(a) Children and youth five (5) through nineteen (19) years of age who are members of a family with a gross family income not exceeding two hundred percent (200%) of the federal poverty guidelines are eligible to attend a positive youth development program without cost if there is: (1) A positive youth development program available in the community where the child resides; and(2) Available space for the child to attend the program.(b) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education may develop a fee schedule and establish eligibility based on family income for children and youth five through nineteen (5-19) years of age who are not eligible under subsection (a) of this section.(c) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education shall review criteria for identifying and targeting the areas of the state with the greatest need for programs.(d) The State Board of Education, with the advice and assistance of the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education, shall adopt the appropriate criteria for identifying children and youth five through nineteen of Education, with the advice and assistance of the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education, shall adopt the appropriate criteria for identifying children and youth five through nineteen (5-19) years of age with the greatest need to participate in programs funded by the Positive Youth Development Grant.Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1060, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 2011, No. 166, § 1.
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