(

a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (

j) of

Section 5096.310 shall be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for parks, park facilities, or environmental youth service centers that are within the immediate proximity of a neighborhood that has been identified by the department as having a critical lack of park or open-space lands or deteriorated park facilities, that are in an area of significant poverty and unemployment, and that have a shortage of services for youth. Priority shall be given to capital projects that employ neighborhood residents and at-risk youth. (b)

(1) Fifty percent of the funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (

j) of

Section 5096.310 shall be made available on a competitive basis to heavily urbanized counties and cities or to nonprofit organizations or park districts in those counties and cities, in compliance with subdivision (

a) and the matching requirements of the Roberti-Z’berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and Recreation Program Act (Chapter 3.2 (commencing with

Section 5620).

(2) No more than percent of the amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be allocated to fund grants pursuant to

Chapter 2.5 (commencing with

Section 990) of Part of Division of the Welfare and Institutions Code, at least percent of which shall be granted to youth service organizations eligible for tax-exempt status pursuant to

Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that are chartered by a national youth service organization.