<enum>VIII</enum><header>White House Office of National Youth Policy</header> <section id="HFD67A8B4E2DE4FDF92F41CC4E147D61"><enum>801.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Federal Youth Coordination Act of 2008</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H9F50A0E16DB54FD6A84473D634A1E784"><enum>802.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title the following definitions apply:</text> <paragraph id="HA09EC82509B94DD2A9161F3FA3896D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the White House Office of National Youth Policy.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7666E41F8AA4424CAFCDF5001C6B205B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>disadvantaged youth</term> means youth whom the Director determines—</text> <subparagraph id="H25ACE6AE98C04601B1B500B79EDB4F6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are economically disadvantaged;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBF2101906E148E8ADF8DB5383FBED19"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are not in school and do not have a high school diploma or equivalent, or are at risk of leaving high school without a high school diploma or equivalent;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2A58E66E53F464081B7EB00BC68FC17"><enum>(C)</enum><text>were previously or are currently in, or are exiting out of, foster care;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFBEAA5E9E43C4E85B3D5AAD59130C904"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have limited English proficiency;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB8DB047C6F764542B9D269C3B3ACAC52"><enum>(E)</enum><text>are homeless or have run away from home;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF521AF3E0DC64FA6B354DD07876600A6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>are juvenile offenders or are at risk of delinquency;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEEE8F34C1BF34FBDAC874FACDE07A77D"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have a mental or physical disability;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE814143AA124B7BB5F81BE2E4E8225C"><enum>(H)</enum><text>are the child of an incarcerated parent; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D9DBB681A144886AAC32F18D19EA2BC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>possess a characteristic the Director determines to be indicative of disadvantage.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAB7EC78FD92F48F9B2261C561F87BBF4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>diversity</term> includes socioeconomic, racial, age, and geographic diversity.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7AAF5CB2C1B6429490D2334C002D5789"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>nongovernmental entities</term> means private organizations with experience or expertise in issues related to positive youth development, particularly with respect to disadvantaged youth, such as a foundation, corporation, educational institution, or nonprofit organization, including a faith-based nonprofit organization, with such experience or expertise.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H54C6AD19C44C4F0D98B5E08D4FED4072"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The term <term>State</term> means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H19EC9C8B6DEC4DF68272B41F572D2952"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State Youth Advisory Board</term> means an association of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, within State government, such as a youth council, that advises elected officials with respect to the effective development and implementation of youth services and assists the National Youth Advisory Board described in section 807 to solicit the views and perspectives of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, with respect to youth services.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2D9A49AA96154AA08DB0DA9DC8915722"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The term <term>State Youth Services Coordinating Entity</term> means an interagency coordinating organization within State government, such as a children’s cabinet or children’s council, that develops and implements a comprehensive plan to improve outcomes for youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, with contents similar to those of the National Youth Strategy described in section 805, and coordinates youth services in the State, and may be composed of the State’s chief executive, the heads of the State’s departments and agencies responsible for youth services, and private parties, including youth.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H668CBA5523544668B079C76FBED03B24"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The term <term>youth</term> means individuals younger than 24 years of age and individuals older than 24 years of age if the Director determines the individuals older than 24 years of age to be at risk of not achieving productive adulthood.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5CEE29604B1444A8AB00A8CDB13D0079"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>youth services</term> means programs, resources, supports, and opportunities determined by the Director to be intended to improve outcomes for youth, particularly disadvantaged youth.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H4059F732BBD14E109F39C5941666719D"><enum>803.</enum><header>White House Office of National Youth Policy</header> <subsection id="HCE0E307F6D2F43618B776FF5DD0545C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of Office</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Executive Office of the President the White House Office of National Youth Policy (hereinafter referred to in this title as the <quote>Office</quote>), which shall—</text> <paragraph id="H259FC446E42C4714B1829D1F7D9C7EA7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop, coordinate, promulgate, oversee the implementation of, and evaluate the National Youth Strategy to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of youth services;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H34610E7CC18D43DEA8476276B768CD00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>review and make recommendations with respect to the budgets for Federal youth services to ensure the adequacy of those budgets;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8714CE71238D479B85C3B8EAEE4D8170"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinate the youth services provided by Federal departments and agencies and coordinate Federal interagency youth services;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB7874982D80E4802A702C6695C1CF841"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult, coordinate with, facilitate joint efforts among, and support State, local, and tribal governments, nongovernmental entities, and youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, with respect to improving youth services; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD587760AAC664C1A8068ECDD21B2E4B4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>make grants and provide training and technical assistance under section 808 to States to support State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and State Youth Advisory Boards.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDC73BCFF92E74FF6A500162D5EBC62B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Director</header><text>There shall be a Director who shall head the Office and who shall hold the same rank and status as the head of an executive department listed in section 101 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HF1623F09CB664595A3F9731EF5867518"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Access by Congress</header><text>The location of the Office in the Executive Office of the President shall not be construed as affecting access by Congress, or any committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate, to any—</text> <paragraph id="H21ED2622BA8B49F6BE20CCE1DD105F90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>information, document, or study in the possession of, or conducted by or at the direction of, the Director; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE1E265FA5BB945B6B700F1D9DBFC0018"><enum>(2)</enum><text>personnel of the Office.