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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1318 

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 

MARCH 21, 2013 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. JONES, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Ms. 

MOORE, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. MORAN, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. 

CLARKE, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. RUSH, Ms. BASS, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, 

Ms. NORTON, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. FUDGE, 

Mr. RANGEL, Ms. HAHN, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. PETERS of Michigan, Mr. NADLER, Ms. 

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. TSONGAS, Ms. WILSON of 

Florida, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. 

WATERS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. MEEKS, Mrs. 

CHRISTENSEN, Mr. SIRES, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. CHU, Ms. 

EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. WATT, and Mrs. 

BEATTY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

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 


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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 are 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. 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. 

Sec. 206. Authorization of appropriations. 

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. 

Sec. 215. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle C—General PROMISE Grant Provisions 

Sec. 221. Nonsupplanting clause. 

Sec. 222. Grant application review panel. 

Sec. 223. Evaluation of PROMISE grant programs. 


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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. 

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 or tribe, as determined by 

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

10 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.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘evidence17 based’’, when used with respect to a practice re18 lating to juvenile delinquency and criminal 

19 street gang activity prevention and intervention, 

20 means a practice (including a service, program, 

21 activity, intervention, technology, or strategy) 

22 for which the Administrator has determined— 


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1 (i) causal evidence documents a rela2 tionship between the practice and its in3 tended outcome, based on measures of the 

4 direction and size of a change, and the ex5 tent to which a change may be attributed 

6 to the practice; and 

7 (ii) the use of scientific methods rules 

8 out, to the extent possible, alternative ex9 planations for the documented change. 

10 (B) SCIENTIFIC METHODS.—For the pur11 poses of subparagraph (A), the term ‘‘scientific 

12 methods’’ means— 

13 (i) evaluation by an experimental trial, 

14 in which participants are randomly as15 signed to participate in the practice that is 

16 subject to such trial; or 

17 (ii) evaluation by a quasi-experimental 

18 trial, in which the outcomes for partici19 pants are compared with outcomes for a 

20 control group that is made up of individ21 uals who are similar to such participants. 

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

23 means the provision of programs and services that 

24 are supported by research, are evidence-based or 

25 promising practices, and are provided to youth who 


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1 are involved in, or who are identified by evidence2 based risk assessment methods as being at high risk 

3 of continued involvement in, juvenile delinquency or 

4 criminal street gangs, as a result of indications that 

5 demonstrate involvement with problems such as tru6 ancy, substance abuse, mental health treatment 

7 needs, or siblings who have had involvement with ju8 venile or criminal justice systems. 

9 (6) JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND CRIMINAL

10 STREET GANG ACTIVITY PREVENTION.—The term 

11 ‘‘juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activ12 ity prevention’’ means the provision of programs and 

13 resources to children and families who have not yet 

14 had substantial contact with criminal justice or juve15 nile justice systems, that— 

16 (A) are designed to reduce potential juve17 nile delinquency and criminal street gang activ18 ity risks; and 

19 (B) are evidence-based or promising edu20 cational, health, mental health, school-based, 

21 community-based, faith-based, parenting, job 

22 training, social opportunities and experiences, 

23 or other programs, for youth and their families, 

24 that have been demonstrated to be effective in 


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1 reducing juvenile delinquency and criminal 

2 street gang activity risks. 

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

4 used with respect to a practice relating to juvenile 

5 delinquency and criminal street gang activity preven6 tion and intervention, means a practice (including a 

7 service, program, activity, intervention, technology, 

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

9 theory of change, the Administrator has deter10 mined— 

11 (A) has outcomes from an evaluation that 

12 demonstrate such practice reduces juvenile de13 linquency and criminal street gang activity; and 

14 (B) is part of a study being conducted to 

15 determine if such a practice is evidence-based. 

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

17 the several States, the District of Columbia, the 

18 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 

19 American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Is20 lands, and any other territories or possessions of the 

21 United States. 

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

23 change’’ means a program planning strategy ap24 proved by the Administrator that outlines the types 


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1 of interventions and outcomes essential to achieving 

2 a set of program goals. 

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

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

5 younger; or 

6 (B) in any State in which the maximum 

7 age at which the juvenile justice system of such 

8 State has jurisdiction over individuals exceeds 

9 18 years of age, an individual who is such max10 imum age or younger. 

11 SEC. 4. FINDINGS. 

12 The Congress finds as follows: 

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

14 number of urban communities, and senseless acts of 

15 gang-related violence have imposed economic, social, 

16 and human costs. 

