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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3353 

To provide grants for juvenile mentoring. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 12, 2010 

Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. MENENDEZ, and Mr. 

BURRIS) 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 Act of 2010’’ or the ‘‘JUMP Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PRO7 GRAMS. 

8 Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre9 vention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amended 

10 by inserting after part F the following: 


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1 ‘‘PART G—MENTORING

2 ‘‘PURPOSES

3 ‘‘SEC. 299K. 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 ‘‘DEFINITIONS

11 ‘‘SEC. 299L. 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; and 

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

17 adult who is linked with an at-risk youth on a one18 to-one volunteer basis, establishing a supportive rela19 tionship with the youth and providing the youth with 

20 exposure to new experiences that enhance the 

21 youth’s ability to become a responsible citizen. 

22 ‘‘GRANTS

23 ‘‘SEC. 299M. The Administrator shall, by making 

24 grants to and entering into contracts with State and local 

25 educational agencies or national, regional, and local non26 profit organizations, establish and support programs and 


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1 activities for the purpose of implementing mentoring pro2 grams that— 

3 ‘‘(1) are designed to link at-risk children, par4 ticularly children living in high crime areas and chil5 dren experiencing educational failure, with respon6 sible adults; and 

7 ‘‘(2) are intended to achieve 1 or more of the 

8 following goals: 

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

10 youth. 

11 ‘‘(B) Promote personal and social responsi12 bility among at-risk youth. 

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

14 in and enhance their ability to benefit from ele15 mentary and secondary education. 

16 ‘‘(D) Discourage at-risk youth’s use of ille17 gal drugs, violence, and dangerous weapons, 

18 and other criminal activity. 

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

20 youth in gangs. 

21 ‘‘(F) Encourage at-risk youth’s participa22 tion in community service and community ac23 tivities. 


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1 ‘‘REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES

2 ‘‘SEC. 299N. The Administrator shall develop and 

3 distribute to program participants specific model guide4 lines for the screening of prospective program mentors. 

5 ‘‘USE OF GRANTS

6 ‘‘SEC. 299O. (a) PERMITTED USES.—Grants award7 ed pursuant to this part shall be used to implement men8 toring programs, including— 

9 ‘‘(1) hiring of mentoring coordinators and sup10 port staff; 

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

12 adult mentors; 

13 ‘‘(3) reimbursement of mentors for reasonable 

14 incidental expenditures such as transportation that 

15 are directly associated with mentoring; 

16 ‘‘(4) training of mentoring program staff in ef17 fective practices; and 

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

19 may reasonably prescribe by regulation. 

20 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL PERMITTED USES FOR NATIONAL

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

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

23 be used to implement and improve mentoring programs, 

24 including— 

25 ‘‘(1) the establishment and implementation of 

26 quality assurance services, including best practices 


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1 for the screening of volunteer mentors and super2 vision of mentoring relationships; 

3 ‘‘(2) the establishment and implementation of 

4 child safety standards; 

5 ‘‘(3) the establishment and implementation of 

6 information technology systems to track the effec7 tiveness of program models; and 

8 ‘‘(4) research evaluations to inform best prac9 tices. 

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

11 to this part shall not be used— 

12 ‘‘(1) to directly compensate mentors, except as 

13 provided pursuant to subsection (a)(3); 

14 ‘‘(2) to obtain educational or other materials or 

15 equipment that would otherwise be used in the ordi16 nary course of the grantee’s operations; 

17 ‘‘(3) to support litigation of any kind; or 

18 ‘‘(4) for any other purpose reasonably prohib19 ited by the Administrator by regulation. 

20 ‘‘CONSIDERATIONS

21 ‘‘SEC. 299P. (a) IN GENERAL.—In making grants 

22 under this part, the Administrator shall give priority for 

23 awarding grants to applicants that— 

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

25 ‘‘(2) have 60 percent or more of their youth eli26 gible to receive funds under the Elementary and 


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

2 seq.); and 

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

4 under this part, the Administrator shall give consideration 

5 to— 

6 ‘‘(1) the quality of a mentoring plan, includ7 ing— 

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

9 dedicated to providing participating youth with 

10 opportunities for job training or postsecondary 

11 education; and 

12 ‘‘(B) the degree to which parents, teachers, 

13 community-based organizations, and the local 

14 community participate in the design and imple15 mentation of the mentoring plan; and 

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

17 implement the mentoring plan. 

18 ‘‘APPLICATIONS

19 ‘‘SEC. 299Q. An application for assistance under this 

20 part shall include— 

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

22 served by the program; 

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

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


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1 ‘‘(3) an assurance that no mentor will be as2 signed to more than one youth, so as to ensure a 

3 one-to-one relationship; 

4 ‘‘(4) an assurance that projects will be mon5 itored to ensure that each youth benefits from a 

6 mentor relationship, with provision for a new mentor 

7 assignment if the relationship is not beneficial to the 

8 youth; 

9 ‘‘(5) the method by which mentors and youth 

10 will be recruited to the project; 

11 ‘‘(6) the method by which prospective mentors 

12 will be screened; 

13 ‘‘(7) the training that will be provided to men14 tors; and 

15 ‘‘(8) the method by which outcomes for youth 

16 will be measured and the strength of the mentoring 

17 relationship monitored. 

18 ‘‘GRANT CYCLES

19 ‘‘SEC. 299R. Grants under this part shall be made 

20 for up to 3-year periods.’’. 

21 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 Section 299 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

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

24 (1) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

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

3 AND G’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (2), in the matter pre5 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘parts C 

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

7 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub8 section (e); and 

9 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR

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

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

14 expended, $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 

15 through 2015.’’. 

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