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 PUBLIC LAW 98-473—OCT. 12, 1984

98 STAT. 2115

cies, organizations, institutions, or individuals, to develop and implement new approaches, techniques, and methods designed to— "(1) improve the capability of public and private agencies and organizations to provide services for delinquents and other youth to help prevent juvenile delinquency; "(2) develop and implement, in coordination with the Secretary of Education, model programs and methods to keep students in elementary and secondary schools, to prevent unwarranted and arbitrary suspensions and expulsions, and to encourage new approaches and techniques with respect to the prevention of school violence and vandalism; "(3) develop, implement, and support, in conjunction with the Secretary of Labor, other public and private agencies and organizations and business and industry programs for youth employment; "(4) develop and support programs designed to encourage and enable State legislatures to consider and further the purposes of this title, both by amending State laws if necessary, and devoting greater resources to those purposes; "(5) develop and implement programs relating to juvenile delinquency and learning disabilities, including on-the-job training programs to assist law enforcement personnel and juvenile justice personnel to more effectively recognize and provide for learning disabled and other handicapped juveniles; "(6) develop statewide programs through the use of subsidies or other financial incentives designed to— "(A) remove juveniles from jails and lockups for adults; "(B) replicate juvenile programs designated as exemplary by the National Institute of Justice; or "(C) establish and adopt, based upon the recommendations of the National Advisory Committee for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention made before the date of the enactment of the Juvenile Justice, Runaway Youth, and Missing Children's Act Amendments of 1984, standards for the improvement of juvenile justice within each State involved; "(7) develop and implement model programs, relating to the special education needs of delinquent and other youth, which develop locally coordinated policies and programs among education, juvenile justice, and social service agencies. "(c) Not less than 30 percent of the funds available for grants and contracts under this section shall be available for grants to and contracts with private nonprofit agencies, organizations, or institutions which have had experience in dealing with youth. "(d) Assistance provided under this section shall be available on an equitable basis to deal with female, minority, and disadvantaged youth, including mentally, emotionally, or physically handicapped youth. "(e) Not less than 5 percent of the funds available for grants and contracts under this section shall be available for grants and contracts designed to address the special needs and problems of juvenile delinquency in the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.".

Ante, p. 2107.

Women. Minorities. Disadvantaged persons.

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