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| CREC-1995-12-18-pt1-PgE2381-2 | 1995-12-18 | 104 | 1 | 141 | THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT | SENATE | EXTENSIONS | ALLOTHER | E2381 | E2383 | [{"name": "J. C. Watts Jr.", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "104", "type": "SRES", "number": "4"}] | 141 Cong. Rec. E2381 | Congressional Record, Volume 141 Issue 203 (Monday, December 18, 1995) [Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 203 (Monday, December 18, 1995)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Pages E2381-E2383] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT ______ HON. J.C. WATTS, JR. of oklahoma in the house of representatives Monday, December 18, 1995 Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce the Youth Development Community Block Grant of 1995 for Representatives Susan Molinari, Donald Payne, Jim Talent, and myself. This legislation will consolidate and coordinate a number of existing Federal programs to provide local communities with the resources and the authority to develop effective youth development programs for their young people. The legislation achieves this goal through a two-pronged approach. First, it consolidates the resources previously authorized through 19 Federal programs that were often duplicative, overlapping, and unfamiliar to the general [[Page E2382]] public. Second, instead of creating more one-size-fits-all programs at the national level, this legislation recognizes that creative individuals and groups at the local level are best suited and best informed to assess the problems of young people in their community and develop strategies and programs for them. This initiative promotes positive youth development by supporting preventive programs that help our youth learn the values and life skills needed to succeed. Because we focus on community-based prevention programs, over 90 percent of the money authorized here will go directly to local communities. The Youth Development Community block grant is endorsed by a broad range of public and private organizations. Local youth service groups and substance abuse prevention providers support this legislation, as do respected organizations such as the Salvation Army, Big Sisters and Big Brothers of America, and the Boys Clubs and Girls Clubs of America. The Youth Development Community block grant, introduced on the Senate side by Chairman Nancy Landon Kassebaum of the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, is based on the proven principles of successful program delivery--local control, flexibility, coordination, and accountability. The legislation builds on the strength, credibility and expertise of community-based organizations, and that will be the essence of its success. [[Page E2383]] SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or changes in the meetings as they occur. As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week. Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, December 19, 1995, may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record. MEETINGS SCHEDULED DECEMBER 20 9:30 a.m. Energy and Natural Resources To hold hearings on S. 594, to provide for the administration of certain Presidio properties at minimal cost to the federal taxpayer. SD-366 10:00 a.m. Judiciary Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business. SD-226 DECEMBER 21 9:30 a.m. Energy and Natural Resources Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business. SD-366 10:00 a.m. Judiciary Business meeting, to consider pending committee business. SD-226 |