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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1064 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 13, 2009 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, 

Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. CAO, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. WATSON, Mr. 

WEINER, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 

SERRANO, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. 

FATTAH, Mr. NADLER of New York, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Ms. 

DEGETTE, Mr. HONDA, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. CLAY, Ms. WATERS, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. 

ZOE LOFGREN of California, Ms. HIRONO, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. COHEN, 

Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 

BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, 

Ms. CLARKE, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO, Mr. RUSH, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. STARK, Mr. 

CARSON of Indiana, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, 

Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. WATT, Mr. 

FILNER, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, and Mr. 

RANGEL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education 

and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 


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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’’. 

7 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

8 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

Sec. 4. Findings. 

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. 200. Purposes. 

Subtitle A—PROMISE Assessment and Planning Grants 

Sec. 201. PROMISE Assessment and Planning grants authorized. 

Sec. 202. PROMISE Coordinating Councils. 

Sec. 203. Needs and strengths assessment. 

Sec. 204. PROMISE Plan components. 

Sec. 205. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle B—PROMISE Implementation Grants 

Sec. 211. PROMISE Implementation grants authorized. 


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Sec. 212. PROMISE Implementation grant application requirements. 

Sec. 213. Grant award guidelines. 

Sec. 214. Reports. 

Sec. 215. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle C—General PROMISE Grant Provisions 

Sec. 221. Non-supplanting 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. 

TITLE IV—YOUTH–ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 

Sec. 401. Purpose. 

Sec. 402. Definitions. 

Sec. 403. Grants to State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to hire 

and train youth-oriented policing officers. 

Sec. 404. Establishment of Center for Youth-oriented Policing. 

Sec. 405. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE V—ENHANCED FEDERAL SUPPORT OF LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT 

Subtitle A—Comprehensive Gang Prevention and Relief 

Sec. 501. Short title. 

Sec. 502. Findings. 

Sec. 503. Designation as a comprehensive gang prevention and relief area. 

Sec. 504. Interagency Gang Prevention Task Force. 

Sec. 505. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle B—Community and Police Collaboration 

Sec. 511. Gang prevention grants. 

Subtitle C—City Youth Violence Recovery 

Sec. 521. Findings. 

Sec. 522. Grants to prevent or alleviate the effects of youth violence. 

TITLE VI—PRECAUTION ACT 

Sec. 601. Short title. 

Sec. 602. Purposes. 

Sec. 603. Definitions. 

Sec. 604. National Commission on Public Safety Through Crime and Delinquency Prevention. 

Sec. 605. Innovative crime and delinquency prevention and intervention strategy grants. 

TITLE VII—ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO JUVENILE JUSTICE 

Sec. 701. Youth Victim and Witness Assistance Program. 


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‘‘Sec. 31707. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 702. Expansion and reauthorization of the Mentoring Initiative for systeminvolved youth. 

Sec. 703. Study on adolescent development and sentences in the Federal system. 

1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis4 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Office of Ju5 venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. 

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

7 means a unit of local government or an Indian 

8 Tribe, or part of such a unit or Tribe, as determined 

9 by such a unit or Tribe for the purpose of applying 

10 for a grant under this Act. 

11 (3) DESIGNATED GEOGRAPHIC AREA.—The 

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

13 postal ZIP Code assigned to a geographic area by 

14 the United States Postal Service. 

15 (4) EVIDENCE-BASED.—The term ‘‘evidence16 based’’, when used with respect to a practice relating 

17 to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac18 tivity prevention and intervention, means a practice 

19 (including a service, program, or strategy) that has 

20 statistically significant juvenile delinquency and 

21 criminal street gang activity reduction outcomes 

22 when evaluated by— 


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1 (A) an experimental trial, in which partici2 pants are randomly assigned to participate in 

3 the practice that is the subject of the trial; or 

4 (B) a quasi-experimental trial, in which the 

5 outcomes for participants are compared with 

6 outcomes for a control group that is made up 

7 of individuals who are similar to such partici8 pants. 

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

10 means the provision of programs and services that 

11 are supported by research, are evidence-based or 

12 promising practices, and are provided to youth who 

13 are involved in, or who are identified by evidence14 based risk assessment methods as being at high risk 

15 of continued involvement in, juvenile delinquency or 

16 criminal street gangs, as a result of indications that 

17 demonstrate involvement with problems such as tru18 ancy, substance abuse, mental health treatment 

19 needs, or siblings who have had involvement with ju20 venile or criminal justice systems. 

21 (6) JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND CRIMINAL

22 STREET GANG ACTIVITY PREVENTION.—The term 

23 ‘‘juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activ24 ity prevention’’ means the provision of programs and 

25 resources to children and families who have not yet 


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1 had substantial contact with criminal justice or juve2 nile justice systems, that— 

3 (A) are designed to reduce potential juve4 nile delinquency and criminal street gang activ5 ity risks; and 

6 (B) are evidence-based or promising edu7 cational, health, mental health, school-based, 

8 community-based, faith-based, parenting, job 

9 training, social opportunities and experiences, 

10 or other programs, for youth and their families, 

11 that have been demonstrated to be effective in 

12 reducing juvenile delinquency and criminal 

13 street gang activity risks. 

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

15 used with respect to a practice relating to juvenile 

16 delinquency and criminal street gang activity preven17 tion and intervention, means a practice that is not 

18 evidence-based, but— 

19 (A) that has outcomes from an evaluation 

20 that demonstrate that such practice reduces ju21 venile delinquency and criminal street gang ac22 tivity; and 

23 (B) about which a study is being con24 ducted to determine if such practice is evidence25 based. 


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1 (8) 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) The use of a wide range of evidence-based 

16 and promising programs, integrated into a youth-ori17 ented community system of care, has been dem18 onstrated to reduce youth violence, delinquency, and 

19 crime risks, as well as criminal justice, public assist20 ance, victim assistance, and other costs. 

21 (3) Coordinated efforts of stakeholders in the 

22 juvenile justice system in a local community, to23 gether with other organizations and community 

24 members concerned with the safety and welfare of 

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1 cess in reducing the impact of youth and gang-re2 lated crime and violence, as demonstrated in Boston, 

3 Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois, Richmond, Vir4 ginia, Los Angeles, California, and other commu5 nities. 

6 (4) Investment in prevention and intervention 

7 programs for children and youth, including quality 

8 early childhood programs, comprehensive evidence9 based school, after school, and summer school pro10 grams, mentoring programs, mental health and 

11 treatment programs, evidence-based job training 

12 programs, and alternative intervention programs, 

13 has been shown to lead to decreased youth arrests, 

14 decreased delinquency, lower recidivism, and greater 

15 financial savings from an educational, economic, so16 cial, and criminal justice perspective. 

17 (5) Criminal justice costs have become burden18 some in many States and cities, requiring reductions 

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

20 and related services. 

21 (6) Targeting interventions at special youth risk 

22 groups and focusing upon relatively low-cost inter23 ventions increases the probability of fiscal benefit. 

24 (7) Savings achieved through early intervention 

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1 criminal justice social, educational, mental health, 

2 and economic outcomes are considered. 

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

5 and to be cost-effective. 

6 (9) The prevention of child abuse and neglect 

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

8 $5.00 for every $1.00 invested in preventing such 

9 abuse and neglect. 

10 (10) Quality early childhood education pro11 grams have been demonstrated to help children start 

12 school ready to learn and to reduce delinquency and 

13 criminal street gang activity risks. 

14 (11) Evidence-based mentoring programs have 

15 been shown to prevent youth drug abuse and vio16 lence. 

17 (12) Evidence-based school-based comprehen18 sive instructional programs that pair youth with re19 sponsible adult mentors have been shown to have a 

20 strong impact upon delinquency prevention. 

21 (13) After-school programs that connect chil22 dren to caring adults and that provide constructive 

23 activities during the peak hours of juvenile delin24 quency and criminal street gang activity, between 

25 3:00 and 6:00 in the afternoon, have been shown to 


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1 reduce delinquency and the attendant costs imposed 

2 on the juvenile and criminal justice systems. 

3 (14) States with higher levels of educational at4 tainment have been shown to have crime rates lower 

5 than the national average. Researchers have found 

6 that a 5 percent increase in male high school grad7 uation rates would produce an annual savings of al8 most $5,000,000,000 in crime-related expenses. 

9 (15) Therapeutic programs that engage and 

10 motivate high-risk youth and their families to 

11 change behaviors that often result in criminal activ12 ity have been shown to significantly reduce recidi13 vism among juvenile offenders, and significantly re14 duce the attendant costs of crime and delinquency 

15 imposed upon the juvenile and criminal justice sys16 tems. 

17 (16) Comprehensive programs that target kids 

18 who are already serious juvenile offenders by ad19 dressing the multiple factors in peer, school, neigh20 borhood, and family environments known to be re21 lated to delinquency can reduce recidivism among ju22 venile offenders and save the public significant eco23 nomic costs. 

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1 fective in reducing crime and violence at the Na2 tional, State, local, and tribal levels, and the failure 

3 to provide for such effective alternatives is a perva4 sive problem that leads to increased youth, and later 

5 adult, crime and violence. 

6 (18) Drug- and alcohol-dependent youth, and 

7 youth dually diagnosed with addiction and mental 

8 health disorders, are more likely to become involved 

9 with the juvenile justice system than youth without 

10 such risk factors, absent appropriate prevention and 

11 intervention services. 

12 (19) Research funded by the Department of 

13 Justice indicates that gang-membership is short14 lived among adolescents. With very few youth re15 maining gang-involved throughout their adolescent 

16 years, ongoing opportunities for intervention exist. 

17 (20) Excessively punitive juvenile justice poli18 cies, including over-reliance on incarceration and 

19 confinement of youth, particularly in the early stages 

20 of delinquent behavior and for non-violent delinquent 

21 behavior, have been shown to increase long-term 

22 crime risks. 

23 (21) Children of color are over-represented rel24 ative to the general population at every stage of the 

25 juvenile justice system. 


