[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 1806 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1806

To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to 
    provide quality prevention programs and accountability programs 
       relating to juvenile delinquency, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2007

Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas (for herself, Mrs. Christensen, and 
Mr. Rodriguez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to 
    provide quality prevention programs and accountability programs 
       relating to juvenile delinquency, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Youth Crime Deterrence Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. STATE PLANS.

    Section 223(a) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (11)(A)--
                    (A) in clause (i) by adding ``and'' at the end,
                    (B) by striking clause (ii), and
                    (C) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii),
            (2) in paragraph (27) by striking ``and'' at the end,
            (3) in paragraph (28) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon, and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(24) provide that the State shall develop and implement 
        standards to reduce incidence of juveniles who are missing from 
        a detention or placement setting, and to locate and return such 
        juveniles to such setting;
            ``(25) provide that the State shall ensure placement of 
        each child leaving the juvenile justice system in stable and 
        appropriate permanent or transitional housing; and
            ``(26) provide a description of the use by the State of 
        funds under this part and other funds for reentry and aftercare 
        services for juveniles released from the juvenile justice 
        system.''.

SEC. 3. JUVENILE CRIME INTERVENTION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS.

    Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating part F as part J, and
            (2) by inserting after part E the following:

     ``PART F--SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY BASED JUVENILE GANG PREVENTION

``SEC. 271. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.

    ``The Administrator may make grants to or contracts with public 
agencies (including local educational agencies) and nonprofit private 
agencies, organizations, and institutions to establish and support 
programs and activities that involve families and communities and that 
are designed to carry out any of the following purposes:
            ``(1) To prevent and to reduce the participation of 
        juveniles in the activities of gangs that commit crimes. Such 
        programs and activities may include--
                    ``(A) individual, peer, family, and group 
                counseling (including the provision of life skills 
                training and preparation for living independently) 
                which shall include cooperation with social services, 
                welfare, and health care programs;
                    ``(B) education and social services designed to 
                address the social and developmental needs of juveniles 
                which such juveniles would otherwise seek to have met 
                through membership in gangs;
                    ``(C) crisis intervention and counseling to 
                juveniles who are particularly at risk of gang 
                involvement, and their families, including assistance 
                from social service, welfare, health care, mental 
                health, and substance abuse prevention and treatment 
                agencies if necessary;
                    ``(D) the organization of neighborhood and 
                community groups to work closely with parents, schools, 
                law enforcement, and other public and private agencies 
                in the community; and
                    ``(E) training and assistance to adults who have 
                significant relationships with juveniles who are or may 
                become members of gangs, to assist such adults in 
                providing constructive alternatives to participating in 
                the activities of gangs.
            ``(2) To facilitate coordination and cooperation among--
                    ``(A) local education, juvenile justice, 
                employment, and social service agencies; and
                    ``(B) community-based programs with a proven record 
                of effectively providing prevention and intervention 
                services to juvenile gang members for the purpose of 
                reducing the participation of juveniles in illegal gang 
                activities.
            ``(3) To support programs that, in recognition of varying 
        degrees of the seriousness of delinquent behavior and the 
        corresponding gradations in the responses of the juvenile 
        justice system in response to that behavior, are designed--
                    ``(A) to encourage courts to develop and implement 
                a continuum of post-adjudication restraints that bridge 
                the gap between traditional probation and confinement 
                in a correctional setting (including expanded use of 
                probation, mediation, restitution, community service, 
                treatment, home detention, intensive supervision, 
                electronic monitoring and similar programs, and secure 
                community-based treatment facilities linked to other 
                support services such as health, mental health, 
                education (remedial and special), job training, and 
                recreation); and
                    ``(B) to assist in the provision by the 
                Administrator of information and technical assistance, 
                including technology transfer, to States in the design 
                and utilization of risk assessment mechanisms to aid 
                juvenile justice personnel in determining appropriate 
                sanctions for delinquent behavior.
            ``(4) To target elementary and middle school students, for 
        the purpose of steering students away from gang involvement.
            ``(5) To provide treatment to juveniles who are members of 
        such gangs, including members who are accused of committing a 
        serious crime and members who have been adjudicated as being 
        delinquent.
            ``(6) To promote the involvement of juveniles in lawful 
        activities in geographical areas in which gangs commit crimes.
            ``(7) To assist juveniles who are or may become members of 
        gangs to obtain appropriate educational instruction, in or 
        outside a regular school program, including the provision of 
        counseling and other services to promote and support the 
        continued participation of such juveniles in such instructional 
        programs.
            ``(8) To expand the availability of prevention and 
        treatment services relating to the illegal use of controlled 
        substances, and controlled substances analogues (as defined in 
        section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)), 
        by juveniles, provided through State and local health and 
        social services agencies.
            ``(9) To provide services to prevent juveniles from coming 
        into contact with the juvenile justice system again as a result 
        of gang-related activity.
            ``(10) To provide services authorized in this section at a 
        special location in a school, community-based facility, or 
        housing project.
            ``(11) To support activities to inform juveniles of the 
        availability of treatment and services for which financial 
        assistance is available under this part.

