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 120 STAT. 2596

PUBLIC LAW 109–365—OCT. 17, 2006

SEC. 803. DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The duties of the Council shall be to provide advice and recommendations, including— (1) ensuring communication among agencies administering programs designed to serve youth, especially those in disadvantaged situations; (2) assessing the needs of youth, especially those in disadvantaged situations, and those who work with youth, and the quantity and quality of Federal programs offering services, supports, and opportunities to help youth in their educational, social, emotional, physical, vocational, and civic development, in coordination with the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics; (3) recommending quantifiable goals and objectives for such programs; (4) making recommendations for the allocation of resources in support of such goals and objectives; (5) identifying possible areas of overlap or duplication in the purpose and operation of programs serving youth and recommending ways to better facilitate the coordination and consultation among, and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of, such programs; (6) identifying target populations of youth who are disproportionately at risk and assisting agencies in focusing additional resources on such youth; (7) developing a plan, including common indicators of youth well-being that are consistent with the indicators tracked by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, and assisting Federal agencies, at the request of 1 or more such agencies, in coordinating to achieve the goals and objectives described in paragraph (3); (8) assisting Federal agencies, at the request of 1 or more such agencies, in collaborating on— (A) model programs and demonstration projects focusing on special populations, including youth in foster care and migrant youth; (B) projects to promote parental involvement; and (C) projects that work to involve young people in service programs; (9) soliciting and documenting ongoing input and recommendations from— (A) youth, especially youth in disadvantaged situations; (B) national youth development experts, researchers, parents, community-based organizations, including faithbased organizations, foundations, business leaders, youth service providers, and teachers; and (C) State and local government agencies, particularly agencies serving children and youth; and (10) working with Federal agencies— (A) to promote high-quality research and evaluation, identify and replicate model programs and promising practices, and provide technical assistance relating to the needs of youth; and (B) to coordinate the collection and dissemination of youth services-related data and research.

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