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

18 youth dually diagnosed with addiction and mental 

19 health disorders, are more likely to become involved 

20 with the juvenile justice system than youth without 

21 such risk factors, absent appropriate prevention and 

22 intervention services. 

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

25 juvenile justice system. Black youth are 17 percent 


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1 of the United States population, but represent 38 

2 percent of youth in secure placement juvenile facili3 ties, and 58 percent of youth incarcerated in adult 

4 prisons. 

5 (4) Research funded by the Department of Jus6 tice indicates that gang-membership is short-lived 

7 among adolescents. With very few youth remaining 

8 gang-involved throughout their adolescent years, on9 going opportunities for intervention exist. 

10 (5) Criminal justice costs have become burden11 some in many States and cities, requiring reductions 

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

13 and related services. 

14 (6) Direct expenditures for each of the major 

15 criminal justice functions, police, corrections, and ju16 dicial services, have increased steadily over the last 

17 25 years. In fiscal year 2009, Federal, State, and 

18 local governments spent an estimated 

19 $258,000,000,000 for police protection, corrections, 

20 and judicial and legal services, nearly a 207 percent 

21 increase since 1982. 

22 (7) In 2009, State governments spent $5.7 bil23 lion dollars to incarcerate youth. The average annual 

24 cost to incarcerate one youth is $88,000. 


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1 (8) Coordinated efforts of stakeholders in the 

2 juvenile justice system in a local community, to3 gether with other organizations and community 

4 members concerned with the safety and welfare of 

5 children, have a strong record of demonstrated suc6 cess in reducing the impact of youth and gang-re7 lated crime and violence, as demonstrated in Boston, 

8 Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois, Richmond, Vir9 ginia, Los Angeles, California, and other commu10 nities. 

11 (9) Investment in prevention and intervention 

12 programs for children and youth, including quality 

13 early childhood programs, comprehensive evidence14 based school, after school, and summer school pro15 grams, mentoring programs, mental health and 

16 treatment programs, evidence-based job training 

17 programs, and alternative intervention programs, 

18 has been shown to lead to decreased youth arrests, 

19 decreased delinquency, lower recidivism, and greater 

20 financial savings from an educational, economic, so21 cial, and criminal justice perspective. 

22 (10) Quality early childhood education pro23 grams have been demonstrated to help children start 

24 school ready to learn and to reduce delinquency and 

25 criminal street gang activity risks. 


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1 (11) Evidence-based mentoring programs have 

2 been shown to prevent youth drug abuse and vio3 lence. 

4 (12) Evidence-based school-based comprehen5 sive instructional programs that pair youth with re6 sponsible adult mentors have been shown to have a 

7 strong impact upon delinquency prevention. 

8 (13) After-school programs that connect chil9 dren to caring adults and that provide constructive 

10 activities during the peak hours of juvenile delin11 quency and criminal street gang activity, between 

12 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., have been shown to reduce de13 linquency and the attendant costs imposed on the ju14 venile and criminal justice systems. 

15 (14) States with higher levels of educational at16 tainment have been shown to have crime rates lower 

17 than the national average. Researchers have found 

18 that a 5-percent increase in male high school grad19 uation rates would produce an annual savings of al20 most $5,000,000,000 in crime-related expenses. 

21 (15) Therapeutic programs that engage and 

22 motivate high-risk youth and their families to 

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1 duce the attendant costs of crime and delinquency 

2 imposed upon the juvenile and criminal justice sys3 tems. 

4 (16) Comprehensive programs that target kids 

5 who are already serious juvenile offenders by ad6 dressing the multiple factors in peer, school, neigh7 borhood, and family environments known to be re8 lated to delinquency can reduce recidivism among ju9 venile offenders and save the public significant eco10 nomic costs. 

11 (17) There are many alternatives to incarcer12 ation of youth that have been proven to be more ef13 fective in reducing crime and violence at the Na14 tional, State, local, and tribal levels, and the failure 

15 to provide for such effective alternatives is a perva16 sive problem that leads to increased youth, and later 

17 adult, crime and violence. 

18 (18) Savings achieved through early interven19 tion and prevention are significant, especially when 

20 noncriminal justice social, educational, mental 

21 health, and economic outcomes are considered. 

22 (19) The prevention of child abuse and neglect 

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

24 $5.00 for every $1.00 invested in preventing such 

25 abuse and neglect. 