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1CE519BB0E864FA1955C8207C08D65B9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Office Gift Fund</header> <paragraph id="HA94B5734E2964FD4B431B4D6B6FDFC7E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund for the receipt of gifts, both real and personal, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5AA2520057CD4791B8F63DD2E280C659"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contributions</header><text>The Office may accept, hold, and administer contributions to the Fund.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H973E11EED81C4C89A9082942DE2FB446"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of amounts deposited</header><text>Amounts deposited in the Fund are authorized to be appropriated, to remain available until expended, for authorized purposes at the discretion of the Director.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HCD36F91D21644F8300ED4BDF500D635"><enum>804.</enum><header>Appointment and duties of the Director</header> <subsection id="HE981EE09D1E6466EB23CAFEB606AB26"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Appointment</header> <paragraph id="H5F68B03F9CA44ACA900070188E2C00FE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall appoint the Director, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall serve at the pleasure of the President.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H25CB128092214640B3C247A3F4D21969"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibitions</header> <subparagraph id="H66F15214FD2645F5930095F682495115"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Other positions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No person shall serve as Director while serving in any other position in the Federal Government or while employed in a full-time position outside of the Federal Government.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4D9AB06AE794A83B51E2821436D661C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Political campaigning</header><text>The Director may not participate in election campaign activities, except that the Director is not prohibited by this subparagraph from making contributions to individual candidates.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H94725B7F73404181BEFA6BA657A0F400"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The Director shall—</text> <paragraph id="H09EB55D70FF54458835E5310FEC6C603"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist the President to establish policies, goals, objectives, and priorities with respect to youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, and to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of youth services;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H54A614EE3E8044DF85EC1D2C00877B13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>work with Federal departments and agencies providing youth services to strengthen the coordination of youth services in order to maximize the access of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, to youth services, strengthen the impact of youth services, and meet the comprehensive needs of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6CA3D6EC59AB4A38BD64B36BF0FCA00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinate and oversee the development, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of the National Youth Strategy;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBCD7EAB3F23E48FEBECB96E53D005C8F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>promulgate the National Youth Strategy, ensuring its wide availability to government officials and the public;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H44473068B77D46BB8D716B1B2EA1257D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>make such recommendations to the President as the Director determines are appropriate with respect to the organization, management, and budgets of Federal departments and agencies providing youth services, including changes in the allocation of personnel to and within those departments and agencies to implement the policies, goals, objectives, and priorities established under paragraph (1) and the National Youth Strategy;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2759569CE73445FF88D8CD3537B91586"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult, coordinate with, facilitate joint efforts among, and support State, local, and tribal governments, nongovernmental entities, and youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, with respect to improving youth services;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H64094F81F1DB4D2C8F24784894840034"><enum>(7)</enum><text>appear before duly constituted committees and subcommittees of the House of Representatives and of the Senate to represent the policies of the President related to youth and serve as the spokesperson of the President, if the President determines it appropriate, on issues related to youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, and the National Youth Strategy;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9A84F80B78794EB3B76B744480D0C98D"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit an annual report to Congress detailing how the Director has consulted and coordinated with the National Youth Development Council described in section 806, the National Youth Advisory Board, State, local, and tribal governments, nongovernmental entities, and youth, particularly disadvantaged youth; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF7A813A984914AEB92E2A7D5CE6D1D5E"><enum>(9)</enum><text>ensure the Office meets each of its responsibilities under this title.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9E8CA688980C48DE8600B8C2FBDBA39C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Budget Review and Recommendations</header> <paragraph id="H3320BD213B57437F0068FC568970B99"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review of Budget Requests</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each department or agency of the Federal Government providing youth services shall transmit each year to the Director a copy of the proposed budget request of that department or agency with respect to youth services at a time not later than that department or agency’s submitting of such budget request to the Office of Management and Budget for preparation of the budget of the President submitted to Congress under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105(a)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code. The proposed budget request shall be transmitted to the Director in such form as the Director, in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget, determines appropriate.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4BAD8B162A454441A304A785F6A7EF6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recommendations with respect to Budget Requests</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the receipt of proposed budget requests pursuant to paragraph (1), the Director shall provide budget recommendations with respect to Federal youth services to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and to the President at a time that allows such recommendations to be incorporated into the budget of the President submitted to Congress under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105(a)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code. The recommendations shall address funding priorities developed in the National Youth Strategy and shall address future fiscal projections as determined by the Director.