section 231(a) through the awarding of grants to local
community partnerships or consortia.
(b) ELIGIBLE STATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a
grant under subsection (a), a State shall—
(A) provide assurances that a memoran-
dum of understanding or written cooperative
agreement has been entered into by the State
agencies responsible for education, health and
social services concerning the planned delivery
of comprehensive youth services;
(B) have a demonstrated financial and or-
ganizational commitment to providing com-
prehensive and co-located health, education, and
social services to at-risk youth through the
awarding of grants to local communities;
(C) currently support the coordinated de-
livery of such services through a system of
school-based, school-linked, or community-based
comprehensive youth services centers;
(D) provide documentation that services
are prioritized among communities that have
health and social indices that indicate a high
risk environment for youth, including high rates
of children in poverty or who lack access to
health care, teen pregnancy and early parent-
hood, sexually transmitted diseases including
HIV, school dropouts, community or gang vio-
lence, alcohol or other drug use, youth unem-
ployment and juvenile justice involvement; and
(E) prepare and submit to the Secretary
an application in accordance with section
231(b).
(2) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of para-
graph (1):
(A) The term ‘‘demonstrated financial
commitment’’ means the investment of State-
controlled financial and other resources avail-
able to States for the purposes of planning, co-
ordinating, and delivering comprehensive serv-
ices to youth in the most recent fiscal year.
(B) The term ‘‘demonstrated organiza-
tional commitment’’ means—
(i) an administrative mechanism in
place under which a statewide system of
local partnerships is implemented among
education and public and private health
and social service providers for collabora-
tion in the joint planning, coordination,
and delivery of comprehensive services to
youth populations; and
(ii) a defined strategic plan for the
manner in which the State provides tech-
nical assistance and training to localities
for the development of the collaborative
partnerships as described in clause (i).
Subtitle C—Provisions Relating to Both Local
and Statewide Grant Programs
SEC. 231. USE OF AMOUNTS AND APPLICATION.
(a) USE OF AMOUNTS.—
(1) CORE SERVICES.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—A consortia or State
entity awarded a grant under section 211 or
221 shall use amounts received under such
grant to coordinate and deliver core services de-
scribed in subparagraphs (B) and (C) through
a system of school-based, school-linked, or com-
munity-based youth centers, to serve in-school
and out-of-school youth and their families;
(B) COMPREHENSIVE
HEALTH, MENTAL
HEALTH, AND SOCIAL SERVICES.—With respect
to the delivery of comprehensive health, mental
health, and social services, a consortia or entity
shall ensure that—
(i) at a minimum, health screening
and health care services, counseling and
crisis intervention and referrals are pro-
vided on-site; and
(ii) health, mental health and social
services which cannot be provided directly
on-site will be secured through referrals to
community-based providers under contrac-
tual arrangements and a case management
system that ensures that youth receive
needed services and appropriate followup
services, including supportive services such
as the provision of transportation.
(C) YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT
AND
LIFE
PLANNING.—With respect to youth development
and life planning services, a consortia or entity
shall—
(i) provide programs and services that
promote the development of life skills and
social competencies which assist youth in
completing school or employment training
by helping them to establish life and career
goals and avoid high risk behaviors; and
(ii) provide programs and services
that are designed to prevent HIV and