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1 (20) Targeting interventions at special youth 

2 risk groups and focusing upon relatively low-cost 

3 interventions increases the probability of fiscal ben4 efit. 

5 (21) Evidence-based intervention treatment fa6 cilities have been shown to reduce youth delinquency 

7 and to be cost-effective. 

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

9 York, Texas, and Pennsylvania, have seen a reduc10 tion in juvenile incarceration due to a reallocation of 

11 criminal justice funds towards prevention programs. 

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

13 recent years followed declines in Federal funding 

14 provided for law enforcement, educational, health 

15 and mental health, social services, and other support 

16 to localities for youth, their families, and other com17 munity-oriented programs and approaches. 

18 TITLE I—FEDERAL COORDINA19 TION OF LOCAL AND TRIBAL 

20 JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMA21 TION AND EFFORTS 

22 SEC. 101. PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL. 

23 (a) ORGANIZATION OF STATE ADVISORY GROUP

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1 venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

2 (42 U.S.C. 5633(f)) is amended— 

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

4 organization composed of member representatives of 

5 the State advisory groups appointed under sub6 section (a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘a nonpartisan, non7 profit organization that is described in section 

8 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,’’; 

9 and 

10 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol11 lows: 

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

13 such assistance, such organization shall— 

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

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

16 executive of a State to serve as a State ad17 visory group member under subsection 

18 (a)(3); and 

19 ‘‘(ii) are elected to serve as a gov20 erning officer of such organization by a 

21 majority of the Chairs (or Chair-designees) 

22 of all such State advisory groups; 

23 ‘‘(B) include member representatives from 

24 a majority of such State advisory groups, who 


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1 shall be representative of regionally and demo2 graphically diverse States and jurisdictions; 

3 ‘‘(C) annually seek appointments by the 

4 chief executive of each State of one State advi5 sory group member and one alternate State ad6 visory group member from each such State to 

7 implement the advisory functions specified in 

8 clauses (iv) and (v) of subparagraph (D), in9 cluding serving on the PROMISE Advisory 

10 Panel, and make a record of any such appoint11 ments available to the public; and 

12 ‘‘(D) agree to carry out activities that in13 clude— 

14 ‘‘(i) conducting an annual conference 

15 of such member representatives for pur16 poses relating to the activities of such 

17 State advisory groups; 

18 ‘‘(ii) disseminating information, data, 

19 standards, advanced techniques, and pro20 gram models; 

21 ‘‘(iii) reviewing Federal policies re22 garding juvenile justice and delinquency 

23 prevention; 

24 ‘‘(iv) advising the Administrator with 

25 respect to particular functions or aspects 


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1 of the work of the Office, and appointing 

2 a representative, diverse group of members 

3 of such organization under subparagraph 

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

5 juvenile justice advisors (referred to as the 

6 ‘PROMISE Advisory Panel’) to carry out 

7 the functions specified in subsection (g); 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(v) advising the President and Con10 gress with regard to State perspectives on 

11 the operation of the Office and Federal 

12 legislation pertaining to juvenile justice 

13 and delinquency prevention.’’. 

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

15 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

16 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633) is further amended by adding at 

17 the end the following new subsection: 

18 ‘‘(g) PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL.— 

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

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

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

22 promising practices related to juvenile delin23 quency and criminal street gang activity preven24 tion and intervention carried out by PROMISE 

25 Coordinating Councils under such Act; 


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

2 of individuals and organizations with experience 

3 in administering or evaluating practices that 

4 serve youth involved in, or at risk of involve5 ment in, juvenile delinquency and criminal 

6 street gang activity, from which the Adminis7 trator shall select individuals who shall— 

8 ‘‘(i) provide to the Administrator peer 

9 reviews of applications submitted by units 

10 of local government and Indian tribes pur11 suant to title II of such Act, to ensure that 

12 such applications demonstrate a clear plan 

13 to— 

14 ‘‘(I) serve youth as part of an en15 tire family unit; and 

16 ‘‘(II) coordinate the delivery of 

17 service to youth among agencies; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) advise the Administrator with re19 spect to the award and allocation of 

20 PROMISE Planning grants to local and 

21 tribal governments that develop PROMISE 

22 Coordinating Councils, and of PROMISE 

23 Implementation grants to such PROMISE 

24 Coordinating Councils, pursuant to title II 

25 of such Act; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) develop performance standards to be 

2 used to evaluate programs and activities carried 

3 out with grants under title II of the Youth 

4 PROMISE Act, including the evaluation of 

5 changes achieved as a result of such programs 

6 and activities related to decreases in juvenile 

7 delinquency and criminal street gang activity, 

8 including— 

9 ‘‘(i) prevention of involvement by at10 risk youth in juvenile delinquency or crimi11 nal street gang activity; 

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

13 risk of continuing involvement in juvenile 

14 delinquency or criminal street gang activ15 ity; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) financial savings from deferred 

17 or eliminated costs, or other benefits, as a 

18 result of such programs and activities, and 

19 the reinvestment by the unit or tribe of 

20 any such savings. 