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1 (22) The rise in homicides in several cities in 

2 recent years followed declines in Federal funding 

3 provided for law enforcement, educational, health 

4 and mental health, social services, and other support 

5 to localities for youth, their families, and other com6 munity-oriented programs and approaches. 

7 (23) Direct expenditures for jails and prisons, 

8 correctional personnel, prosecution, and law enforce9 ment strategies that lead to increased incarceration 

10 have been steadily increasing. In fiscal year 2005, 

11 Federal, State, and local governments spent an esti12 mated $204,000,000,000 for law enforcement, incar13 ceration, corrections, judicial, and attendant criminal 

14 justice expenses, a 5.5 percent increase over the pre15 vious year. 

16 TITLE I—FEDERAL COORDINA17 TION OF LOCAL AND TRIBAL 

18 JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMA19 TION AND EFFORTS 

20 SEC. 101. PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL. 

21 (a) ORGANIZATION OF STATE ADVISORY GROUP

22 MEMBER REPRESENTATIVES.—Section 223(f) of the Ju23 venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

24 (42 U.S.C. 5633(f)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(1) ORGANIZATION OF STATE ADVISORY

4 GROUP MEMBER REPRESENTATIVES.—The Adminis5 trator shall provide technical and financial assist6 ance to a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that is 

7 described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev8 enue Code of 1986, to assist such organization in 

9 carrying out the functions specified in paragraph 

10 (2). To receive such assistance, an organization 

11 shall— 

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

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

14 executive of a State to serve as a State ad15 visory group member under subsection 

16 (a)(3); and 

17 ‘‘(ii) are elected to serve as a gov18 erning officer of such organization by a 

19 majority of the Chairs (or Chair-designees) 

20 of all such State advisory groups; 

21 ‘‘(B) include member representatives from 

22 a majority of such State advisory groups, who 

23 shall be representative of regionally and demo24 graphically diverse States and jurisdictions; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) annually seek appointments by the 

2 chief executive of each State of one State advi3 sory group member and one alternate State ad4 visory group member from each such State to 

5 implement the advisory functions specified in 

6 subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (2), 

7 including serving on the PROMISE Advisory 

8 Panel, and make a record of any such appoint9 ments available to the public.’’; and 

10 (2) in paragraph (2), by amending subpara11 graph (D) to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(D) advising the Administrator with re13 spect to particular functions or aspects of the 

14 work of the Office, and appointing a represent15 ative, diverse group of members of such organi16 zation under paragraph (1) to serve as an advi17 sory panel of State juvenile justice advisors (re18 ferred to as the ‘PROMISE Advisory Panel’) to 

19 carry out the functions specified in subsection 

20 (g); and’’. 

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

22 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

23 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633) is further amended by adding at 

24 the end the following new subsection: 

25 ‘‘(g) PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL.— 


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

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

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

4 promising practices related to juvenile delin5 quency and criminal street gang activity preven6 tion and intervention carried out by PROMISE 

7 Coordinating Councils under such Act; 

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

9 of individuals who have experience in admin10 istering or evaluating practices that serve youth 

11 involved in, or at risk of involvement in, juvenile 

12 delinquency and criminal street gang activity, 

13 from which the Administrator shall select indi14 viduals who shall— 

15 ‘‘(i) provide to the Administrator peer 

16 reviews of applications submitted by units 

17 of local government and Indian tribes pur18 suant to title II of such Act, to ensure that 

19 such applications demonstrate a clear plan 

20 to— 

21 ‘‘(I) serve youth as part of an en22 tire family unit; and 

23 ‘‘(II) coordinate the delivery of 

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1 ‘‘(ii) advise the Administrator with re2 spect to the award and allocation of 

3 PROMISE Planning grants to local and 

4 tribal governments that develop PROMISE 

5 Coordinating Councils, and of PROMISE 

6 Implementation grants to such PROMISE 

7 Coordinating Councils, pursuant to title II 

8 of such Act; 

9 ‘‘(C) develop performance standards to be 

10 used to evaluate programs and activities carried 

11 out with grants under title II of the Youth 

12 PROMISE Act, including the evaluation of 

13 changes achieved as a result of such programs 

14 and activities related to decreases in juvenile 

15 delinquency and criminal street gang activity, 

16 including— 

17 ‘‘(i) prevention of involvement by at18 risk youth in juvenile delinquency or crimi19 nal street gang activity; 

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

21 risk of continuing involvement in juvenile 

22 delinquency or criminal street gang activ23 ity; and 

24 ‘‘(iii) financial savings from deferred 

25 or eliminated costs, or other benefits, as a 


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1 result of such programs and activities, and 

2 the reinvestment by the unit or Tribe of 

3 any such savings; and 

4 ‘‘(D) provide the Center for Youth-oriented 

5 Policing with a list of individuals the Panel rec6 ommends for membership on the Youth-ori7 ented Policing Services Advisory Board, pursu8 ant to section 403(c) of the Youth PROMISE 

9 Act. 

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

11 months after the date of the enactment of the Youth 

12 PROMISE Act, and annually thereafter, the PROM13 ISE Advisory Panel shall prepare a report con14 taining the findings and determinations under para15 graph (1)(A) and shall submit such report to Con16 gress, the President, the Attorney General, and the 

17 chief executive and chief law enforcement officer of 

18 each State, unit of local government, and Indian 

19 Tribe.’’. 

20 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

21 299(a)(1) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven22 tion Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671(a)(1)) is amended to 

23 read as follows: 

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

25 carry out this title— 


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1 ‘‘(A) $6,800,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

2 ‘‘(B) $7,800,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

3 ‘‘(C) $8,800,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

4 ‘‘(D) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(E) $13,600,000 for fiscal year 2014.’’. 

7 SEC. 102. GEOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCE ALLO8 CATION. 

9 (a) GRANT FOR COLLECTION OF DATA TO DETER10 MINE NEED.—Subject to the availability of appropria11 tions, the Administrator shall award a grant, on a com12 petitive basis, to an organization to— 

13 (1) collect and analyze data related to the exist14 ing juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac15 tivity prevention and intervention needs and re16 sources in each designated geographic area; 

17 (2) use the data collected and analyzed under 

18 paragraph (1) to compile a list of designated geo19 graphic areas that are in need of resources to carry 

20 out juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac21 tivity prevention and intervention; 

22 (3) use the data collected and analyzed under 

23 paragraph (1) to rank such areas in descending 

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1 tivity prevention and intervention, ranking the area 

2 with the greatest need for such resources highest; 

3 and 

4 (4) periodically update the list under paragraph 

5 (2) and the rankings under paragraph (3) as the 

6 Administrator determines to be appropriate. 

7 (b) DATA SOURCES.—In compiling such list and de8 termining such rankings, the organization shall collect and 

9 analyze data relating to juvenile delinquency and criminal 

10 street gang activity prevention and intervention— 

11 (1) using the geographic information system 

12 and web-based mapping application known as the 

13 Socioeconomic Mapping and Resource Topography 

14 (SMART) system; 

15 (2) from the Department of Health and Human 

16 Services, the Department of Labor, the Department 

17 of Housing and Urban Development, and the De18 partment of Education; and 

19 (3) from the annual KIDS Count Data Book 

20 and other data made available by the KIDS Count 

21 initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. 

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

23 and rankings required by this section shall be provided 

24 to the Administrator to be used to provide funds under 

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1 sure that resources and services are provided to youth in 

2 the communities with the greatest need for such resources 

3 and services. 

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

5 The information collected and analyzed under this section 

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

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

8 used for any purpose related to the investigation or pros9 ecution of any person, or for profiling of individuals based 

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

11 characteristic. 

12 (e) AUTHORIZATION AND LIMITATION OF APPRO13 PRIATIONS.—Of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 

14 2010 to carry out this section and subtitle A of title II 

15 of this Act (as authorized under section 205), not more 

16 than one percent of such amount, or $1,000,000, which17 ever is less, shall be available to carry out this section. 

18 TITLE II—PROMISE GRANTS 

19 SEC. 200. PURPOSES. 

20 The purposes of the grant programs established 

21 under this title are to— 

22 (1) enable local and tribal communities to as23 sess the unmet needs of youth who are involved in, 

24 or are at risk of involvement in, juvenile delinquency 

25 or criminal street gangs; 


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1 (2) develop plans appropriate for a community 

2 to address those unmet needs with juvenile delin3 quency and gang prevention and intervention prac4 tices; and 

5 (3) implement and evaluate such plans in a 

6 manner consistent with this Act. 

7 Subtitle A—PROMISE Assessment 

8 and Planning Grants 

9 SEC. 201. PROMISE ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS 

10 AUTHORIZED. 

11 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Administrator is 

12 authorized to award grants to units of local government 

13 and Indian Tribes to assist PROMISE Coordinating 

14 Councils with planning and assessing evidence-based and 

15 promising practices relating to juvenile delinquency and 

16 criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention, 

17 especially for youth who are involved in, or who are at 

18 risk of involvement in, juvenile delinquency and criminal 

19 street gang activity. Such PROMISE Coordinating Coun20 cils shall— 

21 (1) conduct an objective needs and strengths 

22 assessment in accordance with section 203; and 

23 (2) develop a PROMISE Plan in accordance 

24 with section 204, based on the assessment conducted 

25 in accordance with section 203. 


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1 (b) GRANT DURATION, AMOUNT, AND ALLOCA2 TION.— 

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

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

5 (2) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant 

6 awarded under this section shall not exceed 

7 $300,000. 

8 (c) ALLOCATION.— 

9 (1) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—Subject to the 

10 availability of appropriations, the Administrator 

11 shall ensure that the total funds allocated under this 

12 section to units of local governments and Indian 

13 tribes in a State shall not be less than $1,000,000. 

14 (2) RATABLE REDUCTION.—If the amount 

15 made available for grants under this section for any 

16 fiscal year is less than the amount required to pro17 vide the minimum allocation of funds under para18 graph (1) to units of local government and Indian 

19 tribes in each State, then the amount of such min20 imum allocation shall be ratably reduced. 

