Sec. 502. DEFINITIONS
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## SEC. 502 DEFINITIONS **[**[34 U.S.C. 11311](/us/usc/t34/s11311)**]** In this title— ####
(1)the term “**at-risk**” has the meaning given that term in section 1432 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6472); ####
(2)the term “**eligible entity**” means— #####
(A)a unit of local government that is in compliance with the requirements of part B of title II; or #####
(B)a nonprofit organization in partnership with a unit of local government described in subparagraph (A); ####
(3)the term “**delinquency prevention program**” means a delinquency prevention program that is evidence-based or promising and that may include— #####
(A)alcohol and substance abuse prevention or treatment services; #####
(B)tutoring and remedial education, especially in reading and mathematics; #####
(C)child and adolescent health and mental health services; #####
(D)recreation services; #####
(E)leadership and youth development activities; #####
(F)the teaching that individuals are and should be held accountable for their actions; #####
(G)assistance in the development of job training skills; #####
(H)youth mentoring programs; #####
(I)after-school programs; #####
(J)coordination of a continuum of services that may include— ######
(i)early childhood development services; ######
(ii)voluntary home visiting programs; ######
(iii)nurse-family partnership programs; ######
(iv)parenting skills training; ######
(v)child abuse prevention programs; ######
(vi)family stabilization programs; ######
(vii)child welfare services; ######
(viii)family violence intervention programs; ######
(ix)adoption assistance programs; ######
(x)emergency, transitional and permanent housing assistance; ######
(xi)job placement and retention training; ######
(xii)summer jobs programs; ######
(xiii)alternative school resources for youth who have dropped out of school or demonstrate chronic truancy; ######
(xiv)conflict resolution skill training; ######
(xv)restorative justice programs; ######
(xvi)mentoring programs; ######
(xvii)targeted gang prevention, intervention and exit services; ###### (xviii) training and education programs for pregnant teens and teen parents; and ######
(xix)pre-release, post-release, and reentry services to assist detained and incarcerated youth with transitioning back into and reentering the community; and #####
(K)other data-driven evidence-based or promising prevention programs; ####
(4)the term “**local policy board**”, when used with respect to an eligible entity, means a policy board that the eligible entity will engage in the development of the eligible entity’s plan described in section 504(e)(5), and that includes— #####
(A)not fewer than 15 and not more than 21 members; and18 18The word “**and**” probably should not appear at the end of subparagraph (A). #####
(B)a balanced representation of— ######
(i)public agencies and private nonprofit organizations serving juveniles and their families; and ######
(ii)business and industry; #####
(C)at least one representative of the faith community, one adjudicated youth, and one parent of an adjudicated youth; and #####
(D)in the case of an eligible entity described in paragraph (1)(B), a representative of the nonprofit organization of the eligible entity; ####
(5)the term “**mentoring**” means matching 1 adult with 1 or more youths for the purpose of providing guidance, support, and encouragement through regularly scheduled meetings for not less than 9 months; ####
(6)the term “**State advisory group**” means the advisory group appointed by the chief executive officer of a State under a plan described in section 223(a); and ####
(7)the term “**State entity**” means the State agency designated under section 223(a)(1) or the entity receiving funds under section 223(d).
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