Establishment of a Target Population and Provision of

Equitable Services Thereto.

(a)Funds appropriated under this Chapter shall be used pursuant to a Summer Youth Employment Plan which is prepared in accordance with § 21110 to provide authorized services to eligible youth.

(b)For the purposes of this Chapter, youth shall mean an individual who is aged 14 through 25.

(c)Eligible male and female youth shall be served on an equitable basis, taking into account their age, sex, area of residence in the Territory, and their proportion of the target population within each residential district of the Territory.

(d)The recognized standard for population statistics on youth to be used in the proportionment of services under this Chapter, shall be the Territory's 1980 Census of Population, published by the Bureau of Census, U. S. Department of Commerce, or any recognized census reports on the COL120106 CH. 21 SUMMER EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH Territory issued by the Department subsequently therefrom.