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(ii) such entity is approved by the 
State agency. 
(E) PUBLIC NOTICE.—A consortium may 
not be convened under this paragraph before 
the expiration of the 30-day period beginning 
on the date the particular convening authorities 
described in this paragraph provide such rea-
sonable public notice of the date and time of 
the first convening of the consortium as is suffi-
cient to inform all units of local general purpose 
government, and nonprofit youth-serving and 
youth development agencies, of such first con-
vening. 
(2) CHAIRPERSONS.—The consortium shall 
elect 2 chairpersons from among its membership. 
One chairperson shall be an officer or official of a 
general unit of local purpose government and 1 
chairperson shall be an officer or official from a non-
profit youth-serving and youth development agency. 
(3) COMPOSITION.—A consortium shall consist 
of an equal number of local representatives from 
each of the following 3 groups: 
(A) A group comprised of individuals 
under age 20 at the time of service on the con-
sortium.
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(B) A group comprised of representatives 
of—
(i) private youth-serving and youth 
development organizations; 
(ii) public youth-serving and youth de-
velopment organizations; 
(iii) organizations supporting youth 
involved in community service and civic 
participation; and 
(iv) organizations providing or oper-
ating local youth correctional programs or 
facilities and local law enforcement agen-
cies. 
(C) A group comprised of representatives 
of—
(i) local elected officials; 
(ii) educational entities, including 
local elementary and secondary schools, 
community colleges, colleges, and univer-
sities; 
(iii) libraries and museums; 
(iv) parks and recreation agencies; 
(v) volunteer centers; 
(vi) philanthropic organizations, in-
cluding community foundations;
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(vii) businesses and employee organi-
zations; 
(viii) faith-based organizations; 
(ix) health and mental health agen-
cies; 
(x) parents, grandparents, and guard-
ians, including at least 1 parent, grand-
parent, or guardian of a youth who has 
participated in an activity described in sec-
tion 9112(b) within the 3-year period pre-
ceding service on the consortium; 
(xi) if a military installation is located 
in the youth development area, personnel 
of the installation; and 
(xii) arts and cultural organizations. 
(4) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each consortium in 
each youth development area shall—
(A) submit to the State agency within 120 
days of the State agency’s announcement of the 
availability of allocations under section 9106(b) 
to youth development areas to pay for the cost 
of youth development programs under this 
chapter, a letter of intent declaring the consor-
tium’s intention to submit an area youth devel-
opment plan to the State agency;
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(B) prepare, submit, implement, and evalu-
ate the area plan described in section 9108; 
(C) designate for the youth development 
area a fiscal agent that agrees not to seek an 
award of a grant, or to enter into a contract, 
to carry out youth development programs under 
the area plan; and 
(D) compile reports from entities carrying 
out youth development programs approved by 
the consortium for funding under this subtitle, 
including outcome and utilization data devel-
oped under section 9301(1) and evaluation in-
formation regarding youth development pro-
grams funded under this chapter, and provide 
an annual report based on the compilation to 
the State agency. 
(b) COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION EXPENSES.—The 
fiscal agent and other entities as determined appropriate 
by the consortium may use such amount as the consortium 
determines to be appropriate, but not more than 8 percent 
of the area allotment, for paying the cost of—
(1) generating additional commitments of cash 
and in-kind resources; 
(2) administration; 
(3) planning;
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(4) monitoring; 
(5) evaluation; 
(6) training; and 
(7) technical assistance. 
