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by an advocate from the collaborating domestic
violence program, shelter, or organization, or
from a children’s services program with exper-
tise in serving children exposed to domestic vio-
lence; and
(E) refer children for follow-up services;
and
(2) to establish a collaborative working relation-
ship between police officers, the courts, and local do-
mestic violence programs, shelters, and organiza-
tions.
(c) APPLICATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a grant
under this section for any fiscal year, a local domes-
tic violence program, shelter, or organization, in col-
laboration with a local police department or local
court, shall submit an application to the Attorney
General at such time, and in such manner, as the
Attorney General shall require.
(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted
under paragraph (1) shall—
(A) describe the need for amounts provided
under the grant and the plan for implementa-
tion of the uses described in subsection (b);
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(B) describe the manner in which the local
domestic violence program, shelter, or organiza-
tion shall work in collaboration with the local
police department and local courts; and
(C) provide measurable goals and expected
results from the use of amounts provided under
this section.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated from the Violent Crime Reduction
Trust Fund established under section 310001 of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of
1994 (42 U.S.C. 14211) to carry out this section—
(A) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2002 through 2004; and
(B) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2005 and 2006.
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available
under paragraph (1) shall remain available until ex-
pended.
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Subtitle 
G—Enhancing 
Healthy
Emotional 
Development 
in
Young Children
SEC. 8601. ENHANCING HEALTHY EMOTIONAL DEVELOP-
MENT.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
(1) Researchers have identified external risk
factors that, particularly when found in combination,
can increase a young child’s risk for experiencing
problems in social or emotional development, includ-
ing factors such as exposure to traumatic events,
child abuse and neglect, parental mental health dis-
orders, unsatisfactory relationships, and deprivation.
Experiences involving these risk factors may occur
at home or in the community.
(2) There is growing evidence that positive ad-
aptation and social and emotional well-being in
young children can be enhanced, and that the im-
pact of risk factors for behavioral and emotional dis-
orders can be reduced by intervening early in homes,
child care and other early childhood programs, and
other settings.
(3) The Surgeon General’s Conference on Chil-
dren’s Mental Health has recommended the creation
of tangible tools for early childhood service providers
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to help the providers assess children’s social and
emotional needs, discuss issues relating to those
needs with families, and make referrals.
(4) Experience demonstrates that mental health
consultants can help staff, as well as children and
families, in early childhood programs promote
healthy social and emotional development in young
children, including those children already exposed to
violence and other damaging experiences.
(5) Success in school is dependent on social and
emotional development, as well as the attainment of
other competencies and skills, and investing early in
the promotion of healthy development in young chil-
dren will help children enter school ready to learn.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting
through the Assistant Secretary for Children and
Families.
(2) STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘State agency’’
means—
(A) the State office that coordinates early
childhood services in a State; or
(B) if an office described in subparagraph
(A) does not exist in a State, the State office
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that is responsible for early childhood programs
in the State.
(3) YOUNG CHILDREN.—The term ‘‘young chil-
dren’’ means individuals who are below the age of
compulsory school attendance for the State involved.
(c) GRANTS TO STATE AGENCIES.—
(1) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall establish a
program through which the Secretary may make
grants to State agencies, to enable the State agen-
cies to assist eligible entities to serve young children
and the families of the children by addressing the
mental health and developmental needs of the young
children in order to promote the children’s resilience,
emotional wellness, and healthy emotional develop-
ment.
(2) GRANT
PERIODS.—The Secretary shall
make the grants for periods of not more than 3
years.
(d) STATE APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive
a grant under subsection (c), a State agency shall submit
an application to the Secretary at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Secretary may
require. The application shall include the information and
assurances described in subsection (g), with respect to the
State.
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(e) GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—A State agen-
cy that receives a grant under subsection (c) shall use the
funds made available through the grant to make grants
to eligible entities to carry out programs to serve young
children and the families of the children as described in
subsection (c).
(f) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive a
grant under subsection (e), an entity shall—
(1) be an agency or organization that carries
out a home or center-based early childhood program,
child welfare program, substance abuse treatment
program, or domestic violence service and treatment
program, that serves or has regular contact with
young children;
(2) be an established consortium of agencies or
organizations described in paragraph (1); or
(3) be another entity (such as a child care re-
source and referral agency, an early childhood serv-
ice coordinating body, or a community mental health
center) that works with parents, agencies, or organi-
zations that serve young children in a community in
promoting the mental health and healthy emotional
development of young children; and
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(4) obtain the approval of the State agency for
an application submitted in accordance with sub-
section (g).
(g) LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a
grant under this section, an entity shall submit an
application to the State agency at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the
State agency may require.
