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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1307 

To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile 

delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention 

to help build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency 

to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and lawabiding lives. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 16 (legislative day, JULY 15), 2013 

Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and Mr. INHOFE) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related 

to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 

prevention and intervention to help build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency to ensure 

that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and 

law-abiding lives. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Youth Prison Reduc5 tion through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Sup6 port, and Education Act’’ or the ‘‘Youth PROMISE Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 The table of contents for this Act are as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

Sec. 4. Findings. 

Sec. 5. Allotment for Youth PROMISE Programs. 

TITLE I—FEDERAL COORDINATION OF LOCAL AND TRIBAL 

JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMATION AND EFFORTS 

Sec. 101. PROMISE Advisory Panel. 

Sec. 102. Geographic assessment of resource allocation. 

TITLE II—PROMISE GRANTS 

Sec. 201. Purposes. 

Subtitle A—PROMISE Assessment and Planning Grants 

Sec. 202. PROMISE Assessment and Planning grants authorized. 

Sec. 203. PROMISE Coordinating Councils. 

Sec. 204. Needs and strengths assessment. 

Sec. 205. PROMISE Plan components. 

Subtitle B—PROMISE Implementation Grants 

Sec. 211. PROMISE Implementation grants authorized. 

Sec. 212. PROMISE Implementation grant application requirements. 

Sec. 213. Grant award guidelines. 

Sec. 214. Reports. 

Subtitle C—General PROMISE Grant Provisions 

Sec. 221. Nonsupplanting clause. 

Sec. 222. Grant application review panel. 

Sec. 223. Evaluation of PROMISE grant programs. 

TITLE III—PROMISE RESEARCH CENTERS 

Sec. 301. Establishment of the National Research Center for Proven Juvenile 

Justice Practices. 

Sec. 302. Grants for regional research proven practices partnerships. 

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis6 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Office of Ju7 venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. 


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1 (2) COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘community’’ 

2 means a unit of local government or an Indian tribe, 

3 or part of such a unit or tribe, as determined by 

4 such a unit or tribe for the purpose of applying for 

5 a grant under this Act. 

6 (3) DESIGNATED GEOGRAPHIC AREA.—The 

7 term ‘‘designated geographic area’’ means a 5-digit 

8 postal ZIP Code assigned to a geographic area by 

9 the United States Postal Service. 

10 (4) EVIDENCE-BASED.—The term ‘‘evidence11 based’’, when used with respect to a practice relating 

12 to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac13 tivity prevention and intervention, means a practice 

14 (including a service, program, activity, intervention, 

15 technology, or strategy) for which the Administrator 

16 has determined— 

17 (A) causal evidence documents a relation18 ship between the practice and its intended out19 come, based on measures of the direction and 

20 size of a change, and the extent to which a 

21 change may be attributed to the practice; and 

22 (B) the use of scientific methods rules out, 

23 to the extent possible, alternative explanations 

24 for the documented change. 


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1 (5) INTERVENTION.—The term ‘‘intervention’’ 

2 means the provision of programs and services that 

3 are supported by research, are evidence-based or 

4 promising practices, and are provided to youth who 

5 are involved in, or who are identified by evidence6 based risk assessment methods as being at high risk 

7 of continued involvement in, juvenile delinquency or 

8 criminal street gangs, as a result of indications that 

9 demonstrate involvement with problems such as tru10 ancy, substance abuse, mental health treatment 

11 needs, or siblings who have had involvement with ju12 venile or criminal justice systems. 

13 (6) JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND CRIMINAL

14 STREET GANG ACTIVITY PREVENTION.—The term 

15 ‘‘juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activ16 ity prevention’’ means the provision of programs and 

17 resources to children and families who have not yet 

18 had substantial contact with criminal justice or juve19 nile justice systems, that— 

20 (A) are designed to reduce potential juve21 nile delinquency and criminal street gang activ22 ity risks; and 

23 (B) are evidence-based or promising edu24 cational, health, mental health, school-based, 

25 community-based, faith-based, parenting, job 


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1 training, social opportunities and experiences, 

2 or other programs, for youth and their families, 

3 that have been demonstrated to be effective in 

4 reducing juvenile delinquency and criminal 

5 street gang activity risks. 

6 (7) PROMISING.—The term ‘‘promising’’, when 

7 used with respect to a practice relating to juvenile 

8 delinquency and criminal street gang activity preven9 tion and intervention, means a practice (including a 

10 service, program, activity, intervention, technology, 

11 or strategy) that, based on statistical analyses or a 

12 theory of change, has been determined by the Ad13 ministrator to have demonstrated the potential to 

14 meet the requirements of an evidence-based practice. 

15 (8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

16 the several States, the District of Columbia, the 

17 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 

18 American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Is19 lands, and any other territories or possessions of the 

20 United States. 

21 (9) THEORY OF CHANGE.—The term ‘‘theory of 

22 change’’ means a program planning strategy ap23 proved by the Administrator that outlines the types 

24 of interventions and outcomes essential to achieving 

25 a set of program goals. 


