I 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1303 

To require the Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs 

of the Department of Justice, to establish a 5-year competitive grant 

program to establish pilot programs to reduce the rate of occurrence 

of gun-related crimes in high-crime communities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 4, 2009 

Mr. RUSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require the Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice, to establish 

a 5-year competitive grant program to establish pilot 

programs to reduce the rate of occurrence of gun-related 

crimes in high-crime communities. 

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 ‘‘Communities in Action 

5 Neighborhood Defense and Opportunity Act of 2009’’ or 

6 the ‘‘CAN DO Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress makes the following findings: 

3 (1) The Department of Justice Bureau of Sta4 tistics reports that over 45 Americans are killed 

5 daily by gun violence all across the United States. 

6 (2) In 2005, gun violence killed 3,027 American 

7 children and teens ages 19 and under, an average of 

8 8 young people killed each day by guns in the 

9 United States, a total that is the highest of any de10 veloped country. 

11 (3) In 2005, individuals between 17 years of 

12 age and 24 years of age made up 11.4 percent of 

13 the population but accounted for 33.7 percent of 

14 those killed by gun violence. 

15 (4) In 2005, firearm homicide was the second 

16 leading cause of injury death for men and women 

17 between 10 years of age and 24 years of age—sec18 ond only to motor vehicle crashes. 

19 (5) In 2005, firearm homicide was the leading 

20 cause of death for black males between 15 years of 

21 age and 34 years of age. 

22 (6) A study of all direct and indirect costs of 

23 gun violence including medical, lost wages, and secu24 rity costs estimates that gun violence costs the Na25 tion $100 billion per year. 


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1 (7) The average total cost of one gun crime can 

2 be as high as $1.79 million, including medical treat3 ment and the prosecution and imprisonment of the 

4 shooter, and at least 80 percent of the economic 

5 costs of treating firearm injuries are paid for by tax6 payer dollars. 

7 (8) In 1995, Boston’s Operation Ceasefire, 

8 which entailed a problem-oriented policing approach, 

9 and focused on specific crime hot spots, was estab10 lished as a strategy for stemming the epidemic of 

11 youth gun violence in Boston, and within two years 

12 the number of youth homicides dropped from 73 to 

13 ten, with only one handgun-related youth homicide 

14 occurring in 1999 and 2000. 

15 (9) Programs targeted at entire communities, 

16 such as community revitalization, after-school pro17 grams, and media campaigns, have been proven to 

18 be more effective in reducing the general level of vio19 lence that children are exposed to. 

20 (10) Sociologist James D. Wright suggests that 

21 to convince inner-city youths not to carry guns ‘‘re22 quires convincing them that they can survive in their 

23 neighborhood without being armed, that they can 

24 come and go in peace, that being unarmed will not 

25 cause them to be victimized, intimidated, or slain’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITIES IN ACTION 

2 GRANT PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, through 

4 the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Jus5 tice, shall establish a 5-year competitive grant program 

6 (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Grant Program’’) under 

7 which the Attorney General may provide grants to six 

8 communities, through State attorney generals of the 

9 States involved, to establish and maintain, in accordance 

10 with the provisions of this Act, pilot programs for CAN 

11 DO Centers (described in section 4(a)) in such commu12 nities to establish, administer, and coordinate each of the 

13 following: 

14 (1) The CAN DO Safer Streets Strategy Group 

15 Program and Guns off Our Streets Program under 

16 section 5. 

17 (2) The CAN DO Operation Community Patrol 

18 Program under section 6. 

19 (3) The CAN DO Street Mentoring Program 

20 under section 7. 

21 (4) The CAN DO Services Providers Network 

22 under section 8. 

23 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

24 under subsection (a)— 

25 (1) A community must be a community that 

26 has a population within a population size specified 


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1 by the Attorney General and that has an average 

2 rate of gun homicides that is more than the average 

3 national rate of gun homicides; and 

4 (2) The executive officer of a community shall 

5 submit to the Attorney General, through the State 

6 attorney general of the State involved, an application 

7 at such time and in such manner as specified by the 

8 Attorney General, and containing at least— 

9 (A) a proposal for establishing and main10 taining a CAN DO Center under section 4(a) 

11 and each of the programs described in para12 graphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a), that 

13 will demonstrate— 

14 (i) the capacity of the community to 

15 establish and maintain a CAN DO Pro16 gram Board described in section 4(c) and 