21 SEC. 202. PROMISE COORDINATING COUNCILS. 

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

23 a unit of local government or an Indian Tribe shall estab24 lish a PROMISE Coordinating Council for each commu25 nity of such unit or Tribe, respectively, for which such unit 


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1 or Tribe is applying for a grant under this subtitle. Each 

2 such community shall include one or more designated geo3 graphic areas identified on the list required under section 

4 102(a)(2). The members of such a PROMISE Coordi5 nating Council shall be representatives of public and pri6 vate sector entities and individuals that— 

7 (1) shall include, to the extent possible, at least 

8 one representative from each of the following: 

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

10 (B) a local educational agency; 

11 (C) a local health agency or provider; 

12 (D) a local mental health agency or pro13 vider, unless the representative under subpara14 graph (C) also meets the requirements of this 

15 subparagraph; 

16 (E) a local public housing agency; 

17 (F) a local law enforcement agency; 

18 (G) a local child welfare agency; 

19 (H) a local juvenile court; 

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

21 (J) a private juvenile residential care enti22 ty; 

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

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1 (M) a local business community represent2 ative; and 

3 (N) a local faith-based community rep4 resentative; 

5 (2) shall include two representatives from each 

6 of the following: 

7 (A) parents who have minor children, and 

8 who have an interest in the local juvenile or 

9 criminal justice systems; 

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

11 who reside in the jurisdiction of the unit or 

12 Tribe; and 

13 (C) members from nonprofit community14 based organizations that provide effective delin15 quency prevention and intervention to youth in 

16 the jurisdiction of the unit or Tribe; and 

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

18 Tribe determines to be appropriate. 

19 SEC. 203. NEEDS AND STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT. 

20 (a) ASSESSMENT.—Each PROMISE Coordinating 

21 Council receiving funds from a unit of local government 

22 or Indian tribe under this subtitle shall conduct an objec23 tive strengths and needs assessment of the resources of 

24 the community for which such PROMISE Coordinating 

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1 youth in the community with respect to evidence-based 

2 and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency 

3 and criminal street gang activity prevention and interven4 tion. The PROMISE Coordinating Council shall consult 

5 with a research partner receiving a grant under section 

6 302 for assistance with such assessment. Such assessment 

7 shall include, with respect to the community for which 

8 such PROMISE Coordinating Council was established— 

9 (1) the number of youth who are at-risk of in10 volvement in juvenile delinquency or street gang ac11 tivity; 

12 (2) the number of youth who are involved in ju13 venile delinquency or criminal street gang activity, 

14 including the number of such youth who are at high15 risk of continued involvement; 

16 (3) youth unemployment rates during the sum17 mer; 

18 (4) the number of individuals on public finan19 cial assistance (including a breakdown of the num20 bers of men, women, and children on such assist21 ance), the estimated number of youth who are 

22 chronically truant, and the number of youth who 

23 have dropped out of school in the previous year; and 

24 (5) for the year before such assessment, the es25 timated total amount expended (by the community 


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1 and other entities) for the incarceration of offenders 

2 who were convicted or adjudicated delinquent for an 

3 offense that was committed in such community, in4 cluding amounts expended for the incarceration of 

5 offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities that 

6 are located in the United States but are not located 

7 in such community; 

8 (6) a comparison of the amount under para9 graph (5) with an estimation of the amount that 

10 would be expended for the incarceration of offenders 

11 described in such paragraph if the number of offend12 ers described in such paragraph was equal to the na13 tional average incarceration rate per 100,000 popu14 lation; and 

15 (7) a description of evidence-based and prom16 ising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

17 criminal street gang activity prevention available for 

18 youth in the community, including school-based pro19 grams, after school programs (particularly programs 

20 that have activities available for youth between 3:00 

21 and 6:00 in the afternoon), weekend activities and 

22 programs, youth mentoring programs, faith and 

23 community-based programs, summer activities, and 

24 summer jobs, if any; and 


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1 (8) a description of evidence-based and prom2 ising intervention practices available for youth in the 

3 community. 

4 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF ASSESSMENT INFORMA5 TION.—Information gathered pursuant to this section may 

6 be used for the sole purpose of developing a PROMISE 

7 Plan in accordance with this subtitle. 

8 SEC. 204. PROMISE PLAN COMPONENTS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each PROMISE Coordinating 

10 Council receiving funds from a unit of local government 

11 or Indian tribe under this subtitle shall develop a PROM12 ISE Plan to provide for the coordination of, and, as appro13 priate, to support the delivery of, evidence-based and 

14 promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

15 criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention 

16 to youth and families who reside in the community for 

17 which such PROMISE Coordinating Council was estab18 lished. Such a PROMISE Plan shall— 

19 (1) include the strategy by which the PROM20 ISE Coordinating Council plans to prioritize and al21 locate resources and services toward the unmet 

22 needs of youth in the community, consistent with the 

23 needs and available resources of communities with 

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

2 promising prevention and intervention practices that 

3 are responsive to the needs of the community; 

4 (3) take into account the cultural and linguistic 

5 needs of the community; and 

6 (4) use approaches that have been shown to be 

7 effective at reducing the rates of juvenile delin8 quency and criminal street gang activity in commu9 nities. 

10 (b) MANDATORY COMPONENTS.—Each PROMISE 

11 Plan shall— 

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

13 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 203(a) to evi14 dence-based and promising practices related to juve15 nile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 

16 prevention and intervention; 

17 (2) identify the amount or percentage of local 

18 funds that are available to the PROMISE Coordi19 nating Council to carry out the PROMISE Plan; 

20 (3) provide strategies to improve indigent de21 fense delivery systems, with particular attention 

22 given to groups of children who are disproportion23 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 evidenced-based and 

21 promising practices related to juvenile delinquency 

22 and criminal street gang activity prevention and 

23 intervention; 

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 evidenced-based and promising practices related 

9 to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac10 tivity prevention and intervention, and for the eval11 uation under section 211(d) of the results of the ac12 tivities 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 

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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 3:00 and 6:00 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) Heath and mental health services, including 

19 cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy, and peer 

20 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 

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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 SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

17 Subject to the limitation under section 102(e), there 

18 are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2010, 

19 $300,000,000 to carry out this subtitle and section 102. 

20 Subtitle B—PROMISE 

21 Implementation Grants 

22 SEC. 211. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AUTHOR23 IZED. 

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1 tice and Delinquency Prevention is authorized to award 

2 grants to units of local government and Indian Tribes to 

3 assist PROMISE Coordinating Councils with imple4 menting PROMISE Plans (developed pursuant to subtitle 

5 A). 

6 (b) GRANT DURATION AND AMOUNT.— 

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

8 section shall be for a four-year period. 

9 (2) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant 

10 awarded under this section shall not be for more 

11 than $10,000,000 per year for each year of the 

12 grant period. 

13 (c) NON-FEDERAL FUNDS REQUIRED.—For each fis14 cal year during the four-year grant period for a grant 

15 under this subtitle, each unit of local government or In16 dian Tribe receiving such a grant for a PROMISE Coordi17 nating Council shall provide, from non-Federal funds, in 

18 cash or in kind, 25 percent of the costs of the activities 

19 carried out with such grant. 

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

21 of local government or an Indian Tribe for a grant under 

22 this subtitle, not more than $100,000 shall be used to pro23 vide a contract to a competitively selected organization to 

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1 unmet needs of youth in the community, in accordance 

2 with the performance measures under section 204(b)(7). 

3 SEC. 212. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT APPLICA4 TION REQUIREMENTS. 

5 (a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—To be eligible to re6 ceive a PROMISE Implementation grant under this sub7 title, a unit of local government or Indian Tribe that re8 ceived a PROMISE Assessment and Planning grant under 

9 subtitle A shall submit an application to the Administrator 

10 of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven11 tion not later than one year after the date such unit of 

12 local government or Indian Tribe was awarded such grant 

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

14 such information, as the Administrator, after consultation 

15 with the organization under section 223(f)(1) of the Juve16 nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

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

18 (b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each application 

19 submitted under subsection (a) shall— 

20 (1) identify potential savings from criminal jus21 tice costs, public assistance costs, and other costs 

22 avoided by utilizing evidence-based and promising 

23 practices related to juvenile delinquency and crimi24 nal street gang activity prevention and intervention; 

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1 (A) investment in evidence-based and 

2 promising practices related to juvenile delin3 quency and criminal street gang activity preven4 tion and intervention to be provided by the unit 

5 of local government or Indian Tribe; 

6 (B) the activities to be undertaken with 

7 the grants funds; 

8 (C) any expected efficiencies in the juvenile 

9 justice or other local systems to be attained as 

10 a result of implementation of the programs 

11 funded by the grant; and 

12 (D) outcomes from such activities, in 

13 terms of the expected numbers related to re14 duced criminal activity; 

15 (3) describe how savings sustained from invest16 ment in prevention and intervention practices will be 

17 reinvested in the continuing implementation of the 

18 PROMISE Plan; and 

19 (4) provide an assurance that the local fiscal 

20 contribution with respect to evidence-based and 

21 promising practices related to juvenile delinquency 

22 and criminal street gang activity prevention and 

23 intervention in the community for which the PROM24 ISE Coordinating Council was established for each 

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1 local fiscal contribution with respect to such prac2 tices in the community for the year preceding the 

3 first year of the grant period. 

4 SEC. 213. GRANT AWARD GUIDELINES. 

5 (a) SELECTION AND DISTRIBUTION.—Grants award6 ed under this subtitle shall be awarded on a competitive 

7 basis. The Administrator shall— 

8 (1) take such steps as may be necessary to en9 sure that grants are awarded to units of local gov10 ernments and Indian Tribes in areas with the high11 est concentrations of youth who are— 

12 (A) at-risk of involvement in juvenile delin13 quency or criminal street gang activity; and 

14 (B) involved in juvenile delinquency or 

15 street gang activity and who are at high-risk of 

16 continued involvement; and 

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

18 be awarded to units of local governments and Indian 

19 Tribes in each region of the United States, and 

20 among urban, suburban, and rural areas. 