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1 (10) YOUTH.—The term ‘‘youth’’ means— 

2 (A) an individual who is 18 years of age or 

3 younger; or 

4 (B) in any State in which the maximum 

5 age at which the juvenile justice system of such 

6 State has jurisdiction over individuals exceeds 

7 18 years of age, an individual who is such max8 imum age or younger. 

9 SEC. 4. FINDINGS. 

10 The Congress finds as follows: 

11 (1) Youth gang crime has taken a toll on a 

12 number of urban communities, and senseless acts of 

13 gang-related violence have imposed economic, social, 

14 and human costs. 

15 (2) Drug- and alcohol-dependent youth, and 

16 youth dually diagnosed with addiction and mental 

17 health disorders, are more likely to become involved 

18 with the juvenile justice system than youth without 

19 such risk factors, absent appropriate prevention and 

20 intervention services. 

21 (3) Children of color are over-represented rel22 ative to the general population at every stage of the 

23 juvenile justice system. African-American youth are 

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1 nile facilities, and 58 percent of youth incarcerated 

2 in adult prisons. 

3 (4) Research funded by the Department of Jus4 tice indicates that gang-membership is short-lived 

5 among adolescents. With very few youth remaining 

6 gang-involved throughout their adolescent years, on7 going opportunities for intervention exist. 

8 (5) Criminal justice costs have become burden9 some in many States and cities, requiring reductions 

10 in vital educational, social, welfare, mental health, 

11 and related services. 

12 (6) Direct expenditures for each of the major 

13 criminal justice functions, police, corrections, and ju14 dicial services, have increased steadily over the last 

15 25 years. In fiscal year 2009, Federal, State, and 

16 local governments spent an estimated 

17 $258,000,000,000 for police protection, corrections, 

18 and judicial and legal services, nearly a 207-percent 

19 increase since 1982. 

20 (7) In 2009, State governments spent 

21 $5,700,000,000 to incarcerate youth. The average 

22 annual cost to incarcerate one youth is $88,000. 

23 (8) Coordinated efforts of stakeholders in the 

24 juvenile justice system in a local community, to25 gether with other organizations and community 


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1 members concerned with the safety and welfare of 

2 children, have a strong record of demonstrated suc3 cess in reducing the impact of youth and gang-re4 lated crime and violence, as demonstrated in Boston, 

5 Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois, Richmond, Vir6 ginia, Los Angeles, California, and other commu7 nities. 

8 (9) Investment in prevention and intervention 

9 programs for children and youth, including quality 

10 early childhood programs, comprehensive evidence11 based school, after school, and summer school pro12 grams, mentoring programs, mental health and 

13 treatment programs, evidence-based job training 

14 programs, and alternative intervention programs, 

15 has been shown to lead to decreased youth arrests, 

16 decreased delinquency, lower recidivism, and greater 

17 financial savings from an educational, economic, so18 cial, and criminal justice perspective. 

19 (10) Quality early childhood education pro20 grams have been demonstrated to help children start 

21 school ready to learn and to reduce delinquency and 

22 criminal street gang activity risks. 

23 (11) Evidence-based mentoring programs have 

24 been shown to prevent youth drug abuse and vio25 lence. 


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1 (12) Evidence-based school-based comprehen2 sive instructional programs that pair youth with re3 sponsible adult mentors have been shown to have a 

4 strong impact upon delinquency prevention. 

5 (13) After-school programs that connect chil6 dren to caring adults and that provide constructive 

7 activities during the peak hours of juvenile delin8 quency and criminal street gang activity, between 

9 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., have been shown to reduce de10 linquency and the attendant costs imposed on the ju11 venile and criminal justice systems. 

12 (14) States with higher levels of educational at13 tainment have been shown to have crime rates lower 

14 than the national average. Researchers have found 

15 that a 5-percent increase in male high school grad16 uation rates would produce an annual savings of al17 most $5,000,000,000 in crime-related expenses. 

18 (15) Therapeutic programs that engage and 

19 motivate high-risk youth and their families to 

20 change behaviors that often result in criminal activ21 ity have been shown to significantly reduce recidi22 vism among juvenile offenders, and significantly re23 duce the attendant costs of crime and delinquency 

24 imposed upon the juvenile and criminal justice sys25 tems. 


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1 (16) Comprehensive programs that target kids 

2 who are already serious juvenile offenders by ad3 dressing the multiple factors in peer, school, neigh4 borhood, and family environments known to be re5 lated to delinquency can reduce recidivism among ju6 venile offenders and save the public significant eco7 nomic costs. 

8 (17) There are many alternatives to incarcer9 ation of youth that have been proven to be more ef10 fective in reducing crime and violence at the Fed11 eral, State, local, and tribal levels, and the failure to 

12 provide for such effective alternatives is a pervasive 

13 problem that leads to increased youth, and later 

14 adult, crime and violence. 

15 (18) Savings achieved through early interven16 tion and prevention are significant, especially when 

17 noncriminal justice social, educational, mental 

18 health, and economic outcomes are considered. 

19 (19) The prevention of child abuse and neglect 

20 can help stop a cycle of violence and save up to 

21 $5.00 for every $1.00 invested in preventing such 

22 abuse and neglect. 

23 (20) Targeting interventions at special youth 

24 risk groups and focusing upon relatively low-cost 


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1 interventions increases the probability of fiscal ben2 efit. 

3 (21) Evidence-based intervention treatment fa4 cilities have been shown to reduce youth delinquency 

5 and to be cost-effective. 

6 (22) States, including Wisconsin, Ohio, New 

7 York, Texas, and Pennsylvania, have seen a reduc8 tion in juvenile incarceration due to a reallocation of 

9 criminal justice funds towards prevention programs. 

10 (23) The rise in homicides in several cities in 

11 recent years followed declines in Federal funding 

12 provided for law enforcement, educational, health 

13 and mental health, social services, and other support 

14 to localities for youth, their families, and other com15 munity-oriented programs and approaches. 

16 SEC. 5. ALLOTMENT FOR YOUTH PROMISE PROGRAMS. 

17 Not more than 50 percent of the total amount avail18 able for the Edward Byrne Memorial Criminal Justice In19 novation Program for each fiscal year shall be made avail20 able to carry out this Act. 


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1 TITLE I—FEDERAL COORDINA2 TION OF LOCAL AND TRIBAL 

3 JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMA4 TION AND EFFORTS 

5 SEC. 101. PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL. 

6 (a) ORGANIZATION OF STATE ADVISORY GROUP

7 MEMBER REPRESENTATIVES.—Section 223(f) of the Ju8 venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

9 (42 U.S.C. 5633(f)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘an eligible 

11 organization composed of member representatives of 

12 the State advisory groups appointed under sub13 section (a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘a nonpartisan, non14 profit organization that is described in section 

15 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,’’; 

16 and 

17 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol18 lows: 

19 ‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.—To be eligible to receive 

20 such assistance, such organization shall— 

21 ‘‘(A) be governed by individuals who— 

22 ‘‘(i) have been appointed by a chief 

23 executive of a State to serve as a State ad24 visory group member under subsection 

25 (a)(3); and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) are elected to serve as a gov2 erning officer of such organization by a 

3 majority of the Chairs (or Chair-designees) 

4 of all such State advisory groups; 

5 ‘‘(B) include member representatives from 

6 a majority of such State advisory groups, who 

7 shall be representative of regionally and demo8 graphically diverse States and jurisdictions; 

9 ‘‘(C) annually seek appointments by the 

10 chief executive of each State of one State advi11 sory group member and one alternate State ad12 visory group member from each such State to 

13 implement the advisory functions specified in 

14 clauses (iv) and (v) of subparagraph (D), in15 cluding serving on the PROMISE Advisory 

16 Panel, and make a record of any such appoint17 ments available to the public; and 

18 ‘‘(D) agree to carry out activities that in19 clude— 

20 ‘‘(i) conducting an annual conference 

21 of such member representatives for pur22 poses relating to the activities of such 

23 State advisory groups; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) disseminating information, data, 

2 standards, advanced techniques, and pro3 gram models; 

4 ‘‘(iii) reviewing Federal policies re5 garding juvenile justice and delinquency 

6 prevention; 

7 ‘‘(iv) advising the Administrator with 

8 respect to particular functions or aspects 

9 of the work of the Office, and appointing 

10 a representative, diverse group of members 

11 of such organization under subparagraph 

12 (C) to serve as an advisory panel of State 

13 juvenile justice advisors (referred to as the 

14 ‘PROMISE Advisory Panel’) to carry out 

15 the functions specified in subsection (g); 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(v) advising the President and Con18 gress with regard to State perspectives on 

19 the operation of the Office and Federal 

20 legislation pertaining to juvenile justice 

21 and delinquency prevention.’’. 

22 (b) PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL.—Section 223 of 

23 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

24 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633) is further amended by adding at 

25 the end the following new subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(g) PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL.— 

2 ‘‘(1) FUNCTIONS.—The PROMISE Advisory 

3 Panel required under subsection (f)(2)(D) shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) assess successful evidence-based and 

5 promising practices related to juvenile delin6 quency and criminal street gang activity preven7 tion and intervention carried out by PROMISE 

8 Coordinating Councils under the Youth PROM9 ISE Act; 

10 ‘‘(B) provide the Administrator with a list 

11 of individuals and organizations with experience 

12 in administering or evaluating practices that 

13 serve youth involved in, or at risk of involve14 ment in, juvenile delinquency and criminal 

15 street gang activity, from which the Adminis16 trator shall select individuals who shall— 

17 ‘‘(i) provide to the Administrator peer 

18 reviews of applications submitted by units 

19 of local government and Indian tribes pur20 suant to title II of the Youth PROMISE 

21 Act, to ensure that such applications dem22 onstrate a clear plan to— 

23 ‘‘(I) serve youth as part of an en24 tire family unit; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) coordinate the delivery of 

2 service to youth among agencies; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) advise the Administrator with re4 spect to the award and allocation of 

5 PROMISE Planning grants to local and 

6 tribal governments that develop PROMISE 

7 Coordinating Councils, and of PROMISE 

8 Implementation grants to such PROMISE 

9 Coordinating Councils, pursuant to title II 

10 of the Youth PROMISE Act; and 

11 ‘‘(C) develop performance standards to be 

12 used to evaluate programs and activities carried 

13 out with grants under title II of the Youth 

14 PROMISE Act, including the evaluation of 

15 changes achieved as a result of such programs 

16 and activities related to decreases in juvenile 

17 delinquency and criminal street gang activity, 

18 including— 

19 ‘‘(i) prevention of involvement by at20 risk youth in juvenile delinquency or crimi21 nal street gang activity; 

22 ‘‘(ii) diversion of youth with a high 

23 risk of continuing involvement in juvenile 

24 delinquency or criminal street gang activ25 ity; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) financial savings from deferred 

2 or eliminated costs, or other benefits, as a 

3 result of such programs and activities, and 

4 the reinvestment by the unit or tribe of 

5 any such savings. 

6 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 18 

7 months after the date of the enactment of the Youth 

8 PROMISE Act, and annually thereafter, the PROM9 ISE Advisory Panel shall prepare a report con10 taining the findings and determinations under para11 graph (1)(A) and shall submit such report to Con12 gress, the President, the Attorney General, and the 

13 chief executive and chief law enforcement officer of 

14 each State, unit of local government, and Indian 

15 tribe.’’. 

16 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

17 299(a)(1) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven18 tion Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671(a)(1)) is amended to 

19 read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(1) There are authorized to be appropriated 

21 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 

22 title for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 

23 2016.’’. 


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1 SEC. 102. GEOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCE ALLO2 CATION. 

3 (a) GRANT FOR COLLECTION OF DATA TO DETER4 MINE NEED.—The Administrator shall award a grant, on 

5 a competitive basis, to an organization to— 

6 (1) collect and analyze data related to the exist7 ing juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac8 tivity prevention and intervention needs and re9 sources in each designated geographic area; 

10 (2) use the data collected and analyzed under 

11 paragraph (1) to compile a list of designated geo12 graphic areas that have the most need of resources, 

13 based on such data, to carry out juvenile delin14 quency and criminal street gang activity prevention 

15 and intervention; 

16 (3) use the data collected and analyzed under 

17 paragraph (1) to rank the areas listed under para18 graph (2) in descending order by the amount of need 

19 for resources to carry out juvenile delinquency and 

20 criminal street gang activity prevention and inter21 vention, ranking the area with the greatest need for 

22 such resources highest; and 

23 (4) periodically update the list and rankings 

24 under paragraph (3) as the Administrator deter25 mines to be appropriate. 


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1 (b) DATA SOURCES.—In compiling such list and de2 termining such rankings, the organization shall collect and 

3 analyze data relating to juvenile delinquency and criminal 

4 street gang activity prevention and intervention— 

5 (1) using the geographic information system 

6 and Web-based mapping application known as the 

7 Socioeconomic Mapping and Resource Topography 

8 (SMART) system; 

9 (2) from the Department of Health and Human 

10 Services, the Department of Labor, the Department 

11 of Housing and Urban Development, and the De12 partment of Education; and 

13 (3) from the annual KIDS Count Data Book 

14 and other data made available by the KIDS Count 

15 initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. 

16 (c) USE OF DATA BY THE ADMINISTRATOR.—The list 

17 and rankings required by this section shall be provided 

18 to the Administrator to be used to provide funds under 

19 this Act in the most strategic and effective manner to en20 sure that resources and services are provided to youth in 

21 the communities with the greatest need for such resources 

22 and services. 

23 (d) LIMITATION ON USE OF COLLECTED DATA.— 

24 The information collected and analyzed under this section 

25 may not be used for any purpose other than to carry out 


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1 the purposes of this Act. Such information may not be 

2 used for any purpose related to the investigation or pros3 ecution of any person, or for profiling of individuals based 

4 on race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, or any other 

5 characteristic. 

6 (e) LIMITATION OF ALLOCATION.—Of the amount 

7 made available for fiscal year 2014 to carry out this sec8 tion and subtitle A of title II of this Act (as authorized 

9 under section 205), not more than 1 percent of such 

10 amount, or $1,000,000, whichever is less, shall be avail11 able to carry out this section. 

12 TITLE II—PROMISE GRANTS 

13 SEC. 201. PURPOSES. 

14 The purposes of the grant programs established 

15 under this title are to— 

16 (1) enable local and tribal communities to as17 sess the unmet needs of youth who are involved in, 

18 or are at risk of involvement in, juvenile delinquency 

19 or criminal street gangs; 

20 (2) develop plans appropriate for a community 

21 to address those unmet needs with juvenile delin22 quency and gang prevention and intervention prac23 tices; and 

24 (3) implement and evaluate such plans in a 

25 manner consistent with this Act. 


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1 Subtitle A—PROMISE Assessment 

2 and Planning Grants 

3 SEC. 202. PROMISE ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS 

4 AUTHORIZED. 

5 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Administrator is 

6 authorized to award grants to units of local government 

7 and Indian tribes to assist PROMISE Coordinating Coun8 cils with planning and assessing evidence-based and prom9 ising practices relating to juvenile delinquency and crimi10 nal street gang activity prevention and intervention, espe11 cially for youth who are involved in, or who are at risk 

12 of involvement in, juvenile delinquency and criminal street 

13 gang activity. Such PROMISE Coordinating Councils 

14 shall— 

15 (1) conduct an objective needs and strengths 

16 assessment in accordance with section 203; and 

17 (2) develop a PROMISE Plan in accordance 

18 with section 204, based on the assessment conducted 

19 in accordance with section 203. 

20 (b) GRANT DURATION.— 

21 (1) DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 

22 section shall be for a period not to exceed one year. 

23 (2) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant 

24 awarded under this section shall not exceed 

25 $300,000. 


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1 SEC. 203. PROMISE COORDINATING COUNCILS. 

2 To be eligible to receive a grant under this subtitle, 

3 a unit of local government or an Indian tribe shall estab4 lish a PROMISE Coordinating Council for each commu5 nity of such unit or tribe, respectively, for which such unit 

6 or tribe is applying for a grant under this subtitle. Each 

7 such community shall include one or more designated geo8 graphic areas identified on the list required under section 

9 102(a)(2). The members of such a PROMISE Coordi10 nating Council shall be representatives of public and pri11 vate sector entities and individuals that— 

12 (1) should include at least one representative 

13 from each of the following: 

14 (A) the local chief executive’s office; 

15 (B) a local educational agency; 

16 (C) a local health agency or provider; 

17 (D) a local mental health agency or pro18 vider, unless the representative under subpara19 graph (C) also meets the requirements of this 

20 subparagraph; 

21 (E) a local public housing agency; 

22 (F) a local law enforcement agency; 

23 (G) a local child welfare agency; 

24 (H) a local juvenile court; 

25 (I) a local juvenile prosecutor’s office; 


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1 (J) a private juvenile residential care enti2 ty; 

3 (K) a local juvenile public defender’s office; 

4 (L) a State juvenile correctional entity; 

5 (M) a local business community represent6 ative; and 

7 (N) a local faith-based community rep8 resentative; 

9 (2) shall include two representatives from each 

10 of the following: 

11 (A) parents who have minor children, and 

12 who have an interest in the local juvenile or 

13 criminal justice systems; 

14 (B) youth between the ages of 15 and 24 

15 who reside in the jurisdiction of the unit or 

16 tribe; and 

17 (C) members from nonprofit community18 based organizations that provide effective delin19 quency prevention and intervention to youth in 

20 the jurisdiction of the unit or tribe; and 

21 (3) may include other members, as the unit or 

22 tribe determines to be appropriate. 

23 SEC. 204. NEEDS AND STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT. 

24 (a) ASSESSMENT.—Each PROMISE Coordinating 

25 Council receiving funds from a unit of local government 


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1 or Indian tribe under this subtitle shall conduct an objec2 tive strengths and needs assessment of the resources of 

3 the community for which such PROMISE Coordinating 

4 Council was established, to identify the unmet needs of 

5 youth in the community with respect to evidence-based 

6 and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency 

7 and criminal street gang activity prevention and interven8 tion. The PROMISE Coordinating Council shall consult 

9 with a research partner receiving a grant under section 

10 302 for assistance with such assessment. Such assessment 

11 shall include, with respect to the community for which 

12 such PROMISE Coordinating Council was established— 

13 (1) the number of youth who are at-risk of in14 volvement in juvenile delinquency or street gang ac15 tivity; 

16 (2) the number of youth who are involved in ju17 venile delinquency or criminal street gang activity, 

18 including the number of such youth who are at high 

19 risk of continued involvement; 

20 (3) youth unemployment rates during the sum21 mer; 

22 (4) the number of individuals on public finan23 cial assistance (including a breakdown of the num24 bers of men, women, and children on such assist25 ance); 


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1 (5) the estimated number of youth who are 

2 chronically truant; 

3 (6) the number of youth who have dropped out 

4 of school in the previous year; 

5 (7) for the year before such assessment, the es6 timated total amount expended (by the community 

7 and other entities) for the incarceration of offenders 

8 who were convicted or adjudicated delinquent for an 

9 offense that was committed in such community, in10 cluding amounts expended for the incarceration of 

11 offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities that 

12 are located in the United States but are not located 

13 in such community; 

14 (8) a comparison of the amount under para15 graph (5) with an estimation of the amount that 

16 would be expended for the incarceration of offenders 

17 described in such paragraph if the number of offend18 ers described in such paragraph was equal to the na19 tional average incarceration rate per 100,000 popu20 lation; 

21 (9) a description of evidence-based and prom22 ising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

23 criminal street gang activity prevention available for 

24 youth in the community, including school-based pro25 grams, after school programs (particularly programs 


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1 that have activities available for youth between 

2 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the afternoon), weekend ac3 tivities and programs, youth mentoring programs, 

4 faith and community-based programs, summer ac5 tivities, and summer jobs, if any; and 

6 (10) a description of evidence-based and prom7 ising intervention practices available for youth in the 

8 community. 

9 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF ASSESSMENT INFORMA10 TION.—Information gathered pursuant to this section may 

11 be used for the sole purpose of developing a PROMISE 

12 Plan in accordance with this subtitle. 

13 SEC. 205. PROMISE PLAN COMPONENTS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each PROMISE Coordinating 

15 Council receiving funds from a unit of local government 

16 or Indian tribe under this subtitle shall develop a PROM17 ISE Plan to provide for the coordination of, and, as appro18 priate, to support the delivery of, evidence-based and 

19 promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

20 criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention 

21 to youth and families who reside in the community for 

22 which such PROMISE Coordinating Council was estab23 lished. Such a PROMISE Plan shall— 

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1 locate resources and services toward the unmet 

2 needs of youth in the community, consistent with the 

3 needs and available resources of communities with 

4 the greatest need for assistance, as determined pur5 suant to section 102; 

6 (2) include a combination of evidence-based and 

7 promising prevention and intervention practices that 

8 are responsive to the needs of the community; and 

9 (3) ensure that cultural and linguistic needs of 

10 the community are met. 

11 (b) MANDATORY COMPONENTS.—Each PROMISE 

12 Plan shall— 

13 (1) include a plan to connect youth identified in 

14 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 203(a) to evi15 dence-based and promising practices related to juve16 nile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 

17 prevention and intervention; 

18 (2) identify the amount or percentage of local 

19 funds that are available to the PROMISE Coordi20 nating Council to carry out the PROMISE Plan; 

21 (3) provide strategies to improve indigent de22 fense delivery systems, with particular attention 

23 given to groups of children who are disproportion24 ately represented in the State delinquency system 

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1 the representation of such groups in the general 

2 population of the State; 

3 (4) provide for training (which complies with 

4 the American Bar Association Juvenile Justice 

5 Standards for the representation and care of youth 

6 in the juvenile justice system) of prosecutors, de7 fenders, probation officers, judges and other court 

8 personnel related to issues concerning the develop9 mental needs, challenges, and potential of youth in 

10 the juvenile justice system, (including training re11 lated to adolescent development and mental health 

12 issues, and the expected impact of evidence-based 

13 practices and cost reduction strategies); 

14 (5) ensure that the number of youth involved in 

15 the juvenile delinquency and criminal justice systems 

16 does not increase as a result of the activities under17 taken with the funds provided under this subtitle; 

18 (6) describe the coordinated strategy that will 

19 be used by the PROMISE Coordinating Council to 

20 provide at-risk youth with evidence-based and prom21 ising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

22 criminal street gang activity prevention and inter23 vention; 

24 (7) propose the performance evaluation process 

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1 include performance measures to assess efforts to 

2 address the unmet needs of youth in the community 

3 with evidence-based and promising practices related 

4 to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac5 tivity prevention and intervention; and 

6 (8) identify the research partner the PROMISE 

7 Coordinating Council will use to obtain information 

8 on evidence-based and promising practices related to 

9 juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activ10 ity prevention and intervention, and for the evalua11 tion under section 211(d) of the results of the activi12 ties carried out with funds under this subtitle. 

13 (c) VOLUNTARY COMPONENTS.—In addition to the 

14 components under subsection (b), a PROMISE Plan may 

15 include evidence-based or promising practices related to 

16 juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity pre17 vention and intervention in the following categories: 

18 (1) Early childhood development services (such 

19 as pre-natal and neo-natal health services), early 

20 childhood prevention, voluntary home visiting pro21 grams, nurse-family partnership programs, par22 enting and healthy relationship skills training, child 

23 abuse prevention programs, Early Head Start, and 

24 Head Start. 


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1 (2) Child protection and safety services (such as 

2 foster care and adoption assistance programs), fam3 ily stabilization programs, child welfare services, and 

4 family violence intervention programs. 

5 (3) Youth and adolescent development services, 

6 including job training and apprenticeship programs, 

7 job placement and retention training, education and 

8 after school programs (such as school programs with 

9 shared governance by students, teachers, and par10 ents, and activities for youth between the hours of 

11 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the afternoon), mentoring pro12 grams, conflict resolution skills training, sports, 

13 arts, life skills, employment and recreation pro14 grams, summer jobs, and summer recreation pro15 grams, and alternative school resources for youth 

16 who have dropped out of school or demonstrate 

17 chronic truancy. 

18 (4) Health and mental health services, includ19 ing cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy, and 

20 peer mentoring and counseling. 

21 (5) Substance abuse counseling and treatment 

22 services, including harm-reduction strategies. 

23 (6) Emergency, transitional, and permanent 

24 housing assistance (such as safe shelter and housing 

25 for runaway and homeless youth). 


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1 (7) Targeted gang prevention, intervention, and 

2 exit services such as tattoo removal, successful mod3 els of anti-gang crime outreach programs (such as 

4 ‘‘street worker’’ programs), and other criminal street 

5 gang truce or peacemaking activities. 

6 (8) Training and education programs for preg7 nant teens and teen parents. 

8 (9) Alternatives to detention and confinement 

9 programs (such as mandated participation in com10 munity service, restitution, counseling, and intensive 

11 individual and family therapeutic approaches). 

12 (10) Pre-release, post-release, and reentry serv13 ices to assist detained and incarcerated youth with 

14 transitioning back into and reentering the commu15 nity. 

16 Subtitle B—PROMISE 

17 Implementation Grants 

18 SEC. 211. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AUTHOR19 IZED. 

20 (a) PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AUTHOR21 IZED.—The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Jus22 tice and Delinquency Prevention is authorized to award 

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1 menting PROMISE Plans developed pursuant to subtitle 

2 A. 

3 (b) GRANT DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 

4 subtitle shall be for a 3-year period. 

5 (c) NON-FEDERAL FUNDS REQUIRED.—For each fis6 cal year during the 3-year grant period for a grant under 

7 this subtitle, each unit of local government or Indian tribe 

8 receiving such a grant for a PROMISE Coordinating 

9 Council shall provide, from non-Federal funds, in cash or 

10 in-kind, 25 percent of the costs of the activities carried 

11 out with such grant. 

12 (d) EVALUATION.—Of any funds provided to a unit 

13 of local government or an Indian tribe for a grant under 

14 this subtitle, not more than $100,000 shall be used to pro15 vide a contract to a competitively selected organization to 

16 assess the progress of the unit or tribe in addressing the 

17 unmet needs of youth in the community, in accordance 

18 with the performance measures under section 204(a). 

19 SEC. 212. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT APPLICA20 TION REQUIREMENTS. 

21 (a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—To be eligible to re22 ceive a PROMISE Implementation grant under this sub23 title, a unit of local government or Indian tribe that re24 ceived a PROMISE Assessment and Planning grant under 

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1 of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven2 tion not later than one year after the date such unit of 

3 local government or Indian tribe was awarded such grant 

4 under subtitle A, in such manner, and accompanied by 

5 such information, as the Administrator, after consultation 

6 with the organization under section 223(f)(1) of the Juve7 nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

8 U.S.C. 5633(f)(1)), may require. 

9 (b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each application 

10 submitted under subsection (a) shall— 

11 (1) identify potential savings from criminal jus12 tice costs, public assistance costs, and other costs 

13 avoided by utilizing evidence-based and promising 

14 practices related to juvenile delinquency and crimi15 nal street gang activity prevention and intervention; 

16 (2) document— 

17 (A) investment in evidence-based and 

18 promising practices related to juvenile delin19 quency and criminal street gang activity preven20 tion and intervention to be provided by the unit 

21 of local government or Indian tribe; 

22 (B) the activities to be undertaken with 

23 the grants funds; 

24 (C) any expected efficiencies in the juvenile 

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1 a result of implementation of the programs 

2 funded by the grant; and 

3 (D) outcomes from such activities, in 

4 terms of the expected numbers related to re5 duced criminal activity; 

6 (3) describe how savings sustained from invest7 ment in prevention and intervention practices will be 

8 reinvested in the continuing implementation of the 

9 PROMISE Plan; and 

10 (4) provide an assurance that the local fiscal 

11 contribution with respect to evidence-based and 

12 promising practices related to juvenile delinquency 

13 and criminal street gang activity prevention and 

14 intervention in the community for which the PROM15 ISE Coordinating Council was established for each 

16 year of the grant period will not be less than the 

17 local fiscal contribution with respect to such prac18 tices in the community for the year preceding the 

19 first year of the grant period. 

20 SEC. 213. GRANT AWARD GUIDELINES. 

21 (a) SELECTION AND DISTRIBUTION.—Grants award22 ed under this subtitle shall be awarded on a competitive 

23 basis. The Administrator shall— 

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1 ernments and Indian tribes in areas with the highest 

2 concentrations of youth who are— 

3 (A) at-risk of involvement in juvenile delin4 quency or criminal street gang activity; and 

5 (B) involved in juvenile delinquency or 

6 street gang activity and who are at high risk of 

7 continued involvement; and 

8 (2) give consideration to the need for grants to 

9 be awarded to units of local governments and Indian 

10 tribes in each region of the United States, and 

11 among urban, suburban, and rural areas. 

12 (b) EXTENSION OF GRANT AWARD.—The Adminis13 trator may extend the grant period under section 

14 211(b)(1) for a PROMISE Implementation grant to a unit 

15 of local government or an Indian tribe, in accordance with 

16 regulations issued by the Administrator. 

17 (c) RENEWAL OF GRANT AWARD.—The Adminis18 trator may renew a PROMISE Implementation grant to 

19 a unit of local government or an Indian tribe to provide 

20 such unit or tribe with additional funds to continue imple21 mentation of a PROMISE Plan. Such a renewal— 

22 (1) shall be initiated by an application for re23 newal from a unit of local government or an Indian 

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1 (2) shall be carried out in accordance with reg2 ulations issued by the Administrator; and 

3 (3) shall not be granted unless the Adminis4 trator determines such a renewal to be appropriate 

5 based on the results of the evaluation conducted 

6 under section 223(a) with respect to the community 

7 of such unit or tribe for which a PROMISE Coordi8 nating Council was established, and for which such 

9 unit or tribe is applying for renewal. 

10 SEC. 214. REPORTS. 

11 Not later than one year after the end of the grant 

12 period for which a unit of local government or an Indian 

13 tribe receives a PROMISE Implementation grant, and an14 nually thereafter for as long as such unit or tribe con15 tinues to receive Federal funding for a PROMISE Coordi16 nating Council, such unit or tribe shall report to the Ad17 ministrator regarding the use of Federal funds to imple18 ment the PROMISE Plan developed under subtitle A. 