17 the commitment of all of the members de18 scribed in such section to participate on 

19 such board; 

20 (ii) the capacity of the community to 

21 provide for each of the programs described 

22 in such paragraphs; and 

23 (iii) the location site for each of such 

24 programs; 


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1 (B) assurances that for each year the com2 munity receives the grant the executive officer 

3 will submit to the Attorney General, through 

4 the State attorney general of the State involved, 

5 a report describing the activities for which the 

6 grant funds for such year were used; and 

7 (C) assurances that for each year the com8 munity receives the grant, the community will 

9 not violate the limitation under subsection 

10 (c)(3)(B). 

11 (c) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—A grant awarded under sub13 section (a) shall be awarded to a community through 

14 the State attorney general of the State in which the 

15 community is located and shall be administered to 

16 such community by such State attorney general. 

17 (2) PILOT PROGRAM SITES.—Grants under sub18 section (a) shall be awarded to six communities, 4 

19 of which shall be urban communities and 2 of which 

20 shall be suburban or rural communities, as selected 

21 by the Attorney General. 

22 (3) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The amount of a grant 

24 awarded to a community under subsection (a) 

25 shall be for each year of the grant— 


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1 (i) in the case of an urban commu2 nity, $4,000,000; and 

3 (ii) in the case of a suburban or rural 

4 community, $2,000,000. 

5 (B) LIMITATION.—Of the amount de6 scribed in subparagraph (A) awarded to a com7 munity under subsection (a) for a year— 

8 (i) not more than $1,000,000 may be 

9 used for purposes of carrying out sections 

10 5, 6, and 7; and 

11 (ii) not more than $3,500,000 may be 

12 used for purposes of carrying out section 

13 8. 

14 (4) DURATION.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara16 graph (B), a grant awarded to a community 

17 under subsection (a) shall be for five years. 

18 (B) CONDITION FOR RECEIPT OF ANNUAL

19 FUNDS.—If, based on a report described in sub20 section (c)(2)(B) submitted by a community for 

21 a year, the Attorney General determines that 

22 the community is not in compliance with the 

23 terms of the grant or the proposal submitted by 

24 such community under subsection (c) the com25 munity shall not be eligible for a payment 


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1 under the grant for any subsequent year of the 

2 Grant Program. 

3 (d) STATE DEFINED.—For purposes of this Act, the 

4 term ‘‘State’’ includes the 50 States and the District of 

5 Columbia. 

6 SEC. 4. CAN DO CENTERS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each community that receives a 

8 grant under subsection (a) shall establish and maintain 

9 a CAN DO Center to establish, administer, and coordinate 

10 each of the programs described in section 3(a) and 

11 through which information about and access or referral 

12 to such programs may be obtained. 

13 (b) ADMINISTRATOR.—Each CAN DO Center shall 

14 be administered by an administrator (in this Act referred 

15 to as the ‘‘Administrator’’) to be selected by the executive 

16 officer of the community involved. Such Administrator 

17 shall oversee the operations of the Center and the pro18 grams established, administered, and coordinated by the 

19 Center. 

20 (c) CAN DO PROGRAM BOARD.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each CAN DO Center shall 

22 have a CAN DO Program Board to consult and ad23 vise the Administrator and executive officer of the 

24 community involved, with respect to the programs 


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1 established, administered, and coordinated by the 

2 Center. 

3 (2) MEMBERS.—Each CAN DO Program 

4 Board, with respect to a community, shall be com5 posed of members as follows: 

6 (A) INITIAL MEMBERS.—Initial members 

7 of the Board shall be appointed and selected as 

8 follows: 

9 (i) Ten members shall be appointed as 

10 follows: 

11 (I) 1 shall be a representative of 

12 the executive officer’s office; 

13 (II) 1 shall be a representative of 

14 the local court; 

15 (III) 1 shall be a representative 

16 of the local prosecutor’s office; 

17 (IV) 1 shall be a representative 

18 of the local public defender’s office; 

19 (V) 1 shall be a representative of 

20 the office of the executive officer of 

21 the community; 

22 (VI) 1 shall be a representative 

23 of a local educational agency; 

24 (VII) 1 shall be a representative 

25 of a local mental health agency; 


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1 (VIII) 1 shall be a representative 

2 of the local law enforcement agency; 