``SEC. 272. ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.

    ``To be eligible to receive a grant or contract under this part, a 
public agency (including a local educational agency) or a nonprofit 
private agency, organization, or institution, shall submit to the 
Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Administrator may require by rule, 
except that such application shall--
            ``(1) include a detailed description of each program or 
        activity the applicant proposes to carry out to achieve 1 or 
        more of the purposes specified in section 271 as identified by 
        the applicant;
            ``(2) include an assurance that such program or activity 
        will be administered by or under the supervision of the 
        applicant;
            ``(3) provide for the proper and efficient administration 
        of such program or activity;
            ``(4) provide for regular evaluation of such program or 
        activity;
            ``(5) provide an assurance that the proposed program or 
        activity will supplement, not supplant, similar programs and 
        activities already available in the community;
            ``(6) certify that the applicant has requested the State 
        planning agency to review and comment on such application and 
        summarizes the responses of such State planning agency to such 
        request;
            ``(7) provide that regular reports on such program or 
        activity shall be sent to the Administrator and to such State 
        planning agency; and
            ``(8) provide for such fiscal control and fund accounting 
        procedures as may be necessary to ensure prudent use, proper 
        disbursement, and accurate accounting of funds received under 
        this part.

``SEC. 273. PRIORITY.

    ``For the purpose of reviewing applications submitted under section 
272 by eligible applicants, the Administrator shall give priority to 
applications that--
            ``(1) are submitted by applicants that are located in close 
        proximity to, and have demonstrated a significant commitment to 
        the betterment of, the geographical areas in which the programs 
        and activities proposed by the respective applicants will be 
        carried out;
            ``(2) are based on the incidence and severity of crimes 
        committed by gangs whose membership is composed primarily of 
        juveniles in the geographical areas in which the programs and 
        activities proposed by the respective applicants will be 
        carried out;
            ``(3) will provide assistance for programs and activities 
        that--
                    ``(A) are broadly supported by public and nonprofit 
                private agencies, organizations, and institutions 
                located in such geographical area;
                    ``(B) will substantially involve the families of 
                such juveniles or adult role models in the community 
                that has a significant relationship with the at-risk 
                juveniles in carrying out such programs or activities; 
                and
            ``(4) purpose projects and activities that will serve at-
        risk juveniles in high crime areas.

  ``PART G--TREATMENT FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF CHILD 
                            ABUSE OR NEGLECT

``SEC. 275. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.

