[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3353 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3353

               To provide grants for juvenile mentoring.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 12, 2010

  Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. 
    Burris) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
               To provide grants for juvenile mentoring.

    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 ``Juvenile Mentoring Program Act of 
2010'' or the ``JUMP Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PROGRAMS.

    Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amended by inserting after part F the 
following:

                          ``Part G--Mentoring

                               ``purposes

    ``Sec. 299K. The purposes of this part are--
            ``(1) to reduce juvenile delinquency and gang 
        participation;
            ``(2) to improve academic performance; and
            ``(3) to provide general guidance and promote personal and 
        social responsibility,
through the use of mentors for at-risk youth.

                             ``definitions

    ``Sec. 299L. For purposes of this part--
            ``(1) the term `at-risk youth' means an individual less 
        than 18 years of age at risk of educational failure or dropping 
        out of school or involvement in delinquent activities; and
            ``(2) the term `mentor' means a responsible adult who is 
        linked with an at-risk youth on a one-to-one volunteer basis, 
        establishing a supportive relationship with the youth and 
        providing the youth with exposure to new experiences that 
        enhance the youth's ability to become a responsible citizen.

                                ``grants

    ``Sec. 299M. The Administrator shall, by making grants to and 
entering into contracts with State and local educational agencies or 
national, regional, and local nonprofit organizations, establish and 
support programs and activities for the purpose of implementing 
mentoring programs that--
            ``(1) are designed to link at-risk children, particularly 
        children living in high crime areas and children experiencing 
        educational failure, with responsible adults; and
            ``(2) are intended to achieve 1 or more of the following 
        goals:
                    ``(A) Provide general guidance to at-risk youth.
                    ``(B) Promote personal and social responsibility 
                among at-risk youth.
                    ``(C) Increase at-risk youth's participation in and 
                enhance their ability to benefit from elementary and 
                secondary education.
                    ``(D) Discourage at-risk youth's use of illegal 
                drugs, violence, and dangerous weapons, and other 
                criminal activity.
                    ``(E) Discourage involvement of at-risk youth in 
                gangs.
                    ``(F) Encourage at-risk youth's participation in 
                community service and community activities.

                      ``regulations and guidelines

    ``Sec. 299N. The Administrator shall develop and distribute to 
program participants specific model guidelines for the screening of 
prospective program mentors.

                            ``use of grants

    ``Sec. 299O.  (a) Permitted Uses.--Grants awarded pursuant to 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;
            ``(4) training of mentoring program staff in effective 
        practices; and
            ``(5) such other purposes as the Administrator may 
        reasonably prescribe by regulation.
    ``(b) Additional Permitted Uses for National Grants.--In addition 
to the uses set forth in subsection (a), national grants awarded 
pursuant to this part may be used to implement and improve mentoring 
programs, including--
            ``(1) the establishment and implementation of quality 
        assurance services, including best practices for the screening 
        of volunteer mentors and supervision of mentoring 
        relationships;
            ``(2) the establishment and implementation of child safety 
        standards;
            ``(3) the establishment and implementation of information 
        technology systems to track the effectiveness of program 
        models; and
            ``(4) research evaluations to inform best practices.
    ``(c) Prohibited Uses.--Grants awarded pursuant to this part shall 
not be used--
            ``(1) to directly compensate mentors, except as provided 
        pursuant to subsection (a)(3);
            ``(2) to obtain educational or other materials or equipment 
        that would otherwise be used in the ordinary course of the 
        grantee's operations;
            ``(3) to support litigation of any kind; or
            ``(4) for any other purpose reasonably prohibited by the 
        Administrator by regulation.

                            ``considerations

    ``Sec. 299P.  (a) In General.--In making grants under this part, 
the Administrator shall give priority for awarding grants to applicants 
that--
            ``(1) serve at-risk youth in high crime areas;
            ``(2) have 60 percent or more of their youth eligible to 
        receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
        of 1965 (20 U.S.C. et seq.); and
    ``(b) Other Considerations.--In making grants under this part, the 
Administrator shall give consideration to--
            ``(1) the quality of a mentoring plan, including--
                    ``(A) the resources, if any, that will be dedicated 
                to providing participating youth 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 the 
                mentoring plan; and
            ``(2) the capability of the applicant to effectively 
        implement the mentoring plan.

                             ``applications

    ``Sec. 299Q. An application for assistance under this part shall 
include--
            ``(1) information on the youth expected to be served by the 
        program;
            ``(2) a provision for a mechanism for matching youth with 
        mentors based on the needs of the youth;
            ``(3) an assurance that no mentor will be assigned to more 
        than one youth, so as to ensure a one-to-one relationship;
            ``(4) an assurance that projects will be monitored to 
        ensure that each youth benefits from a mentor relationship, 
        with provision for a new mentor assignment if the relationship 
        is not beneficial to the youth;
            ``(5) the method by which mentors and youth will be 
        recruited to the project;
            ``(6) the method by which prospective mentors will be 
        screened;
            ``(7) the training that will be provided to mentors; and
            ``(8) the method by which outcomes for youth will be 
        measured and the strength of the mentoring relationship 
        monitored.

                             ``grant cycles

    ``Sec. 299R. Grants under this part shall be made for up to 3-year 
periods.''.

SEC. 3. 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 subsection heading, by striking ``Parts 
                C and E'' and inserting ``Parts C, E, and G'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 
                subparagraph (A), by striking ``parts C and E'' and 
                inserting ``parts C, E, and G'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations for Part G.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out part G, and authorized to 
remain available until expended, $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2011 through 2015.''.
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