(2) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the applica-
tion shall contain—
(A) a description of the young children
who are targeted to be served, or are most like-
ly to be served, with the funds made available
through the grant, and the problems the chil-
dren are facing or affected by (such as exposure
to parental depression, parental substance
abuse, child abuse or neglect, domestic violence,
community violence, homelessness, a parental
transition to the workforce, or other risk fac-
tors);
(B) an assurance that the assistance pro-
vided with funds made available through the
grant will be undertaken in a developmentally
appropriate and culturally competent manner,
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be child-centered, and, as applicable, family-fo-
cused, and consistent with the best knowledge
available about effective prevention and inter-
vention strategies to promote mental health and
healthy emotional development in young chil-
dren;
(C) the name of the entity that would ad-
minister the program carried out under the
grant;
(D) a description of the types of assistance
that will be provided with the funds to improve
the mental health and healthy emotional devel-
opment of young children;
(E) a description of how the program to be
carried out under the grant will complement
and be coordinated with the activities of, or car-
ried out by, any early childhood service coordi-
nating offices in the community in which the
grant activities will be carried out;
(F) an assurance that the applicant will
work collaboratively with mental health, early
childhood development, early intervention, edu-
cation, health, and other specialized violence
prevention or treatment experts, and other ex-
perts in the applicant’s community to coordi-
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nate services provided under this subtitle with
similar services and to better address the needs
of the young children the applicant serves;
(G) documentation that the applicant has
explored the extent to which funding under part
C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) and from other re-
lated Federal and State sources is available to
address the needs of the young children; and
(H) an assurance that the funds made
available through the grant will not be used for
activities that the State pays for with funds
made available under the medicaid program
carried out under title XIX of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), under the
State children’s health insurance program car-
ried out under title XXI of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.), or from State
and local funds for mental health programs.
(h) USE OF FUNDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graphs (2) and (3), an entity that receives a grant
under this section may use the funds made available
through the grant to promote the mental health and
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healthy emotional development of young children
by—
(A) providing screening and assessments of
the mental health and developmental needs of
the young children to be served under the grant
and, as appropriate, their families;
(B) providing for consultations with staff
of programs described in subsection (f)(1) by
mental health and other early childhood devel-
opment experts, such as speech and language
therapists and special education consultants,
who can provide programmatic and individual
child-centered and family-focused assistance to
help the staff respond in the manner most con-
ducive to promoting the mental health and
healthy emotional development of young chil-
dren;
(C) providing professional development, in-
cluding specialized training and supervision, for
staff of programs described in subsection (f)(1)
and other early childhood service providers and,
as appropriate, for families of young children,
about the mental health and developmental
needs of young children, to enable the staff and
families to develop the skills and competencies
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necessary to respond to the needs of, and pro-
vide needed assistance to, the young children
and their families to promote the children’s
mental health and healthy emotional develop-
ment;
(D) providing prevention and early inter-
vention services, including home visitation, par-
enting education, and other activities, parent-
child groups, and other individualized supports
for families of young children (including par-
ents, grandparents, other relative caregivers,
foster parents, and other individuals responsible
for raising young children), that are designed to
promote mental health and healthy emotional
development of young children;
(E) providing crisis services;
(F) facilitating access to treatment and
services to enable staff of programs described in
subsection (f)(1) to promote mental health and
healthy emotional development by attending ap-
propriately to the emotional and behavioral con-
cerns facing young children and their families;
(G) providing increased collaboration be-
tween staff of programs providing early child-
hood, child development, and children’s mental
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health services, and, as appropriate, staff from
other service delivery systems such as—
(i) the courts; and
(ii) service delivery systems for sub-
stance abuse treatment, domestic violence
service and treatment, health, and adult
and child mental health programs; and
(H) providing case management services
for young children and, as appropriate, their
families, to help link the children and families
who need more specialized interventions to ap-
propriate services and treatment.
(2) PLANNING AND COLLABORATION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—An entity that requests
authority to use grant funds made available
under this section for planning and collabora-
tion activities, and receives a grant under this
section, may use a portion of the grant funds
as described in subparagraph (B).
(B) ACTIVITIES.—The entity may use not
more than 50 percent of the grant funds for a
period of not more than 6 months at the begin-
ning of the grant period to carry out planning
and collaboration activities that will help ensure
that the needs of young children will be ad-
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dressed appropriately through the activities car-
ried out under the grant. The planning and col-
laboration activities shall build on the work of
and, to the extent possible, be carried out by
early childhood service coordinating offices in
the community in which the grant activities will
be carried out.
(3) DESIGNATED
ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary
may, during the 3-year period beginning on the date
of the establishment of the program described in
subsection (c), award grants to State agencies under
subsection (c), to enable the State agencies to assist
eligible entities specifically to promote the training
of early childhood mental health specialists, in con-
junction with entities such as community colleges,
schools of social work, and institutions offering psy-
chology programs, through degree programs or in-
ternships or fellowships in early childhood mental
health.
(i) STATE COLLABORATION.—The State agency shall
review applications submitted under subsection (g), make
grants under subsection (e), and carry out the administra-
tion and oversight of the programs described in subsection
(e) in collaboration with—
(1) the State mental health agency;
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(2) the State entity designated to receive col-
laboration grants under section 640(a)(5) of the
Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)(5)); and
(3) other State offices responsible for child wel-
fare programs, substance abuse treatment programs,
or domestic violence service programs, serving young
children within the State.
(j) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds appro-
priated pursuant to the authority of this section shall be
used to supplement and not supplant other public funds
expended to promote the mental health and healthy emo-
tional development of young children.
(k) COLLABORATION.—In carrying out this section,
the Secretary shall collaborate with the Administrator of
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin-
istration, the Administrator of the Health Care Financing
Administration, and the heads of relevant offices of the
Department of Education that address the concerns of
young children.