3 (IX) 1 shall be a representative 

4 of a local job training agency; and 

5 (X) 1 shall be a representative of 

6 the regional office of the Department 

7 of Health and Human Services; 

8 (ii) Seven members shall be selected 

9 by the community in accordance with a 

10 process specified by the executive officer of 

11 the community, of whom— 

12 (I) 1 shall be a local parent; 

13 (II) 1 shall be a local student; 

14 (III) 1 shall be a representative 

15 of the local faith-based community or 

16 clergy; 

17 (IV) 1 shall be a representative 

18 from a local business; and 

19 (V) 3 shall be representatives 

20 from a community-based nonprofit or21 ganization that works with at-risk 

22 youth in areas of education, life skills, 

23 job readiness, management, coun24 seling, or any other related area. 


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1 (B) ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.—The initial 

2 members of the Board appointed and selected 

3 under subparagraph (A) may by the affirmative 

4 vote of two-thirds of such members select addi5 tional members to be included on the Board. 

6 (3) MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT.—Each 

7 Community in Action Advisory Board shall establish 

8 a memorandum of agreement, which must be signed 

9 by each member of the Board before participating 

10 on such Board, that provides for the duties of each 

11 member with respect to establishing, administering 

12 and coordinating the programs described in section 

13 3(a) and the timeframes involved in establishing, ad14 ministering, and coordinating such programs. 

15 (4) TERMS.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The terms of members 

17 of each Community in Action Advisory Board 

18 shall be 1 year, except as provided in subpara19 graph (B). There shall be no limit for the num20 ber of terms that such a member may serve. 

21 (B) VACANCIES.—Any member appointed 

22 to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration 

23 of the term for which the predecessor of the 

24 member was appointed shall be appointed only 

25 for the remainder of that term. A member may 


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1 serve after the expiration of that member’s 

2 term until a successor has been appointed or se3 lected. A vacancy in the Commission shall be 

4 filled in the manner in which the original ap5 pointment or selection was made. 

6 (5) MEETINGS.—Each Community in Action 

7 Advisory Board shall meet at least once every three 

8 months. 

9 SEC. 5. CAN DO SAFER STREETS STRATEGY GROUP PRO10 GRAM. 

11 (a) STRATEGY GROUP.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each community that re13 ceives a grant under section 3(a) shall establish a 

14 CAN DO Safer Streets Strategy Group (in this Act 

15 to be known as the ‘‘Strategy Group’’ to develop a 

16 coordinated community-wide intervention strategy, 

17 through the coordination and knowledge of the com18 munity’s law enforcement and criminal justice agen19 cies, to deter firearm violence and homicides, includ20 ing such crimes committed by youth, in the commu21 nity. 

22 (2) MEMBERS.—Each Strategy Group, with re23 spect to a community, shall consist of the following 

24 members: 


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1 (A) At least one representative of the local 

2 police anti-gang unit or similar local police unit. 

3 (B) At least one representative from the 

4 United States Attorney’s office involved. 

5 (C) At least one representative from the 

6 State probation office and the State parole of7 fice involved or similar office for such State. 

8 (D) At least one representative of the 

9 United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

10 Firearms and Explosives. 

11 (E) At least one representative of the 

12 United States Drug Enforcement Administra13 tion. 

14 (F) At least one representative of the Fed15 eral Bureau of Investigation. 

16 (G) At least one representative of the De17 partment of Youth Services of the Department 

18 of Health and Human Services. 

19 (H) If applicable, at least one representa20 tive of the county district attorney’s office. 

21 (I) At least one representative of the Com22 munities in Action Street Mentoring Program 

23 under section 7. 

24 (J) At least one representative of the local 

25 clergy. 


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1 (K) Representatives of any other applicable 

2 community-based organization. 

3 (3) SPECIFIC DUTIES.—Each Strategy Group, 

4 with respect to a community, shall have the fol5 lowing duties: 

6 (A) TRACKING GANG ACTIVITY.—The 

7 Strategy Group shall geographically map the 

8 areas of the community with the highest rates 

9 of gun homicides and gather and coordinate in10 formation on the sizes of gangs in the commu11 nity, the areas of the community affected by the 

12 activities of such gangs, and any alliances or 

13 conflicts between gangs in the community. 

