Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 100 Part 4.djvu/392

 100 STAT. 3207-113

PUBLIC LAW 99-570—OCT. 27, 1986

"(3) collect and disseminate information concerning successful alcohol abuse and drug abuse education and prevention curricula; and "(4) collect and disseminate information on effective and ineffective school-based alcohol abuse and drug abuse education and prevention programs, particularly effective programs which stress that the use of illegal drugs and the abuse of alcohol is wrong and harmful. PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND REHABILITATION MODEL PROJECTS FOR HIGH RISK YOUTH Grants. 42 USC 290aa-8.

42 USC 9801 note.

State and local governments.

"SEC. 509A. (a) The Secretary, through the Director of the Office, shall make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for projects to demonstrate effective models for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of drug abuse and alcohol abuse among high risk youth. "GJXI) In making grants for drug abuse and alcohol abuse prevention projects under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to applications for projects directed at children of substance abusers, latchkey children, children at risk of abuse or neglect, preschool children eligible for services under the Head Start Act, children at risk of dropping out of school, children at risk of becoming adolescent parents, and children who do not attend school and who are at risk of being unemployed. "(2) In making grants for drug abuse and alcohol abuse treatment and rehabilitation projects under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to projects which address the relationship between drug abuse or alcohol abuse and physical child abuse, sexual child abuse, emotional child abuse, dropping out of school, unemployment, delinquency, pregnancy, violence, suicide, or mental health problems. "(3) In making grgints under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to applications from community based organizations for projects to develop innovative models with multiple, coordinated services for the prevention or for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug abuse or alcohol abuse by high risk youth. "(4) In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to applications for projects to demonstrate effective models with multiple, coordinated services which may be replicated and which are for the prevention or for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug abuse or alcohol abuse by high risk youth. "(c) To the extent feasible, the Secretary shall make grants under this section in all regions of the United States, and shall ensure the distribution of grants under this section among urban and rural areas. "(d) In order to receive a grant for a project under this section for a fiscal year, a public or nonprofit private entity shall submit an application to the Secretary, acting through the Office. The Secretary inay provide to the Governor of the State the opportunity to review and comment on such application. Such application shall be in such form, shall contain such information, and shall be submitted at such time as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe. "(e) The Director of the Office shall evaluate projects conducted with grants under this section. "(f) For purposes of this section, the term 'high risk youth' means an individual who has not attained the age of 21 years, who is at

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