(l) REPORT.—A State that receives a grant under
this section shall, not later than 90 days after the end
of the grant period, prepare and submit to the Secretary
a report that includes—
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(1) information on the needs of the young chil-
dren, and their families, who were assisted with the
grant funds;
(2) information on the strategies for which the
grant funds were used, and how the funds were com-
bined with other funds to expand the strategies;
(3) documentation that the activities provided
were developmentally appropriate, child-centered,
and, as appropriate, family-focused, and directed to-
ward preventing emotional problems, and involved
collaboration with mental health and other develop-
mental experts;
(4) a discussion of—
(A) the extent to which entities in the
State increased the number of activities (similar
to activities carried out under this section) car-
ried out in the State that were funded from
sources other than funds made available under
this section during the grant period; and
(B) the barriers to increasing the number
of those activities that were so funded; and
(5) a discussion of how the funds made avail-
able through the grant helped to improve outcomes
for the young children and families served, particu-
larly with regard to the goal of school readiness.
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(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
section—
(1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
(2) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
(3) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
(4) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
(5) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
TITLE IX—SUCCESSFUL
TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD
Subtitle A—21st Century
Community Learning Centers
SEC. 9001. CENTERS.
Part I of title X (20 U.S.C. 8241 et seq.) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘PART I—21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING
CENTERS
‘‘SEC. 10901. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This part may be cited as the ‘21st Century Com-
munity Learning Centers Act’.
‘‘SEC. 10902. PURPOSE.
‘‘The purpose of this part is to provide opportunities
to communities to establish or expand activities in commu-
nity learning centers that—
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‘‘(1) provide opportunities for academic enrich-
ment, including providing tutorial services to help
students, particularly students who attend low-per-
forming schools, to meet State and local student per-
formance standards in core academic subjects, such
as reading and mathematics;
‘‘(2) offer students a broad array of additional
services, programs, and activities, such as youth de-
velopment activities, drug and violence prevention
programs, art, music, and recreation programs, tech-
nology education programs, and character education
programs, that are designed to reinforce and com-
plement the regular academic program of partici-
pating students; and
‘‘(3) offer families of students enrolled in com-
munity learning centers opportunities for lifelong
learning and literacy development.
‘‘SEC. 10903. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘In this part:
‘‘(1) COMMUNITY
LEARNING
CENTER.—The
term ‘community learning center’ is an entity that—
‘‘(A)(i) assists students to meet State con-
tent and student performance standards in core
academic subjects, such as reading and mathe-
matics, by primarily providing to the students,
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during non-school hours or periods when school
is not in session, tutorial and other academic
enrichment services in addition to other activi-
ties (such as youth development activities, drug
and violence prevention programs, art, music,
and recreation programs, technology education
programs, and character education programs)
that reinforce and complement the regular aca-
demic program of the students; and
‘‘(ii) offers families of students enrolled in
such center opportunities for lifelong learning
and literacy development; and
‘‘(B) is operated by 1 or more local edu-
cational agencies, community-based organiza-
tions, units of general purpose local govern-
ment, or other public or private entities.
‘‘(2) COVERED PROGRAM.—The term ‘covered
program’ means a program for which—
‘‘(A) the Secretary made a grant under
this part (as in effect on the day before the
date of enactment of the Leave No Child Be-
hind Act of 2001); and
‘‘(B) the grant period had not ended on
that date of enactment.
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‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘eli-
gible organization’ means—
‘‘(A) a local educational agency, a commu-
nity-based organization, a unit of general pur-
pose local government, or another public or pri-
vate entity; or
‘‘(B) a consortium of entities described in
subparagraph (A).
‘‘(4) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the State
educational agency of a State (as defined in section
14101).
‘‘(5) UNIT OF GENERAL PURPOSE LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENT.—The term ‘unit of general purpose local
government’ means any city, town, township, parish,
village, or other general purpose political subdivision.
‘‘SEC. 10904. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to award grants to
States to make awards to eligible organizations to plan,
implement, or expand community learning centers that
serve—
‘‘(1) students who primarily attend—
‘‘(A) schools eligible for schoolwide pro-
grams under section 1114; or
‘‘(B) schools that serve a high percentage
of students from low-income families; and
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‘‘(2) the families of students described in para-
graph (1).
‘‘SEC. 10905. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.
‘‘(a) RESERVATION.—From the funds appropriated
under section 10910 for any fiscal year, the Secretary
shall reserve—
‘‘(1) such amount as may be necessary to make
continuation awards for covered programs to grant
recipients under this part (under the terms of those
grants), as in effect on the day before the date of
enactment of the Leave No Child Behind Act of
2001;
‘‘(2) not more than 1 percent for national ac-
tivities, which the Secretary may carry out directly
or through grants and contracts, such as providing
technical assistance to organizations carrying out
programs under this part or conducting a national
evaluation; and
‘‘(3) not more than 1 percent for payments to
the outlying areas and the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
to be allotted in accordance with their respective
needs for assistance under this part, as determined
by the Secretary, to enable the areas and the Bu-
reau to carry out the objectives of this part.