14 (B) INFORMATION ON HIGH RISK INDIVID15 UALS.—The Strategy Group shall collect and 

16 maintain information on individuals identified 

17 by law enforcement officials as being involved in 

18 multiple gun homicides and violent crimes, in19 cluding information on probation, parole, war20 rants, criminal violations committed, arrests, 

21 and other information related to the criminal 

22 history of such individuals. 

23 (C) DETERRENCE MEETINGS.—The Strat24 egy Group shall meet with the following individ25 uals to communicate with such individuals that 


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1 the community has a zero tolerance policy for 

2 homicides: 

3 (i) Individuals identified under sub4 paragraph (B). 

5 (ii) At-risk youth (as defined in sec6 tion 6(b)), through group and individual 

7 meetings in schools, homes of such youth, 

8 neighborhoods of such youth, courthouses, 

9 and other appropriate locations. 

10 (iii) Teens and youth who are on pro11 bation. 

12 (D) ORDER MAINTENANCE AND ENFORCE13 MENT TACTICS.—In the case of any gun homi14 cide that occurs in the community, the Strategy 

15 Group shall provide for, through working and 

16 consultation with the appropriate law enforce17 ment agencies, intensive order maintenance and 

18 enforcement tactics to quickly suppress poten19 tial resulting firearm violence in emerging vio20 lent hotspots in the community, as identified by 

21 the Strategy Group. Such tactics may include 

22 targeting individuals identified under subpara23 graph (B) in the community with aggressive en24 forcement of penalties for motor vehicle viola25 tions, outstanding arrests, public drinking and 


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1 disorderly conduct, loitering, probation and pa2 role violations, breaking curfew, child support 

3 arrears, and other criminal violations. 

4 (E) ADDITIONAL SERVICES.—The Strategy 

5 Group shall inform individuals in the commu6 nity about services provided by the community, 

7 specifically services provided or coordinated by 

8 the Communities in Action Center of the com9 munity, including job training and placement 

10 services, drug treatment services, tutoring serv11 ices for General Education Development (GED) 

12 testing, psychological and mental health serv13 ices, and conflict mediation and resolution serv14 ices. 

15 (F) GUNS OFF OUR STREETS PROGRAM.— 

16 The Strategy Group shall oversee the Guns off 

17 Our Streets Program under subsection (b) for 

18 the community and shall— 

19 (i) flag for investigation each firearms 

20 trace conducted under such program that 

21 shows guns used or found in high-risk 

22 neighborhoods of the community, as identi23 fied by the Strategy Group, and guns that 

24 are associated with gang members in the 

25 community; and 


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1 (ii) establish and maintain a database 

2 or other data collection that compares 

3 trace data determined through the pro4 gram, as described in subsection (b)(2), 

5 and data on individuals collected or main6 tained by the Strategy Group under sub7 paragraph (B) on individuals described in 

8 such subparagraph. 

9 (b) GUNS OFF OUR STREETS PROGRAM.—Each com10 munity that receives a grant under section 3(a) shall pro11 vide for a Guns off Our Streets Program under which— 

12 (1) the local law enforcement agencies work to13 gether with the district attorney’s office involved 

14 and, as appropriate, in consultation with the United 

15 States Attorney’s office involved and the Bureau of 

16 Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, to in17 vestigate firearm trafficking in the community and 

18 crime committed by repeat criminal offenders in the 

19 community; 

20 (2) the local law enforcement agencies shall 

21 submit to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 

22 and Explosives information necessary for the Bureau 

23 to trace through the Bureau’s National Tracing 

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1 ficking patterns in the community and the Bureau 

2 shall conduct such traces; 

3 (3) the local law enforcement agencies and the 

4 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explo5 sives will work in collaboration to ensure all Federal 

6 firearms licenses issued in the community are in 

7 compliance with Federal laws; and 

8 (4) the local law enforcement agencies shall at9 tempt to gather information on the firearms market 

10 from criminal offenders in the community. 

11 (c) DOJ ASSISTANCE.—Upon request of the Strategy 

12 Group, the Attorney General may detail, on a reimburs13 able basis, the appropriate personnel of the Department 

14 of Justice to the Strategy Group to assist it in carrying 

15 out its duties under this section. 