21 (b) EXTENSION OF GRANT AWARD.—The Adminis22 trator may extend the grant period under section 

23 211(b)(1) for a PROMISE Implementation grant to a unit 

24 of local government or an Indian Tribe, in accordance with 

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1 (c) RENEWAL OF GRANT AWARD.—Subject to the 

2 availability of appropriations, the Administrator may 

3 renew a PROMISE Implementation grant to a unit of 

4 local government or an Indian Tribe to provide such unit 

5 or Tribe with additional funds to continue implementation 

6 of a PROMISE Plan. Such a renewal— 

7 (1) shall be initiated by an application for re8 newal from a unit of local government or an Indian 

9 Tribe; 

10 (2) shall be carried out in accordance with reg11 ulations issued by the Administrator; and 

12 (3) shall not be granted unless the Adminis13 trator determines such a renewal to be appropriate 

14 based on the results of the evaluation conducted 

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

16 of such unit of Tribe for which a PROMISE Coordi17 nating Council was established, and for which such 

18 unit or Tribe is applying for renewal. 

19 SEC. 214. REPORTS. 

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

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

22 Tribe receives a PROMISE Implementation grant, and 

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1 ministrator regarding the use of Federal funds to imple2 ment the PROMISE Plan developed under subtitle A. 

3 SEC. 215. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

5 this subtitle such sums as may be necessary for each of 

6 the fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 

7 Subtitle C—General PROMISE 

8 Grant Provisions 

9 SEC. 221. NON-SUPPLANTING CLAUSE. 

10 A unit of local government or Indian Tribe receiving 

11 a grant under this title shall use such grant only to supple12 ment, and not supplant, the amount of funds that, in the 

13 absence of such grant, would be available to address the 

14 needs of youth in the community with respect to evidence15 based and promising practices related to juvenile delin16 quency and criminal street gang activity prevention and 

17 intervention. 

18 SEC. 222. GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW PANEL. 

19 The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice 

20 and Delinquency Prevention, in conjunction with the 

21 PROMISE Advisory Panel, shall establish and utilize a 

22 transparent, reliable, and valid system for evaluating ap23 plications for PROMISE Assessment and Planning grants 

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1 based primarily on a determination of greatest need (in 

2 accordance with section 102), with due consideration to 

3 other enumerated factors and the indicated ability of the 

4 applicant to successfully implement the program described 

5 in the application. 

6 SEC. 223. EVALUATION OF PROMISE GRANT PROGRAMS. 

7 (a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—Subject to the avail8 ability of appropriations under this title, the Adminis9 trator shall, in consultation with the organization under 

10 section 223(f)(1) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

11 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(f)(1)), provide 

12 for an evaluation of the programs and activities carried 

13 out with grants under this title. In carrying out this sec14 tion, the Administrator shall— 

15 (1) award grants to institutions of higher edu16 cation (including institutions that are eligible to re17 ceive funds under part J of title IV of the Higher 

18 Education Act of 1965 (as amended by Public Law 

19 110–84)) to facilitate the evaluation process and 

20 measurement of achieved outcomes; 

21 (2) identify evidence-based and promising prac22 tices used by Promise Coordinating Councils under 

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1 verting further involvement in, juvenile delinquency 

2 or criminal street gang activity; and 

3 (3) ensure— 

4 (A) that such evaluation is based on the 

5 performance standards that are developed by 

6 the PROMISE Advisory Panel in accordance 

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

8 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (as added 

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

10 (B) the development of longitudinal and 

11 clinical trial evaluation and performance meas12 urements with regard to the evidence-based and 

13 promising practices funded under this title; and 

14 (C) the dissemination of the practices iden15 tified in paragraph (2) to the National Re16 search Center for Proven Juvenile Justice Prac17 tices (established under section 301), units of 

18 local government, and Indian Tribes to promote 

19 the use of such practices by such units and 

20 Tribes to prevent involvement in, or to divert 

21 further involvement in, juvenile delinquency or 

22 criminal street gang activity. 

23 (b) RESULTS TO THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER

24 FOR PROVEN JUVENILE JUSTICE PRACTICES.—The Ad25 ministrator shall provide the results of the evaluation 


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

2 Proven Juvenile Justice Practices established under sec3 tion 301. 

4 TITLE III—PROMISE RESEARCH 

5 CENTERS 

6 SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH 

7 CENTER FOR PROVEN JUVENILE JUSTICE 

8 PRACTICES. 

9 (a) CENTER ESTABLISHED.—Subject to the avail10 ability of appropriations, the Administrator shall award a 

11 grant to a nonprofit organization with a national reputa12 tion for expertise in operating or evaluating effective, evi13 denced-based practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

14 criminal street gang activity prevention or intervention to 

15 develop a National Research Center for Proven Juvenile 

16 Justice Practices. Such Center shall— 

17 (1) collaborate with institutions of higher edu18 cation as regional partners to create a best practices 

19 juvenile justice information-sharing network to sup20 port the programs and activities carried out with 

21 grants under title II of this Act; 

22 (2) collect, and disseminate to PROMISE Co23 ordinating Councils, research and other information 

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1 tivity prevention and intervention to inform the ef2 forts of PROMISE Coordinating Councils and re3 gional research partners and to support the pro4 grams and activities carried out with grants under 

5 title II of this Act; 

6 (3) increase the public’s knowledge and under7 standing of effective juvenile justice practices to pre8 vent crime and delinquency and reduce recidivism; 

9 and 

10 (4) develop, manage, and regularly update an 

11 Internet website to disseminate proven practices for 

12 successful juvenile delinquency prevention and inter13 vention. 

14 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

15 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

16 $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 

17 2014. 

18 SEC. 302. GRANTS FOR REGIONAL RESEARCH PROVEN 

19 PRACTICES PARTNERSHIPS. 

20 (a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Adminis21 trator shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, 

22 establish a grant program to award grants to institutions 

23 of higher education to serve as regional research partners 

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1 tion with the National Research Center for Proven Juve2 nile Justice Practices authorized under section 301. Re3 gional research partners shall provide research support to 

4 such PROMISE Coordinating Councils, including— 

5 (1) assistance with preparing PROMISE grant 

6 applications under title II, including collection of 

7 baseline data for such applications; 

8 (2) assistance with the needs and strengths as9 sessments conducted under section 203; and 

10 (3) provision of support services to PROMISE 

11 grant recipients for data collection and analysis to 

12 assess progress under the PROMISE grant. 

13 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

14 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

15 $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 

16 2012. 

17 TITLE IV—YOUTH–ORIENTED 

18 POLICING SERVICES 

19 SEC. 401. PURPOSE. 

20 The purpose of this title is to prevent involvement 

21 by youth in, and to divert youth from further involvement 

22 in, juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 

23 by providing funding for youth-oriented community-based 

24 law enforcement, through coordination with PROMISE 

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1 zations, to carry out evidenced-based and promising prac2 tices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street 

3 gang activity prevention and intervention that are aimed 

4 at reducing— 

5 (1) the number of youth who are victims of 

6 crime; 

7 (2) the number of youth who lack proper edu8 cation and community-based resources, training, and 

9 support; 

10 (3) self-destructive behaviors in youth; 

11 (4) juvenile delinquency; and 

12 (5) criminal street gang activity. 

13 SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this title: 

15 (1) YOUTH-ORIENTED POLICING SERVICE.—The 

16 term ‘‘youth-oriented policing service’’ means a stra17 tegic effort by a State, local, or tribal law enforce18 ment agency to— 

19 (A) provide evidenced-based and promising 

20 practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

21 criminal street gang activity prevention and 

22 intervention; and 

23 (B) use strategies based on the SARA 

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1 (i) the number of youth who are vic2 tims of crime; and 

3 (ii) the risks of juvenile delinquency 

4 and criminal street gang activity. 

5 (2) SARA MODEL.—The term ‘‘SARA model’’ 

6 means a problem-solving technique used to organize 

7 approaches to recurring problems, which requires ac8 tion with respect to a problem that includes scan9 ning, analysis, response, and assessment. 

10 SEC. 403. GRANTS TO STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL LAW EN11 FORCEMENT AGENCIES TO HIRE AND TRAIN 

12 YOUTH-ORIENTED POLICING OFFICERS. 

13 (a) HIRING GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Subject to the 

14 availability of appropriations, the Director of the Office 

15 of Community Oriented Policing Services shall award 

16 grants to State, local, and tribal law enforcement agen17 cies— 

18 (1) to hire law enforcement officers as youth19 oriented police to work collaboratively with PROM20 ISE Coordinating Councils, other community-based 

21 organizations, and youth at high risk of becoming 

22 involved in delinquent activities to reduce such risks 

23 through specialized training related to— 

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1 (B) investigation of offenses committed by 

2 youth; and 

3 (C) the effectiveness of evidenced-based 

4 and promising practices related to juvenile de5 linquency and criminal street gang activity pre6 vention and intervention, as compared to the ef7 fectiveness of traditional law enforcement ap8 proaches, when dealing with youth; and 

9 (2) for training and capacity-building of law en10 forcement agencies related to youth-oriented policing 

11 practices and efforts, including— 

12 (A) carrying out youth-oriented commu13 nity-based policing activities including system14 atic needs and strengths assessment, coordina15 tion, technology deployment, technical assist16 ance, and problem solving techniques (such as 

17 strategies based on the SARA model); and 

18 (B) working with PROMISE Coordinating 

19 Councils to develop effective initiatives and 

20 practices that promote healthy youth develop21 ment and prevent involvement by youth in, or 

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1 (b) DURATION.—A grant awarded to a law enforce2 ment agency under this section shall be for a 4-year pe3 riod. 

4 (c) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant awarded to 

5 a law enforcement agency under this section shall not ex6 ceed $2,000,000. 

7 (d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec8 tion, the Director of the Office of Community Oriented 

9 Policing Services shall give priority to law enforcement 

10 agencies that serve designated geographic areas that are 

11 ranked highest in the rankings of such areas determined 

12 under section 102, and shall consider whether a law en13 forcement agency serves a community for which a PROM14 ISE Coordinating Council was established. 