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9A2924D2E38A4866ADF9A56CB5E23276"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Powers of the Director</header><text>In carrying out this title, the Director may—</text> <paragraph id="HA9086F0FE3224A10B27FDB985BC5D3B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>select, appoint, employ, and fix the compensation of such officers and employees of the Office as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Office under this title;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H73B63BC162584FF38B588647F700A927"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">request the head of a department or agency of the Federal Government to place department or agency personnel who are engaged in activities with respect to youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, on temporary detail to another department or agency in order to implement the National Youth Strategy, and the head of such department or agency shall comply with such request;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEBAEB37A679747C796E2E08FEDC8F7BA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>use for administrative purposes, on a reimbursable basis, the available services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of Federal, State, local, and tribal departments and agencies;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H402E868E35804525A19C7F29302713BF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>procure the services of experts and consultants in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3109">section 3109</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, relating to appointments in the Federal Service, at rates of compensation for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate of pay payable under level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5311 of title 5, United States Code;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB66A3BD3EBEB47449B1B00EA2E688197"><enum>(5)</enum><text>accept and use gifts and donations of property from Federal, State, local, and tribal government departments and agencies, and from nongovernmental entities, as authorized in section 803 of this title;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4F50DB8D2E434F01A984697FF083CE42"><enum>(6)</enum><text>use the mails in the same manner as any other department or agency of the executive branch; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC7164D2885D64563A8ABD46559F205D2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>monitor implementation of the National Youth Strategy, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HA5B56409C86E42C6ACD1E20630011AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conducting program and performance audits and evaluations; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C91AAE9CCDE44DDACDDFFDD6EA824CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>requesting assistance from the Inspector General of the relevant department or agency in such audits and evaluations.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H819EF868807E438793D6B7CB297226C5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Personnel detailed to the Office</header> <paragraph id="HB93C4E70120E4C81B9648E243852D317"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 43 of title 5, United States Code, the Director shall perform the evaluation of the performance of any employee detailed to the Office for the purposes of the applicable performance appraisal system established under such chapter for any rating period, or part thereof, that such employee is detailed to the Office.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDC07917FFEE54B2097E14D18AEC236BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compensation</header> <subparagraph id="H13615CE4346346F28E9F1EB7D46461F0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Bonus payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director may provide periodic bonus payments to any employee detailed to the Office.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDA9D8CC539D4376B04E29FCDBAE5469"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Restrictions</header><text>An amount paid under this paragraph to an employee for any period—</text> <clause id="H15BD6A06F0584C91AA74BB9967BF7D88"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall not be greater than 20 percent of the basic pay paid or payable to such employee for such period; and</text> </clause><clause id="H17065A3DA0CF4F378B07AEB13CC60260"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall be in addition to the basic pay of such employee.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H173A7F4E13AD411F83518BD6F41B4FE2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Aggregate amount</header><text>The aggregate amount paid during any fiscal year to an employee detailed to the Office as basic pay, awards, bonuses, and other compensation shall not exceed the annual rate payable at the end of such fiscal year for positions at level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5311 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA55CBC6917314E8DBBFF0026884F21F2"><enum>805.</enum><header>National Youth Strategy</header> <subsection id="H109D656CC93E4D828B192E97196288F7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than February 1 of each year, the Director shall submit to the President and Congress and make available to the public a National Youth Strategy (hereinafter referred to in this title as the <quote>Strategy</quote>) that shall set forth a comprehensive plan for that year to improve outcomes for youth in the United States, particularly disadvantaged youth.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H4CB9871374F4494D892B545768CB84A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Process</header><text>In preparing the Strategy, the Director shall actively consult and work in coordination with the following:</text> <paragraph id="HD5C3B2835593464A00F8FAE5ED4F095E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heads of all Federal departments and agencies that provide youth services.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H96F245BA43BB4AE4A9F5D66186F1C4E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The National Youth Development Council.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC9BF94901F3D46FDB2B4C3D0DA21BEE7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The National Youth Advisory Board.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5CF9F529407343D89488D17CE885A2E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Existing Federal interagency efforts related to youth services, such as the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Federal Mentoring Council, and the Shared Youth Vision.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB6B046B564C34837A700E59B41C28D2F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>State, local, and tribal governments, including State Youth Services Coordinating Entities.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3F3EFB1DFEC94F62A8E5F708B8FC430"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Nongovernmental entities.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6E801540D46348099BF343B6DEB2BAFD"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Youth, particularly disadvantaged youth.