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

22 months after the date of the enactment of the Youth 

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1 graph (1)(A) and shall submit such report to Con2 gress, the President, the Attorney General, and the 

3 chief executive and chief law enforcement officer of 

4 each State, unit of local government, and Indian 

5 tribe.’’. 

6 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

7 299(a)(1) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven8 tion Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671(a)(1)) is amended to 

9 read as follows: 

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

11 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 

12 title for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 

13 2016.’’. 

14 SEC. 102. GEOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCE ALLO15 CATION. 

16 (a) GRANT FOR COLLECTION OF DATA TO DETER17 MINE NEED.—Subject to the availability of appropria18 tions, the Administrator shall award a grant, on a com19 petitive basis, to an organization to— 

20 (1) collect and analyze data related to the exist21 ing juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac22 tivity prevention and intervention needs and re23 sources in each designated geographic area; 

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1 graphic areas that have the most need of resources, 

2 based on such data, to carry out juvenile delin3 quency and criminal street gang activity prevention 

4 and intervention; 

5 (3) use the data collected and analyzed under 

6 paragraph (1) to rank the areas listed under para7 graph (2) in descending order by the amount of need 

8 for resources to carry out juvenile delinquency and 

9 criminal street gang activity prevention and inter10 vention, ranking the area with the greatest need for 

11 such resources highest; and 

12 (4) periodically update the list and rankings 

13 under paragraph (3) as the Administrator deter14 mines to be appropriate. 

15 (b) DATA SOURCES.—In compiling such list and de16 termining such rankings, the organization shall collect and 

17 analyze data relating to juvenile delinquency and criminal 

18 street gang activity prevention and intervention— 

19 (1) using the geographic information system 

20 and Web-based mapping application known as the 

21 Socioeconomic Mapping and Resource Topography 

22 (SMART) system; 

23 (2) from the Department of Health and Human 

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1 of Housing and Urban Development, and the De2 partment of Education; and 

3 (3) from the annual KIDS Count Data Book 

4 and other data made available by the KIDS Count 

5 initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. 

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

7 and rankings required by this section shall be provided 

8 to the Administrator to be used to provide funds under 

9 this Act in the most strategic and effective manner to en10 sure that resources and services are provided to youth in 

11 the communities with the greatest need for such resources 

12 and services. 

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

14 The information collected and analyzed under this section 

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

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

17 used for any purpose related to the investigation or pros18 ecution of any person, or for profiling of individuals based 

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

20 characteristic. 

21 (e) AUTHORIZATION AND LIMITATION OF APPRO22 PRIATIONS.—Of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 

23 2014 to carry out this section and subtitle A of title II 

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


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1 than one percent of such amount, or $1,000,000, which2 ever is less, shall be available to carry out this section. 

3 TITLE II—PROMISE GRANTS 

4 SEC. 201. PURPOSES. 

5 The purposes of the grant programs established 

6 under this title are to— 

7 (1) enable local and tribal communities to as8 sess the unmet needs of youth who are involved in, 

9 or are at risk of involvement in, juvenile delinquency 

10 or criminal street gangs; 

11 (2) develop plans appropriate for a community 

12 to address those unmet needs with juvenile delin13 quency and gang prevention and intervention prac14 tices; and 

15 (3) implement and evaluate such plans in a 

16 manner consistent with this Act. 

17 Subtitle A—PROMISE Assessment 

18 and Planning Grants 

19 SEC. 202. PROMISE ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS 

20 AUTHORIZED. 

21 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Administrator is 

22 authorized to award grants to units of local government 

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1 nal street gang activity prevention and intervention, espe2 cially for youth who are involved in, or who are at risk 

3 of involvement in, juvenile delinquency and criminal street 

4 gang activity. Such PROMISE Coordinating Councils 

5 shall— 

6 (1) conduct an objective needs and strengths 

7 assessment in accordance with section 203; and 

8 (2) develop a PROMISE Plan in accordance 

9 with section 204, based on the assessment conducted 

10 in accordance with section 203. 

