Title 34 › Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts › CHAPTER 111 — JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION › SUBCHAPTER V — INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PROGRAMS › § 11311
Defines key words used in the subchapter. "At-risk" means whatever is defined in section 6472 of title 20. "Eligible entity" means either a local government unit that follows part B of subchapter II or a nonprofit working with such a local government. "Delinquency prevention program" means a program backed by data or that shows promise to keep kids out of trouble; it covers many kinds of help, including substance abuse prevention or treatment, tutoring (especially reading and math), health and mental-health services, recreation, youth leadership and development, teaching accountability, job-skills help, mentoring, after-school programs, and a long list of coordinated supports (for example early childhood services, home visiting, housing help, job placement, alternative school options, restorative justice, gang prevention, services for pregnant or parenting teens, and reentry services for detained youth). "Local policy board" is the board an eligible entity uses when making its plan; it must have between 15 and 21 members, include a balanced mix of public agencies, nonprofit youth-serving groups, and business, and must have at least one faith-community representative, one adjudicated youth (a young person found by juvenile court to have committed an offense), and one parent of an adjudicated youth; if the eligible entity is a nonprofit partnership, the nonprofit must have a representative on the board. "Mentoring" means pairing one adult with one or more youth for guidance and support, meeting regularly for not less than 9 months. "State advisory group" means the advisory group the State's chief executive appoints under section 11133(a). "State entity" means the State agency named under section 11133(a)(1) or the entity that receives funds under section 11133(d).
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34 U.S.C. § 11311
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Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110