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H24B03E1584474903AD414DF6543B9016"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The Director shall ensure the Strategy meets the following requirements:</text> <paragraph id="HB4496C046C374E89917DCBB0997C7D1F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Goals and performance measures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Strategy shall contain comprehensive, research-based goals and quantifiable performance measures with respect to youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, that shall serve as targets for the year with respect to which the Strategy applies.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC7972D8F1CD64987A083CF7F73ACF2B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Accountability for past performance measures</header><text>The Strategy shall contain a report on Federal effectiveness with respect to meeting those performance measures set by the Strategy for the preceding year, including an evaluation of whether or not such performance measures were met and the reasons therefore, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H0ED3DA0B59584E74BB084B485BD0AE7E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the extent of coordination between Federal departments and agencies providing youth services;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7C010DBA1394B8EACD7D1B919A4302E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the extent to which the objectives and budgets of Federal departments and agencies providing youth services were consistent with the recommendations of the Strategy for the preceding year; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H119EDC238A5348AB9DAED83E8758E73"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the efficiency and adequacy of Federal programs and policies with respect to youth services.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDDC953AC968845ACB4E71603664CEDBC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reporting on and identifying gaps in youth services</header><text>The Strategy shall contain a report on and identify gaps in—</text> <subparagraph id="HE5398155B01C48C0BD71F6B8C2BBB200"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the educational, social, emotional, physical, vocational, and civic development of youth, disaggregated by age, race, gender, geographic distribution, population density, socioeconomic status, and other target populations determined necessary for inclusion by the Director;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H44DE58DD348F47888EAB3494ED000062"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the quality and quantity of youth services for the educational, social, emotional, physical, vocational, and civic development of youth, disaggregated by age, race, gender, geographic distribution, population density, socioeconomic status, and other target populations determined necessary for inclusion by the Director; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBAC7CE400A11487486BC00111F69DB2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the size and allocation of Federal resources devoted to supporting the educational, social, emotional, physical, vocational, and civic development of youth, disaggregated by age, race, gender, geographic distribution, population density, socioeconomic status, and other target populations determined necessary for inclusion by the Director.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H05A59C9F11E34714857858D200020202"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Coordination efforts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Strategy shall contain a report on Federal efforts to consult, coordinate with, facilitate joint efforts among, and support State, local, and tribal governments, nongovernmental entities, and youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, including an evaluation of the effectiveness of those efforts.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3CB98AB2968E4BB399704793F200F2E6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>The Strategy shall contain research-based guidance for assessing and improving the quality of youth services that is responsive to gaps identified in youth services.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0BA45C73B27343F4A1AE6BEAFCA0CE13"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Youth views and perspectives</header><text>The Strategy shall contain the views and perspectives of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, with respect to youth services as prepared by the National Youth Advisory Board in consultation with State Youth Advisory Boards and similar local organizations.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H797C127F8CE04BECA4071F072C408C80"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Strategic plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Strategy shall contain a plan to achieve the goals and performance measures set for the year with respect to which the Strategy applies, including the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H9512F1749C82425FA02D22046EBA54EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program and budget priorities necessary to achieve the performance measures.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0FB94C6E16C40A8ABF380FD7600004D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Recommendations for improved Federal interagency coordination, such as shared grant application processes, grantee reporting requirements, training and technical assistance efforts, definitions, recipient eligibility requirements, research, evaluation efforts, and data collection, and recommendations for legislative changes necessary to achieve such interagency coordination and to facilitate the delivery of a comprehensive array of youth services.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H29CB4840C4F44C4B8993BDCB6267EFFE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Recommendations for improved coordination between the Federal Government and State, local, and tribal governments, nongovernmental entities, and youth, particularly disadvantaged youth.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD15FFB5F871447E4A3FA31D2E6C6E00"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A strategic research, innovation, and demonstration agenda to guide the use of Federal research spending with respect to youth, particularly disadvantaged youth.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1680700A2FBF45559C672F3CB4124D97"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Additional reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Strategy shall contain additional reports the Director determines necessary, such as reports on the social and economic costs of youth’s unmet potential, international comparisons of youth services and outcomes, or the status of the workforce providing youth services and the extent to which such workforce is strong, stable, and supported.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H5F4B8B01C0DD4E4EB93E19BDBF1D73"><enum>806.</enum><header>Coordination with Federal departments and agencies</header> <subsection id="H8DA0FA6365DE4CE4878DB67D21CEA5D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal department and agency cooperation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each department or agency of the Federal Government providing youth services shall—</text> <paragraph id="HBAA1ACDFF6E745AA9E76F50091EA26D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>cooperate with the efforts of the Director under this title;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFE3334F6F32F4A288E45D05EE275101E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide such assistance, statistics, studies, reports, information, and advice as the Director may request, to the extent permitted by law;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE6581DEC977E4958A74C81B1F1F8D3D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>adjust department or agency staff job descriptions and performance measures to support collaboration and implementation of the Strategy; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4F06B36863D14A139977DD77D1103F3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assign department or agency liaisons to the Office to oversee and implement interagency coordination.