designated under subsection (a)(1) such additional
areas adjacent to a unit of general purpose local
government or as the State agency determines to be
necessary for and will enhance the effective adminis-
tration of the programs authorized by this title.
(4) INDIAN RESERVATIONS.—The State agency,
in carrying out subsection (a)(1), shall to the extent
practicable include all portions of an Indian reserva-
tion in a single planning and mobilization area.
SEC. 305. STATE PLANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a State
allotment under this title, a State shall submit to the Asso-
ciate Commissioner a State plan, for a 2-, 3-, or 4-year
period determined by the State agency, at such time, in
such manner, and meeting such criteria as the Associate
Commissioner may by regulation prescribe, and shall make
such annual revisions as may be necessary to the plan.
(b) CONTENTS.—Each such State plan shall contain
assurances that the plan is based on area plans developed
under section 308 by area agencies on youth in the State
and that the State has prepared and distributed a uniform
format for use by area agencies on youth in developing
the area plans.
SEC. 306. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FOR STATE ACTIVITIES
AND LOCAL ALLOCATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—From a State allotment made
under this title for any fiscal year—
(1)(A) the State agency may use such amount
as the State agency determines to be appropriate,
but not more than 7 percent, for the purposes of
subparagraphs (B) and (C);
(B) the State agency may use such amount as
the State agency determines to be appropriate, but
not more than 4 percent of the State allotment, for
paying the cost of—
(i) reviewing area plans and distributing
funds to area agencies on youth; and
(ii) assisting community boards and area
agencies on youth in carrying out activities
under this title; and
(C) the State agency may use such amount as
the State agency determines to be appropriate, but
not less than 3 percent and not more than 7 percent
of the State allotment, for making State discre-
tionary grants to respond to the special develop-
mental needs of youth—
(i) in correctional facilities and other out-
of-home residential settings;
(ii) in areas with high concentrations of
poverty;
(iii) in rural areas; and
(iv) in situations where youth are at great-
er risk due to abuse, neglect, disconnection
from family, disconnection from school, or an-
other community risk factor; and
(2) the State agency shall use the remainder of
such allotment to make allocations under subsection
(b) to area agencies on youth associated with plan-
ning and mobilization areas, to pay for the cost of
programs under this title that are specified in area
plans that—
(A) are developed through a comprehensive
and coordinated system of planning;
(B) have been approved by the community
board; and
(C) have been approved by the State agen-
cy.
(b) ALLOCATIONS.—From the remainder of the State
allotment described in subsection (a)(2), the State agency,
using the best available data, shall allocate for each plan-
ning and mobilization area in the State—
(1) an amount that bears the same relation to
1⁄2 of the remainder as the number of individuals
who are not younger than age 10 and not older than
age 19 in the planning and mobilization area bears
to the number of such individuals in the State; and
(2) an amount that bears the same relation to
1⁄2 of the remainder as the number of youth who are
receiving free or reduced price lunches under the
school lunch program established under the Richard
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1751 et seq.) in the planning and mobilization area
bears to the number of such youth in the State.
(c) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—A State that uses funds
under this title for the purposes of section 306(a)(1)(B)
shall match such sums so used on a dollar-for-dollar basis
in cash.
SEC. 307. COMMUNITY BOARDS AND AREA AGENCIES ON
YOUTH.
(a) COMMUNITY BOARD.—
(1) SELECTION.—
(A) LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND FUNDING
AND COORDINATING AGENCIES.—Except as oth-
erwise provided in this paragraph, in order to
receive funds from a State pursuant to this
title, a planning and mobilization area shall
have a community board appointed and con-
vened jointly by the chief executive officer of a
local funding and coordinating agency in the
area and the chief executive officers of units of
general local government in the area.
(B) PRIVATE AGENCIES AND LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENTS.—In the event that a local funding
and coordinating agency is not represented in
the planning and mobilization area, or the chief
executive officer of a local funding and coordi-
nating agency in the area is unwilling or unable
to participate in jointly appointing and con-
vening the community board, the State agency,
after consideration of the views offered by the
units of general local government and by non-
profit agencies and organizations in such area,
shall designate a private nonprofit agency or or-
ganization in the area to appoint and convene
the community board jointly with the chief ex-
ecutive officers of units of general local govern-
ment in the area.
