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Sec. 121. The Secretary is authorized, with the concurrence of the Attorney General, to make grants to any

7 public agency for projects or programs for diagnosing, treatSing, and rehabilitating youths who have been determined to 9 be delinquent by courts, police departments, or other cor10 rectional, law enforcement, or welfare agencies.

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Sec. 122. Grants under this part may be made only

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upon application by a State, county, municipal, or ther 14 public agency which contains or is accompanied by assur

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(1) (A) such agency will provide to the extent feasible for coordinating, on a continuing basis, of its operations with the operations of agencies or organiza

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recreation, job training, job placement, correction, and other basic services in the community for youth;

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secure or provide any of such services which are necessary for such youth and which are not otherwise being provided in the community; and

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sources available for provision of such services;

(D) public and private agencies and organizations providing the services referred to in paragraph (1) (A) (including police, courts, and other agencies involved in the youth correction process) will be consulted in the formulation by the applicant of the project or program for carrying out the purposes of this part, with a view not only to formulation of a project or program which takes account of the services and expertise of such agencies and organizations, but also to adapting such services to the better fulfillment of the purposes of this Act with respect to youths in the community described in

section 121. Such application shall contain such other information as the Secretary finds necessary to determine whether or not to approve the application, including

(3) a description of the services for youths de

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(4) a statement of the method or methods of linking the agencies and organizations, public and private, providing these and other services; and

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SEC. 123. In determining whether or not to approve

6 applications for grants under section 121, the Secretary shall 7 consider, among other relevant factors in the community of

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(2) the incidence of crime, particularly youth offenses and juvenile delinquency;

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(1) meeting the cost of securing or providing services, for diagnosis, treatment, or rehabilitation of youths referred to in section 121, which the Secretary prescribes as essential for the purposes of this part, but only to the extent and for the period reasonably neces

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been determined to be delinquent and are not yet ready for full return to society, and (C) small, special-purpose,

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residential, community-based facilities for diagnosis,

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treatment, and rehabilitation of youths who are in or under the control or supervision of correctional institu

tions. 17 It shall be a condition of any grant under this part which

wholly or partially for construction that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on such construction shall be paid wages at rates not less than those

on similar construction in the locality as deter22 mined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the 23 Davi-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a-276a-5). 24 The Secretary of Labor shall have with respect to these labor

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2 and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (40

3 U.S.C. 276c).

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FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION

5 SEC. 125. A grant under this part may not exceed 60 6 per centum of the cost of the project or prograin with respect 7 to which it is made, except that the percentage with respect 8 to so much of such cost as is for construction may not exceed

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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

12 SEC. 140. The purpose of this part is to promote the 13 use of community-based services for the prevention of ju14 venile delinquency and the rehabilitation of delinquent 15 youths; and to assist communities to operate special diag

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19 SEC. 141. The Secretary is authorized to make grants 20 to any community, mw.icipal, or other local public or non21 profit private agency or organization to meet not to exceed 22 75 per centum of the cost of a project or program for 23 securing or provision of special diagnostic, treatment, or 24 rehabilitative services for youths who are delinquent or in