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2C828C7DAD3E4EB88FDDFDCF151FB0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Interagency alignment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director, in collaboration with the heads of Federal departments and agencies providing youth services, shall strengthen the coordination of Federal youth services in order to maximize the access of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, to youth services, strengthen the impact of youth services, and meet the comprehensive needs of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, by, where appropriate—</text> <paragraph id="H3186199999C24ECDA0C88DD0E24153E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>facilitating the development of shared grant application processes;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA979C11C2F0949DFB12966002B92062F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>offering joint training and technical assistance efforts;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5445A1BFA2E64672BF3F82328DD126E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>improving opportunities for youth to maintain services as they transition from systems of care;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD638074DE3164C26B38F086DF8B2B229"><enum>(4)</enum><text>aligning—</text> <subparagraph id="HBAB89A1027A348DA8F99D260E4A46094"><enum>(A)</enum><text>grantee reporting requirements;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5A893A304CB403B9B11E5C833D08048"><enum>(B)</enum><text>definitions;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5CBF4EB93DC74E6790453913C9D7584B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>eligibility requirements;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03E36604371F47A09BC8FD03A93ADAE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>research;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC1EF7C0A7F84ADFB34921631F99EB5F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>evaluation efforts; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB534D87BD7A4FED8420385E4C16FB4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>data collection;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H18257440171149588574B7DFF8AAC973"><enum>(5)</enum><text>making recommendations with respect to the legislative changes necessary to achieve the interagency alignment and coordination necessary to facilitate the delivery of a comprehensive array of youth services; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H41DCDC7117914D3F948F6B29FFF64DC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>taking other steps necessary to improve collaboration between Federal departments and agencies providing youth services.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4862EBD69CB04A5697B8B04EFB3CBFC3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Joint funding and coordination</header> <paragraph id="HEE222326D0144B988CC351A096B8BAF9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director, in consultation with the heads of Federal departments and agencies, may oversee the development and administration of initiatives involving multiple Federal departments and agencies, including initiatives that involve the integration of funding from different Federal departments and agencies to the extent permitted by law.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1A4204EFB40D476CA978CCA6335B48CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration of funds</header><text>With respect to an initiative that involves the integration of funding from different Federal departments and agencies, the Federal department or agency principally involved in such an initiative, as determined by the Director, may be designated by the Director to act for all involved departments or agencies in administering funds for the initiative.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD5278EA0E7B5414D005C8DE3F353F87C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nongovernmental entities</header><text>Initiatives developed under this subsection may involve nongovernmental entities.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H979610CF3B414225009920AF1C8C5773"><enum>(d)</enum><header>National Youth Development Council</header> <paragraph id="HCA979D73D77E4D90B73D54D7FA36E588"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established within the Office the National Youth Development Council (hereinafter referred to in this title as the <quote>Council</quote>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8B1962813FE247AAAA8EBA10DA958BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Members and terms</header><text>The members of the Council shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H6B08290D72B34D20B9B26956E5C2B431"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the President;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D455A41879D4108833EC139E806800"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Director;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB1B3A6DD1A744A692C43D9271ED2929"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Attorney General;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB62A67C1026C494897E4ACDB1D68DEA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Secretary of Agriculture;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91E590ACF7D04CCE84814B9EE2007EC4"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Labor;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26AB8298920B4BE1A3DFBA2CD664E111"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Secretary of Health and Human Services;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA3A6A802C894EC7A9DF8E123EABBA1B"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE654A126FA55451C8B4366CF16E09B56"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the Secretary of Education;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE34261C6ED54BADA021A699BA29283"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Interior;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58C66ADC14E7485F8D4BA67CD58FA562"><enum>(J)</enum><text>the Secretary of Commerce;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6ED5FDF01172424A957CEE5DB8F9DC1"><enum>(K)</enum><text>the Secretary of Defense;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26B393F922E4469AA0DDE106CABFAC5C"><enum>(L)</enum><text>the Secretary of Homeland Security;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H802E08C04E3647DA9FB160B6F9F87DF9"><enum>(M)</enum><text>the Secretary of State;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3DEDE9BB91BB406F9261E5BCC2E16542"><enum>(N)</enum><text>the Secretary of Transportation;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F6B5DDF354A48D0937207B08716CE4"><enum>(O)</enum><text>the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H248D8C6A647C48E7AE21D75C1300D488"><enum>(P)</enum><text>the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H72A31CF0FB0F4A70B12C15600039004F"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB32B4EA46DA5456EAE75947F796F0356"><enum>(R)</enum><text>the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D78E33E97354F63BEC56C8BD8129116"><enum>(S)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director of the USA Freedom Corps;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8FB150415164F6E82FF05435F891ED9"><enum>(T)</enum><text>the Director of the Office of Faith-based and Community initiatives;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4D6992C2C7444D9898CC00DFBE1EE97"><enum>(U)</enum><text>the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEB6B314DB624E69BAAF2CFB951F1618"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD89FA727FF7F4D7488F68BF5A841B026"><enum>(W)</enum><text>the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5B329CFDBAC4D9384C7D3A2D8CFFC4F"><enum>(X)</enum><text>the co-chairs of the National Youth Advisory Board;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1B016AE6933410B9FFF6B5D2FC8F017"><enum>(Y)</enum><text>other Federal officials as directed by the President; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA19858F5F6384F01A3FA6CAF04AA95E5"><enum>(Z)</enum><text>not fewer than seven individuals chosen by the President, in consultation with the Director, of whom not fewer than five shall be from nongovernmental entities and not fewer than two shall be from State Youth Services Coordinating Entities.