‘‘(A) emotional support;
‘‘(B) academic assistance; and
‘‘(C) exposure to experiences that children
might not otherwise encounter on their own;
‘‘(6) an assurance that mentoring programs will
be monitored to ensure that each child assigned a
mentor benefits from that assignment and that there
will be a provision for the assignment of a new men-
tor if the relationship between the original mentor is
not beneficial to the child;
‘‘(7) information on the method by which men-
tors and children will be recruited to the mentor pro-
gram;
‘‘(8) information on the method by which pro-
spective mentors will be screened;
‘‘(9) information on the training that will be
provided to mentors; and
‘‘(10) information on the system that the appli-
cant will use to manage and monitor information re-
lating to the program’s reference checks, child and
domestic abuse record checks, and criminal back-
ground checks and to its procedure for matching
children with mentors.
‘‘(f) SELECTION.—
‘‘(1) COMPETITIVE BASIS.—In accordance with
this subsection, the Secretary shall select grant re-
cipients from among qualified applicants on a com-
petitive basis.
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In selecting grant recipients
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give pri-
ority to each applicant that—
‘‘(A) serves children with greatest need liv-
ing in rural areas, high crime areas, or troubled
home environments, or who attend schools with
violence problems;
‘‘(B) provides background screening of
mentors, training of mentors, and technical as-
sistance in carrying out mentoring programs;
‘‘(C) proposes a mentoring program under
which each mentor will be assigned to not more
children than the mentor can serve effectively;
or
‘‘(D) proposes a school-based mentoring
program.
‘‘(3) OTHER
CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting
grant recipients under paragraph (1), the Secretary
shall also consider—
‘‘(A) the degree to which the location of
the programs proposed by each applicant con-
tributes to a fair distribution of programs with
respect to urban and rural locations;
‘‘(B) the quality of the mentoring pro-
grams proposed by each applicant, including—
‘‘(i) the resources, if any, the appli-
cant will dedicate to providing children
with opportunities for job training or post-
secondary education;
‘‘(ii) the degree to which parents,
teachers, community-based organizations,
and the local community have participated,
or will participate, in the design and imple-
mentation of the applicant’s mentoring
program;
‘‘(iii) the degree to which the appli-
cant can ensure that mentors will develop
longstanding relationships with the chil-
dren they mentor;
‘‘(iv) the degree to which the appli-
cant will serve children with greatest need
in the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades;
and
‘‘(v) the degree to which the program
will continue to serve children from the 4th
grade through graduation from secondary
school; and
‘‘(C) the capability of each applicant to ef-
fectively implement its mentoring program.
‘‘(4) GRANT TO EACH STATE.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of this subsection, in selecting
grant recipients under paragraph (1), the Secretary
shall select not less than 1 grant recipient from each
State for which there is a qualified applicant.
‘‘(g) MODEL SCREENING GUIDELINES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Based on model screening
guidelines developed by the Office of Juvenile Pro-
grams of the Department of Justice, the Secretary
shall develop and distribute to program participants
specific model guidelines for the screening of men-
tors who seek to participate in programs to be as-
sisted under this part.
‘‘(2) BACKGROUND
CHECKS.—The guidelines
developed under this subsection shall include, at a
minimum, a requirement that potential mentors be
subject to reference checks, child and domestic abuse
record checks, and criminal background checks.
‘‘SEC. 10999S. STUDY BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the
United States shall conduct a study to identify successful
school-based mentoring programs, and the elements, poli-
cies, or procedures of such programs that can be rep-
licated.
‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date
of enactment of the Mentoring for Success Act, the Comp-
troller General shall submit a report to the Secretary and
Congress containing the results of the study conducted
under this section.
‘‘(c) USE OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall use
information contained in the report referred to in sub-
section (b)—
‘‘(1) to improve the quality of existing men-
toring programs assisted under this part and other
mentoring programs assisted under this Act; and
‘‘(2) to develop models for new programs to be
assisted or carried out under this Act.
‘‘SEC. 10999T. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
section 10999R $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2002 through 2004.’’.
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