15 SEC. 404. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER FOR YOUTH-ORI16 ENTED POLICING. 

17 (a) GRANT TO ESTABLISH CENTER FOR YOUTH-ORI18 ENTED POLICING.—Subject to the availability of appro19 priations, the Director of the Office of Community Ori20 ented Policing Services shall award a grant, on a competi21 tive basis, to an eligible organization to establish a Center 

22 for Youth-oriented Policing to— 

23 (1) develop a model youth-oriented policing 

24 services training program to train representatives 

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1 training academies to provide youth-oriented policing 

2 services training to law enforcement officers, which 

3 shall— 

4 (A) be based on evidence-based and prom5 ising practices related to juvenile delinquency 

6 and criminal street gang activity prevention and 

7 intervention; and 

8 (B) include training related to specialized 

9 police services for preventing youth at who are 

10 involved in, or who are at high risk of becoming 

11 involved in, juvenile delinquency or criminal 

12 street gang activity; 

13 (2) support the adoption of new technologies re14 lated to— 

15 (A) the prioritization of risks related to ju16 venile delinquency and criminal street gang ac17 tivity; 

18 (B) the safety of juveniles in custody; and 

19 (C) the prevention of gun violence; and 

20 (3) develop, compile, and disseminate to youth21 oriented police information about evidence-based and 

22 promising practices that are best practices for 

23 Youth-oriented Policing Services for preventing and 

24 reducing involvement of youth in juvenile delin25 quency and criminal street gang activity. 


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1 (b) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—In this section, the 

2 term ‘‘eligible organization’’ means a nonprofit organiza3 tion that has demonstrated— 

4 (1) experience in providing training, advice, and 

5 support to law enforcement agencies; 

6 (2) commitment to helping youth avoid delin7 quency, crime, and involvement with the juvenile and 

8 criminal justice systems; 

9 (3) experience in providing law-abiding alter10 native life styles to youth who are participating in 

11 delinquency and criminal street gang activity, or who 

12 are involved with the juvenile or criminal justice sys13 tems; and 

14 (4) ability and commitment to work in partner15 ship with community-based organizations that pro16 vide services to reduce juvenile delinquency and 

17 criminal street gang activity. 

18 (c) YOPS ADVISORY BOARD.— 

19 (1) BOARD ESTABLISHED.—The Center for 

20 Youth-oriented Policing established pursuant to sub21 section (a) shall establish a Youth-oriented Policing 

22 Services Advisory Board to develop an annual work 

23 plan for the Center (in accordance with the condi24 tions and requirements of the grant provided under 

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1 each calendar quarter to consider reports of the 

2 Center’s activities (including progress made toward 

3 accomplishing such work plan), and to approve con4 tinuation of or amendment to such work plan. 

5 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The membership of the 

6 Youth-oriented Policing Services Advisory Board 

7 shall— 

8 (A) be composed of— 

9 (i) an appointee of the chief executive 

10 of the Center for Youth-oriented Policing, 

11 who shall serve in an ex-officio capacity; 

12 (ii) an appointee of the PROMISE 

13 Advisory Panel established pursuant to 

14 section 223(g) of the Juvenile Justice and 

15 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (as 

16 added by section 101(b) of this Act), who 

17 shall serve in an ex-officio capacity; and 

18 (iii) individuals who are selected by 

19 the Center for Youth-oriented Policing 

20 from a list of recommended individuals 

21 provided by the PROMISE Advisory Panel 

22 in accordance with such section 223(g), as 

23 follows: 

24 (I) 8 law enforcement officers 

25 from international, national, State, 


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1 and local law enforcement organiza2 tions; 

3 (II) 4 juvenile justice administra4 tors (including judges), including 2 

5 administrators from the State level 

6 and 2 administrators from the local 

7 level; 

8 (III) 4 representatives of commu9 nity-based organizations that advocate 

10 for juveniles, one each from a na11 tional, State, local, and tribal organi12 zation; and 

13 (IV) 4 individuals who research 

14 juvenile crime prevention issues; and 

15 (B) to the greatest extent possible, have a 

16 demographic composition that represents the 

17 demographic composition of the population of 

18 the United States. 

19 (3) TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.—Members of the 

20 Youth-oriented Policing Services Advisory Board 

21 shall serve for 3-year staggered terms. 

22 SEC. 405. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

23 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

24 this title $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 

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1 (1) Such sums as may be necessary in each 

2 such fiscal year to carry out the activities of the 

3 Center for Youth-oriented Policing established pur4 suant to section 404, except that such sums shall 

5 not exceed $5,000,000 or 10 percent of the total 

6 amount appropriated to carry out this title, which7 ever is less. 

8 (2) Of the funds remaining for each such fiscal 

9 year after sums are made available for under para10 graph (1)— 

11 (A) 80 percent shall be available to award 

12 grants to carry out the activities in section 

13 403(a)(1); and 

14 (B) 20 percent shall be available to award 

15 grants to carry out the activities in section 

16 403(a)(2). 

17 TITLE V—ENHANCED FEDERAL 

18 SUPPORT OF LOCAL LAW EN19 FORCEMENT 

20 Subtitle A—Comprehensive Gang 

21 Prevention and Relief 

22 SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 

23 This subtitle may be cited as ‘‘Mynisha’s Law’’. 

24 SEC. 502. FINDINGS. 

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1 (1) According to the 2008 National Gang 

2 Threat Assessment, there are over 20,000 gangs op3 erating within the United States, and gang violence 

4 and drug trafficking remain serious problems 

5 throughout the country, causing injury and death to 

6 innocent victims, often children. 

7 (2) On November 13, 2005, a gang-related dis8 pute broke out in San Bernardino, California, and 

9 gunfire sprayed an apartment building, killing 11- 

10 year old Mynisha Crenshaw and seriously wounding 

11 her 14-year old sister as they ate Sunday dinner 

12 with their family. 

13 (3) This tragic shooting symbolizes the struggle 

14 that so many communities across the United States, 

15 like San Bernardino, face in combating gang vio16 lence, and serves as a reminder of the nationwide 

17 problem of protecting children from senseless vio18 lence. 

19 (4) According to the National Drug Threat As20 sessment, criminal street gangs are responsible for 

21 the distribution of a significant amount of cocaine, 

22 methamphetamine, heroin, and other illegal drugs 

23 throughout the United States. 

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1 lence through enhanced law enforcement and crimi2 nal penalties. 

3 (6) More Federal resources and coordination 

4 are needed to reduce gang violence through proven 

5 and proactive prevention and intervention programs 

6 that focus on keeping at-risk youth in school and out 

7 of the criminal justice system. 

8 SEC. 503. DESIGNATION AS A COMPREHENSIVE GANG PRE9 VENTION AND RELIEF AREA. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Units of local government and In11 dian Tribes with a PROMISE Coordinating Council (es12 tablished in accordance with subtitle A of title II of this 

13 Act) may submit an application to the Administrator for 

14 designation as a Comprehensive Gang Prevention and Re15 lief Area in accordance with this section. 

16 (b) CRITERIA.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es18 tablish criteria for reviewing applications submitted 

19 under subsection (a) and for evaluating and select20 ing areas for designation as Comprehensive Gang 

21 Prevention and Relief Areas. 

22 (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In establishing criteria 

23 under subsection (a) and evaluating an application 

24 for designation as a Comprehensive Gang Prevention 

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1 (A) the current and predicted levels of 

2 gang crime activity in the area, based on the in3 formation collected and analyzed under section 

4 102; 

5 (B) the extent to which violent crime in 

6 the area appears to be related to criminal gang 

7 activity; 

8 (C) the extent to which the area is imple9 menting a PROMISE Plan, or is otherwise al10 ready engaged in local or regional collaboration 

11 regarding, and coordination of, gang prevention 

12 activities; and 

13 (D) such other criteria as the Adminis14 trator determines to be appropriate. 

15 SEC. 504. INTERAGENCY GANG PREVENTION TASK FORCE. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to coordinate Federal as17 sistance to Comprehensive Gang Prevention and Relief 

18 Areas, the Administrator shall establish an Interagency 

19 Gang Prevention Task Force (in this subtitle referred to 

20 as the ‘‘Task Force’’), consisting of a representative 

21 from— 

22 (1) the Department of Justice; 

23 (2) the Department of Education; 

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1 (4) the Department of Health and Human 

2 Services; and 

3 (5) the Department of Housing and Urban De4 velopment. 

5 (b) COORDINATION.—For each Comprehensive Gang 

6 Prevention and Relief Area designated by the Adminis7 trator under section 503, the Task Force shall— 

8 (1) coordinate the activities of the Federal Gov9 ernment to create a comprehensive gang prevention 

10 response, focusing on youth through early childhood 

11 intervention, at-risk youth intervention, literacy, em12 ployment, community policing, and comprehensive 

13 community-based programs such as Operation Cease 

14 Fire or Homeboy Industries; and 

15 (2) coordinate such comprehensive gang preven16 tion response with local and regional gang preven17 tion efforts, including PROMISE Coordinating 

18 Councils and PROMISE Plans (where such Plans 

19 are established). 

20 (c) PROGRAMS.—The Task Force shall prioritize the 

21 needs of Comprehensive Gang Prevention and Relief Areas 

22 for funding under— 

23 (1) the Child Care and Development Block 

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1 (2) the Even Start programs under subpart 3 

2 of part B of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 

3 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6381 et seq.); 

4 (3) the Healthy Start Initiative under section 

5 330H of the Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 254c–8); 

7 (4) the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et 

8 seq.); 

9 (5) the 21st Century Community Learning Cen10 ters program under part B of title IV of the Ele11 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

12 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.); 

13 (6) the Job Corps program under subtitle C of 

14 title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 

15 U.S.C. 2881 et seq.); 

16 (7) the community development block grant 

17 program under title I of the Housing and Commu18 nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 

19 seq.); 

20 (8) the Gang Resistance Education and Train21 ing projects under subtitle X of title III of the Vio22 lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 

23 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13921); 

24 (9) any program administered by the Office of 

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1 (10) the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant 

2 program under part R of title I of the Omnibus 

3 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

4 U.S.C. 3796ee et seq.); 

5 (11) the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice As6 sistance Grant Program under subpart 1 of part E 

7 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

8 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.); and 

9 (12) any other program that the Task Force 

10 determines to be appropriate. 

11 (d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 1 

13 of each year, the Task Force shall submit to Con14 gress and the Administrator a report on the funding 

15 needs and programmatic outcomes for each area 

16 designated as a Comprehensive Gang Prevention and 

17 Relief Area. 

18 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report under paragraph 

19 (1) shall include— 

20 (A) an evidence-based analysis of the best 

21 practices and outcomes among the areas des22 ignated as Comprehensive Gang Prevention and 

23 Relief Areas; and 

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1 ignated as a Comprehensive Gang Prevention 

2 and Relief Area and, if the Task Force identi3 fies any programmatic shortfalls in addressing 

4 gang prevention, a request for new funding or 

5 reprogramming of existing funds to meet such 

6 shortfalls. 

7 SEC. 505. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

9 as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this sub10 title, including any needs identified by the Task Force as 

11 necessary to carry out this subtitle. 

12 Subtitle B—Community and Police 

13 Collaboration 

14 SEC. 511. GANG PREVENTION GRANTS. 

15 (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Office of 

16 Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department 

17 of Justice may make grants, in accordance with such regu18 lations as the Director may prescribe, to units of local gov19 ernment and Indian Tribes with a PROMISE Coordi20 nating Council (established in accordance with subtitle A 

21 of title II of this Act) to enable such PROMISE Coordi22 nating Council to develop community-based programs that 

23 provide crime prevention, research, and intervention serv24 ices that are designed to prevent violence and gang in25 volvement by youthful offenders and at-risk youth. 


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1 (b) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—A grant under this 

2 section may be used (including through subgrants) for— 

3 (1) preventing initial gang recruitment and in4 volvement among younger teenagers; 

5 (2) preventing violence and gang involvement 

6 through nonviolent and constructive activities, such 

7 as community service programs, development of non8 violent conflict resolution skills, employment and 

9 legal assistance, family counseling, and other safe, 

10 community-based alternatives for crime-involved or 

11 high-risk youth; 

12 (3) developing in-school and after-school gang 

13 safety, control, education, and resistance procedures 

14 and programs; 

15 (4) identifying and addressing early childhood 

16 risk factors for violence and gang involvement, in17 cluding parent training and childhood skills develop18 ment; 

19 (5) identifying and fostering protective factors 

20 that buffer children and adolescents from violence, 

21 crime, and gang involvement; 

22 (6) developing and identifying investigative pro23 grams designed to deter gang recruitment, involve24 ment, and activities through effective intelligence 

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1 (7) developing programs and youth centers for 

2 first-time, non-violent offenders facing alternative 

3 penalties, such as mandated participation in commu4 nity service, restitution, mentoring, counseling, job 

5 training, and education and prevention programs; 

6 (8) implementing multidisciplinary approaches 

7 to combat youth violence and gang involvement 

8 through coordinated programs operated by law en9 forcement and other public, private, and faith-based 

10 community organizations for prevention and inter11 vention (including street outreach programs and 

12 other peacemaking activities) or coordinated law en13 forcement activities (including crime mapping strate14 gies that enhance focused crime prevention, inter15 vention, and reintegration strategies for offender re16 entry); or 

17 (9) identifying at-risk and high-risk students 

18 through home visits organized through joint collabo19 rations between law enforcement, faith-based organi20 zations, schools, health and mental health providers, 

21 other community based organizations, and social 

22 workers. 

23 (c) MAXIMUM GRANT.—The amount of a grant under 

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1 (d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each recipient of a grant 

2 under this section shall submit to the Director, for each 

3 year in which funds from a grant received under this sec4 tion are expended, a report containing— 

5 (1) a summary of the activities carried out with 

6 grant funds during that year; 

7 (2) an assessment of the effectiveness of the 

8 crime prevention, research, and intervention activi9 ties of the recipient, based on data collected by the 

10 grant recipient; 

11 (3) a strategic plan for the year following the 

12 year described in paragraph (1); 

13 (4) evidence of consultation and cooperation 

14 with local, State, or Federal law enforcement or, if 

15 the grant recipient is a government entity, evidence 

16 of consultation with an organization engaged in any 

17 activity described in subsection (b); and 

18 (5) such other information as the Director may 

19 require. 

20 (e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘units of 

21 local government’’ includes sheriffs departments, police 

22 departments, and local prosecutor offices. 

23 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

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1 section $35,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 

2 through 2014. 

3 Subtitle C—City Youth Violence 

4 Recovery 

5 SEC. 521. FINDINGS. 

6 The Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) The mental health of young people is essen8 tial to their overall well-being. Mental health affects 

9 how young people think, feel, and act; their ability 

10 to learn and engage in relationships; their self-es11 teem; their ability to evaluate situations and make 

12 choices; and their ability to handle stress, relate to 

13 other people, and acquire the skills and training 

14 needed for adulthood. 

15 (2) Each year many children and adolescents 

16 sustain injuries from violence, lose friends or family 

17 members because of violence, or are adversely af18 fected by witnessing violence. 

19 (3) Youth violence, perpetrated both by and 

20 against young people, results in enormous physical, 

21 emotional, social, and economic consequences. 

22 (4) The National Institutes of Health has found 

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1 hibit aggressive behavior or depression within the 

2 following year. 

3 (5) Any event that can cause a person to feel 

4 fear, helplessness, horror, and a sense that life or 

5 safety is in danger puts a person, especially children, 

6 at risk for posttraumatic stress. 

7 (6) Many cities lack the resources to provide 

8 the appropriate youth counseling and therapy serv9 ices to minimize the long-term emotional harm of 

10 community violence. 

11 SEC. 522. GRANTS TO PREVENT OR ALLEVIATE THE EF12 FECTS OF YOUTH VIOLENCE. 

13 (a) GRANTS.—The Attorney General, in consultation 

14 with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may 

15 award grants to eligible entities to prevent or alleviate the 

16 effects of youth violence in eligible urban communities by 

17 providing violence-prevention education, mentoring, coun18 seling, and mental health services to children and adoles19 cents in such communities. 

20 (b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec21 tion, the Attorney General shall give priority to applicants 

22 that agree to use the grant in one or more eligible urban 

23 communities that lack the monetary or other resources to 

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1 (c) LIMITATION.—The Attorney General may not 

2 make a grant to an eligible entity under this section unless 

3 the entity agrees to use not more than 15 percent of the 

4 funds provided through the grant for violence-prevention 

5 education. 

6 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a partner8 ship between a State mental health authority and 

9 one or more local public or private providers, such 

10 as a local agency, State agency, educational institu11 tion, or nonprofit or for-profit organization. 

12 (2) The term ‘‘eligible urban community’’ 

13 means an urban community with a high or increas14 ing incidence of youth violence. 

15 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 

16 out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 

17 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 

18 TITLE VI—PRECAUTION ACT 

19 SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 

20 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Prevention Resources 

21 for Eliminating Criminal Activity Using Tailored Inter22 ventions in Our Neighborhoods Act of 2009’’, or the 

23 ‘‘PRECAUTION Act of 2009’’. 

24 SEC. 602. PURPOSES. 

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1 (1) establish a commitment on the part of the 

2 Federal Government to provide leadership on suc3 cessful crime prevention and intervention strategies; 

4 (2) further the integration of crime prevention 

5 and intervention strategies into traditional law en6 forcement practices of State and local law enforce7 ment offices around the country; 

8 (3) develop a plain-language, implementation9 focused assessment of those current crime and delin10 quency prevention and intervention strategies that 

11 are supported by rigorous evidence; 

12 (4) provide additional resources to the National 

13 Institute of Justice to administer research and devel14 opment grants for promising crime prevention and 

15 intervention strategies; 

16 (5) develop recommendations for Federal prior17 ities for crime and delinquency prevention and inter18 vention research, development, and funding that 

19 may augment important Federal grant programs, in20 cluding the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assist21 ance Grant Program under subpart 1 of part E of 

22 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

23 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), grant 

24 programs administered by the Office of Community 

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1 Justice, grant programs administered by the Office 

2 of Safe and Drug-Free Schools of the Department 

3 of Education, and other similar programs; and 

4 (6) reduce the costs that rising violent crime 

5 imposes on interstate commerce. 

6 SEC. 603. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this title, the following definitions shall apply: 

8 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

9 means the National Commission on Public Safety 

10 Through Crime Prevention established under section 

11 604(a). 

12 (2) RIGOROUS EVIDENCE.—The term ‘‘rigorous 

13 evidence’’ means evidence generated by scientifically 

14 valid forms of outcome evaluation, particularly ran15 domized trials (where practicable). 

16 (3) SUBCATEGORY.—The term ‘‘subcategory’’ 

17 means 1 of the following categories: 

18 (A) Family and community settings (in19 cluding public health-based strategies). 

20 (B) Law enforcement settings (including 

21 probation-based strategies). 

22 (C) School settings (including anti-gang 

23 and general anti-violence strategies). 

24 (4) TOP-TIER.—The term ‘‘top-tier’’ means any 

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1 able, sustained benefits to participants in the strat2 egy or to society. 

3 SEC. 604. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON PUBLIC SAFETY 

4 THROUGH CRIME AND DELINQUENCY PRE5 VENTION. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a com7 mission to be known as the National Commission on Pub8 lic Safety Through Crime and Delinquency Prevention. 