(C) LOCAL FUNDING AND COORDINATING
AGENCIES AND PUBLIC ENTITIES.—In the event
that a chief executive officer of a unit of gen-
eral local government in the planning and mobi-
lization area is unwilling or unable to partici-
pate in jointly appointing and convening the
community board, the State agency, after con-
sideration of the views offered by the units of
general local government and by youth-serving
agencies and organizations in such area, shall
designate an executive official of a public entity
in the area to appoint and convene the commu-
nity board jointly with the chief executive offi-
cer of a local funding and coordinating agency.
(D) EXISTING ENTITY.—An existing entity
in the planning and mobilization area may serve
as the community board if—
(i) such entity’s membership meets
the requirements for a community board or
is adapted to meet such requirements;
(ii) such entity’s membership was ap-
pointed by the chief executive officer of a
unit of general local government in the
area;
(iii) such entity is approved by the
State agency; and
(iv) such entity is approved by the
chief executive officer of a local funding
and coordinating agency, or by the chief
executive officer of a private nonprofit
agency or organization designated accord-
ing to subparagraph (B) in the event that
a local funding and coordinating agency is
not represented in the area or is unwilling
or unable to consider the approval of the
entity.
(2) COMPOSITION.—A community board shall
consist of an equal number of local representatives
from each of the following 3 groups:
(A) A group comprised of individuals, in-
cluding minority individuals, under age 21 at
the time of their appointment.
(B) A group comprised of representatives
of—
(i) private youth-serving and youth
development organizations (in existence as
of the date of appointment of the rep-
resentatives to the board);
(ii) public youth-serving and youth de-
velopment organizations; and
(iii) organizations supporting youth in
service.
(C) A group comprised of representatives
of—
(i) local elected officials;
(ii) educational entities, including
local, middle, and secondary schools, com-
munity colleges, colleges, and universities;
(iii) volunteer centers;
(iv) philanthropic organizations, in-
cluding community foundations;
(v) businesses and employee organiza-
tions;
(vi) faith-based organizations;
(vii) health and mental health agen-
cies; and
(viii) parents and grandparents.
(3) CHAIRPERSON.—After being appointed and
convened, the community board shall elect a chair-
person from among its membership.
(4) 
RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each 
community
board in each planning and mobilization area shall
have responsibility for supervising the preparation,
submission, and implementation of the area plan de-
scribed in section 308, including the approval of
grants and contracts funded pursuant to this title
within the planning and mobilization area.
(b) AREA AGENCY ON YOUTH.—An area agency on
youth—
(1) shall serve as the fiscal agent for a planning
and mobilization area;
(2) shall be under the supervision of the com-
munity board for the planning and mobilization area
with regard to activities conducted pursuant to this
title;
(3) shall provide an assurance to the State
agency, that is determined to be adequate by the
State agency, that such area agency on youth will
have the ability to develop an area plan for the plan-
ning and mobilization area and to carry out, either
directly or indirectly through contractual or other
arrangements, a youth development program in ac-
cordance with such plan; and
(4) shall compile reports from programs, serv-
ices, and activities approved by the community board
for funding under this Act, including outcome data
and evaluation information regarding program ac-
complishments, and provide an annual report to the
State agency.
(c) COMMUNITY
MOBILIZATION
EXPENSES.—An
area agency on youth may use not more than 10 percent
of the allocation made to the agency under this title for
expenses related to community mobilization, including
generating additional commitments of cash and in-kind re-
sources, administration, planning, monitoring, and evalua-
tion.
SEC. 308. AREA PLANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each area agency on youth for
a planning and mobilization area shall, in order to be ap-
proved by the State agency and receive an allocation under
this title, develop, prepare, and submit to the State agency
an area plan, approved by the community board, for the
planning and mobilization area. Such plan shall be for a
2-, 3-, or 4-year period determined by the State agency,
with such annual revisions as may be necessary. Each
such plan shall be based upon a uniform format for area
plans in the State prepared in accordance with section
305(b).
(b) CONTENTS.—Each such plan shall—
(1) provide specific outcome objectives for youth
development programs, services, and activities to be
carried out in the planning and mobilization area,
based on an assessment of needs and resources, suf-
ficient to assure that all youth in the area have ac-
cess through a comprehensive and coordinated sys-
tem to the full array of core resources that consist
of—
(A) ongoing relationships with caring
adults;