16 SEC. 6. CAN DO OPERATION COMMUNITY PATROL PRO17 GRAM. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each community that receives a 

19 grant under section 3(a) shall establish and carry out a 

20 CAN DO Operation Community Patrol Program (in this 

21 section referred to as the ‘‘Community Patrol Program’’), 

22 under which probation officers of the District Court in23 volved shall jointly work with law enforcement officers 

24 from the anti-gang violence unit of the local law enforce25 ment agency involved (or similar unit) to identify and 


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1 monitor gang members and other at-risk youth in the com2 munity and to carry out the following activities, with re3 spect to such members and youth: 

4 (1) PATROL ORGANIZATION STRATEGY.—Such 

5 individuals and entities shall develop and carry out 

6 a patrol organization strategy, including the assign7 ment of local law enforcement officers of the com8 munity to specific areas of the community to become 

9 familiar with such area, criminal activity involved in 

10 such area, and develop approaches to reduce violent 

11 crime in such area in cooperation with residents of 

12 the area. 

13 (2) AT-RISK YOUTH VISITS.—Probation officers 

14 shall select gang members and at-risk youth for such 

15 officers to visit, based on whether or not such mem16 ber or youth has defaulted on the terms of the mem17 ber or youth’s probation or parole, and shall visit 

18 such members and youth on a rotational basis. 

19 (3) UNANNOUNCED VISITS.—Probation officers 

20 and local law enforcement officers shall make unan21 nounced visits to homes, schools, and workplaces of 

22 gang members and other at-risk youth to ensure 

23 that such youths are complying with the terms of 

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1 graphical restrictions, and restricted associations, as 

2 applicable. 

3 (4) ENFORCEMENT OF PROBATION AND PAROLE

4 TERMS.—Such officers shall enforce all terms of the 

5 probation or parole of each identified gang member 

6 and other at-risk youth. 

7 (5) COMMUNITY OUTREACH TRAINING.—A rep8 resentative from the National Organization of Black 

9 Law Enforcement Executives (or similar certified 

10 entity) shall train such officers in community out11 reach and appropriate sensitivity training in order to 

12 enhance cooperation and collaboration between such 

13 officers and the community. 

14 (6) COMMUNITY OUTREACH.—Such officers 

15 shall conduct outreach to residents of the community 

16 to identify and address neighborhood concerns. To 

17 further such purposes, such officers shall attempt to 

18 meet with members of the community in a 

19 nonconfrontational, courteous, and professional man20 ner in accordance with community law enforcement 

21 roles, to establish good relations with members of 

22 the community. 

23 (7) INFORMATION ABOUT SERVICES AVAIL24 ABILITY.—Such officers shall inform members of the 

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1 vided for by the Communities in Action Center of 

2 the community that are available to gang members 

3 and other at-risk youth and their families, including 

4 substance abuse prevention and treatment services, 

5 mental health and psychological counseling services, 

6 job training services, and educational and rec7 reational opportunities. 

8 (b) AT-RISK YOUTH DEFINED.—For purposes of this 

9 Act, the term ‘‘at-risk youth’’ means teens and other 

10 youth who are exposed to high levels of crime, sex, drug 

11 abuse, gangs, or other risky behavior in daily reactions 

12 with their family, their school, or communities in high 

13 crime areas. 

14 SEC. 7. CAN DO STREET MENTORING PROGRAM. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each community that receives a 

16 grant under section 3(a) shall establish and maintain a 

17 CAN DO Street Mentoring Program (referred to in this 

18 section as the ‘‘Street Mentoring Program’’) under which 

19 members of the community shall serve as street mentors 

20 who act as liaisons between the law enforcement agencies 

21 of the community and other appropriate entities and the 

22 members of the community who are gang members or 

23 other at-risk youth (as defined in section 6(b)), in accord24 ance with this section. 


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1 (b) LOCATION AND AVAILABILITY OF STREET MEN2 TORING PROGRAM SERVICES.—Services provided through 

3 the Street Mentoring Program of a community shall be 

4 carried out at a Street Mentoring Program center that 

5 is centrally located in the community. Such services may 

6 also be made available through schools, churches, commu7 nity agencies, local colleges and universities. Services pro8 vided at such center shall be provided in such a manner 

9 that staff members will be available 24 hours a day to 

10 conduct gang and youth outreach. 

11 (c) STREET MENTORS.— 

12 (1) ELIGIBILITY.—Street mentors shall be 

13 members of the community involved who are at least 

14 18 years of age. 