    ``(a) Uses of Grants and Contracts.--Except as provided in 
subsection (b), the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, may make grants to or contracts with 
eligible public and nonprofit private organizations--
            ``(1) to develop, establish, and support projects that--
                    ``(A) provide treatment to juvenile offenders who 
                are victims of child abuse or neglect and to their 
                families so as to reduce the likelihood that such 
                juvenile offenders will commit subsequent violations of 
                law;
                    ``(B) based on the best interests of juvenile 
                offenders who receive treatment for child abuse or 
                neglect, provide transitional services (including 
                individual, group, and family counseling) to juvenile 
                offenders--
                            ``(i) to strengthen the relationships of 
                        juvenile offenders with their families and 
                        encourage the resolution of intrafamily 
                        problems related to the abuse or neglect;
                            ``(ii) to facilitate the alternative 
                        placement of juvenile offenders; and
                            ``(iii) to prepare juveniles 16 years of 
                        age and older to live independently; and
                    ``(C) carry out research (including surveys of 
                existing transitional services, identification of 
                exemplary treatment modalities, and evaluation of 
                treatment and transitional services) relating to the 
                treatment to juvenile offenders who are victims of 
                child abuse or neglect and to their families; and
            ``(2) to provide for each of the following during each 
        fiscal year for which that applicant receives a grant or 
        contract under this part:
                    ``(A) Establishing or maintaining community-based 
                alternatives (including home-based treatment programs) 
                to traditional forms of institutionalization of 
                juvenile offenders.
                    ``(B) Establishing or implementing effective means 
                of diverting juveniles from the traditional juvenile 
                justice and correctional system, including restitution 
                and reconciliation projects which test and validate 
                selected arbitration models, such as neighborhood 
                courts or panels, and increase victim satisfaction 
                while providing alternatives to incarceration for 
                detained or adjudicated delinquents.
                    ``(C) Establishing or supporting advocacy programs 
                and services that encourage the improvement of due 
                process available to juveniles in the juvenile justice 
                system and the quality of legal representation for such 
                juveniles.
                    ``(D) Establishing or supporting programs stressing 
                advocacy activities aimed at improving services to 
                juveniles affected by the juvenile justice system, 
                including services that provide for the appointment of 
                special advocates by courts for such juveniles.
                    ``(E) Developing or supporting model programs 
                (including self-help programs for parents) to 
                strengthen and maintain the family unit in order to 
                prevent or treat juvenile delinquency, including 
                programs that work with families during the 
                incarceration of juvenile family members and which take 
                into consideration the special needs of families with 
                limited-English speaking ability.
                    ``(F) Establishing or implementing special emphasis 
                prevention and treatment programs relating to juveniles 
                who commit serious crimes (including such crimes 
                committed in schools), including programs designed to 
                deter involvement in illegal activities or to promote 
                involvement in lawful activities on the part of gangs 
                whose membership is substantially composed of 
                juveniles.
                    ``(G) Developing or implementing further a 
                coordinated, national law-related education program 
                of--
                            ``(i) delinquency prevention in elementary 
                        and secondary schools, and other local sites;
                            ``(ii) training for persons responsible for 
                        the implementation of law-related education 
                        programs; and
                            ``(iii) disseminating information regarding 
                        model, innovative, law-related education 
                        programs to juvenile delinquency programs 
                        (including those that are community based), and 
                        to law enforcement and criminal justice 
                        agencies, for activities related to juveniles 
                        that target juveniles who have had contact with 
                        the juvenile justice system or who are likely 
                        to have contact with such system.
                    ``(H) Addressing efforts to reduce the proportion 
                of juveniles detained or confined in secure detention 
                facilities, secure correctional facilities, jails, and 
                lockups who are members of minority groups if such 
                proportion exceeds the proportion such groups represent 
                in the general population.
                    ``(I) Establishing or supporting programs designed 
                to prevent and to reduce the incidence of hate crimes 
                committed by juveniles, including--
                            ``(i) model educational programs that are 
                        designed to reduce the incidence of hate crimes 
                        by means such as--
                                    ``(I) addressing the specific 
                                prejudicial attitude of each offender;
                                    ``(II) developing an awareness in 
                                the offender of the effect of the hate 
                                crime on the victim; and
                                    ``(III) educating the offender 
                                about the importance of tolerance in 
                                our society; and
                            ``(ii) sentencing programs that are 
                        designed specifically for juveniles who commit 
                        hate crimes and that provide alternatives to 
                        incarceration.
    ``(b) Department of Justice or Related Entity as Recipient.--The 
Administrator may not make a grant to or a contract with the Department 
of Justice or to any administrative unit or other entity that is part 
of the Department of Justice.

``SEC. 276. ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.

    ``(a) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant or contract 
under this part, public and nonprofit organizations shall submit to the 
Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Administrator may require by rule.
    ``(b) Priority.--The Administrator shall give priority to eligible 
applicants that have experience in treating juveniles who are victims 
of child abuse or neglect.
    ``(c) Limitation.--The Administrator may not disapprove an 
application solely because the eligible applicant proposes to provide 
treatment or transitional services to juveniles who are adjudicated to 
be delinquent for having committed offenses that are not serious 
crimes.