‘‘(b) STATE ALLOTMENTS.—
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local content and performance standards by increas-
ing their academic performance and achievement;
‘‘(4) describe how the State will ensure that
awards made under this part are—
‘‘(A) of sufficient size and scope to support
high-quality, effective programs that are con-
sistent with the purpose of this part; and
‘‘(B) in amounts that are consistent with
section 10908(b);
‘‘(5) contain an assurance that the State—
‘‘(A) will not make awards for programs
that exceed 4 years;
‘‘(B) will ensure an equitable distribution
of awards among urban and rural areas of the
State; and
‘‘(C) will require each eligible organization
seeking such an award to submit a plan de-
scribing how the center to be funded through
the award will continue after funding under this
part ends;
‘‘(6) describe the State’s performance measures
for programs carried out under this part, including
measures relating to increased academic perform-
ance and achievement, and how the State will evalu-
ate the effectiveness of those programs;
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‘‘(7) contain an assurance that funds appro-
priated to carry out this part will be used to supple-
ment, and not supplant, other Federal, State, and
local public funds expended to provide programs and
activities authorized under this part; and
‘‘(8) contain an assurance that the State will
require eligible organizations to describe in their ap-
plications under section 10909 how the transpor-
tation needs of participating students will be ad-
dressed.
‘‘SEC. 10907. STATE-LEVEL ACTIVITIES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives an allot-
ment under section 10905 for a fiscal year shall use not
more than 6 percent of the funds made available through
the allotment for State-level activities described in para-
graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b).
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) PLANNING, PEER
REVIEW, AND
SUPER-
VISION.—The State may use not more than 3 per-
cent of the funds made available through the allot-
ment to pay for the costs of—
‘‘(A) establishing and implementing a peer
review process for applications described in sec-
tion 10909 (including consultation with the
Governor and other State agencies responsible
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for administering youth development programs
and adult learning activities);
‘‘(B) supervising the awarding of funds to
eligible organizations (in consultation with the
Governor and other State agencies responsible
for administering youth development programs
and adult learning activities);
‘‘(C) planning and supervising the use of
funds made available under this part, and proc-
essing the funds; and
‘‘(D) monitoring activities.
‘‘(2) EVALUATION, TRAINING, AND TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The State may use not more than 3
percent of the funds made available through the al-
lotment to pay for the costs of—
‘‘(A) comprehensive evaluation (directly, or
through a grant or contract) of the effectiveness
of programs and activities provided under this
part; and
‘‘(B) providing training and technical as-
sistance to eligible organizations who are appli-
cants or recipients of awards under this part.
‘‘SEC. 10908. AWARDS TO ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.
‘‘(a) AWARDS.—A State that receives an allotment
under section 10905 for a fiscal year shall use not less
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than 94 percent of the funds made available through the
allotment to make awards on a competitive basis to eligible
organizations.
‘‘(b) AMOUNTS.—The State shall make the awards
in amounts of not less than $50,000.
‘‘SEC. 10909. LOCAL APPLICATION.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive an
award under this part, an eligible organization shall sub-
mit an application to the State at such time, in such man-
ner, and including such information as the State may rea-
sonably require. Each such application shall include—
‘‘(1) an evaluation of the needs, available re-
sources, and goals and objectives for the proposed
community learning center and a description of how
the program proposed to be carried out in the center
will address those needs (including the needs of
working families); and
‘‘(2) a description of the proposed community
learning center, including—
‘‘(A) a description of how the eligible orga-
nization will ensure that the program proposed
to be carried out at the center will reinforce and
complement the instructional programs of the
schools that students served by the program at-
tend;
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‘‘(B) an identification of Federal, State,
and local programs that will be combined or co-
ordinated with the proposed program in order
to make the most effective use of public re-
sources;
‘‘(C) an assurance that the proposed pro-
gram was developed, and will be carried out, in
active collaboration with the schools the stu-
dents attend;
‘‘(D) evidence that the eligible organization
has experience, or demonstrates promise of suc-
cess, in providing educational and related activi-
ties that will complement and enhance the stu-
dents’ academic performance and achievement
and positive youth development;
‘‘(E) an assurance that the program will
take place in a safe and easily accessible school
or other facility;
‘‘(F) a description of how students partici-
pating in the program carried out by the center
will travel safely to and from the center and
home;
‘‘(G) a description of how the eligible orga-
nization will disseminate information about the
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program to the community in a manner that is
understandable and accessible; and
‘‘(H) a description of a preliminary plan
for how the center will continue after funding
under this part ends.
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In making awards under this part,
the State shall give equal priority to applications—
‘‘(1) submitted jointly by schools receiving
funding under part A of title I and community-based
organizations or other eligible organizations;
‘‘(2) submitted by such schools or consortia of
such schools; and
‘‘(3) submitted by community-based organiza-
tions or other eligible organizations serving commu-
nities in which such schools are located.
‘‘(c) APPROVAL OF CERTAIN APPLICATIONS.—The
State may approve an application under this part for a
program to be located in a facility other than an elemen-
tary school or secondary school, only if the program—
‘‘(1) will be accessible to the students proposed
in the application to be served; and
‘‘(2) will be as effective as the program would
be if the program were located in such a school.
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‘‘SEC. 10910. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this part $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the 6 succeeding
fiscal years.
Subtitle B—Youth Development
CHAPTER 1—SHORT TITLE; POLICY;
FINDINGS; DEFINITIONS
SEC. 9101. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Younger Ameri-
cans Act’’.
SEC. 9102. A NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY.
It is the policy of the United States, in keeping with
the traditional United States concept that youth are the
Nation’s most valuable resource, that youth of the Nation
need, and it is the joint and several duty and responsibility
of governments of the United States, of the several States
and political subdivisions, and of Indian tribes, to assure
that all youth have access to, the full array of core re-
sources, including—
(1) ongoing relationships with caring adults;
(2) safe places with structured activities;
(3) services that promote healthy lifestyles, in-
cluding services designed to improve physical and
mental health;
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(4) opportunities to acquire marketable skills
and competencies; and
(5) opportunities for community service and
civic participation.