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD18CDFF8747545C28E68E37348B1E57"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The Chairperson of the Council shall be the President.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBCFCB8DB070647FEA82D4CAEDB21017D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Designees</header><text>Members of the Council may select a designee to perform duties under this subsection, but it is the sense of Congress that such members should refrain from doing so whenever possible.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H83E6782900694395B8131F949DDFAB73"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Meetings</header> <subparagraph id="H5AA2FC857E0A4D2E8D1C0399498DB82C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The full membership of the Council shall meet at the call of the Chairperson, but at least once each year. The Chairperson may call additional meetings composed of less than the full membership of the Council as needed.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50516574AEEE4734B31EC8FBFF2DAB54"><enum>(B)</enum><header>First meeting</header><text>The first meeting of the Council shall be not more than four months after the date of the enactment of this title.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBEA1217994624F8F9080F00084BBD385"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Inclusion of State Youth Services Coordinating Entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least one meeting of the Council each year shall be opened to the participation of State Youth Services Coordinating Entities.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9232F59845E4F59AD56A6EC72CE36C5"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Inclusion of the National Youth Advisory Board</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least one meeting of the Council each year shall be opened to the participation of members of the National Youth Advisory Board.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB55F7041F7E946D8002B007D6869B5A2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Council shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H9F939526762D4791B8768DC38F542400"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assist the Director to coordinate the youth services provided by Federal departments and agencies and to coordinate Federal interagency youth services;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DCC1CEEDA884BCABA87D54784AF2D36"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assist the Director in the development, coordination, implementation, evaluation, and promulgation of the Strategy;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB1411B8C1F946DEA550F2D0E5413228"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist the Director in soliciting and documenting ongoing input and recommendations with respect to youth services and youth outcomes, particularly disadvantaged youth outcomes, from State, local, and tribal governments, nongovernmental entities, and youth, particularly disadvantaged youth; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8CBCA121DA314651BCF7693C00CF82F1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensure that members of the Council oversee the implementation of those sections of the Strategy for which each such member’s department or agency is responsible, as determined by the Director, and to report to the Director on such implementation and the results thereof.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2293D0DE6DFD41FF81AC6FB08912614F"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Compensation and travel and transportation expenses</header> <subparagraph id="H0291104A755B431BB5E82E0563DCC64F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>No compensation for service on Council</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of the Council who is not an officer or employee of the United States shall not receive pay by reason of the member’s service on the Council, and shall not be considered an officer or employee of the United States by reason of such service. Each member of the Council who is an officer or employee of the United States shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for the member’s service as an officer or employee of the United States.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEDA643527D7145EAA2DCA0875E96453"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Travel and transportation expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of the Council may be allowed travel or transportation expenses in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5703">section 5703</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, while away from the member’s home or regular place of business in performance of services for the Council.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H93D7C6644DB94ECDBDE833C2991BC4EF"><enum>807.</enum><header>National Youth Advisory Board</header> <subsection id="H5D1FD519173142EDBB67CA4DAA25C7F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established within the Office the National Youth Advisory Board (hereinafter referred to in this title as the <quote>Board</quote>).</text> </subsection><subsection id="HF9D7713BCE0D429D9500DD8C36568392"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Members and terms</header> <paragraph id="H0E8DF907FFED4C46993B4682381448EC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The membership of the Board shall be composed of an even number of youth, the minimum number of whom shall be 12. Except as provided in paragraph (3), each member shall serve a two-year term. No member shall serve more than three terms.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCE777D0AA84440D0972170E3F5823143"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection process for the initial membership of the Board</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall design an application and selection process to fill the initial membership of the Board. Political affiliation or views may not be taken into account in such application and selection process and relatives of elected officials shall not be eligible for membership. When making selections for membership, the Director shall give priority to the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HC22D43BB851F473BBCEB3F8F69238524"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Individuals who are 14 to 24 years of age with current or previous service in a State or local entity with duties similar to the Board.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0565650CE9B46F40094F189E39CE1E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disadvantaged youth.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBCD3DDF4DA444F8B47DAD97DF65DC18"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Youth whose selection enables the Board to reflect the diversity of the country.