15 (2) DUTIES.—Street mentors, with respect to a 

16 community, shall perform the following duties: 

17 (A) Work closely with gang members in 

18 the community to mediate disputes and gang 

19 truces in schools and throughout the commu20 nity. 

21 (B) Assist gang members and their fami22 lies to gain access to social services available in 

23 the community, especially such services made 

24 available by the Communities in Action Center 

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1 (C) Be assigned to active street mentoring 

2 cases. 

3 (D) Work closely with the local law en4 forcement agencies, probation agencies, clergy, 

5 courts, schools, and health and mental health 

6 agencies and providers. 

7 (E) Provide a critical non-traditional com8 munity outreach approach to help reduce crime. 

9 (F) Invite gang members in the community 

10 to meetings described in section 5(a)(3) with 

11 Federal, State, and local law enforcement agen12 cies. 

13 (G) Inform gang members in the commu14 nity of the consequences of continued violence. 

15 (H) Refer at-risk youth and their families 

16 to the CAN DO Center established under sec17 tion 4(a), or directly to the appropriate service 

18 administered by such center, as appropriate, to 

19 receive information about and access to drug 

20 prevention and treatment services, mental 

21 health and psychological services, job training 

22 and employment services, and educational and 

23 recreational opportunities provided by the CAN 

24 DO Services Providers Network under section 

25 8. 


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1 (I) Provide training for the Strategy 

2 Group under section 5 on ways to develop effec3 tive relationships with at-risk youth and gangs. 

4 SEC. 8. CAN DO SERVICES PROVIDERS NETWORK. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each community that receives a 

6 grant under section 3(a) shall establish and maintain a 

7 CAN DO Services Providers Network (in this section re8 ferred to as the ‘‘Providers Network’’ that provides the 

9 community with the mental health services network under 

10 subsection (b), the summer of opportunity job training 

11 and placement program under subsection (c), and the edu12 cational and recreational alternatives to violence program 

13 under subsection (d). The central location for information 

14 about access to services and programs provided for by the 

15 Providers Network shall be the CAN DO Center for the 

16 community established under section 4(a). 

17 (b) MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES NETWORK.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The mental health services 

19 network under this subsection is a comprehensive 

20 network of mental health prevention and interven21 tion services and family support services to improve 

22 and expand the access of gang members and other 

23 at-risk youth (as defined in section 6(b)) and the 

24 families of such members and youth who reside in 

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1 the services and programs described in paragraph 

2 (2). The CAN DO Program Board of the commu3 nity, established under section 4(c), shall enter into 

4 agreements with local educational agencies, insti5 tutes of higher education, community-based centers, 

6 State agencies, faith-based organizations, and pri7 vate nonprofit mental health, mentoring, and psy8 chological counseling agencies, as appropriate, to co9 ordinate and provide such services and programs. 

10 (2) SERVICES AND PROGRAMS.—The services 

11 and programs described in this paragraph, with re12 spect to a community, include the following: 

13 (A) Community outreach and education to 

14 inform the community about the availability of 

15 services and activities under this subsection. 

16 (B) Training and professional development 

17 services for law enforcement personnel, edu18 cational personnel, and other appropriate per19 sonnel who work with at-risk youth. 

20 (C) Family and community programs to 

21 prevent and reduce the participation of juve22 niles in gangs. 

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1 child abuse or neglect and for the families of 

2 such youth. 

3 (E) Mentoring programs for gang mem4 bers and other at-risk youth. 

5 (F) Mental health services that are avail6 able 24-hours a day and 7 days a week to gang 

7 members and at-risk youth in the community. 

8 (G) Community outreach and education 

9 about the programs available under the CAN 

10 DO Services Providers Network for gang mem11 bers and other at-risk youth and their families. 

12 (H) Family-based, school-based, and com13 munity-based anti-violence and anti-drug pro14 grams to educate youth and their families about 

15 the dangers of violence and drugs. 

16 (I) Drug treatment programs and dem17 onstration programs to reduce the use of alco18 hol and other drugs. 

19 (J) Partnerships between the CAN DO 

20 Program Board and local educational agencies 

21 to improve school-based mental health pro22 motion, prevention, and intervention services 

23 and to hire student service providers as needed, 

24 including school counselors, school psycholo25 gists, or other qualified psychologists, child or 


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1 adolescent psychiatrists, and school social work2 ers insofar as such additional personnel are to 

3 support the goal of increasing the availability of 

4 mental health services in the school involved. 