``SEC. 277. CONFIDENTIALITY OF PROGRAM RECORDS.

    ``Except as authorized by law, program and activity records 
containing the identity of individual juveniles, gathered to carry out 
this part may not be disclosed without the consent of the individual 
service recipient or legally authorized representative of such 
recipient, or as may be necessary to carry out this part. Under no 
circumstances may program or activity reports or findings available for 
public dissemination contain the actual names of individual service 
recipients.

                  ``PART H--STATE CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES

``SEC. 281. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.

    ``(a) In General.--The Administrator may make a grant under this 
part to a State that receives an allocation under section 222, not to 
exceed 10 percent of the amount of such allocation, to carry out each 
challenge activity in which the State participates.
    ``(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this part--
            ``(1) the term `case review system' means a procedure for 
        ensuring that--
                    ``(A) each juvenile has a case plan, based on the 
                use of objective criteria for determining a juvenile's 
                danger to the community or himself or herself, that is 
                designed to achieve appropriate placement in the least 
                restrictive and most family-like setting available in 
                close proximity to the parents' home, consistent with 
                the best interests and special needs of such juvenile;
                    ``(B) the status of each juvenile is reviewed 
                periodically, but not less frequently than once every 3 
                months, by a court or by administrative review, in 
                order to determine the continuing necessity for and 
                appropriateness of the placement of such juvenile;
                    ``(C) with respect to each juvenile, procedural 
                safeguards will be applied to ensure that a 
                dispositional hearing is held to consider the future 
                status of each juvenile under State supervision, in a 
                juvenile or family court or another court (including a 
                tribal court) of competent jurisdiction, or by an 
                administrative body appointed or approved by the court, 
                not later than 12 months after the original placement 
                of the juvenile and periodically thereafter during the 
                continuation of out-of-home placement; and
                    ``(D) a juvenile's health, mental health, and 
                education record is reviewed and updated periodically; 
                and
            ``(2) the term `challenge activity' means a program 
        maintained for 1 of the following purposes:
                    ``(A) Developing and adopting policies and programs 
                to provide basic health, mental health, and appropriate 
                education services (including special education) for 
                juveniles in the juvenile justice system as specified 
                in standards developed by the National Advisory 
                Committee for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
                Prevention before October 12, 1984.
                    ``(B) Developing and adopting policies and programs 
                to provide access to counsel for all juveniles in the 
                justice system to ensure that juveniles consult with 
                counsel before waiving the right to counsel.
                    ``(C) Increasing community-based alternatives to 
                incarceration by establishing programs (such as 
                expanded use of probation, mediation, restitution, 
                community service, treatment, home detention, intensive 
                supervision, and electronic monitoring) and developing 
                and adopting a set of objective criteria for the 
                appropriate placement of juveniles in detention and 
                secure confinement.
                    ``(D) Developing and adopting policies and programs 
                to provide secure settings for the placement of violent 
                juvenile offenders by closing down traditional training 
                schools and replacing them with secure settings with 
                capacities of no more than 50 violent juvenile 
                offenders and with ratios of staff to juvenile great 
                enough to ensure adequate supervision and treatment.
                    ``(E) Developing and adopting policies to prohibit 
                gender bias in placement and treatment and establishing 
                programs to ensure that female juveniles have access to 
                the full range of health and mental health services, 
                treatment for physical or sexual assault and abuse, 
                self defense instruction, education in parenting, 
                education in general, and other training and vocational 
                services.
                    ``(F) Establishing and operating, either directly 
                or by contract or other arrangement with a public 
                agency or other appropriate nonprofit private 
                organization (excluding an agency or organization that 
                is responsible for licensing or certifying out-of-home 
                care services for juveniles), a State ombudsman office 
                for children, youth, and families to investigate and 
                resolve complaints relating to action, inaction, or 
                decisions of providers of out-of-home care to children 
                and juvenile (including secure detention and 
                correctional facilities, residential care facilities, 
                public agencies, and social service agencies) that may 
                adversely affect the health, safety, welfare, or rights 
                of resident juveniles.
                    ``(G) Developing and adopting policies and programs 
                designed to remove, if appropriate, status offenders 
                from the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to prevent 
                the placement in secure detention facilities or secure 
                correctional facilities of juveniles who are 
                nonoffenders or who are charged with or who have 
                committed offenses that would not be criminal if 
                committed by an adult.
                    ``(H) Developing and adopting policies and programs 
                designed to serve as alternatives to suspension and 
                expulsion from school.
                    ``(I) Increasing aftercare services for juveniles 
                involved in the justice system by establishing 
                programs, and developing and adopting policies, to 
                provide comprehensive health, mental health, education, 
                housing, and vocational services and services that 
                preserve and strengthen the families of such juveniles.
                    ``(J) Developing and adopting policies to 
                establish--
                            ``(i) a State administrative structure to 
                        coordinate program and fiscal policies for 
                        children who have emotional and behavioral 
                        problems, and their families, among the major 
                        child serving systems, including schools, 
                        social services, health services, mental health 
                        services, and the juvenile justice system; and
                            ``(ii) a statewide case review system.
                    ``(K) Developing and adopting policies to prohibit 
                discrimination on the basis of perceived or actual 
                sexual orientation or gender identity in placement or 
                treatment, and establishing programs to ensure access 
                to a full range of health and mental health services, 
                treatment for physical or sexual assault and abuse, and 
                educational services for juveniles who have been 
                victimized as a result of their perceived or actual 
                sexual orientation or gender identity.