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8EB127D9F653450EA2A49D8979FC2CF7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Selection process for membership of the Board following the initial membership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The initial membership of the Board shall design an application and selection process to fill the membership of the Board for those terms following the term of the initial membership. Such application and selection process shall ensure that Board members select the membership that will follow that Board membership’s term and, notwithstanding the two-year term requirement in paragraph (1), such application process shall ensure that not more than half of the terms of Board members expire in a given year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H02202C32B6BE443B910019BABEA438BA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The initial membership of the Board shall elect two members as co-chairs of the Board. Co-chairs shall serve a term of one year and the Board shall elect new co-chairs as vacancies arise.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9F41B8ABE9F418AAAF6E69206E1D4F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board shall meet in person not fewer than four times each year. The Director shall request senior Federal Government officials to attend each of the four meetings, including requesting that the Council attend one of the four meetings. The co-chairs of the Board may call additional meetings online and by telephone as determined necessary by the co-chairs.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HFEC6DC72B1364CA8949595E5D1EE8577"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Board shall—</text> <paragraph id="H51B2CD22861A4EF199E000ECDCFCB428"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advise the President, the heads of Federal departments and agencies providing youth services, and other senior Federal Government officials on proposed and pending legislation, budget expenditures, and other policy matters with respect to youth, particularly disadvantaged youth;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6A5C2C82F0FE41DF8185DCCE08001958"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">work in partnership with State Youth Advisory Boards and similar local organizations to solicit the views and perspectives of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, with respect to youth services;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9AED8D73DD5F4676B1DBA619F0627607"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepare a section of the Strategy outlining the views and perspectives of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, with respect to youth services; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE99AC79EB1984128A38BC4C6432BC200"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide the Director evaluations of the staff support and training and technical assistance the Board has received.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H954C323E578C46F881392D6555046899"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The membership of the Board shall, in consultation with the Director, determine the procedures of the Board.</text> </subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27F85744B80B4BF284367866F6734B46"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Staff support and training and technical assistance</header> <paragraph id="HFF9DFDB6D1484475801C2CDC5B567075"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director shall make available, directly or through the funding of eligible organizations, the staff support and training and technical assistance necessary for the Board to fulfill the duties of the Board under this title.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H27126AC4C30141C88B63A859A7D656A2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible organization described</header><text>An eligible organization under this subsection is a nonprofit organization that has demonstrated, as determined by the Director, special expertise and broad national experience in supporting State Youth Advisory Boards and other similar organizations.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF824A99523274525BA7C8939355C1F3D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Mentoring opportunities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to the first meeting of the Board and biennially thereafter, the Speaker and the minority leader of the House of Representatives and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate shall each name one Member of Congress, from among those who have volunteered, to be available as a mentor for the Board and such Member of Congress shall be available to the Board as a mentor for a term of two years.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H4F78DDA71E6F4959B13B067DECBEC239"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Travel and transportation expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member of the Board and, if the Director determines it is appropriate in consideration of the member’s age or other circumstances, a parent, legal guardian, or care giver of that member may be allowed travel or transportation expenses in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5703">section 5703</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, while away from the member’s home or regular place of business in performance of services for the Board.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H2E1D8E73D3A34D899E00437EDBEFE6D6"><enum>808.</enum><header>Support of State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and State Youth Advisory Boards</header> <subsection id="HCDD8B96D45AC4E54977BF6CA9146E9D4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants</header> <paragraph id="H0F2D91E7572846E896495685F2EA8BB5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purposes, the Director shall make grants on a competitive basis to States for the creation and support of State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and State Youth Advisory Boards.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4D1D1283F7CE4418B6737E5D530937AA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications for grants under this section shall be submitted at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Director requires, but an application shall include at least the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H7AAA24B6AE4B47FAB081131E4CF77252"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A description of the State’s existing or proposed State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and existing or proposed State Youth Advisory Board, including a description of—</text> <clause id="HDA60E8D7ECE14DF18100D2D1B92D84B6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the leadership and staffing of such State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and such State Youth Advisory Board;</text> </clause><clause id="HE5E2AD04F2154525BAC1BBB26C1353B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the extent to which the chief executive of the State and the heads of State departments and agencies responsible for youth services participate in such State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and such State Youth Advisory Board;</text> </clause><clause id="H00FEB1255A1A40EEA728C54F887BA56C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State decisionmaking authority and other responsibilities assigned to such State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and such State Youth Advisory Board; and</text> </clause><clause id="HADCDE2ABFC5E43F49034367F9CCEC3EF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the diversity of the members of such State Youth Advisory Board and the steps taken to ensure active participation by disadvantaged youth.