11 (b) GRANT DURATION, AMOUNT, AND ALLOCA12 TION.— 

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

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

15 (2) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant 

16 awarded under this section shall not exceed 

17 $300,000. 

18 (c) ALLOCATION.— 

19 (1) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—Subject to the 

20 availability of appropriations, the Administrator 

21 shall ensure that the total funds allocated under this 

22 section to units of local governments and Indian 

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

24 (2) RATABLE REDUCTION.—If the amount 

25 made available for grants under this section for any 


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1 fiscal year is less than the amount required to pro2 vide the minimum allocation of funds under para3 graph (1) to units of local government and Indian 

4 tribes in each State, then the amount of such min5 imum allocation shall be ratably reduced. 

6 SEC. 203. PROMISE COORDINATING COUNCILS. 

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

8 a unit of local government or an Indian tribe shall estab9 lish a PROMISE Coordinating Council for each commu10 nity of such unit or tribe, respectively, for which such unit 

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

12 such community shall include one or more designated geo13 graphic areas identified on the list required under section 

14 102(a)(2). The members of such a PROMISE Coordi15 nating Council shall be representatives of public and pri16 vate sector entities and individuals that— 

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

18 one representative from each of the following: 

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

20 (B) a local educational agency; 

21 (C) a local health agency or provider; 

22 (D) a local mental health agency or pro23 vider, unless the representative under subpara24 graph (C) also meets the requirements of this 

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1 (E) a local public housing agency; 

2 (F) a local law enforcement agency; 

3 (G) a local child welfare agency; 

4 (H) a local juvenile court; 

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

6 (J) a private juvenile residential care enti7 ty; 

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

9 (L) a State juvenile correctional entity; 

10 (M) a local business community represent11 ative; and 

12 (N) a local faith-based community rep13 resentative; 

14 (2) shall include two representatives from each 

15 of the following: 

16 (A) parents who have minor children, and 

17 who have an interest in the local juvenile or 

18 criminal justice systems; 

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

20 who reside in the jurisdiction of the unit or 

21 tribe; and 

22 (C) members from nonprofit community23 based organizations that provide effective delin24 quency prevention and intervention to youth in 

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

2 tribe determines to be appropriate. 

3 SEC. 204. NEEDS AND STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT. 

4 (a) ASSESSMENT.—Each PROMISE Coordinating 

5 Council receiving funds from a unit of local government 

6 or Indian tribe under this subtitle shall conduct an objec7 tive strengths and needs assessment of the resources of 

8 the community for which such PROMISE Coordinating 

9 Council was established, to identify the unmet needs of 

10 youth in the community with respect to evidence-based 

11 and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency 

12 and criminal street gang activity prevention and interven13 tion. The PROMISE Coordinating Council shall consult 

14 with a research partner receiving a grant under section 

15 302 for assistance with such assessment. Such assessment 

16 shall include, with respect to the community for which 

17 such PROMISE Coordinating Council was established— 

18 (1) the number of youth who are at-risk of in19 volvement in juvenile delinquency or street gang ac20 tivity; 

21 (2) the number of youth who are involved in ju22 venile delinquency or criminal street gang activity, 

23 including the number of such youth who are at high 

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1 (3) youth unemployment rates during the sum2 mer; 

3 (4) the number of individuals on public finan4 cial assistance (including a breakdown of the num5 bers of men, women, and children on such assist6 ance); 

7 (5) the estimated number of youth who are 

8 chronically truant; 

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

10 of school in the previous year; 

11 (7) for the year before such assessment, the es12 timated total amount expended (by the community 

13 and other entities) for the incarceration of offenders 

14 who were convicted or adjudicated delinquent for an 

15 offense that was committed in such community, in16 cluding amounts expended for the incarceration of 

17 offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities that 

18 are located in the United States but are not located 

19 in such community; 

20 (8) a comparison of the amount under para21 graph (7) with an estimation of the amount that 

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1 tional average incarceration rate per 100,000 popu2 lation; and 

3 (9) a description of evidence-based and prom4 ising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

5 criminal street gang activity prevention available for 

6 youth in the community, including school-based pro7 grams, after school programs (particularly programs 

8 that have activities available for youth between 

9 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the afternoon), weekend ac10 tivities and programs, youth mentoring programs, 

11 faith and community-based programs, summer ac12 tivities, and summer jobs, if any; and 

13 (10) a description of evidence-based and prom14 ising intervention practices available for youth in the 

15 community. 

16 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF ASSESSMENT INFORMA17 TION.—Information gathered pursuant to this section may 

18 be used for the sole purpose of developing a PROMISE 

19 Plan in accordance with this subtitle. 

20 SEC. 205. PROMISE PLAN COMPONENTS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each PROMISE Coordinating 

22 Council receiving funds from a unit of local government 

23 or Indian tribe under this subtitle shall develop a PROM24 ISE Plan to provide for the coordination of, and, as appro25 priate, to support the delivery of, evidence-based and 


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1 promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

2 criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention 

3 to youth and families who reside in the community for 

4 which such PROMISE Coordinating Council was estab5 lished. Such a PROMISE Plan shall— 

6 (1) include the strategy by which the PROM7 ISE Coordinating Council plans to prioritize and al8 locate resources and services toward the unmet 

9 needs of youth in the community, consistent with the 

10 needs and available resources of communities with 

11 the greatest need for assistance, as determined pur12 suant to section 102; 

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

14 promising prevention and intervention practices that 

15 are responsive to the needs of the community; and 

16 (3) ensure that cultural and linguistic needs of 

17 the community are met. 

18 (b) MANDATORY COMPONENTS.—Each PROMISE 

19 Plan shall— 

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

21 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 204(a) to evi22 dence-based and promising practices related to juve23 nile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 

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1 (2) identify the amount or percentage of local 

2 funds that are available to the PROMISE Coordi3 nating Council to carry out the PROMISE Plan; 

4 (3) provide strategies to improve indigent de5 fense delivery systems, with particular attention 

6 given to groups of children who are disproportion7 ately represented in the State delinquency system 

8 and Federal criminal justice system, as compared to 

9 the representation of such groups in the general 

10 population of the State; 

11 (4) provide for training (which complies with 

12 the American Bar Association Juvenile Justice 

13 Standards for the representation and care of youth 

14 in the juvenile justice system) of prosecutors, de15 fenders, probation officers, judges and other court 

16 personnel related to issues concerning the develop17 mental needs, challenges, and potential of youth in 

18 the juvenile justice system, (including training re19 lated to adolescent development and mental health 

20 issues, and the expected impact of evidence-based 

21 practices and cost reduction strategies); 

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

23 the juvenile delinquency and criminal justice systems 

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1 (6) describe the coordinated strategy that will 

2 be used by the PROMISE Coordinating Council to 

3 provide at-risk youth with evidence-based and prom4 ising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

5 criminal street gang activity prevention and inter6 vention; 

7 (7) propose the performance evaluation process 

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

9 include performance measures to assess efforts to 

10 address the unmet needs of youth in the community 

11 with evidence-based and promising practices related 

12 to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac13 tivity prevention and intervention; and 

14 (8) identify the research partner the PROMISE 

15 Coordinating Council will use to obtain information 

16 on evidence-based and promising practices related to 

17 juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activ18 ity prevention and intervention, and for the evalua19 tion under section 211(d) of the results of the activi20 ties carried out with funds under this subtitle. 

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

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

23 include evidence-based or promising practices related to 

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1 (1) Early childhood development services (such 

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

3 childhood prevention, voluntary home visiting pro4 grams, nurse-family partnership programs, par5 enting and healthy relationship skills training, child 

6 abuse prevention programs, Early Head Start, and 

7 Head Start. 

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

9 foster care and adoption assistance programs), fam10 ily stabilization programs, child welfare services, and 

11 family violence intervention programs. 

12 (3) Youth and adolescent development services, 

13 including job training and apprenticeship programs, 

14 job placement and retention training, education and 

15 after school programs (such as school programs with 

16 shared governance by students, teachers, and par17 ents, and activities for youth between the hours of 

18 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the afternoon), mentoring pro19 grams, conflict resolution skills training, sports, 

20 arts, life skills, employment and recreation pro21 grams, summer jobs, and summer recreation pro22 grams, and alternative school resources for youth 

23 who have dropped out of school or demonstrate 

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1 (4) Health and mental health services, includ2 ing cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy, and 

3 peer mentoring and counseling. 

4 (5) Substance abuse counseling and treatment 

5 services, including harm-reduction strategies. 

6 (6) Emergency, transitional, and permanent 

7 housing assistance (such as safe shelter and housing 

8 for runaway and homeless youth). 