                      ``PART I--JUVENILE MENTORING

``SEC. 285. PURPOSES.

    ``The purposes of this part are--
            ``(1) to reduce juvenile delinquency and gang 
        participation;
            ``(2) to improve academic performance; and
            ``(3) to reduce the school dropout rate, through the use of 
        mentors for at-risk juveniles.

``SEC. 286. DEFINITIONS.

    ``For purposes of this part--
            ``(1) the term `at-risk juvenile' means a juvenile who is 
        at risk of educational failure or dropping out of school or of 
        involvement in delinquent activities; and
            ``(2) the term `mentor' means an individual who works with 
        an at-risk juveniles on a one-to-one basis, establishing a 
        supportive relationship with juveniles and providing the 
        juveniles with academic assistance and exposure to new 
        experiences that enhance their ability to become responsible 
        citizens.

``SEC. 287. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.

    ``(a) Purposes.--The Administrator may make grants to or contracts 
with eligible public agencies (including local educational agencies) 
and nonprofit private agencies, organizations, and institutions to 
establish and support programs and activities carried out to implement 
mentoring programs that are--
            ``(1) designed to link at-risk juveniles, particularly 
        juveniles living in high crime areas and juveniles experiencing 
        educational failure, with responsible adults such as law 
        enforcement officers, individuals working with local 
        businesses, and adults working for community-based 
        organizations and agencies; and
            ``(2) intended--
                    ``(A) to provide general guidance to at-risk 
                juveniles;
                    ``(B) to promote personal and social responsibility 
                among at-risk juveniles;
                    ``(C) to increase at-risk juveniles' participation 
                in and enhance their ability to benefit from elementary 
                and secondary education;
                    ``(D) to discourage at-risk juveniles' use of 
                illegal drugs, violence, and dangerous weapons, and 
                participation in other criminal activity;
                    ``(E) to discourage involvement of at-risk 
                juveniles in gangs; or
                    ``(F) to encourage at-risk juveniles' participation 
                in community service and community activities.
    ``(b) Permitted Uses of Grants and Contracts.--Grants and contracts 
made under this part shall be used to implement mentoring programs, 
including--
            ``(1) hiring of mentoring coordinators and support staff;
            ``(2) recruitment, screening, and training of adult 
        mentors;
            ``(3) reimbursement of mentors for reasonable incidental 
        expenditures, such as transportation, that are directly 
        associated with mentoring; and
            ``(4) such other uses as the Administrator may specify by 
        rule subject to subsection (c).
    ``(c) Prohibited Uses of Grants and Contracts.--Grants and 
contracts made under this part may not be used--
            ``(1) to directly compensate mentors, except as authorized 
        by subsection (b)(3);
            ``(2) to obtain educational or other materials or equipment 
        that would otherwise be used in the ordinary course of the 
        applicant's operations;
            ``(3) to support litigation of any kind; or
            ``(4) for any other use reasonably prohibited by the 
        Administrator by rule.

