WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 539

(v) (VI) In accordance with particular
community needs:

1.  Tutoring;

2.  Alternative leisure activities;

3.  Employment assistance;

4.  Community education, including
training and information relating to youth suicide prevention;
and

5.  Other specialized services.

(c)  The [Agency] DEPARTMENT shall:

(1)  As to each youth services bureau receiving State
funding:

(i) Monitor its operations;

(ii) Evaluate annually its effectiveness; and

(iii) Stop funding a youth services bureau that
is ineffective or that, for 2 years, fails to meet the
eligibility guidelines for State funding; and

(2)  Review and either approve or disapprove the
application for State funding of a youth services bureau or
proposed youth services bureau.

(d)  (1) The funding of an eligible youth services bureau
shall be a shared responsibility of this State and of local
governments. This State's share shall be 75 percent of the
funding of an eligible youth services bureau, as provided in the
State budget.

(2)  Each eligible youth services bureau shall submit
to the [Agency] DEPARTMENT a proposed annual budget for review
and approval, at the times that the [Agency] DEPARTMENT
specifies.

(3)  The proposed budget of the [Agency] DEPARTMENT
shall list the eligible youth services bureaus and estimate the
amount of State funds to be allocated to each.

(4)  At the option of the local governing body that
provides the matching funds for an eligible youth services
bureau, the State funds for the support of the eligible youth
services bureau shall be paid directly to its private sponsor or
to the local governing body. Before the State funds are paid,

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