5 (K) A peer support counseling program. 

6 (L) Partnerships between a State, county, 

7 or local mental health authority and one or 

8 more local public or private entities to provide 

9 violence-prevention education, mentoring, coun10 seling, and mental health services to gang mem11 bers and other at-risk youth in the community. 

12 (M) Community-based efforts to coordinate 

13 educational, developmental, family, health, and 

14 other comprehensive services through commu15 nity-based organizations and public and private 

16 partnerships. 

17 (N) Partnerships between the CAN DO 

18 Program Board and psychology departments 

19 that can provide promotion, prevention, and 

20 intervention services related to the reduction of 

21 community gun violence, including through doc22 toral training programs. 

23 (c) SUMMER OF OPPORTUNITY JOB TRAINING AND

24 PLACEMENT PROGRAM.—The summer of opportunity job 

25 training and placement program under this subsection is 


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1 a program, with respect to a community that receives a 

2 grant under section 3(a), under which the CAN DO Pro3 gram Board of the community, established under section 

4 4(c) shall— 

5 (1) implement a program that will be available 

6 to youth in the community any time after school, on 

7 the weekend, or during the summer, which will pay 

8 such youth stipends in exchange for working in com9 munity-based jobs to improve the community as an 

10 alternative to participating in gang activities, drug 

11 activities, and violence; 

12 (2) create a community office of public works 

13 and jobs in partnership, as appropriate, with faith14 based organizations, schools, local businesses and 

15 corporations, neighborhood programs, local colleges 

16 and universities, and other community-based organi17 zations in order to assist individuals in the commu18 nity to find community-based employment or entry 

19 level jobs, including jobs in tutoring, mentoring, jobs 

20 in renewal energy, neighborhood beautification, com21 munity gardening, tree planting, cleaning vacant 

22 properties and lots, community service, construction, 

23 entry level local government jobs, typing, filing, an24 swering telephones, and data entry; 


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1 (3) enter into agreements with local businesses 

2 and corporations to offer job training, internships, 

3 apprenticeships, and employment opportunities to in4 dividuals in the community; and 

5 (4) enter into agreements with State and local 

6 agencies, faith-based organizations, community7 based agencies, schools, and local colleges to offer 

8 offender reintegration projects and employment pro9 grams for gang members and other at-risk youth to 

10 reduce recidivism and promote long-term employ11 ability. 

12 (d) EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ALTER13 NATIVES TO VIOLENCE PROGRAM.—The educational and 

14 recreational alternatives to violence program under this 

15 subsection, with respect to a community that receives a 

16 grant under section 3(a), is a program that provides year17 round after-school and weekend educational and rec18 reational activities, either at or through the CAN DO Cen19 ter for the community established under section 4(a), for 

20 youth in the community through partnerships with local 

21 government agencies, churches and faith-based organiza22 tions, schools, local colleges and universities, museums, 

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1 clude as many of the following, as practicable, for mem2 bers of the community: 

3 (1) Parenting education classes. 

4 (2) Mentoring and tutoring programs. 

5 (3) General Education Development (GED) 

6 testing tutoring programs. 

7 (4) Computer rooms to provide access to com8 puters for members of the community. 

9 (5) College counseling and tours. 

10 (6) Organized youth sports leagues. 

11 (7) Martial arts and self defense classes. 

12 (8) Nutrition programs. 

13 (9) Music and dance classes. 

14 (10) Art and theater programs. 

15 (11) Field trips to local businesses and corpora16 tions, museums, galleries, and other recreational lo17 cations. 

18 SEC. 9. EVALUATION AND REPORT. 

19 Not later than 60 days after the last day of the 5- 

20 year grant program established under section 3(a), the At21 torney General shall submit to Congress a report on the 

22 grant program that includes an evaluation of the effective23 ness of each of the pilot programs conducted under such 

24 grant program in reducing gun violence in the community 

25 and recommendations for improving the program and 


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1 whether or not to continue or expand the program. Such 

2 report shall include, for each community that received a 

3 grant under the grant program, a comparison of the aver4 age rate of occurrence of gun homicides for such commu5 nity during the 5-year period immediately before the re6 ceipt of such grant and the average rate of such occur7 rence for such community during the 5-year period of the 

8 grant program. 

9 SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

11 this Act $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 

12 through 2014. 

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