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[CITE: 42USC5784]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 72--JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
 
SUBCHAPTER V--INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 5784. Grants for prevention programs


(a) Purposes

    The Administrator may make grants to a State, to be transmitted 
through the State advisory group to units of local government that meet 
the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, for delinquency 
prevention programs and activities for youth who have had contact with 
the juvenile justice system or who are likely to have contact with the 
juvenile justice system, including the provision to children, youth, and 
families of--
        (1) recreation services;
        (2) tutoring and remedial education;
        (3) assistance in the development of work awareness skills;
        (4) child and adolescent health and mental health services;
        (5) alcohol and substance abuse prevention services;
        (6) leadership development activities; and
        (7) the teaching that people are and should be held accountable 
    for their actions.

(b) Eligibility

    The requirements of this subsection are met with respect to a unit 
of general local government \1\ if--
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``unit of local government''.
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        (1) the unit is in compliance with the requirements of part B of 
    subchapter II of this chapter;
        (2) the unit has submitted to the State advisory group a 3-year 
    plan outlining the unit's local front end plans for investment for 
    delinquency prevention and early intervention activities;
        (3) the unit has included in its application to the 
    Administrator for formula grant funds a summary of the 3-year plan 
    described in paragraph (2);
        (4) pursuant to its 3-year plan, the unit has appointed a local 
    policy board of no fewer than 15 and no more than 21 members with 
    balanced representation of public agencies and private, nonprofit 
    organizations serving children, youth, and families and business and 
    industry;
        (5) the unit has, in order to aid in the prevention of 
    delinquency, included in its application a plan for the coordination 
    of services to at-risk youth and their families, including such 
    programs as nutrition, energy assistance, and housing;
        (6) the local policy board is empowered to make all 
    recommendations for distribution of funds and evaluation of 
    activities funded under this subchapter; and
        (7) the unit or State has agreed to provide a 50 percent match 
    of the amount of the grant, including the value of in-kind 
    contributions, to fund the activity.

(c) Priority

    In considering grant applications under this section, the 
Administrator shall give priority to applicants that demonstrate ability 
in--
        (1) plans for service and agency coordination and collaboration 
    including the colocation of services;
        (2) innovative ways to involve the private nonprofit and 
    business sector in delinquency prevention activities; and
        (3) developing or enhancing a statewide subsidy program to local 
    governments that is dedicated to early intervention and delinquency 
    prevention.

(Pub. L. 93-415, title V, Sec. 505, as added Pub. L. 102-586, Sec. 5(a), 
Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5028; amended Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, 
Sec. 101(b) [title I, Sec. 129(a)(2)(F)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-
50, 2681-76.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-277 substituted ``units of local 
government'' for ``units of general local government'' in introductory 
provisions.