9 (b) MEMBERS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall be 

11 composed of 9 members, of whom— 

12 (A) 3 shall be appointed by the President, 

13 1 of whom shall be the Assistant Attorney Gen14 eral for the Office of Justice Programs or a 

15 representative of such Assistant Attorney Gen16 eral; 

17 (B) 2 shall be appointed by the Speaker of 

18 the House of Representatives, unless the Speak19 er is of the same party as the President, in 

20 which case 1 shall be appointed by the Speaker 

21 of the House of Representatives and 1 shall be 

22 appointed by the minority leader of the House 

23 of Representatives; 

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1 tion to any appointment made under subpara2 graph (B)); 

3 (D) 2 shall be appointed by the majority 

4 leader of the Senate, unless the majority leader 

5 is of the same party as the President, in which 

6 case 1 shall be appointed by the majority leader 

7 of the Senate and 1 shall be appointed by the 

8 minority leader of the Senate; and 

9 (E) 1 member appointed by the minority 

10 leader of the Senate (in addition to any ap11 pointment made under subparagraph (D)). 

12 (2) PERSONS ELIGIBLE.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the 

14 Commission shall be an individual who has 

15 knowledge or expertise in matters to be studied 

16 by the Commission. 

17 (B) REQUIRED REPRESENTATIVES.—At 

18 least— 

19 (i) 2 members of the Commission 

20 shall be social scientists with experience 

21 implementing or interpreting rigorous, out22 come-based trials; 

23 (ii) 2 members of the Commission 

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1 (iii) 2 members of the Commission 

2 shall be youth delinquency prevention or 

3 intervention practitioners. 

4 (3) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—The President, 

5 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the mi6 nority leader of the House of Representatives, and 

7 the majority leader and minority leader of the Sen8 ate shall consult prior to the appointment of the 

9 members of the Commission to achieve, to the max10 imum extent possible, fair and equitable representa11 tion of various points of view with respect to the 

12 matters to be studied by the Commission. 

13 (4) TERM.—Each member shall be appointed 

14 for the life of the Commission. 

15 (5) TIME FOR INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The 

16 appointment of the members shall be made not later 

17 than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

18 Act. 

19 (6) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission 

20 shall be filled in the manner in which the original 

21 appointment was made, and shall be made not later 

22 than 60 days after the date on which the vacancy 

23 occurred. 

24 (7) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—The Director of 

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1 of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

2 Prevention, the Director of the Community Capacity 

3 Development Office, the Director of the Bureau of 

4 Justice Statistics, the Director of the Bureau of 

5 Justice Assistance, and the Director of Community 

6 Oriented Policing Services (or a representative of 

7 each such director) shall each serve in an ex officio 

8 capacity on the Commission to provide advice and 

9 information to the Commission. 

10 (c) OPERATION.— 

11 (1) CHAIRPERSON.—At the initial meeting of 

12 the Commission, the members of the Commission 

13 shall elect a chairperson from among its voting 

members, by a vote of 2 14 ⁄3 of the members of the 

15 Commission. The chairperson shall retain this posi16 tion for the life of the Commission. If the chair17 person leaves the Commission, a new chairperson 

shall be selected, by a vote of 2 18 ⁄3 of the members of 

19 the Commission. 

20 (2) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at 

21 the call of the chairperson. The initial meeting of the 

22 Commission shall take place not later than 30 days 

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1 (3) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 

2 the Commission shall constitute a quorum to con3 duct business, and the Commission may establish a 

4 lesser quorum for conducting hearings scheduled by 

5 the Commission. 

6 (4) RULES.—The Commission may establish by 

7 majority vote any other rules for the conduct of 

8 Commission business, if such rules are not incon9 sistent with this title or other applicable law. 

10 (d) PUBLIC HEARINGS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall hold 

12 public hearings. The Commission may hold such 

13 hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take 

14 such testimony, and receive such evidence as the 

15 Commission considers advisable to carry out its du16 ties under this section. 

17 (2) FOCUS OF HEARINGS.—The Commission 

18 shall hold at least 3 separate public hearings, each 

19 of which shall focus on 1 of the subcategories. 

20 (3) WITNESS EXPENSES.—Witnesses requested 

21 to appear before the Commission shall be paid the 

22 same fees as are paid to witnesses under section 

23 1821 of title 28, United States Code. The per diem 

24 and mileage allowances for witnesses shall be paid 

25 from funds appropriated to the Commission. 


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1 (e) COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF EVIDENCE-BASED

2 CRIME AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AND INTERVEN3 TION STRATEGIES.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall carry 

5 out a comprehensive study of the effectiveness of 

6 crime and delinquency prevention and intervention 

7 strategies, organized around the 3 subcategories. 

8 (2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The study under 

9 paragraph (1) shall include— 

10 (A) a review of research on the general ef11 fectiveness of incorporating crime and delin12 quency prevention and intervention strategies 

13 into an overall law enforcement plan; 

14 (B) an evaluation of how to more effec15 tively communicate the wealth of social science 

16 research to practitioners; 

17 (C) a review of evidence regarding the ef18 fectiveness of specific crime prevention and 

19 intervention strategies, focusing on those strate20 gies supported by rigorous evidence; 

21 (D) an identification of— 

22 (i) promising areas for further re23 search and development; and 


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1 (ii) other areas representing gaps in 

2 the body of knowledge that would benefit 

3 from additional research and development; 

4 (E) an assessment of the best practices for 

5 implementing prevention and intervention strat6 egies; 

7 (F) an assessment of the best practices for 

8 gathering rigorous evidence regarding the im9 plementation of intervention and prevention 

10 strategies; and 

11 (G) an assessment of those top-tier strate12 gies best suited for duplication efforts in a 

13 range of settings across the country. 

14 (3) INITIAL REPORT ON TOP-TIER CRIME AND

15 DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION

16 STRATEGIES.— 

17 (A) DISTRIBUTION.—Not later than 18 

18 months after the date on which all members of 

19 the Commission have been appointed, the Com20 mission shall submit a public report on the 

21 study carried out under this subsection to— 

22 (i) the President; 

23 (ii) Congress; 

24 (iii) the Attorney General; 


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1 (iv) the Chief Federal Public Defender 

2 of each district; 

3 (v) the chief executive of each State; 

4 (vi) the Director of the Administrative 

5 Office of the Courts of each State; 

6 (vii) the Director of the Administra7 tive Office of the United States Courts; 

8 and 

9 (viii) the attorney general of each 

10 State. 

11 (B) CONTENTS.—The report under sub12 paragraph (A) shall include— 

13 (i) the findings and conclusions of the 

14 Commission; 

15 (ii) a summary of the top-tier strate16 gies, including— 

17 (I) a review of the rigorous evi18 dence supporting the designation of 

19 each strategy as top-tier; 

20 (II) a brief outline of the keys to 

21 successful implementation for each 

22 strategy; and 

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1 formation on each strategy can be 

2 found; 

3 (iii) recommended protocols for imple4 menting crime and delinquency prevention 

5 and intervention strategies generally; 

6 (iv) recommended protocols for evalu7 ating the effectiveness of crime and delin8 quency prevention and intervention strate9 gies; and 

10 (v) a summary of the materials relied 

11 upon by the Commission in preparation of 

12 the report. 

13 (C) CONSULTATION WITH OUTSIDE AU14 THORITIES.—In developing the recommended 

15 protocols for implementation and rigorous eval16 uation of top-tier crime and delinquency preven17 tion and intervention strategies under this para18 graph, the Commission shall consult with the 

19 Committee on Law and Justice at the National 

20 Academy of Science and with national associa21 tions representing the law enforcement and so22 cial science professions, including the National 

23 Sheriffs’ Association, the Police Executive Re24 search Forum, the International Association of 

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1 Science Associations, and the American Society 

2 of Criminology. 

3 (f) RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING DISSEMINATION

4 OF THE INNOVATIVE CRIME AND DELINQUENCY PREVEN5 TION AND INTERVENTION STRATEGY GRANTS.— 

6 (1) SUBMISSION.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 

8 after the date of the final hearing under sub9 section (d) relating to a subcategory, the Com10 mission shall provide the Director of the Na11 tional Institute of Justice with recommenda12 tions on qualifying considerations relating to 

13 that subcategory for selecting grant recipients 

14 under section 605. 

15 (B) DEADLINE.—Not later than 13 

16 months after the date on which all members of 

17 the Commission have been appointed, the Com18 mission shall provide all recommendations re19 quired under this subsection. 

20 (2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The recommenda21 tions provided under paragraph (1) shall include rec22 ommendations relating to— 

23 (A) the types of strategies for the applica24 ble subcategory that would best benefit from 

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1 (B) any geographic or demographic tar2 gets; 

3 (C) the types of partnerships with other 

4 public or private entities that might be perti5 nent and prioritized; and 

6 (D) any classes of crime and delinquency 

7 prevention and intervention strategies that 

8 should not be given priority because of a pre9 existing base of knowledge that would benefit 

10 less from additional research and development. 

11 (g) FINAL REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE INNO12 VATIVE CRIME AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AND

13 INTERVENTION STRATEGY GRANTS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Following the close of the 3- 

15 year implementation period for each grant recipient 

16 under section 605, the Commission shall collect the 

17 results of the study of the effectiveness of that grant 

18 under section 605(b)(3) and shall submit a public 

19 report to the President, the Attorney General, Con20 gress, the chief executive of each State, and the at21 torney general of each State describing each strategy 

22 funded under section 605 and its results. This re23 port shall be submitted not later than 5 years after 

24 the date of the selection of the chairperson of the 

25 Commission. 


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1 (2) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION AND EVI2 DENCE REGARDING GRANT RECIPIENTS.—The Com3 mission’s collection of information and evidence re4 garding each grant recipient under section 605 shall 

5 be carried out by— 

6 (A) ongoing communications with the 

7 grant administrator at the National Institute of 

8 Justice; 

9 (B) visits by representatives of the Com10 mission (including at least 1 member of the 

11 Commission) to the site where the grant recipi12 ent is carrying out the strategy with a grant 

13 under section 605, at least once in the second 

14 and once in the third year of that grant; 

15 (C) a review of the data generated by the 

16 study monitoring the effectiveness of the strat17 egy; and 

18 (D) other means as necessary. 