``SEC. 288. ELIGIBILITY.

    ``To be eligible to receive a grant or contract under this part, a 
public agency (including a local educational agency) or a nonprofit 
private agency, organization, or institution, shall submit to the 
Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Administrator may require by rule, 
except that such application shall include--
            ``(1) information on the juveniles expected to be served by 
        the program;
            ``(2) a provision for a mechanism for matching juveniles 
        with mentors based on the needs of such juveniles;
            ``(3) an assurance that no mentor will be assigned to more 
        than one juvenile, so as to ensure a one-to-one relationship;
            ``(4) an assurance that projects operated in secondary 
        schools will provide juveniles with a variety of experiences 
        and support, including--
                    ``(A) an opportunity to spend time in a work 
                environment and, when possible, participate in the work 
                environment;
                    ``(B) an opportunity to witness the job skills that 
                will be required for juvenile to obtain employment upon 
                graduation;
                    ``(C) assistance with homework assignments; and
                    ``(D) exposure to experiences that juvenile might 
                not otherwise encounter;
            ``(5) an assurance that projects operated in elementary 
        schools will provide juveniles with--
                    ``(A) academic assistance;
                    ``(B) exposure to new experiences and activities 
                that juveniles might not encounter on their own; and
                    ``(C) emotional support;
            ``(6) an assurance that projects will be monitored to 
        ensure that each juvenile benefits from a mentor relationship, 
        with provision for a new mentor assignment if the relationship 
        is not beneficial to such juvenile;
            ``(7) the method by which mentors and juveniles will be 
        recruited to the project;
            ``(8) the method by which prospective mentors will be 
        screened; and
            ``(9) the training that will be provided to mentors.

``SEC. 289. RULES AND GUIDELINES.

    ``(a) Program Rules.--The Administrator shall issue rules to carry 
out this part. Such rules may take effect only after the Administrator 
provides public notice, and a reasonable period for comment, on such 
rules as proposed.
    ``(b) Model Screening Guidelines.--The Administrator shall develop 
and distribute to recipients of grants and contracts under this part 
specific model guidelines for the screening of prospective mentors to 
participate in the programs carried out under this part.

``SEC. 290. APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--In approving applications for grants and 
contracts under this part, the Administrator shall give priority to 
eligible applicants that--
            ``(1) serve at-risk youth in high crime areas;
            ``(2) have 60 percent or more of their juveniles eligible 
        to receive funds under chapter 1 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2701-2901); and
            ``(3) have a considerable number of juveniles who drop out 
        of school each year.
    ``(b) Other Considerations.--In making grants and contracts under 
this part, the Administrator shall give consideration to--
            ``(1) the quality of the mentoring plan proposed by the 
        applicant, including--
                    ``(A) the resources, if any, that will be dedicated 
                to providing participating juveniles with opportunities 
                for job training or postsecondary education; and
                    ``(B) the degree to which parents, teachers, 
                community-based organizations, and the local community 
                participate in the design and implementation of such 
                mentoring plan; and
            ``(2) the capability of the applicant to effectively 
        implement the mentoring plan.
    ``(c) Approval.--Applications approved under this part shall be 
approved for a continuous period of 3 fiscal years.

``SEC. 291. REPORTS.

    ``Not later than 120 days after the end of the 1st fiscal year for 
which grants or contracts are made under this part, the Administrator 
shall submit, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
President pro tempore of the Senate, a report containing an evaluation 
carried out to determine with respect to juveniles the success and 
effectiveness of this part in reducing delinquency and gang 
participation, improving academic performance, and reducing the school 
dropout rate.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 299 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the heading by striking ``Parts C and E'' 
                and inserting ``Parts C Through I'', and
                    (B) by striking ``parts C and E'' and inserting 
                ``parts C through I''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations for Parts F, G, H, and I.--
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out parts F, G, H, and 
I such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, and 
2011.''.
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