Sec. 9. State use of funds
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From the grant funds made available to a State under this Act for any fiscal year— the State shall use not less than 95 percent to award subgrants to local consortia under subsection (b); the State may use not less than 3 percent for evaluation and capacity building activities, including training, technical assistance, and professional development; and the State may use not more than 2 percent for the administrative costs of carrying out responsibilities under this Act. A State that receives a grant under this Act shall use the portion of the grant funds described in subsection (a)(1) to award subgrants to local consortia. From the total amount of funds available under subparagraph
(A)to award subgrants to local consortia for a fiscal year, the State may reserve 5 percent to award subgrant to rural local consortia for such fiscal year. In this subsection the term rural local consortium means a local consortium serving an area of the State that has a locale code of 41, 42, or 43. In awarding subgrants to local consortia, a State shall give priority to applications from local consortia— that propose to serve children and youth in target schools; or that submit a proposal with a plan to provide a comprehensive continuum of services, including not less than 1 service from each of not less than 3 categories of services described in paragraphs
(3)through
(11)of section 11(b), and which application— is submitted by local consortia comprised of a broad representation of stakeholders and decision makers in the community, including a multitude of community partners described in section 4(7); or demonstrates the capacity for successful implementation through a history of successful collaboration and effectiveness in strengthening outcomes for children and youth. Each subgrant awarded under this section shall be for a period of 5 years and shall be renewable based on progress toward achieving the results described in section 10(b)(2)(A). A State that receives a grant under this Act may award planning grants to local consortia to enable the local consortia to develop the local strategy described in section 10(b). Such planning grants shall be for a duration of— not more than 6 months and in an amount of not more than $50,000; or not more than 1 year and in an amount of not more than $100,000. A State that receives a grant under this Act shall use the grant funds to supplement, not supplant, Federal and non-Federal funds available to carry out activities described in this Act.