9 (7) Targeted gang prevention, intervention, and 

10 exit services such as tattoo removal, successful mod11 els of anti-gang crime outreach programs (such as 

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

13 gang truce or peacemaking activities. 

14 (8) Training and education programs for preg15 nant teens and teen parents. 

16 (9) Alternatives to detention and confinement 

17 programs (such as mandated participation in com18 munity service, restitution, counseling, and intensive 

19 individual and family therapeutic approaches). 

20 (10) Pre-release, post-release, and reentry serv21 ices to assist detained and incarcerated youth with 

22 transitioning back into and reentering the commu23 nity. 


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1 SEC. 206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

3 are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2014, 

4 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subtitle 

5 and section 102. 

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 AND AMOUNT.— 

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

19 subtitle shall be for a three-year period. 

20 (2) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant 

21 awarded under this subtitle shall not be for more 

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

23 grant period. 

24 (c) NON-FEDERAL FUNDS REQUIRED.—For each fis25 cal year during the three-year grant period for a grant 

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1 dian tribe receiving such a grant for a PROMISE Coordi2 nating Council shall provide, from non-Federal funds, in 

3 cash or in-kind, 25 percent of the costs of the activities 

4 carried out with such grant. 

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

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

7 this subtitle, not more than $100,000 shall be used to pro8 vide a contract to a competitively selected organization to 

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

10 unmet needs of youth in the community, in accordance 

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

12 SEC. 212. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT APPLICA13 TION REQUIREMENTS. 

14 (a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—To be eligible to re15 ceive a PROMISE Implementation grant under this sub16 title, a unit of local government or Indian tribe that re17 ceived a PROMISE Assessment and Planning grant under 

18 subtitle A shall submit an application to the Administrator 

19 of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven20 tion not later than one year after the date such unit of 

21 local government or Indian tribe was awarded such grant 

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

23 such information, as the Administrator, after consultation 

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1 nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

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

3 (b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each application 

4 submitted under subsection (a) shall— 

5 (1) identify potential savings from criminal jus6 tice costs, public assistance costs, and other costs 

7 avoided by utilizing evidence-based and promising 

8 practices related to juvenile delinquency and crimi9 nal street gang activity prevention and intervention; 

10 (2) document— 

11 (A) investment in evidence-based and 

12 promising practices related to juvenile delin13 quency and criminal street gang activity preven14 tion and intervention to be provided by the unit 

15 of local government or Indian tribe; 

16 (B) the activities to be undertaken with 

17 the grants funds; 

18 (C) any expected efficiencies in the juvenile 

19 justice or other local systems to be attained as 

20 a result of implementation of the programs 

21 funded by the grant; and 

22 (D) outcomes from such activities, in 

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1 (3) describe how savings sustained from invest2 ment in prevention and intervention practices will be 

3 reinvested in the continuing implementation of the 

4 PROMISE Plan; and 

5 (4) provide an assurance that the local fiscal 

6 contribution with respect to evidence-based and 

7 promising practices related to juvenile delinquency 

8 and criminal street gang activity prevention and 

9 intervention in the community for which the PROM10 ISE Coordinating Council was established for each 

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

12 local fiscal contribution with respect to such prac13 tices in the community for the year preceding the 

14 first year of the grant period. 

15 SEC. 213. GRANT AWARD GUIDELINES. 

16 (a) SELECTION AND DISTRIBUTION.—Grants award17 ed under this subtitle shall be awarded on a competitive 

18 basis. The Administrator shall— 

19 (1) take such steps as may be necessary to en20 sure that grants are awarded to units of local gov21 ernments and Indian tribes in areas with the highest 

22 concentrations of youth who are— 

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1 (B) involved in juvenile delinquency or 

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

3 continued involvement; and 

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

5 be awarded to units of local governments and Indian 

6 tribes in each region of the United States, and 

7 among urban, suburban, and rural areas. 

8 (b) EXTENSION OF GRANT AWARD.—The Adminis9 trator may extend the grant period under section 

10 211(b)(1) for a PROMISE Implementation grant to a unit 

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

12 regulations issued by the Administrator. 

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

14 availability of appropriations, the Administrator may 

15 renew a PROMISE Implementation grant to a unit of 

16 local government or an Indian tribe to provide such unit 

17 or tribe with additional funds to continue implementation 

18 of a PROMISE Plan. Such a renewal— 

19 (1) shall be initiated by an application for re20 newal from a unit of local government or an Indian 

21 tribe; 

22 (2) shall be carried out in accordance with reg23 ulations issued by the Administrator; and 

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1 based on the results of the evaluation conducted 

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

3 of such unit or tribe for which a PROMISE Coordi4 nating Council was established, and for which such 

5 unit or tribe is applying for renewal. 

