PARTS C, E, 

12 AND G’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (2), in the matter pre14 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘parts C 

15 and E’’ and inserting ‘‘parts C, E, and G’’; 

16 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub17 section (e); and 

18 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR

21 PART G.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 

22 carry out part G, and authorized to remain available until 

23 expended, $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 

24 through 2017.’’. 

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