19 (3) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report sub20 mitted under paragraph (1) shall include a review of 

21 each strategy carried out with a grant under section 

22 605, detailing— 

23 (A) the type of crime or delinquency pre24 vention or intervention strategy; 


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1 (B) where the activities under the strategy 

2 were carried out, including geographic and de3 mographic targets; 

4 (C) any partnerships with public or private 

5 entities through the course of the grant period; 

6 (D) the type and design of the effective7 ness study conducted under section 605(b)(3) 

8 for that strategy; 

9 (E) the results of the effectiveness study 

10 conducted under section 605(b)(3) for that 

11 strategy; 

12 (F) lessons learned regarding implementa13 tion of that strategy or of the effectiveness 

14 study conducted under section 605(b)(3), in15 cluding recommendations regarding which types 

16 of environments might best be suited for suc17 cessful replication; and 

18 (G) recommendations regarding the need 

19 for further research and development of the 

20 strategy. 

21 (h) PERSONNEL MATTERS.— 

22 (1) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the 

23 Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, includ24 ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates author25 ized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of 


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1 chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 

2 away from their homes or regular places of business 

3 in the performance of service for the Commission. 

4 (2) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—Members of 

5 the Commission shall serve without compensation. 

6 (3) STAFF.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—The chairperson of the 

8 Commission may, without regard to the civil 

9 service laws and regulations, appoint and termi10 nate an executive director and such other addi11 tional personnel as may be necessary to enable 

12 the Commission to perform its duties. The em13 ployment of an executive director shall be sub14 ject to confirmation by the Commission. 

15 (B) COMPENSATION.—The chairperson of 

16 the Commission may fix the compensation of 

17 the executive director and other personnel with18 out regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and 

19 subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United 

20 States Code, relating to classification of posi21 tions and General Schedule pay rates, except 

22 that the rate of pay for the executive director 

23 and other personnel may not exceed the rate 

24 payable for level V of the Executive Schedule 

25 under section 5316 of such title. 


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1 (4) DETAIL OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—With 

the affirmative vote of 2 2 ⁄3 of the members of the 

3 Commission, any Federal Government employee, 

4 with the approval of the head of the appropriate 

5 Federal agency, may be detailed to the Commission 

6 without reimbursement, and such detail shall be 

7 without interruption or loss of civil service status, 

8 benefits, or privileges. 

9 (i) CONTRACTS FOR RESEARCH.— 

10 (1) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE.—With a 

2 11 ⁄3 affirmative vote of the members of the Commis12 sion, the Commission may select nongovernmental 

13 researchers and experts to assist the Commission in 

14 carrying out its duties under this title. The National 

15 Institute of Justice shall contract with the research16 ers and experts selected by the Commission to pro17 vide funding in exchange for their services. 

18 (2) OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.—Nothing in this 

19 subsection shall be construed to limit the ability of 

20 the Commission to enter into contracts with other 

21 entities or organizations for research necessary to 

22 carry out the duties of the Commission under this 

23 section. 


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1 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out 

3 this section. 

4 (k) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 

5 on the date that is 30 days after the date on which the 

6 Commission submits the last report required by this sec7 tion. 

8 (l) EXEMPTION.—The Commission shall be exempt 

9 from the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

10 SEC. 605. INNOVATIVE CRIME AND DELINQUENCY PREVEN11 TION AND INTERVENTION STRATEGY 

12 GRANTS. 

13 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Director of the Na14 tional Institute of Justice may make grants to public and 

15 private entities to fund the implementation and evaluation 

16 of innovative crime or delinquency prevention or interven17 tion strategies. The purpose of grants under this section 

18 shall be to provide funds for all expenses related to the 

19 implementation of such a strategy and to conduct a rig20 orous study on the effectiveness of that strategy. 

21 (b) GRANT DISTRIBUTION.— 

22 (1) PERIOD.—A grant under this section shall 

23 be made for a period of not more than 3 years. 

24 (2) AMOUNT.—The amount of each grant under 

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1 (A) shall be sufficient to ensure that rig2 orous evaluations may be performed; and 

3 (B) shall not exceed $2,000,000. 

4 (3) EVALUATION SET-ASIDE.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—A grantee shall use not 

6 less than $300,000 and not more than 

7 $700,000 of the funds from a grant under this 

8 section for a rigorous study of the effectiveness 

9 of the strategy during the 3-year period of the 

10 grant for that strategy. 

11 (B) METHODOLOGY OF STUDY.— 

12 (i) IN GENERAL.—Each study con13 ducted under subparagraph (A) shall use 

14 an evaluator and a study design approved 

15 by the employee of the National Institute 

16 of Justice hired or assigned under sub17 section (c). 

18 (ii) CRITERIA.—The employee of the 

19 National Institute of Justice hired or as20 signed under subsection (c) shall ap21 prove— 

22 (I) an evaluator that has success23 fully carried out multiple studies pro24 ducing rigorous evidence of effective25 ness; and 


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1 (II) a proposed study design that 

2 is likely to produce rigorous evidence 

3 of the effectiveness of the strategy. 

4 (iii) APPROVAL.—Before a grant is 

5 awarded under this section, the evaluator 

6 and study design of a grantee shall be ap7 proved by the employee of the National In8 stitute of Justice hired or assigned under 

9 subsection (c). 

10 (4) DATE OF AWARD.—Not later than 6 months 

11 after the date of receiving recommendations relating 

12 to a subcategory from the Commission under section 

13 604(f), the Director of the National Institute of Jus14 tice shall award all grants under this section relating 

15 to that subcategory. 

16 (5) TYPE OF GRANTS.—One-third of the grants 

17 made under this section shall be made in each sub18 category. In distributing grants, the recommenda19 tions of the Commission under section 604(f) shall 

20 be considered. 

21 (6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

22 There are authorized to be appropriated 

23 $18,000,000 to carry out this subsection. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 

2 Institute of Justice shall hire or assign a full-time 

3 employee to oversee the grants under this section. 

4 (2) STUDY OVERSIGHT.—The employee of the 

5 National Institute of Justice hired or assigned under 

6 paragraph (1) shall be responsible for ensuring that 

7 grantees adhere to the study design approved before 

8 the applicable grant was awarded. 

9 (3) LIAISON.—The employee of the National 

10 Institute of Justice hired or assigned under para11 graph (1) may be used as a liaison between the 

12 Commission and the recipients of a grant under this 

13 section. That employee shall be responsible for en14 suring timely cooperation with Commission requests. 

15 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

16 There are authorized to be appropriated $150,000 

17 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to carry 

18 out this subsection. 

19 (d) APPLICATIONS.—A public or private entity desir20 ing a grant under this section shall submit an application 

21 at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 

22 information as the Director of the National Institute of 

23 Justice may reasonably require. 

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1 viding them with full information on the progress of the 

2 strategy being carried out with a grant under this section, 

3 including— 

4 (1) hosting visits by the members of the Com5 mission to the site where the activities under the 

6 strategy are being carried out; 

7 (2) providing pertinent information on the lo8 gistics of establishing the strategy for which the 

9 grant under this section was received, including de10 tails on partnerships, selection of participants, and 

11 any efforts to publicize the strategy; and 

12 (3) responding to any specific inquiries that 

13 may be made by the Commission. 

14 TITLE VII—ADDITIONAL IM15 PROVEMENTS TO JUVENILE 

16 JUSTICE 

17 SEC. 701. YOUTH VICTIM AND WITNESS ASSISTANCE PRO18 GRAM. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31702 of the Violent 

20 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 

21 U.S.C. 13862) is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

23 end; 

24 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 

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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

2 paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(5) by a State, unit of local government, or In4 dian tribe to create and expand witness and victim 

5 protection programs to prevent threats, intimidation, 

6 and retaliation against juvenile victims of, and wit7 nesses to, violent crimes.’’. 

8 (b) EXPANSION OF FEDERAL WITNESS RELOCATION

9 AND PROTECTION PROGRAM.—Section 3521(a)(1) of title 

10 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘criminal 

11 street gang, serious drug offense, homicide,’’ after ‘‘orga12 nized criminal activity’’. 

13 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

14 31707 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 

15 Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13867) is amended to read as 

16 follows: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 31707. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 

19 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to carry 

20 out this subtitle.’’. 

21 SEC. 702. EXPANSION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF THE 

22 MENTORING INITIATIVE FOR SYSTEM-IN23 VOLVED YOUTH. 

24 (a) EXPANSION.—Section 261(a) of the Juvenile Jus25 tice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 


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1 5665(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘Within 6 months of the date of enactment of the Youth 

3 PROMISE Act, the Administrator shall expand the num4 ber of sites receiving such grants from 4 to 12.’’. 

5 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.—Section 299(c) 

6 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act 

7 of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671(c)) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘There are authorized’’ and in9 serting the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR

13 MENTORING INITIATIVE.—There are authorized to 

14 be appropriated to carry out the Mentoring Initiative 

15 for System-Involved Youth Program under part E 

16 $4,800,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 

17 2014.’’. 

18 SEC. 703. STUDY ON ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT AND 

19 SENTENCES IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Sentencing 

21 Commission shall conduct a study to examine the appro22 priateness of sentences for minors in the Federal system. 

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1 (1) incorporate the most recent research and 

2 expertise in the field of adolescent brain development 

3 and culpability; 

4 (2) evaluate the toll of juvenile crime, particu5 larly violent juvenile crime, on communities; 

6 (3) consider the appropriateness of life sen7 tences without possibility for parole for minor of8 fenders in the Federal system; and 

9 (4) evaluate issues of recidivism by juveniles 

10 who are released from prison or detention after serv11 ing determinate sentences. 

12 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

13 of enactment of this Act, the United States Sentencing 

14 Commission shall submit to Congress a report regarding 

15 the study conducted under subsection (a), which shall— 

16 (1) include the findings of the Commission; 

17 (2) describe significant cases reviewed as part 

18 of the study; and 

19 (3) make recommendations, if any. 

20 (d) REVISION OF GUIDELINES.—If determined ap21 propriate by the United States Sentencing Commission 

22 after completing the study under subsection (a), the Com23 mission may, pursuant to its authority under section 994 

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1 lines and policy statements, as warranted, relating to the 

2 sentencing of minors. 

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