[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3328 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3328

               To provide grants for juvenile mentoring.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 21, 2012

 Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
Sanders, and Mr. Carper) 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 
Reauthorization Act of 2012'' or the ``JUMP Reauthorization Act of 
2012''.

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

``SEC. 299K. PURPOSES.

    ``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.

``SEC. 299L. DEFINITIONS.

    ``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;
            ``(2) the term `mentor' means a responsible adult who is 
        linked with at-risk youth in consistent contact, either as a 
        one-to-one mentor or in small group mentoring, establishing 
        supportive relationships with youth and providing youth with 
        exposure to new experiences that enhance the ability of at-risk 
        youth to become responsible citizens;
            ``(3) the term `one-to-one 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; and
            ``(4) the term `small group mentoring' means one adult 
        mentor forming a relationship with a small group of youths. The 
        mentor assumes the role of leader and makes a commitment to 
        meet regularly with the group over an extensive period of time 
        in a predetermined facility.

``SEC. 299M. GRANTS.

    ``The Administrator shall, by making grants to and entering into 
contracts with 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 one 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.

``SEC. 299N. REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES.

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

``SEC. 299O. USE OF GRANTS.

    ``(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 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 support litigation of any kind; or
            ``(2) for any other purpose reasonably prohibited by the 
        Administrator by regulation.

``SEC. 299P. CONSIDERATIONS.

    ``(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.);
            ``(3) establish and support mentoring programs that serve 
        at-risk youth in public housing sites or on Native American 
        lands; and
            ``(4) serve at-risk youth with a parent in the military, 
        including a deployed parent.
    ``(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 there is appropriate 
                coordination with the local community to ensure the 
                mentoring plan will continue to be implemented once the 
                grant is discontinued; and
            ``(2) the capability of the applicant to effectively 
        implement the mentoring plan.

``SEC. 299Q. APPLICATIONS.

    ``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 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;
            ``(4) the method by which mentors and youth will be 
        recruited to the project;
            ``(5) the method by which prospective mentors will be 
        screened;
            ``(6) the training that will be provided to mentors; and
            ``(7) the method by which outcomes for youth will be 
        measured and the strength of the mentoring relationship 
        monitored.''.

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''; and
                    (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, $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2013 through 2017.''.
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