SEC. 9108. AREA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each consortium for a youth de-
velopment area shall, in order to be approved by the State 
agency and receive an allocation under this chapter, de-
velop, prepare, and submit to the State agency a single 
area youth development plan, approved by the consortium, 
for the youth development area, at such time, in such 
manner, and meeting such criteria as the State agency 
may prescribe. Such plan shall be for a 2- or 3-year period 
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 
9105(b). 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each such plan shall—
(1) provide specific outcome objectives for youth 
development programs to be carried out in the youth 
development area, based on an assessment of needs 
and resources, sufficient to ensure that all youth in 
the area have access and participate through a com-
prehensive and coordinated system to the full array 
of core resources described in section 9002;
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(2) provide an assurance that, in awarding 
grants and contracts to entities to implement the 
area plan to provide youth with access to core re-
sources described in section 9002 through youth de-
velopment programs, the agency will give priority to 
entities as described in section 9110(b); 
(3) provide that not less than 30 percent of the 
funds allocated under this chapter for the youth de-
velopment area will be used for youth development 
programs that respond to the special developmental 
needs of youth—
(A) in areas with high concentrations of 
poverty; 
(B) in rural areas; 
(C) in situations in which the youth are at 
higher risk due to abuse, neglect, disconnection 
from family, disconnection from school, or an-
other community risk factor; 
(D) in alternative educational settings or 
who have been expelled or suspended from 
school; 
(E) in correctional facilities and other out-
of-home residential settings; 
(F) with disabilities; and
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(9) describe how local requirements for pro-
viding matching funds will be met, how resources 
will be leveraged, and the uses to which matching 
funds and leveraged resources will be applied, in car-
rying out the area plan; 
(10) provide for the establishment and mainte-
nance of outreach sufficient to ensure that youth 
and their families in the youth development area are 
aware of youth development programs providing ac-
cess to the core resources described in section 9002, 
and to ensure that the participation of youth is sus-
tained; 
(11) provide that the consortium will—
(A) conduct periodic evaluations of, and 
public hearings on, activities carried out under 
the area plan; 
(B) furnish technical assistance to entities 
carrying out youth development programs under 
this title within the youth development area; 
(C) establish effective and efficient proce-
dures for the coordination of—
(i) entities carrying out youth develop-
ment programs under this chapter within 
the youth development area; and
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(ii) entities carrying out other Fed-
eral, State, local, and private programs for 
youth within the youth development area; 
and 
(D) take into account in connection with 
matters of general policy arising in the develop-
ment and administration of the area plan, the 
views of youth who have participated in youth 
development programs or who desire to partici-
pate in youth development programs pursuant 
to the plan; and 
(12) provide for the utilization of entities car-
rying out volunteer service centers and organizations 
supporting youth in community service and civic 
participation in the area to—
(A) encourage and enlist the services of 
local volunteer groups to provide assistance and 
services appropriate to the unique develop-
mental needs of youth in the youth development 
area; 
(B) encourage, organize, and promote 
youth to serve as volunteers to communities in 
the area; and 
(C) promote recognition of the contribution 
made by youth volunteers to youth development
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programs administered in the youth develop-
ment area. 
SEC. 9109. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTI-
TIES. 
(a) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.—In implementing an 
area plan, once the plan has been submitted to and ap-
proved by the State agency, a consortium shall issue a re-
quest for proposals to award grants and contracts to eligi-
ble entities to carry out youth development programs 
under the plan. 
(b) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—The consortium shall 
use the funds made available through the allocation made 
to the consortium under this chapter to award grants and 
contracts on a competitive basis to eligible entities to pay 
for the Federal share of the cost of carrying out the youth 
development programs. Not more than 50 percent of the 
funds made available through the allocation made to the 
consortium may be awarded to a single recipient of a grant 
or contract unless the recipient is a coalition as described 
in section 9110(a)(1). 
(c) CONFLICT PROVISION.—The bylaws of the con-
sortium shall contain a conflict of interest provision that 
requires any member of the consortium or employee of the 
consortium who has a conflict of interest regarding any 
matter related to awarding a grant or contract under sub-
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section (b) to declare the conflict and refrain from voting 
on the award. 
(d) PERIOD.—The consortium may award such a 
grant or contract for a period of not more than 4 years. 
The consortium may terminate the funding made available 
through such grant or contract during such grant or con-
tract period for a youth development program if insuffi-
cient Federal funds are appropriated under section 9102 
to permit continuation of funding. 
(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 
cost of carrying out a program described in this sec-
tion shall be—
(A) 80 percent for the first and second 
year for which the program receives funding 
under this section; 
(B) 70 percent for the third such year; 
(C) 60 percent for the fourth such year; 
and 
(D) 50 percent for any subsequent year. 
(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—An entity that re-
ceives a grant or contract under this section may 
provide for the non-Federal share of the cost from 
non-Federal sources (which may include State or
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local public sources) in cash or in kind, fairly evalu-
ated, including facilities, equipment, or services. 
(3) ADJUSTMENTS.—A State agency may ad-
just the Federal share of the cost that applies to an 
entity that receives a grant or contract under this 
section from a consortium, in the event that the con-
sortium demonstrates significant economic need suf-
ficient to cause difficulties in area plan implementa-
tion. 
SEC. 9110. ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
or contract under section 9109, an entity shall be—
(1) a coalition of community-based youth-serv-
ing or youth development organizations, public agen-
cies, health and mental health agencies, education 
entities including community colleges, colleges, and 
universities, libraries and museums, parks and recre-
ation agencies, arts and cultural organizations, vol-
unteer centers, faith-based organizations, older adult 
organizations, or organizations supporting youth in-
volved in community service and civic participation; 
or 
(2) a community-based public or private youth-
serving or youth development organization.