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H14B5762818F847ED80D6FA00AF323367"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the State’s intent to develop and implement a comprehensive plan to improve outcomes for youth in the State, particularly disadvantaged youth, with contents similar to those of the Strategy and what role the existing or proposed State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and the existing or proposed State Youth Advisory Board will play in that development and implementation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBD1A116DB44C4B2887541B797BA54800"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grant priorities</header><text>When making grants, the Director shall give priority to States based on demonstration of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HCF750520527F426AB1CCB5DA9DC6FF90"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An existing State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and an existing State Youth Advisory Board.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF21F8E5F72D407EA100746D1657184B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The leadership of the chief executive of the State and the heads of State departments and agencies responsible for providing youth services in the existing or proposed State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and the existing or proposed State Youth Advisory Board.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE4BAA22726045DBA4B8A185BE01EBFC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The inclusion of nongovernmental entities in the work of the existing or proposed State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and the existing or proposed State Youth Advisory Board.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFCC12BE804E54243B417B7BC181DCFF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The inclusion of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, in the work of the existing or proposed State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and the existing or proposed State Youth Advisory Board.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49BB5BE17DCA43FF80C8D0262068CF25"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Dedicated staff support for the existing or proposed State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and the existing or proposed State Youth Advisory Board.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H310CCE82FE5B480985D1B14DEC84099D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The existing or proposed State Youth Services Coordinating Entity and the existing or proposed State Youth Advisory Board work in partnership.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80AB20D10D7C4A2E94790452C6F3924B"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A plan to work with localities to support local youth services coordinating entities and local youth advisory boards.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H36CD8F56AC9A484BB18DA9F80700BA31"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Training and technical assistance</header> <paragraph id="H5161A626FCD44CF5B021C64EE285009D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purposes, the Director shall make available, directly or through the funding of eligible organizations, training and technical assistance to States for the support of State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and State Youth Advisory Boards.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0B8F461606F54A0FB521484F0076EFD3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible organization described</header><text>An eligible organization under this subsection is a nonprofit organization that has demonstrated, as determined by the Director, special expertise and broad national experience in supporting State Youth Services Coordinating Entities or State Youth Advisory Boards.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HACD11B4E5C0944509E12CCE90019FAB6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of funds by an eligible organization</header><text>An eligible organization receiving funding under this subsection shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H0DF3803E50654772B1F0225986F162E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop and provide to States methods for fostering innovation in the coordination of youth services in such States;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA143566930534AFE9478BE33BCE3CBED"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop and provide to States methods to ensure the inclusion of the views and perspectives of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, in the making of policy;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E460E98797B46D30098D5C993B3EF83"><enum>(C)</enum><text>facilitate opportunities for existing State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and State Youth Advisory Boards to share promising practices with other State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and State Youth Advisory Boards and with States wishing to establish State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and State Youth Advisory Boards through technology, conferences, meetings, and State-to-State mentoring initiatives;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DA08970BC2B454492F4656874650403"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop and provide to States methods for developing a comprehensive plan to improve outcomes for youth in the State, particularly disadvantaged youth, with contents similar to those of the Strategy; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE26D9EF6CB1B4911BF76C1E5D0FE38B3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provide other training and technical assistance required by the Director.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDCE4AF37E5A64117B9CC151020E8EFAF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Travel and transportation expenses</header><text>Members and leadership of State Youth Services Coordinating Entities and State Youth Advisory Boards may be allowed travel or transportation expenses in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5703">section 5703</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, while away from the members or leadership’s home or regular place of business for the provision or receipt of training and technical assistance.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HCE6FFD00F91249E888A6123F16BA8158"><enum>809.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <subsection id="H3332BE65FB5A46430060F3706FD6189E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013, to remain available until expended.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H9E7B44829F6B4D2F87497CBB90289829"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for a fiscal year—</text> <paragraph id="H5B5E895999F54B809F64BE27B39224CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than $10,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title other than section 808; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H19EA8546B1F54D0C8C19257894A3B03B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than $1,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out training and technical assistance under section 808.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC4E0FC8E4CFF4820AA21C7BC711521AB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that in no case should less than 10 percent of the total amounts appropriated to carry out this title for a fiscal year be appropriated to carry out the grant program under section 808.</text> </subsection></section>

Amendment of the Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act

Title VIII of the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006 is amended to read as follows: