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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3899

To create police partnerships for children.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 24, 1994

Mr. GLICKMAN (for himself, Mr. GEPHARDT, and Ms. DELAURO) introduced

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To create police partnerships for children.

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

3 SECTION 1. PURPOSES.

4 The purposes of this Act are—

5 (1) to augment law enforcement services and

6 community policing efforts by providing accessible

7 crisis intervention services for children who are in8 volved in violent incidents, and training for law en9 forcement officers in child development, family, and

10 cultural issues;

11 (2) to facilitate interaction between law enforce12 ment agencies, child and family service organiza-
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1 tions, local educational agencies, and other commu2 nity members for the purpose of building coalitions

3 for the prevention of community violence;

4 (3) to provide mentors for high-risk children

5 and youth;

6 (4) to promote conflict resolution training for

7 children and youth; and

8 (5) to identify children and families at high risk

9 for developing behavioral or emotional problems re10 sulting from exposure to community violence and

11 provide mental health and other support services to

12 such children and families, including crisis interven13 tion for child witnesses and victims of violence.

14 SEC. 2. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.

15 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) The Attorney General, in

16 consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human

17 Services, and where appropriate the Secretary of Edu18 cation, is authorized to award grants to States for use by

19 local law enforcement agencies for the establishment of

20 law enforcement and child and family services partnership

21 programs to carry out activities described in section 1.

22 (2) In awarding grants described in paragraph (1),

23 the Attorney General shall give priority to States that have

24 law enforcement agencies that—
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1 (A) are engaged in community-based policing;

2 and

3 (B) intend to target programs for disadvan4 taged communities.

5 (b) GRANT DISTRIBUTION.—The Attorney General

6 shall, to the extent practicable, achieve an equitable dis7 tribution of assistance among the urban and rural areas

8 of the United States.

9 (c) GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant awarded under this

10 Act shall be of sufficient size and scope to adequately sup11 port programs authorized under section 2.

12 (d) DURATION.—A grant made under this Act shall

13 be for a period of not less than 2 years.

14 SEC. 3. USES OF FUNDS.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Grants made under this Act to

16 the States for use by law enforcement agencies shall be

17 used—

18 (1) to provide 24-hour response to crisis situa19 tions affecting children and youth;

20 (2) to provide training for law enforcement offi21 cers jointly taught by law enforcement officers and

22 child guidance professionals that includes instruction

23 by child and family service organizations in the basic

24 principles of human behavior, child psychology, and

25 family systems;
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1 (3) to develop or expand community activities

2 for children and families that are designed jointly by

3 the law enforcement and child and family services

4 partnership, including conflict resolution training

5 programs for children and youth, after-school activ6 ity and neighborhood recreation programs, and par7 ent support groups led jointly by child guidance and

8 law enforcement professionals;

9 (4) to establish weekly case conferences by a

10 team of child guidance professionals and law en11 forcement officers;

12 (5) to provide formal mentoring programs; or

13 (6) to assist and support the local educational

14 agency located in or near the community that the

15 partnership serves in developing and implementing

16 conflict resolution programs.

17 (b) LIMITATION.—Of the total amount of funds made

18 available under this Act for each fiscal year, not more than

19 10 percent of such funds may be used to implement the

20 mentoring and conflict resolution programs established by

21 paragraphs (5) and (6) of subsection (a).

22 SEC. 4. APPLICATIONS.

23 (a) STATE APPLICATIONS.—To request a grant

24 under this Act a State shall—
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1 (1) prepare and submit to the Attorney General

2 an application in such form, at such time, and in ac3 cordance with such procedures, as the Attorney Gen4 eral shall establish;

5 (2) provide an assurance that funds received

6 under this Act shall be used to supplement, not sup7 plant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be

8 available for programs funded under this Act; and

9 (3) use the office designated under section 507

10 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act

11 of 1968(42 U.S.C. 3757) to—

12 (A) prepare the application as required

13 under this section; and

14 (B) administer grant funds received under

15 this Act, including review of spending, process16 ing, progress, financial reporting, technical as17 sistance, grant adjustments, accounting, audit18 ing, and fund disbursement.

19 (b) LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—(1) To request funds

20 under this Act from a State, the chief executive of a law

21 enforcement agency shall submit an application to the of22 fice designated under subsection (a).

23 (2) Each application under paragraph (1) shall in24 clude—
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1 (A) assurances that there is a partnership es2 tablished between the law enforcement agency and a

3 child and family service organization;

4 (B) assurances that the applicant has coordi5 nated with other segments of the community to en6 sure that the partnership efforts complement exist7 ing community anti-violence efforts;

8 (C) assurances that programs developed shall

9 maintain confidentiality for all individuals served;

10 (D) assurances that adequate resources for

11 training of law enforcement officers and professional

12 consultation services for children and families, in13 cluding professionals licensed to provide child and

14 family evaluations and treatment, will be provided;

15 (E) assurances that funds received under this

16 Act shall be used to supplement, not supplant, non17 Federal funds that would otherwise be available for

18 programs funded under this Act; and

19 (F) assurance that the partnership shall provide

20 local matching funds in accordance with the Federal

21 share requirements under section 5.

22 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Federal share of a grant

24 made under this Act may not exceed—
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1 (A) with respect to the first fiscal year, 75 per2 cent of the total costs of the projects described in

3 the application submitted under section 4 for such

4 fiscal year;

5 (B) with respect to the second fiscal year, 70

6 percent of the total costs of the projects described

7 in the application submitted under section 4 for such

8 fiscal year; and

9 (C) with respect to any subsequent fiscal year,

10 60 percent of the total costs of the projects de11 scribed in the application submitted under section 4

12 for such fiscal year.

13 (2) The Attorney General may accept the value of

14 in-kind contributions made by the grant recipient as a

15 part or all of the non-Federal share of grants.

16 (b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The National Insti17 tute of Justice may provide training and technical assist18 ance to law enforcement and child and family service part19 nerships.

20 (c) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—A State or law en21 forcement agency may use not more than 5 percent of the

22 funds it receives from this Act for administrative expenses.
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1 SEC. 6. EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS.

2 (a) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General shall con3 duct evaluations to determine the effectiveness of the pro4 grams funded under this Act.

5 (b) REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS.—

6 (1) INTERIM.—Not later than December 31,

7 1995, the Attorney General shall prepare and sub8 mit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the

9 House and Senate an interim progress report based

10 on information reported by the grantees and the re11 sults (as of the date of the submission of such re12 port) of the evaluation conducted under subsection

13 (a).

14 (2) FINAL.—Not later than December 31,

15 1998, the Attorney General shall prepare and sub16 mit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the

17 House and Senate a review and summary of the re18 sults of the evaluation conducted under subsection

19 (a).

20 SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

21 For purposes of this Act, the following definitions

22 apply:

23 (1) CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE ORGANIZA24 TION.—The term ‘‘child and family service organiza25 tion’’ means a public or private nonprofit entity

26 (such as child guidance centers, child psychiatry or
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1 child psychology departments of hospitals or univer2 sity medical centers, or community mental health

3 centers providing child and family services) that pro4 vides mental health services to children and families

5 and that meets nationally recognized guidelines

6 (such as guidelines prescribed for mental health cen7 ters and for child welfare and family service agen8 cies) with respect to the services provided to children

9 and families.

10 (2) COMMUNITY-BASED POLICING.—The term

11 ‘‘community-based policing’’ means a commitment

12 and an effort (within the confines of budget restric13 tions) made by a law enforcement agency to estab14 lish or expand cooperative efforts between the police

15 and a community in order to increase police pres16 ence in the community, including—

17 (A) developing innovative neighborhood-ori18 ented policing programs and community-based

19 crime-prevention programs; and

20 (B) creating decentralized police sub21 stations throughout the community to encour22 age interaction and cooperation between the

23 public and law enforcement personnel on a local

24 level, including the permanent assignment of of25 ficers to a specific neighborhood or substation.
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1 (3) FORMAL MENTORING PROGRAM.—The term

2 ‘‘formal mentoring program’’ means a community

3 partnership with corporations, universities, labor or4 ganizations, nonprofit entities (such as professional

5 societies) or government agencies which recruits and

6 trains individuals representative of the cultural di7 versity of their community, and includes individuals

8 such as police officers, child and family services

9 staff, and community and business leaders, to serve

10 as role models for high-risk children and youth.

11 (4) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term

12 ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means an entity that

13 serves a specific community and has the legal re14 sponsibility of policing the activities of such commu15 nity.

16 (5) LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CHILD AND FAM17 ILY SERVICES PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘law en18 forcement and child and family services partnership’’

19 means a cooperative agreement between a law en20 forcement agency and a child and family service or21 ganization.

22 (6) MENTOR.—The term ‘‘mentors’’ means in23 dividuals representative of the cultural diversity of

24 the community, and includes individuals such as po25 lice officers, child and family services staff, and com-
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1 munity and business leaders, who are recruited and

2 trained by a formal mentoring program to serve as

3 role models for high-risk children and youth.

4 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

5 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

6 this Act, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums

7 as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995

8 through 1998.

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