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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1770 

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

delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention 

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

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 15, 2015 

Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. PETERS, and Mr. VITTER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related 

to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 

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

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

law-abiding lives. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Youth Prison Reduc3 tion through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Sup4 port, and Education Act’’ or the ‘‘Youth PROMISE Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

6 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. 

Sec. 5. Allotment for Youth PROMISE Programs. 

TITLE I—FEDERAL COORDINATION OF LOCAL AND TRIBAL 

JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMATION AND EFFORTS 

Sec. 101. PROMISE Advisory Panel. 

Sec. 102. Geographic assessment of resource allocation. 

TITLE II—PROMISE GRANTS 

Sec. 201. Purposes. 

Subtitle A—PROMISE Assessment and Planning Grants 

Sec. 202. PROMISE assessment and planning grants authorized. 

Sec. 203. PROMISE Coordinating Councils. 

Sec. 204. Needs and strengths assessment. 

Sec. 205. PROMISE Plan components. 

Subtitle B—PROMISE Implementation Grants 

Sec. 211. Promise Implementation grants authorized. 

Sec. 212. PROMISE Implementation grant application requirements. 

Sec. 213. Grant award guidelines. 

Sec. 214. Reports. 

Subtitle C—General PROMISE Grant Provisions 

Sec. 221. Nonsupplanting clause. 

Sec. 222. Grant application review panel. 

Sec. 223. Evaluation of PROMISE grant programs. 

Sec. 224. Accountability. 

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. 


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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 tribe, 

8 or part of such a unit of local government or Indian 

9 tribe, as determined by such a unit of local govern10 ment or Indian tribe for the purpose of applying for 

11 a grant under this Act. 

12 (3) DESIGNATED GEOGRAPHIC AREA.—The 

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

14 postal ZIP Code assigned to a geographic area by 

15 the United States Postal Service. 

16 (4) EVIDENCE-BASED.—The term ‘‘evidence17 based’’, when used with respect to a practice relating 

18 to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac19 tivity prevention and intervention, means a practice 

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

21 technology, or strategy) for which the Administrator 

22 has determined— 

23 (A) causal evidence documents a relation24 ship between the practice and its intended out25 come, based on measures of the direction and 


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

2 change may be attributed to the practice; and 

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

4 to the extent possible, alternative explanations 

5 for the documented change. 

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

7 means the provision of programs and services that 

8 are supported by research, are evidence-based or 

9 promising practices, and are provided to youth who 

10 are involved in, or who are identified by evidence11 based risk assessment methods as being at high risk 

12 of continued involvement in, juvenile delinquency or 

13 criminal street gangs, as a result of indications that 

14 demonstrate involvement with problems such as tru15 ancy, substance abuse, mental health treatment 

16 needs, or siblings who have had involvement with ju17 venile or criminal justice systems. 

18 (6) JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND CRIMINAL

19 STREET GANG ACTIVITY PREVENTION.—The term 

20 ‘‘juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activ21 ity prevention’’ means the provision of programs and 

22 resources to children and families who have not yet 

23 had substantial contact with criminal justice or juve24 nile justice systems, that— 


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1 (A) are designed to reduce potential juve2 nile delinquency and criminal street gang activ3 ity risks; and 

4 (B) are evidence-based or promising edu5 cational, health, mental health, school-based, 

6 community-based, faith-based, parenting, job 

7 training, social opportunities and experiences, 

8 or other programs, for youth and their families, 

9 that have been demonstrated to be effective in 

10 reducing juvenile delinquency and criminal 

11 street gang activity risks. 

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

13 used with respect to a practice relating to juvenile 

14 delinquency and criminal street gang activity preven15 tion and intervention, means a practice (including a 

16 service, program, activity, intervention, technology, 

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

18 theory of change, has been determined by the Ad19 ministrator to have demonstrated the potential to 

20 meet the requirements of an evidence-based practice. 

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

22 the several States, the District of Columbia, the 

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1 lands, and any other territories or possessions of the 

2 United States. 

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

4 change’’ means a program planning strategy ap5 proved by the Administrator that outlines the types 

6 of interventions and outcomes essential to achieving 

7 a set of program goals. 

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

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

10 younger; or 

11 (B) in any State in which the maximum 

12 age at which the juvenile justice system of such 

13 State has jurisdiction over individuals exceeds 

14 18 years of age, an individual who is such max15 imum age or younger. 

16 SEC. 4. FINDINGS. 

17 Congress finds as follows: 

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

19 number of urban communities, and senseless acts of 

20 gang-related violence have imposed economic, social, 

21 and human costs. 

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

23 youth dually diagnosed with addiction and mental 

24 health disorders, are more likely to become involved 

25 with the juvenile justice system than youth without 


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1 such risk factors, absent appropriate prevention and 

2 intervention services. 

3 (3) Children of color are over-represented rel4 ative to the general population at every stage of the 

5 juvenile justice system. African-American youth are 

6 17 percent of the United States population, but rep7 resent 38 percent of youth in secure placement juve8 nile facilities, and 58 percent of youth incarcerated 

9 in adult prisons. 