SEC. 9103. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) young people under 18 years of age are now
the most impoverished age group, with 1 of every 5
of the young people living in poverty, a greater pro-
portion than in 1968, with the proportion of minor-
ity children who are living in poverty being about
twice as great;
(2) more than 1 of 4 families is headed by a
single parent and the percentage of families headed
by single parents has risen steadily over the past few
decades, and has risen 13 percent since 1990;
(3) approximately 8,000,000 school-age children
under 14 years of age spend time without adult su-
pervision on a regular basis;
(4) an estimated 11,000,000 United States chil-
dren have no health insurance and 9 out of 10 of
such children have parents who work;
(5) there is a need to address the developmental
needs of all youth while providing more intensive
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support for youth in communities where need is
greatest;
(6) there is a need to engage youth as active
participants in decisionmaking that affects their
lives, including the design, development, implementa-
tion, and evaluation of youth development programs
at the Federal, State, and community levels;
(7) existing outcome driven youth development
strategies, pioneered by community-based organiza-
tions, hold real promise for promoting positive be-
haviors and preventing youth problems;
(8) formal evaluations of youth development
programs have documented significant improvements
in interpersonal skills, quality of peer and adult rela-
tionships, self-control, cognitive competencies, com-
mitment to schooling, and academic achievement;
(9) formal evaluations of youth development
programs have documented significant reductions in
drug and alcohol use, school misbehavior, aggressive
behavior, violence, truancy, high-risk sexual behav-
ior, and smoking;
(10) compared to United States youth gen-
erally, youth participating in activities provided by
community-based organizations are more than 26
percent more likely to report having received rec-
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ognition for good grades than United States youth
generally and nearly 20 percent more likely to rate
the likelihood of their going to college as ‘‘very high’’
than United States youth generally;
(11) a partnership between the public and pri-
vate sector is necessary to promote access to the full
array of core resources for youth who need such re-
sources because the private sector alone does not
have the capacity to promote such access; and
(12) the availability and use of Federal re-
sources can be effective incentives to leverage broad-
er community support to enable entities carrying out
or providing local programs, activities, and services
to provide the full array of core resources, remove
barriers to access, promote program effectiveness,
and facilitate coordination of activities and collabo-
ration within the community.
SEC. 9104. DEFINITIONS.
In this subtitle:
(1) AREA AGENCY ON YOUTH.—The term ‘‘area
agency on youth’’ means an area agency on youth
designated under section 9124(a)(2)(A).
(2) ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER.—The term ‘‘As-
sociate Commissioner’’ means the Associate Commis-
sioner of the Family and Youth Services Bureau of
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the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
of the Department of Health and Human Services.
(3) COMMUNITY-BASED.—The term ‘‘commu-
nity-based’’, used with respect to an organization,
means an organization that—
(A) is representative of a community or
significant segment of a community; and
(B) is engaged in providing services to the
community.
(4) COMMUNITY BOARD.—The term ‘‘commu-
nity board’’ means a community board established in
accordance with section 9127(a).
(5) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means
the Director of the Office on National Youth Policy.
(6) FUNDING AND COORDINATING AGENCY.—
The term ‘‘funding and coordinating agency’’ means
an organization that is directed by a board with wide
representation from a community, that generates
and distributes charitable funds for diverse health
and human service programs and coordinates the ef-
forts of multiple agencies as needed or requested,
but that does not itself provide direct services to
children, youth, or their families.
(7) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 4(d) of the Indian Self-
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Determination and Education Assistance Act (25
U.S.C. 450b(d)).
(8) NATIVE
AMERICAN
ORGANIZATION.—The
term ‘‘Native American organization’’ means—
(A) a tribal organization, as defined in sec-
tion 4(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(l));
(B) a Native Hawaiian Organization, as
defined in section 4009(4) of the Augustus F.
Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and
Secondary School Improvement Amendments of
1988 (20 U.S.C. 4909(4)) (as in effect on the
day before the date of enactment of the Improv-
ing America’s Schools Act of 1994);
(C) an Alaska Native Village Corporation
or Regional Corporation as defined in or estab-
lished pursuant to the Alaskan Native Claims
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); or
(D) a private nonprofit organization estab-
lished for the purpose of serving youth who are
Indians or Native Hawaiians.
(9) NATIVE HAWAIIAN.—The term ‘‘Native Ha-
waiian’’ has the meaning given the term in section
4009(1) of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T.
Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improve-
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ment Amendments of 1988 (20 U.S.C. 4909(1)) (as
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of
the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994).
(10) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the
Office of National Youth Policy.
(11) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’
means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(12) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of
the several States of the United States, the District
of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(13) UNIT OF GENERAL PURPOSE LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENT.—The term ‘‘unit of general purpose local
government’’ means—
(A) a political subdivision of a State whose
authority is general and not limited to only 1
function or combination of related functions; or
(B) a Native American organization.
(14) YOUTH.—The term ‘‘youth’’ means an in-
dividual who is not younger than age 10 and not
older than age 19.
(15) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.—
The term ‘‘youth development’’, used with respect to
an organization, means a public or private youth-
serving organization with a major emphasis on pro-
viding youth development programs.
