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PUBLIC LAW 92-381-AUG. 14, 1972

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Public Law 92-381 August 14, 1972 [H. R. 15635]

Juvenile Delinquency P r e v e n tion and Control Act of 1968, amendment. 82 Stat. 462; 85 Stat. 8 4. 42 USC 3801 note. Short title.

AN ACT To assist elementary and secondary schools, community agencies, and other public and nonprotit private agencies to prevent juvenile delinquency, and for other purposes. Be it enacted "by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asse7nbted, That the Act entitled, "An Act to assist the courts, correctional systems, community agencies, and primary and secondary public school systems to prevent, treat, and control juvenile delinquency; to support research and training efforts in the prevention, treatment, and control of juvenile delinquency; and for other purposes", approved July 31, 1968, is amended to read as follows: "That this Act may be cited as the 'Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act'. "FINDINGS AND PURPOSE

"SEC. 2. The Congress finds that delinquency among youths constitutes a national problem which can best be met by providing assistance to and encouraging the coordination of efforts by public and nonprofit private agencies engaged in preventing juvenile deliquency. I t is, therefore, the purpose of this Act to help States and local communities in providing community based preventive services, including diagnosis and treatment, to youths who are in danger of becoming delinquent, to provide assistance in the training of personnel employed or preparing for employment in occupations involving the provision of such services, and to provide technical assistance in such field. "TITLE I—PEEVEXTIVE SERVICES uSTATEMENT OF PURPOSE

"SEC. 101. The purpose of this title is to assist States, local educational agencies, and other public and nonprofit private agencies to establish and carry out community-based programs, including programs in schools, for the prevention of delinquency in youths. GRANTS u,

"SEC. 102. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to, or contracts with, public or nonprofit private agencies to meet all or part of the cost of establishing or operating, including the cost of planning, programs designed to carry out the purposes of this title. " (b)(1) Grants and contracts under this title may b^ made only upon application to the Secretary by a public or nonprofit private agency, which contains or is accompanied by satisfactorv assurances that— " (A) steps have been or will be taken toward the provision, within a reasonable period of time, of a program of coordinated youth services in the area served which will make a substantial contribution toward the prevention of delinquency of youths, including the diagnosis and treatment of youths in danger of becoming delinquent; " (B) such applicant agency will make special efforts to assure that the services provided by the program will be available for youths with the most serious behavioral problems; " (C)(i) such applicant agency (if it is not a local educational agency) has consulted on its application with the local educational agencies and nonprofit private schools in the area to be served

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