6 SEC. 214. REPORTS. 

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

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

9 tribe receives a PROMISE Implementation grant, and an10 nually thereafter for as long as such unit or tribe con11 tinues to receive Federal funding for a PROMISE Coordi12 nating Council, such unit or tribe shall report to the Ad13 ministrator regarding the use of Federal funds to imple14 ment the PROMISE Plan developed under subtitle A. 

15 SEC. 215. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

16 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

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

18 the fiscal years 2014 through 2016. 

19 Subtitle C—General PROMISE 

20 Grant Provisions 

21 SEC. 221. NONSUPPLANTING CLAUSE. 

22 A unit of local government or Indian tribe receiving 

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

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

4 intervention. 

5 SEC. 222. GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW PANEL. 

6 The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice 

7 and Delinquency Prevention, in conjunction with the 

8 PROMISE Advisory Panel, shall establish and utilize a 

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

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

13 based primarily on a determination of greatest need (in 

14 accordance with section 102), with due consideration to 

15 other enumerated factors and the indicated ability of the 

16 applicant to successfully implement the program described 

17 in the application. 

18 SEC. 223. EVALUATION OF PROMISE GRANT PROGRAMS. 

19 (a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—Subject to the avail20 ability of appropriations under this title, the Adminis21 trator shall, in consultation with the organization provided 

22 assistance 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 and 

7 tribes to prevent involvement in, or to divert 

8 further involvement in, juvenile delinquency or 

9 criminal street gang activity. 

10 (b) RESULTS TO THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER

11 FOR PROVEN JUVENILE JUSTICE PRACTICES.—The Ad12 ministrator shall provide the results of the evaluation 

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

14 Proven Juvenile Justice Practices established under sec15 tion 301. 

16 TITLE III—PROMISE RESEARCH 

17 CENTERS 

18 SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH 

19 CENTER FOR PROVEN JUVENILE JUSTICE 

20 PRACTICES. 

21 (a) CENTER ESTABLISHED.—Subject to the avail22 ability of appropriations, the Administrator shall award a 

23 grant to a nonprofit organization with a national reputa24 tion for expertise in operating or evaluating effective, evi25 dence-based practices related to juvenile delinquency and 


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1 criminal street gang activity prevention or intervention to 

2 develop a National Research Center for Proven Juvenile 

3 Justice Practices. Such Center shall— 

4 (1) collaborate with institutions of higher edu5 cation as regional partners to create a best practices 

6 juvenile justice information-sharing network to sup7 port the programs and activities carried out with 

8 grants under title II of this Act; 

9 (2) collect, and disseminate to PROMISE Co10 ordinating Councils, research and other information 

11 about evidence-based and promising practices related 

12 to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac13 tivity prevention and intervention to inform the ef14 forts of PROMISE Coordinating Councils and re15 gional research partners and to support the pro16 grams and activities carried out with grants under 

17 title II of this Act; 

18 (3) increase the public’s knowledge and under19 standing of effective juvenile justice practices to pre20 vent crime and delinquency and reduce recidivism; 

21 and 

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

23 site to disseminate proven practices for successful 

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1 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 

3 necessary to carry out this section for each of the fiscal 

4 years 2014 through 2016. 

5 SEC. 302. GRANTS FOR REGIONAL RESEARCH PROVEN 

6 PRACTICES PARTNERSHIPS. 

7 (a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Adminis8 trator shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, 

9 establish a grant program to award grants to institutions 

10 of higher education to serve as regional research partners 

11 with PROMISE Coordinating Councils that are located in 

12 the same geographic region as an institution, in collabora13 tion with the National Research Center for Proven Juve14 nile Justice Practices authorized under section 301. Re15 gional research partners shall provide research support to 

16 such PROMISE Coordinating Councils, including— 

17 (1) assistance with preparing PROMISE grant 

18 applications under title II, including collection of 

19 baseline data for such applications; 

20 (2) assistance with the needs and strengths as21 sessments conducted under section 203; and 

22 (3) provision of support services to PROMISE 

23 grant recipients for data collection and analysis to 

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1 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 

3 necessary to carry out this section for each of the fiscal 

4 years 2014 through 2016. 

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