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(16) YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS.—The
term ‘‘youth development programs’’ means pro-
grams that prepare youth to contribute to their com-
munities and to meet the challenges of adolescence
and adulthood through a structured, progressive se-
ries of activities and experiences that (in contrast to
deficit-based approaches that focus solely on youth
problems) that—
(A) help the youth obtain social, emotional,
ethical, physical, and cognitive competencies;
and
(B) address the broader developmental re-
sources all children and youth need, such as the
core resources described in section 9102.
(17) 
YOUTH-SERVING
ORGANIZATION.—The
term ‘‘youth-serving’’, used with respect to an orga-
nization, means a public or private organization with
a primary focus on providing youth development pro-
grams, or health, mental health, fitness, education,
workforce preparation, substance abuse prevention,
child welfare, psychological, parenting, recreation,
teen pregnancy prevention, rehabilitative, or residen-
tial services, to youth.
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CHAPTER 2—COORDINATION OF
NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY
SEC. 9111. OFFICE ON NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the
Executive Office of the President an Office of National
Youth Policy.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Office of National Youth
Policy established under subsection (a) shall be adminis-
tered by a Director who shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director appointed
under subsection (b) shall—
(1) establish, in cooperation with the Associate
Commissioner, policies, objectives, and priorities for
programs funded under this subtitle;
(2) serve as an effective and visible advocate for
youth in the Federal Government, and with other
departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the
Federal Government, by actively reviewing and com-
menting on all Federal policies affecting youth;
(3) develop mechanisms to resolve administra-
tive and programmatic conflicts between Federal
programs that would be barriers to parents, commu-
nity-based, youth-serving, and youth development or-
ganizations, local government entities, education en-
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tities, older adult organizations, faith-based organi-
zations, and organizations supporting youth involved
in community service and civic participation, related
to the coordination of services and funding for pro-
grams promoting access to the full array of core re-
sources described in section 9102; and
(4) consult with and assist State and local gov-
ernments with respect to barriers the governments
encounter related to the coordination of services and
funding for programs under this subtitle.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purposes of carrying out this chapter, there are authorized
to be appropriated $500,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding
fiscal years, to remain available until expended.
SEC. 9112. COUNCIL ON NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the
Office a Council on National Youth Policy (referred
to in this section as the ‘‘Council’’).
(2) COMPOSITION.—
(A) NUMBER.—The Council shall be com-
posed of 12 members.
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(B) 
QUALIFICATIONS.—The 
President
shall appoint the 12 members of the Council
from among—
(i) individuals who have expertise or
experience with youth development or
youth-serving programs, especially pro-
grams serving rural and inner-city urban
youth;
(ii) representatives of national organi-
zations with an interest in youth develop-
ment programs;
(iii) representatives of business;
(iv) representatives of minorities; and
(v) parents.
(C) AGE.—At least 1⁄3 of the individuals
appointed shall be younger than age 21 at the
time of appointment.
(D) LIMITATIONS.—No full-time officer or
employee of the Federal Government may be
appointed to be a member of the Council.
(b) APPOINTMENT AND TERMS.—
(1) TERMS.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise
provided in this section, a member of the Coun-
cil shall serve for a term of 3 years.
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(B) END OF TERM.—The term shall end
on March 31 regardless of the actual date of
the appointment of the member.
(2) SERVICE.—Members of the Council shall
serve without regard to the provisions of title 5,
United States Code.
(c) SERVICE DURING VACANCIES.—Any member ap-
pointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration
of the term for which such member’s predecessor was ap-
pointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term.
Members shall be eligible for reappointment and may con-
tinue to serve after the expiration of their terms until their
successors have taken office.
(d) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Council shall
not affect the powers of the Council, but shall be filled
in the same manner as the original appointment was
made.
(e) CHAIRPERSON.—The President shall designate a
Chairperson for the Council from among the members ap-
pointed to the Council.
(f) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet at the call
of the Chairperson at least twice a year.
(g) DUTIES.—The Council shall—
(1) advise and assist the President on matters
regarding the core resources youth need and the ca-
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pacity of youth to contribute to the Nation and their
communities;
(2) directly advise the Director and the Asso-
ciate Commissioner on matters affecting the youth
development needs of youth for services and assist-
ance under this subtitle;
(3) make recommendations to the President, to
the Director, to the Secretary, to the Associate Com-
missioner, and to Congress with respect to Federal
policies regarding youth; and
(4) provide public forums for discussion, pub-
licize the core resources youth need, and obtain in-
formation relating to assuring all youth access to the
full array of core resources described in section
9102, by conducting public hearings, and by con-
ducting or sponsoring conferences, workshops, and
other similar meetings.
(h) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members of the Council
shall not receive compensation for the performance of
services for the Council, but shall be allowed travel ex-
penses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates
authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I
of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away
from their homes or regular places of business in the per-
formance of services for the Council. Notwithstanding sec-
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tion 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Director
may accept the voluntary and uncompensated services of
members of the Council.
(i) REPORTS.—Not later than March 31 of 2003 and
each subsequent year, the Council shall prepare and sub-
mit to the President an annual report of the findings and
recommendations of the Council. The President shall
transmit each such report to Congress together with com-
ments and recommendations.
(j) PERMANENT COMMITTEE.—Section 14 of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not
apply to the Council.
(k) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$250,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal years 2003 through 2006.
