A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to establish the youth development fund.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 3 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Part to read:
"Part 10C. Youth Development Fund.
"§ 143B‑168.30.  Youth Development Fund.
(a)	The Youth Development Fund is established within the State Treasury. The Fund shall be administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services, (Division) and shall be used to allocate funds to local youth development boards established pursuant to this section. This Fund shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the State Budget Act under Chapter 143C of the General Statutes.
(b)	The county board of commissioners in each county shall appoint members to a local youth development board. Each local youth development board shall consist of five members, including:
(1)	One member from the county board of commissioners.
(2)	One member from the local board of education.
(3)	One member from the local chamber of commerce.
(4)	Two members recommended by the county board of commissioners who do not meet the criteria of any of the members under subdivisions (1) through (3) of this subsection.
(c)	The local youth development board shall be responsible for making grants to each eligible youth development activity center pursuant to criteria established by the local youth development board. For purposes of this section, "youth development activity center" means a community center that provides a place where school‑aged students from grades K‑12 receive counseling, mentoring, tutoring, and any other related services after school and during vacations from school.
(d)	No more than ten percent (10%) of the funds shall be used for administrative costs by the local youth development board. In order to be eligible to receive grant funds under this section, a youth development activity center shall fulfill all of the criteria established by the local youth activity board. The application process shall include measures for effectiveness, including, at a minimum, each of the following:
(1)	The number of K‑12 students attending, by each grade level.
(2)	The number of students who are pregnant and the number of students who are parents.
(3)	The number of students who have dropped out of school.
(4)	The number of students who have been arrested or convicted of a crime.
(5)	The grade point average of students attending.
(e)	Each local youth development board shall monitor the success of the youth development activity centers awarded grants pursuant to this section and shall report annually to the Division on the success of those boards. The Division shall report annually to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services on the revenues credited to the Fund, the youth development activity centers receiving grants from the Fund, the success of those programs, and the costs associated with administering the Fund.
(f)	This program shall not constitute an entitlement and is subject to the availability of funds."
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services, the sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) for the 2016‑2017 fiscal year and the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), adjusted to inflation, each fiscal year thereafter to fund the Youth Development Fund established under G.S. 143B‑168.30, as enacted under Section 1 of this act.
SECTION 3.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective July 1, 2016. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.