19 Subtitle C—General PROMISE 

20 Grant Provisions 

21 SEC. 221. NONSUPPLANTING CLAUSE. 

22 A unit of local government or Indian tribe receiving 

23 a grant under this title shall use such grant only to supple24 ment, and not supplant, the amount of funds that, in the 

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1 needs of youth in the community with respect to evidence2 based and promising practices related to juvenile delin3 quency and criminal street gang activity prevention and 

4 intervention. 

5 SEC. 222. GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW PANEL. 

6 The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice 

7 and Delinquency Prevention, in conjunction with the 

8 PROMISE Advisory Panel, shall establish and utilize a 

9 transparent, reliable, and valid system for evaluating ap10 plications for PROMISE Assessment and Planning grants 

11 and for PROMISE Implementation grants, and shall de12 termine which applicants meet the criteria for funding, 

13 based primarily on a determination of greatest need (in 

14 accordance with section 102), with due consideration to 

15 other enumerated factors and the indicated ability of the 

16 applicant to successfully implement the program described 

17 in the application. 

18 SEC. 223. EVALUATION OF PROMISE GRANT PROGRAMS. 

19 (a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—The Administrator 

20 shall, in consultation with the organization provided as21 sistance under section 223(f)(1) of the Juvenile Justice 

22 and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

23 5633(f)(1)), provide for an evaluation of the programs and 

24 activities carried out with grants under this title. In car25 rying out this section, the Administrator shall— 


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1 (1) award grants to institutions of higher edu2 cation (including institutions that are eligible to re3 ceive funds under part F of title III of the Higher 

4 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q et seq.), 

5 to facilitate the evaluation process and measurement 

6 of achieved outcomes; 

7 (2) identify evidence-based and promising prac8 tices used by PROMISE Coordinating Councils 

9 under PROMISE Implementation grants that have 

10 proven to be effective in preventing involvement in, 

11 or diverting further involvement in, juvenile delin12 quency or criminal street gang activity; and 

13 (3) ensure— 

14 (A) that such evaluation is based on the 

15 performance standards that are developed by 

16 the PROMISE Advisory Panel in accordance 

17 with section 223(g) of the Juvenile Justice and 

18 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (as added 

19 by section 101(b) of this Act); 

20 (B) the development of longitudinal and 

21 clinical trial evaluation and performance meas22 urements with regard to the evidence-based and 

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1 search Center for Proven Juvenile Justice Prac2 tices (established under section 301), units of 

3 local government, and Indian tribes to promote 

4 the use of such practices by such units and 

5 tribes to prevent involvement in, or to divert 

6 further involvement in, juvenile delinquency or 

7 criminal street gang activity. 

8 (b) RESULTS TO THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER

9 FOR PROVEN JUVENILE JUSTICE PRACTICES.—The Ad10 ministrator shall provide the results of the evaluation 

11 under subsection (a) to the National Research Center for 

12 Proven Juvenile Justice Practices established under sec13 tion 301. 

14 TITLE III—PROMISE RESEARCH 

15 CENTERS 

16 SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH 

17 CENTER FOR PROVEN JUVENILE JUSTICE 

18 PRACTICES. 

19 The Administrator shall award a grant to a nonprofit 

20 organization with a national reputation for expertise in op21 erating or evaluating effective, evidence-based practices re22 lated to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac23 tivity prevention or intervention to develop a National Re24 search Center for Proven Juvenile Justice Practices. Such 

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1 (1) collaborate with institutions of higher edu2 cation as regional partners to create a best practices 

3 juvenile justice information-sharing network to sup4 port the programs and activities carried out with 

5 grants under title II of this Act; 

6 (2) collect, and disseminate to PROMISE Co7 ordinating Councils, research and other information 

8 about evidence-based and promising practices related 

9 to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac10 tivity prevention and intervention to inform the ef11 forts of PROMISE Coordinating Councils and re12 gional research partners and to support the pro13 grams and activities carried out with grants under 

14 title II of this Act; 

15 (3) increase the public’s knowledge and under16 standing of effective juvenile justice practices to pre17 vent crime and delinquency and reduce recidivism; 

18 and 

19 (4) develop, manage, and regularly update a 

20 site to disseminate proven practices for successful 

21 juvenile delinquency prevention and intervention. 

22 SEC. 302. GRANTS FOR REGIONAL RESEARCH PROVEN 

23 PRACTICES PARTNERSHIPS. 

24 The Administrator shall establish a grant program to 

25 award grants to institutions of higher education to serve 


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1 as regional research partners with PROMISE Coordi2 nating Councils that are located in the same geographic 

3 region as an institution, in collaboration with the National 

4 Research Center for Proven Juvenile Justice Practices au5 thorized under section 301. Regional research partners 

6 shall provide research support to such PROMISE Coordi7 nating Councils, including— 

8 (1) assistance with preparing PROMISE grant 

9 applications under title II, including collection of 

10 baseline data for such applications; 

11 (2) assistance with the needs and strengths as12 sessments conducted under section 204; and 

13 (3) provision of support services to PROMISE 

14 grant recipients for data collection and analysis to 

15 assess progress under the PROMISE grant. 

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