CHAPTER 3—GRANTS FOR STATE AND
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
SEC. 9121. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this chapter is to encourage and as-
sist State agencies, community boards, and area agencies
on youth to mobilize and support communities in planning,
implementing, and being accountable for strategies that
link community-based organizations, local government,
volunteer centers, schools, faith-based organizations, busi-
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ness, and other segments of the community to assure that
all youth have access to the full array of core resources
consisting of—
(1) ongoing relationships with caring adults;
(2) safe places with structured activities;
(3) services that promote healthy lifestyles, in-
cluding services designed to improve physical and
mental health;
(4) opportunities to acquire marketable skills
and competencies; and
(5) opportunities for community service and
civic participation.
SEC. 9122. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this chapter $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2002,
$750,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, $1,000,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2004, $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, and
$2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
SEC. 9123. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.
(a) RESERVATIONS.—From sums appropriated under
section 9122 for each fiscal year, the Associate Commis-
sioner shall reserve—
(1) 95 percent of the sums for allotments to
States to enable the States to make allocations to
area agencies on youth;
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(2) 1 percent of the sums for grants to Native
American organizations to carry out activities con-
sistent with the objectives of this chapter;
(3) 1 percent of the sums for grants to outlying
areas to carry out activities consistent with the ob-
jectives of this chapter; and
(4) 3 percent of the sums for Federal discre-
tionary grant programs aimed at demonstrating
ways to respond to the special developmental needs
of youth—
(A) in correctional facilities and other out-
of-home residential settings;
(B) in areas with high concentrations of
poverty;
(C) in rural areas; and
(D) in situations where youth are at higher
risk due to abuse, neglect, disconnection from
family, disconnection from school, or another
community risk factor.
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—For each fiscal year for which
a State receives a State allotment, the State shall ensure
that funds made available through the allotment shall be
used for the purpose of conducting community-based
youth development programs that—
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(1) recognize the primary role of the family in
positive youth development in order to strengthen
families;
(2) promote the involvement of youth (including
program participants), parents, and other commu-
nity members in the planning and implementation of
the programs;
(3) coordinate services with other entities pro-
viding youth and family services in the community;
(4) eliminate barriers, such as transportation,
cost, and service delivery location, to the accessibility
of core youth development services;
(5) provide, directly or through a written con-
tract, a broad variety of accessible programs, activi-
ties, and services for youth that are designed to as-
sist youth in acquiring skills and competencies that
are necessary to make a successful transition from
childhood to adulthood;
(6) incorporate activities that foster relation-
ships between positive adult role models and youth,
provide age-appropriate activities, and provide activi-
ties that engage youth in, and promote, positive
youth development, including activities such as—
(A) youth clubs, character development ac-
tivities, mentoring, community service, leader-
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ship development, recreation, and literacy and
educational tutoring;
(B) sports, workforce readiness activities,
peer counseling, and fine and performing arts;
and
(C) camping and environmental education,
cultural enrichment, risk avoidance programs,
academic enrichment, and participant-defined
special interest group activities, courses, or
club; and
(7) employ strong outreach efforts to engage
the participation of a wide range of youth, families,
and service providers.
(c) ALLOTMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), from sums reserved under subsection
(a)(1), the Associate Commissioner shall allot to
each State the sum (referred to in this chapter as
the ‘‘State allotment’’) of—
(A) an amount that bears the same rela-
tion to 1⁄2 of the reserved sums as the number
of individuals who are not younger than age 10
and not older than age 19 in the State bears
to the number of such individuals in all the
States; and
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(B) an amount that bears the same rela-
tion to 1⁄2 of the reserved sums as the number
of youth who are receiving free or reduced price
lunches under the school lunch program estab-
lished under the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) in
the State bears to the number of such youth in
all the States.
(2) STATE MINIMUM.—No State shall be allot-
ted less than 0.40 percent of the reserved sums for
a fiscal year.
(3) DETERMINATIONS.—For purposes of this
subsection, the number of individuals who are not
younger than age 10 and not older than age 19 in
any State and in all the States, and 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 in any State and in all the States, shall be de-
termined by the Associate Commissioner on the
basis of the most recent data available from the Bu-
reau of the Census, and other reliable demographic
data satisfactory to the Associate Commissioner.
(d) REALLOTMENTS.—Whenever the Associate Com-
missioner determines that any amount allotted to a State
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for a fiscal year under this section will not be used by
such State for carrying out the purpose for which the al-
lotment was made, the Associate Commissioner shall make
such amount available for carrying out such purpose to
1 or more other States to the extent the Associate Com-
missioner determines that such other States will be able
to use such amount for carrying out such purpose.
(e) WITHHOLDING.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—If the Associate Commis-
sioner finds that any State has failed to meet the
State plan requirements of section 9125 or the allo-
cation requirements of section 9126(b), the Asso-
ciate Commissioner shall withhold the State allot-
ment from such State.
(2) DISBURSAL.—The Associate Commissioner
shall disburse the funds withheld directly to any en-
tity that is a public or private institution, organiza-
tion, or agency, or unit of general purpose local gov-
ernment of such State that submits an approved
plan described in section 9128, if the plan includes
an agreement that the entity will—
(A) make available (directly or through do-
nations from public or private entities) non-
Federal contributions, in cash or in kind, in an
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amount equal to a percentage determined for
the State of the funds; and
(B) comply with the requirements of this
subtitle that apply to States receiving State al-
lotments under this section.