10 (4) Research funded by the Department of Jus11 tice indicates that gang membership is short-lived 

12 among adolescents. With very few youth remaining 

13 gang-involved throughout their adolescent years, on14 going opportunities for intervention exist. 

15 (5) Criminal justice costs have become burden16 some in many States and cities, requiring reductions 

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

18 and related services. 

19 (6) Direct expenditures for each of the major 

20 criminal justice functions, police, corrections, and ju21 dicial services, have increased steadily over the last 

22 25 years. In fiscal year 2009, Federal, State, and 

23 local governments spent an estimated 

24 $258,000,000,000 for police protection, corrections, 


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

2 increase since 1982. 

3 (7) In 2009, State governments spent 

4 $5,700,000,000 to incarcerate youth. The average 

5 annual cost to incarcerate 1 youth is $88,000. 

6 (8) Coordinated efforts of stakeholders in the 

7 juvenile justice system in a local community, to8 gether with other organizations and community 

9 members concerned with the safety and welfare of 

10 children, have a strong record of demonstrated suc11 cess in reducing the impact of youth and gang-re12 lated crime and violence, as demonstrated in Boston, 

13 Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois, Richmond, Vir14 ginia, Los Angeles, California, and other commu15 nities. 

16 (9) Investment in prevention and intervention 

17 programs for children and youth, including quality 

18 early childhood programs, comprehensive evidence19 based school, after school, and summer school pro20 grams, mentoring programs, mental health and 

21 treatment programs, evidence-based job training 

22 programs, and alternative intervention programs, 

23 has been shown to lead to decreased youth arrests, 

24 decreased delinquency, lower recidivism, and greater 


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1 financial savings from an educational, economic, so2 cial, and criminal justice perspective. 

3 (10) Quality early childhood education pro4 grams have been demonstrated to help children start 

5 school ready to learn and to reduce delinquency and 

6 criminal street gang activity risks. 

7 (11) Evidence-based mentoring programs have 

8 been shown to prevent youth drug abuse and vio9 lence. 

10 (12) Evidence-based school-based comprehen11 sive instructional programs that pair youth with re12 sponsible adult mentors have been shown to have a 

13 strong impact upon delinquency prevention. 

14 (13) After-school programs that connect chil15 dren to caring adults and that provide constructive 

16 activities during the peak hours of juvenile delin17 quency and criminal street gang activity, between 3 

18 p.m. and 6 p.m., have been shown to reduce delin19 quency and the attendant costs imposed on the juve20 nile and criminal justice systems. 

21 (14) States with higher levels of educational at22 tainment have been shown to have crime rates lower 

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1 uation rates would produce an annual savings of al2 most $5,000,000,000 in crime-related expenses. 

3 (15) Therapeutic programs that engage and 

4 motivate high-risk youth and their families to 

5 change behaviors that often result in criminal activ6 ity have been shown to significantly reduce recidi7 vism among juvenile offenders, and significantly re8 duce the attendant costs of crime and delinquency 

9 imposed upon the juvenile and criminal justice sys10 tems. 

11 (16) Comprehensive programs that target kids 

12 who are already serious juvenile offenders by ad13 dressing the multiple factors in peer, school, neigh14 borhood, and family environments known to be re15 lated to delinquency can reduce recidivism among ju16 venile offenders and save the public significant eco17 nomic costs. 

18 (17) There are many alternatives to incarcer19 ation of youth that have been proven to be more ef20 fective in reducing crime and violence at the Fed21 eral, State, local, and tribal levels, and the failure to 

22 provide for such effective alternatives is a pervasive 

23 problem that leads to increased youth, and later 

24 adult, crime and violence. 


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1 (18) Savings achieved through early interven2 tion and prevention are significant, especially when 

3 non-criminal justice, social, educational, mental 

4 health, and economic outcomes are considered. 

5 (19) The prevention of child abuse and neglect 

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

7 $5.00 for every $1.00 invested in preventing such 

8 abuse and neglect. 

9 (20) Targeting interventions at special youth 

10 risk groups and focusing upon relatively low-cost 

11 interventions increases the probability of fiscal ben12 efit. 

13 (21) Evidence-based intervention treatment fa14 cilities have been shown to reduce youth delinquency 

15 and to be cost-effective. 

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

17 York, Texas, and Pennsylvania, have seen a reduc18 tion in juvenile incarceration due to a reallocation of 

19 criminal justice funds towards prevention programs. 

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

21 recent years followed declines in Federal funding 

22 provided for law enforcement, educational, health 

23 and mental health, social services, and other support 

24 to localities for youth, their families, and other com25 munity-oriented programs and approaches. 


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1 SEC. 5. ALLOTMENT FOR YOUTH PROMISE PROGRAMS. 

2 For fiscal years 2016 through 2020, not more than 

3 20 percent of the total amount appropriated to the Office 

4 of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to carry 

5 out Youth Mentoring Programs for each fiscal year shall 

6 be made available to carry out this Act. 

7 TITLE I—FEDERAL COORDINA8 TION OF LOCAL AND TRIBAL 

9 JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMA10 TION AND EFFORTS 

11 SEC. 101. PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL. 

12 (a) ORGANIZATION OF STATE ADVISORY GROUP

13 MEMBER REPRESENTATIVES.—Section 223(f) of the Ju14 venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

15 (42 U.S.C. 5633(f)) is amended— 

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

17 organization composed of member representatives of 

18 the State advisory groups appointed under sub19 section (a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘a nonpartisan, non20 profit organization that is described in section 

21 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,’’; 

22 and 

23 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol24 lows: 

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

26 such assistance, such organization shall— 


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

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

3 executive of a State to serve as a State ad4 visory group member under subsection 

5 (a)(3); and 

6 ‘‘(ii) are elected to serve as a gov7 erning officer of such organization by a 

8 majority of the Chairs (or Chair-designees) 

9 of all such State advisory groups; 

10 ‘‘(B) include member representatives from 

11 a majority of such State advisory groups, who 

12 shall be representative of regionally and demo13 graphically diverse States and jurisdictions; 

14 ‘‘(C) annually seek appointments by the 

15 chief executive of each State of 1 State advisory 

16 group member and 1 alternate State advisory 

17 group member from each such State to imple18 ment the advisory functions specified in clauses 

19 (iv) and (v) of subparagraph (D), including 

20 serving on the PROMISE Advisory Panel, and 

21 make a record of any such appointments avail22 able to the public; and 

23 ‘‘(D) agree to carry out activities that in24 clude— 


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1 ‘‘(i) conducting an annual conference 

2 of such member representatives for pur3 poses relating to the activities of such 

4 State advisory groups; 

5 ‘‘(ii) disseminating information, data, 

6 standards, advanced techniques, and pro7 gram models; 

8 ‘‘(iii) reviewing Federal policies re9 garding juvenile justice and delinquency 

10 prevention; 

11 ‘‘(iv) advising the Administrator with 

12 respect to particular functions or aspects 

13 of the work of the Office, and appointing 

14 a representative, diverse group of members 

15 of such organization under subparagraph 

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

17 juvenile justice advisors (referred to as the 

18 ‘PROMISE Advisory Panel’) to carry out 

19 the functions specified in subsection (g); 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(v) advising the President and Con22 gress with regard to State perspectives on 

23 the operation of the Office and Federal 

24 legislation pertaining to juvenile justice 

25 and delinquency prevention.’’. 


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

2 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

3 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633) is further amended by adding at 

4 the end the following new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(g) PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL.— 

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

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

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

9 promising practices related to juvenile delin10 quency and criminal street gang activity preven11 tion and intervention carried out by PROMISE 

12 Coordinating Councils under the Youth PROM13 ISE Act; 

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

15 of individuals and organizations with experience 

16 in administering or evaluating practices that 

17 serve youth involved in, or at risk of involve18 ment in, juvenile delinquency and criminal 

19 street gang activity, from which the Adminis20 trator shall select individuals who shall— 

21 ‘‘(i) provide to the Administrator peer 

22 reviews of applications submitted by units 

23 of local government and Indian tribes pur24 suant to title II of the Youth PROMISE 


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1 Act, to ensure that such applications dem2 onstrate a clear plan to— 

3 ‘‘(I) serve youth as part of an en4 tire family unit; and 

5 ‘‘(II) coordinate the delivery of 

6 service to youth among agencies; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) advise the Administrator with re8 spect to the award and allocation of 

9 PROMISE Planning grants to local and 

10 tribal governments that develop PROMISE 

11 Coordinating Councils, and of PROMISE 

12 Implementation grants to such PROMISE 

13 Coordinating Councils, pursuant to title II 

14 of the Youth PROMISE Act; and 

15 ‘‘(C) develop performance standards to be 

16 used to evaluate programs and activities carried 

17 out with grants under title II of the Youth 

18 PROMISE Act, including the evaluation of 

19 changes achieved as a result of such programs 

20 and activities related to decreases in juvenile 

21 delinquency and criminal street gang activity, 

22 including— 

23 ‘‘(i) prevention of involvement by at24 risk youth in juvenile delinquency or crimi25 nal street gang activity; 


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

2 risk of continuing involvement in juvenile 

3 delinquency or criminal street gang activ4 ity; and 

5 ‘‘(iii) financial savings from deferred 

6 or eliminated costs, or other benefits, as a 

7 result of such programs and activities, and 

8 the reinvestment by the unit of local gov9 ernment or Indian tribe of any such sav10 ings. 

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

12 months after the date of the enactment of the Youth 

13 PROMISE Act, and annually thereafter, the PROM14 ISE Advisory Panel shall prepare a report con15 taining the findings and determinations under para16 graph (1)(A) and shall submit such report to Con17 gress, the President, the Attorney General, and the 

18 chief executive and chief law enforcement officer of 

19 each State, unit of local government, and Indian 

20 tribe.’’. 

21 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

22 299(a)(1) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven23 tion Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671(a)(1)) is amended to 

24 read as follows: 


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

2 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 

3 title for each of the fiscal years 2016 through 

4 2020.’’. 

5 SEC. 102. GEOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCE ALLO6 CATION. 

7 (a) GRANT FOR COLLECTION OF DATA TO DETER8 MINE NEED.—The Administrator shall award a grant, on 

9 a competitive basis, to an organization to— 

10 (1) collect and analyze data related to the exist11 ing juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac12 tivity prevention and intervention needs and re13 sources in each designated geographic area; 

14 (2) use the data collected and analyzed under 

15 paragraph (1) to compile a list of designated geo16 graphic areas that have the most need of resources, 

17 based on such data, to carry out juvenile delin18 quency and criminal street gang activity prevention 

19 and intervention; 

20 (3) use the data collected and analyzed under 

21 paragraph (1) to rank the areas listed under para22 graph (2) in descending order by the amount of need 

23 for resources to carry out juvenile delinquency and 

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1 vention, ranking the area with the greatest need for 

2 such resources highest; and 

3 (4) periodically update the list and rankings 

4 under paragraph (3) as the Administrator deter5 mines to be appropriate. 

6 (b) DATA SOURCES.—In compiling such list and de7 termining such rankings, the organization shall collect and 

8 analyze data relating to juvenile delinquency and criminal 

9 street gang activity prevention and intervention— 

10 (1) using the geographic information system 

11 and Web-based mapping application known as the 

12 Socioeconomic Mapping and Resource Topography 

13 (SMART) system; 

14 (2) from the Department of Health and Human 

15 Services, the Department of Labor, the Department 

16 of Housing and Urban Development, and the De17 partment of Education; and 

18 (3) from the annual KIDS Count Data Book 

19 and other data made available by the KIDS Count 

20 initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. 

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

22 and rankings required by this section shall be provided 

23 to the Administrator to be used to provide funds under 

24 this Act in the most strategic and effective manner to en25 sure that resources and services are provided to youth in 


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1 the communities with the greatest need for such resources 

2 and services. 

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

4 The information collected and analyzed under this section 

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

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

7 used for any purpose related to the investigation or pros8 ecution of any person, or for profiling of individuals based 

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

10 characteristic. 

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

12 made available for fiscal year 2016 to carry out this sec13 tion and subtitle A of title II of this Act (as authorized 

14 under section 5), not more than 1 percent of such amount, 

15 or $1,000,000, whichever is less, shall be available to carry 

16 out this section. 

17 TITLE II—PROMISE GRANTS 

18 SEC. 201. PURPOSES. 

19 The purposes of the grant programs established 

20 under this title are to— 

21 (1) enable local and tribal communities to as22 sess the unmet needs of youth who are involved in, 

23 or are at risk of involvement in, juvenile delinquency 

24 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. 202. 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 Coun14 cils with planning and assessing evidence-based and prom15 ising practices relating to juvenile delinquency and crimi16 nal street gang activity prevention and intervention, espe17 cially for youth who are involved in, or who are at risk 

18 of involvement in, juvenile delinquency and criminal street 

19 gang activity. Such PROMISE Coordinating Councils 

20 shall— 

21 (1) conduct an objective needs and strengths 

22 assessment in accordance with section 204; and 

23 (2) develop a PROMISE Plan in accordance 

24 with section 205, based on the assessment conducted 

25 in accordance with section 204. 


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1 (b) GRANT DURATION.— 

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

3 section shall be for a period not to exceed 1 year. 

4 (2) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant 

5 awarded under this section shall not exceed 

6 $300,000. 

7 SEC. 203. PROMISE COORDINATING COUNCILS. 

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

9 a unit of local government or an Indian tribe shall estab10 lish a PROMISE Coordinating Council for each commu11 nity of such unit of local government or Indian tribe, re12 spectively, for which such unit of local government or In13 dian tribe is applying for a grant under this subtitle. Each 

14 such community shall include 1 or more designated geo15 graphic areas identified on the list required under section 

16 102(a)(2). The members of such a PROMISE Coordi17 nating Council shall be representatives of public and pri18 vate sector entities and individuals that— 

19 (1) should include not less than 1 representa20 tive from— 

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

22 (B) a local educational agency; 

23 (C) a federally qualified health center (as 

24 defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Secu25 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa))); 


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1 (D) a local mental health agency or pro2 vider, unless the representative under subpara3 graph (C) also meets the requirements of this 

4 subparagraph; 

5 (E) a local public housing agency; 

6 (F) a local law enforcement agency; 

7 (G) a local child welfare agency; 

8 (H) a local juvenile court; 

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

10 (J) a private juvenile residential care enti11 ty; 

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

13 (L) a State juvenile correctional entity; 

14 (M) a local business community represent15 ative; and 

16 (N) a local faith-based community rep17 resentative; 

18 (2) shall include 2 representatives from— 

19 (A) parents who have minor children, and 

20 who have an interest in the local juvenile or 

21 criminal justice systems; 

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

23 who reside in the jurisdiction of the unit of 

24 local government or Indian tribe; and 


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1 (C) members from nonprofit community2 based organizations that provide effective delin3 quency prevention and intervention to youth in 

4 the jurisdiction of the unit of local government 

5 or Indian tribe; and 

6 (3) may include other members, as the unit of 

7 local government or Indian tribe determines to be 

8 appropriate. 

9 SEC. 204. NEEDS AND STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT. 

10 (a) ASSESSMENT.—Each PROMISE Coordinating 

11 Council receiving funds from a unit of local government 

12 or Indian tribe under this subtitle shall conduct an objec13 tive strengths and needs assessment of the resources of 

14 the community for which such PROMISE Coordinating 

15 Council was established, to identify the unmet needs of 

16 youth in the community with respect to evidence-based 

17 and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency 

18 and criminal street gang activity prevention and interven19 tion. The PROMISE Coordinating Council shall consult 

20 with a research partner receiving a grant under section 

21 302 for assistance with such assessment. Such assessment 

22 shall include, with respect to the community for which 

23 such PROMISE Coordinating Council was established— 


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1 (1) the number of youth who are at risk of in2 volvement in juvenile delinquency or street gang ac3 tivity; 

4 (2) the number of youth who are involved in ju5 venile delinquency or criminal street gang activity, 

6 including the number of such youth who are at high 

7 risk of continued involvement; 

8 (3) youth unemployment rates during the sum9 mer; 

10 (4) the number of individuals on public finan11 cial assistance (including a breakdown of the num12 bers of men, women, and children on such assist13 ance); 

14 (5) the estimated number of youth who are 

15 chronically truant; 

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

17 of school in the previous year; 

18 (7) for the year before such assessment, the es19 timated total amount expended (by the community 

20 and other entities) for the incarceration of offenders 

21 who were convicted or adjudicated delinquent for an 

22 offense that was committed in such community, in23 cluding amounts expended for the incarceration of 

24 offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities that 


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1 are located in the United States but are not located 

2 in such community; 

3 (8) a comparison of the amount under para4 graph (5) with an estimation of the amount that 

5 would be expended for the incarceration of offenders 

6 described in such paragraph if the number of offend7 ers described in such paragraph was equal to the na8 tional average incarceration rate per 100,000 popu9 lation; 

10 (9) a description of evidence-based and prom11 ising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

12 criminal street gang activity prevention available for 

13 youth in the community, including school-based pro14 grams, after school programs (particularly programs 

15 that have activities available for youth between 3 

16 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the afternoon), weekend activities 

17 and programs, youth mentoring programs, faith- and 

18 community-based programs, summer activities, and 

19 summer jobs, if any; and 

20 (10) a description of evidence-based and prom21 ising intervention practices available for youth in the 

22 community. 

23 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF ASSESSMENT INFORMA24 TION.—Information gathered pursuant to this section may 


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1 be used for the sole purpose of developing a PROMISE 

2 Plan in accordance with this subtitle. 

3 SEC. 205. PROMISE PLAN COMPONENTS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each PROMISE Coordinating 

5 Council receiving funds from a unit of local government 

6 or Indian tribe under this subtitle shall develop a PROM7 ISE Plan to provide for the coordination of, and, as appro8 priate, to support the delivery of, evidence-based and 

9 promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

10 criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention 

11 to youth and families who reside in the community for 

12 which such PROMISE Coordinating Council was estab13 lished. Such a PROMISE Plan shall— 

14 (1) include the strategy by which the PROM15 ISE Coordinating Council plans to prioritize and al16 locate resources and services toward the unmet 

17 needs of youth in the community, consistent with the 

18 needs and available resources of communities with 

19 the greatest need for assistance, as determined pur20 suant to section 102; 

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

22 promising prevention and intervention practices that 

23 are responsive to the needs of the community; and 

24 (3) ensure that cultural and linguistic needs of 

25 the community are met. 


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1 (b) MANDATORY COMPONENTS.—Each PROMISE 

2 Plan shall— 

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

4 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 204(a) to evi5 dence-based and promising practices related to juve6 nile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 

7 prevention and intervention; 

8 (2) identify the amount or percentage of local 

9 funds that are available to the PROMISE Coordi10 nating Council to carry out the PROMISE Plan; 

11 (3) provide strategies to improve indigent de12 fense delivery systems, with particular attention 

13 given to groups of children who are disproportion14 ately represented in the State delinquency system 

15 and Federal criminal justice system, as compared to 

16 the representation of such groups in the general 

17 population of the State; 

18 (4) provide for training (which complies with 

19 the American Bar Association Juvenile Justice 

20 Standards for the representation and care of youth 

21 in the juvenile justice system) of prosecutors, de22 fenders, probation officers, judges and other court 

23 personnel related to issues concerning the develop24 mental needs, challenges, and potential of youth in 

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1 lated to adolescent development and mental health 

2 issues, and the expected impact of evidence-based 

3 practices and cost reduction strategies); 

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

5 the juvenile delinquency and criminal justice systems 

6 does not increase as a result of the activities under7 taken with the funds provided under this subtitle; 

8 (6) describe the coordinated strategy that will 

9 be used by the PROMISE Coordinating Council to 

10 provide at-risk youth with evidence-based and prom11 ising practices related to prevention and intervention 

12 of juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac13 tivity; 

14 (7) propose the performance evaluation process 

15 to be used to carry out section 211(d), which shall 

16 include performance measures to assess efforts to 

17 address the unmet needs of youth in the community 

18 with evidence-based and promising practices related 

19 to prevention and intervention of juvenile delin20 quency and criminal street gang activity; and 

21 (8) identify the research partner the PROMISE 

22 Coordinating Council will use to obtain information 

23 on evidence-based and promising practices related to 

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1 tion under section 211(d) of the results of the activi2 ties carried out with funds under this subtitle. 

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

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

5 include evidence-based or promising practices related to 

6 prevention and intervention of juvenile delinquency and 

7 criminal street gang activity in the following categories: 

8 (1) Early childhood development services (such 

9 as prenatal and neonatal health services), early 

10 childhood prevention, voluntary home visiting pro11 grams, nurse-family partnership programs, par12 enting and healthy relationship skills training, child 

13 abuse prevention programs, Early Head Start, and 

14 Head Start. 

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

16 foster care and adoption assistance programs), fam17 ily stabilization programs, child welfare services, and 

18 family violence intervention programs. 

19 (3) Youth and adolescent development services, 

20 including job training and apprenticeship programs, 

21 job placement and retention training, education and 

22 after school programs (such as school programs with 

23 shared governance by students, teachers, and par24 ents, and activities for youth between the hours of 

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1 grams, conflict resolution skills training, sports, 

2 arts, life skills, employment and recreation pro3 grams, summer jobs, and summer recreation pro4 grams, and alternative school resources for youth 

5 who have dropped out of school or demonstrate 

6 chronic truancy. 

7 (4) Health and mental health services, includ8 ing cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy, and 

9 peer mentoring and counseling. 

10 (5) Substance abuse counseling and treatment 

11 services, including harm-reduction strategies. 

12 (6) Emergency, transitional, and permanent 

13 housing assistance (such as safe shelter and housing 

14 for runaway and homeless youth). 

15 (7) Targeted gang prevention, intervention, and 

16 exit services such as tattoo removal, successful mod17 els of anti-gang crime outreach programs (such as 

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

19 gang truce or peacemaking activities. 

20 (8) Training and education programs for preg21 nant teens and teen parents. 

22 (9) Alternatives to detention and confinement 

23 programs (such as mandated participation in com24 munity service, restitution, counseling, and intensive 

25 individual and family therapeutic approaches). 


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1 (10) Pre-release, post-release, and reentry serv2 ices to assist detained and incarcerated youth with 

3 transitioning back into and reentering the commu4 nity. 

5 (11) Restorative justice programs. 

6 Subtitle B—PROMISE 

7 Implementation Grants 

8 SEC. 211. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AUTHOR9 IZED. 

10 (a) PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AUTHOR11 IZED.—The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Jus12 tice and Delinquency Prevention is authorized to award 

13 grants to units of local government and Indian tribes to 

14 assist PROMISE Coordinating Councils with imple15 menting PROMISE Plans developed pursuant to subtitle 

16 A. 

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

18 subtitle shall be for a 3-year period. 

19 (c) NON-FEDERAL FUNDS REQUIRED.—For each fis20 cal year during the 3-year grant period for a grant under 

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

22 receiving such a grant for a PROMISE Coordinating 

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

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

25 out with such grant. 


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

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

3 this subtitle, not more than $100,000 shall be used to pro4 vide a contract to a competitively selected organization to 

5 assess the progress of the unit of local government or In6 dian tribe in addressing the unmet needs of youth in the 

7 community, in accordance with the performance measures 

8 under section 204(a). 

9 SEC. 212. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT APPLICA10 TION REQUIREMENTS. 

11 (a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—To be eligible to re12 ceive a PROMISE Implementation grant under this sub13 title, a unit of local government or Indian tribe that re14 ceived a PROMISE Assessment and Planning grant under 

15 subtitle A shall submit an application to the Administrator 

16 of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven17 tion not later than 1 year after the date such unit of local 

18 government or Indian tribe was awarded such grant under 

19 subtitle A, in such manner, and accompanied by such in20 formation, as the Administrator, after consultation with 

21 the organization under section 223(f)(1) of the Juvenile 

22 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

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

24 (b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each application 

25 submitted under subsection (a) shall— 


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1 (1) identify potential savings from criminal jus2 tice costs, public assistance costs, and other costs 

3 avoided by utilizing evidence-based and promising 

4 practices related to prevention and intervention of 

5 juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activ6 ity; 

7 (2) document— 

8 (A) investment in evidence-based and 

9 promising practices related to prevention and 

10 intervention of juvenile delinquency and crimi11 nal street gang activity to be provided by the 

12 unit of local government or Indian tribe; 

13 (B) the activities to be undertaken with 

14 the grants funds; 

15 (C) any expected efficiencies in the juvenile 

16 justice or other local systems to be attained as 

17 a result of implementation of the programs 

18 funded by the grant; and 

19 (D) outcomes from such activities, in 

20 terms of the expected numbers related to re21 duced criminal activity; 

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1 tion of the PROMISE Plan without Federal fund2 ing; and 

3 (4) provide an assurance that the local fiscal 

4 contribution with respect to evidence-based and 

5 promising practices related to prevention and inter6 vention of juvenile delinquency and criminal street 

7 gang activity in the community for which the 

8 PROMISE Coordinating Council was established for 

9 each year of the grant period will not be less than 

10 the local fiscal contribution with respect to such 

11 practices in the community for the year preceding 

12 the first year of the grant period. 

13 SEC. 213. GRANT AWARD GUIDELINES. 

14 (a) SELECTION AND DISTRIBUTION.—Grants award15 ed under this subtitle shall be awarded on a competitive 

16 basis. The Administrator shall— 

17 (1) take such steps as may be necessary to en18 sure that grants are awarded to units of local gov19 ernments and Indian tribes in areas with the highest 

20 concentrations of youth who are— 

21 (A) at risk of involvement in juvenile delin22 quency or criminal street gang activity; and 

23 (B) involved in juvenile delinquency or 

24 street gang activity and who are at high risk of 

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

2 be awarded to units of local governments and Indian 

3 tribes in each region of the United States, and 

4 among urban, suburban, and rural areas. 

5 (b) EXTENSION OF GRANT AWARD.—The Adminis6 trator may extend the grant period under section 

7 211(b)(1) for a PROMISE Implementation grant to a unit 

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

9 regulations issued by the Administrator. 

10 (c) RENEWAL OF GRANT AWARD.—The Adminis11 trator may renew a PROMISE Implementation grant to 

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

13 such unit of local government or Indian tribe with addi14 tional funds to continue implementation of a PROMISE 

15 Plan. Such a renewal— 

16 (1) shall be initiated by an application for re17 newal from a unit of local government or an Indian 

18 tribe; 

19 (2) shall be carried out in accordance with reg20 ulations issued by the Administrator; 

21 (3) shall not be granted unless the Adminis22 trator determines such a renewal to be appropriate 

23 based on the results of the evaluation conducted 

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

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1 which a PROMISE Coordinating Council was estab2 lished, and for which such unit of local government 

3 or Indian tribe is applying for renewal; and 

4 (4) may only be granted to an applicant that 

5 receives non-Federal funds, in cash or in-kind, in an 

6 amount not less than 35 percent of the cost of the 

7 activities to be carried out using such renewal, and 

8 with a preference for applicants demonstrating an 

9 increasing reliance on local funding. 

10 SEC. 214. REPORTS. 

11 Not later than 1 year after the end of the grant pe12 riod for which a unit of local government or an Indian 

13 tribe receives a PROMISE Implementation grant, and an14 nually thereafter for as long as such unit of local govern15 ment or Indian tribe continues to receive Federal funding 

16 for a PROMISE Coordinating Council, such unit of local 

17 government or Indian tribe shall report to the Adminis18 trator regarding the use of Federal funds to implement 

19 the PROMISE Plan developed under subtitle A. 

20 Subtitle C—General PROMISE 

21 Grant Provisions 

22 SEC. 221. NONSUPPLANTING CLAUSE. 

23 A unit of local government or Indian tribe receiving 

24 a grant under this title shall use such grant only to supple25 ment, and not supplant, the amount of funds that, in the 


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

2 needs of youth in the community with respect to evidence3 based and promising practices related to prevention and 

4 intervention of juvenile delinquency and criminal street 

5 gang activity. 

6 SEC. 222. GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW PANEL. 

7 The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice 

8 and Delinquency Prevention, in conjunction with the 

9 PROMISE Advisory Panel, shall establish and utilize a 

10 transparent, reliable, and valid system for evaluating ap11 plications for PROMISE Assessment and Planning grants 

12 and for PROMISE Implementation grants, and shall de13 termine which applicants meet the criteria for funding, 

14 based primarily on a determination of greatest need (in 

15 accordance with section 102), with due consideration to 

16 other enumerated factors and the indicated ability of the 

17 applicant to successfully implement the program described 

18 in the application. 

19 SEC. 223. EVALUATION OF PROMISE GRANT PROGRAMS. 

20 (a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—The Administrator 

21 shall, in consultation with the organization provided as22 sistance under section 223(f)(1) of the Juvenile Justice 

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

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1 activities carried out with grants under this title. In car2 rying out this section, the Administrator shall— 

3 (1) award grants to institutions of higher edu4 cation (including institutions that are eligible to re5 ceive funds under part F of title III of the Higher 

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

7 to facilitate the evaluation process and measurement 

8 of achieved outcomes; 

9 (2) identify evidence-based and promising prac10 tices used by PROMISE Coordinating Councils 

11 under PROMISE Implementation grants that have 

12 proven to be effective in preventing involvement in, 

13 or diverting further involvement in, juvenile delin14 quency or criminal street gang activity; and 

15 (3) ensure— 

16 (A) that such evaluation is based on the 

17 performance standards that are developed by 

18 the PROMISE Advisory Panel in accordance 

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

20 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (as added 

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

22 (B) the development of longitudinal and 

23 clinical trial evaluation and performance meas24 urements with regard to the evidence-based and 

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1 (C) the dissemination of the practices iden2 tified in paragraph (2) to the National Re3 search Center for Proven Juvenile Justice Prac4 tices (established under section 301), units of 

5 local government, and Indian tribes to promote 

6 the use of such practices by such units of local 

7 government and Indian tribes to prevent in8 volvement in, or to divert further involvement 

9 in, juvenile delinquency or criminal street gang 

10 activity. 

11 (b) RESULTS TO THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER

12 FOR PROVEN JUVENILE JUSTICE PRACTICES.—The Ad13 ministrator shall provide the results of the evaluation 

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

15 Proven Juvenile Justice Practices established under sec16 tion 301. 

17 SEC. 224. ACCOUNTABILITY. 

18 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘unre19 solved audit finding’’ means a finding in the final audit 

20 report of the Inspector General of the Department of Jus21 tice that the audited grantee has utilized grant funds for 

22 an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost 

23 that is not closed or resolved within 1 year after the date 

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1 (b) AUDITS.—Beginning in the first fiscal year begin2 ning after the date of enactment of this Act, and in each 

3 fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the Depart4 ment of Justice shall conduct audits of grantees under this 

5 title to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by grant6 ees. The Inspector General shall determine the appro7 priate number of grantees to be audited each year. 

8 (c) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—Grantees under this 

9 title about which there is an unresolved audit finding shall 

10 not be eligible to receive a grant under this title during 

11 the 2 fiscal years beginning after the end of the 1-year 

12 period described in subsection (a). 

13 (d) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this title, the 

14 Attorney General shall give priority to applicants that did 

15 not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 

16 years before submitting an application for a grant under 

17 this title. 

18 (e) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity receives a grant 

19 under this title during the 2-fiscal-year period during 

20 which the entity is prohibited from receiving grants under 

21 subsection (c) the Attorney General shall— 

22 (1) deposit an amount equal to the amount of 

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1 (2) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment 

2 under paragraph (1) from the grantee that was erro3 neously awarded grant funds. 

4 TITLE III—PROMISE RESEARCH 

5 CENTERS 

6 SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH 

7 CENTER FOR PROVEN JUVENILE JUSTICE 

8 PRACTICES. 

9 The Administrator shall award a grant to a nonprofit 

10 organization with a national reputation for expertise in op11 erating or evaluating effective, evidence-based practices re12 lated to prevention or intervention of juvenile delinquency 

13 and criminal street gang activity to develop a National Re14 search Center for Proven Juvenile Justice Practices. Such 

15 Center shall— 

16 (1) collaborate with institutions of higher edu17 cation as regional partners to create a best practices 

18 juvenile justice information-sharing network to sup19 port the programs and activities carried out with 

20 grants under title II of this Act; 

21 (2) collect and disseminate, to PROMISE Co22 ordinating Councils, research and other information 

23 about evidence-based and promising practices related 

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1 the efforts of PROMISE Coordinating Councils and 

2 regional research partners and to support the pro3 grams and activities carried out with grants under 

4 title II of this Act; 

5 (3) increase the public’s knowledge and under6 standing of effective juvenile justice practices to pre7 vent crime and delinquency and reduce recidivism; 

8 and 

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

10 site to disseminate proven practices for successful 

11 prevention and intervention of juvenile delinquency. 

12 SEC. 302. GRANTS FOR REGIONAL RESEARCH PROVEN 

13 PRACTICES PARTNERSHIPS. 

14 The Administrator shall establish a grant program to 

15 award grants to institutions of higher education to serve 

16 as regional research partners with PROMISE Coordi17 nating Councils that are located in the same geographic 

18 region as an institution, in collaboration with the National 

19 Research Center for Proven Juvenile Justice Practices au20 thorized under section 301. Regional research partners 

21 shall provide research support to such PROMISE Coordi22 nating Councils, including— 

23 (1) assistance with preparing PROMISE grant 

24 applications under title II, including collection of 

25 baseline data for such applications; 


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1 (2) assistance with the needs and strengths as2 sessments conducted under section 204; and 

3 (3) provision of support services to PROMISE 

4 grant recipients for data collection and analysis to 

5 assess progress under the PROMISE grant. 

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