SEC. 9124. STATE AGENCIES AND PLANNING AND MOBILI-
ZATION AREAS.
(a) STATE AGENCIES.—In order for a State to be eli-
gible to receive a State allotment under this chapter—
(1) the State shall, in accordance with regula-
tions issued by the Associate Commissioner, des-
ignate a State agency as the sole State agency to—
(A) develop a State plan to be submitted
to the Associate Commissioner for approval
pursuant to section 9125;
(B) administer the plan in the State;
(C) be primarily responsible for the plan-
ning, policy development, administration, co-
ordination, priority setting, and evaluation of
all State activities related to the objectives of
this subtitle;
(D) serve as an effective and visible advo-
cate for youth by reviewing and commenting on
all State plans, budgets, and policies that affect
youth; and
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(E) divide the State into distinct planning
and mobilization areas, after considering the
views offered by units of general purpose local
government and appropriate public or private
agencies and organizations in the State, in ac-
cordance with regulations issued by the Asso-
ciate Commissioner; and
(2) the State agency shall—
(A) designate for each such area, after
consideration of the views offered by the units
of general purpose local government and by
agencies and organizations in such areas, a
public or private nonprofit agency or organiza-
tion to serve as the area agency on youth for
such area;
(B) provide assurances that the State
agency will solicit and take into account, with
regard to general policy related to the develop-
ment and the administration of the State plan
for any fiscal year, the views of youth who are
the recipients of services provided for in the
plan;
(C) in accordance with guidelines issued by
the Associate Commissioner, make allocations
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to area agencies on youth pursuant to section
9126(b);
(D) provide reasonable assurances that
Federal funds made available under this chap-
ter for the State for any period will be used to
supplement, and not supplant, the State, local,
and other funds that would in the absence of
such Federal funds be made available for the
programs, services, and activities described in
this chapter;
(E) coordinate the activities of the State
agency with other State agencies and offices,
including—
(i) State Commissions on National
and Community Service established under
section 178 of the National and Commu-
nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12638);
(ii) entities carrying out programs
under the Runaway and Homeless Youth
Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) and other
programs under the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 5601 et seq.);
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(iii) entities carrying out independent
living programs;
(iv) entities carrying out foster care
programs;
(v) youth councils established under
section 117(h) of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2832(h));
and
(vi) entities carrying out activities
through 21st Century Community Learn-
ing Centers under part I of title X of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8241 et seq.); and
(F) compile reports from area agencies on
youth, including outcome data and evaluation
information regarding programs funded under
this chapter, provide an annual report based on
the compilation to the Associate Commissioner,
and provide a copy of such report to the Direc-
tor.
(b) PLANNING AND MOBILIZATION AREAS.—
(1) UNIT OF GENERAL PURPOSE LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENT.—
(A) CRITERIA.—In carrying out subsection
(a)(1), the State agency may designate as a
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planning and mobilization area any unit of gen-
eral purpose local government that has a popu-
lation of 100,000 or more. In particular, the
State agency may designate such a unit as a
planning and mobilization area if the unit has
been engaged in youth development program
planning and mobilization, such as a commu-
nity of promise coordinated by America’s Prom-
ise: the Alliance for Youth.
(B) HEARING.—In any case in which a
unit of general purpose local government ap-
plies to the State agency to be designated as a
planning and mobilization area under this para-
graph, the State agency shall, upon request,
provide an opportunity for a hearing to such
unit of general purpose local government.
(2) REGION.—The State agency may designate
as a planning and mobilization area under sub-
section (a)(1) any region in the State that includes
1 or more units of general purpose local government
if the State agency determines that the designation
of such a regional planning and mobilization area is
necessary for, and will enhance, the effective admin-
istration of the programs authorized by this chapter.
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SEC. 9130. ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant
or contract under section 9129, an entity shall be—
(1) a consortium of community-based youth-
serving or youth development organizations, public
agencies, health and mental health agencies, edu-
cation entities including community colleges, col-
leges, and universities, volunteer centers, faith-based
organizations, older adult organizations, or organiza-
tions supporting youth involved in community service
and civic participation; or
(2) a community-based public or private youth-
serving or youth development organization.
(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants and contracts
under section 9129, an area agency on youth shall give
priority to—
(1) entities that carry out health and human
service programs (as of the date of submission of the
area plan) that use proven methods and materials
supported by evaluation and have proven records of
effective service delivery and sustainability; and
(2) entities that submit applications under sec-
tion 9131 that—
(A) evidence collaboration among commu-
nity agencies in providing services under an
area plan; and
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goals and objectives and used evaluations
to improve goals, objectives, and activities;
(B) whether the programs and initiatives
have been designed and implemented in a man-
ner that specifically targets, if relevant to the
program or initiative involved—
(i) research-based variables that are
predictive of healthy youth development;
(ii) risk factors that are predictive of
an increased likelihood that youth will use
drugs, alcohol, or tobacco, or engage in vi-
olence or drop out of school; or
(iii) protective factors, buffers, or as-
sets that are known to protect youth from
exposure to risk, either by reducing the ex-
posure to risk factors or by changing the
way a youth responds to risk, and to in-
crease the likelihood of positive youth de-
velopment;
(C) whether the programs and initiatives
have appreciably reduced individual risk-taking
behavior and community risk factors and in-
creased either individual or community protec-
tive factors; and