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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2721 

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 

AUGUST 1, 2011 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. JONES, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. LATOURETTE, and Mr. PAYNE) 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 

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 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. 

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 

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

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

10 for a grant under this Act. 

11 (3) DESIGNATED GEOGRAPHIC AREA.—The 

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

13 postal ZIP Code assigned to a geographic area by 

14 the United States Postal Service. 

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

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

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

20 statistically significant juvenile delinquency and 

21 criminal street gang activity reduction outcomes 

22 when evaluated by— 

23 (A) an experimental trial, in which partici24 pants are randomly assigned to participate in 

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


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

2 outcomes for participants are compared with 

3 outcomes for a control group that is made up 

4 of individuals who are similar to such partici5 pants. 

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 that is not 

16 evidence-based, but— 

17 (A) that has outcomes from an evaluation 

18 that demonstrate that such practice reduces ju19 venile delinquency and criminal street gang ac20 tivity; and 

21 (B) about which a study is being con22 ducted to determine if such practice is evidence23 based. 

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

25 the several States, the District of Columbia, the 


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1 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 

2 American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Is3 lands, and any other territories or possessions of the 

4 United States. 

5 (9) YOUTH.—The term ‘‘youth’’ means— 

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

7 younger; or 

8 (B) in any State in which the maximum 

9 age at which the juvenile justice system of such 

10 State has jurisdiction over individuals exceeds 

11 18 years of age, an individual who is such max12 imum age or younger. 

13 SEC. 4. FINDINGS. 

14 The Congress finds as follows: 

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

16 number of urban communities, and senseless acts of 

17 gang-related violence have imposed economic, social, 

18 and human costs. 

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

20 youth dually diagnosed with addiction and mental 

21 health disorders, are more likely to become involved 

22 with the juvenile justice system than youth without 

23 such risk factors, absent appropriate prevention and 

24 intervention services. 


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1 (3) Children of color are over-represented rel2 ative to the general population at every stage of the 

3 juvenile justice system. Black youth are 17 percent 

4 of the United States population, but represent 38 

5 percent of youth in secure placement juvenile facili6 ties, and 58 percent of youth incarcerated in adult 

7 prisons. 

8 (4) Research funded by the Department of Jus9 tice indicates that gang-membership is short-lived 

10 among adolescents. With very few youth remaining 

11 gang-involved throughout their adolescent years, on12 going opportunities for intervention exist. 

13 (5) Criminal justice costs have become burden14 some in many States and cities, requiring reductions 

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

16 and related services. 

17 (6) Direct expenditures for each of the major 

18 criminal justice functions, police, corrections, and ju19 dicial services, have increased steadily over the last 

20 25 years. In fiscal year 2007, Federal, State, and 

21 local governments spent an estimated 

22 $228,000,000,000 for police protection, corrections, 

23 and judicial and legal services, a 65-percent increase 

24 since 1982. 


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1 (7) In 2009, State governments spent $5.7 bil2 lion dollars to incarcerate youth. The average annual 

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

4 (8) Coordinated efforts of stakeholders in the 

5 juvenile justice system in a local community, to6 gether with other organizations and community 

7 members concerned with the safety and welfare of 

8 children, have a strong record of demonstrated suc9 cess in reducing the impact of youth and gang-re10 lated crime and violence, as demonstrated in Boston, 

11 Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois, Richmond, Vir12 ginia, Los Angeles, California, and other commu13 nities. 

14 (9) Investment in prevention and intervention 

15 programs for children and youth, including quality 

16 early childhood programs, comprehensive evidence17 based school, after school, and summer school pro18 grams, mentoring programs, mental health and 

19 treatment programs, evidence-based job training 

20 programs, and alternative intervention programs, 

21 has been shown to lead to decreased youth arrests, 

22 decreased delinquency, lower recidivism, and greater 

23 financial savings from an educational, economic, so24 cial, and criminal justice perspective. 


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1 (10) Quality early childhood education pro2 grams have been demonstrated to help children start 

3 school ready to learn and to reduce delinquency and 

4 criminal street gang activity risks. 

5 (11) Evidence-based mentoring programs have 

6 been shown to prevent youth drug abuse and vio7 lence. 

8 (12) Evidence-based school-based comprehen9 sive instructional programs that pair youth with re10 sponsible adult mentors have been shown to have a 

11 strong impact upon delinquency prevention. 

12 (13) After-school programs that connect chil13 dren to caring adults and that provide constructive 

14 activities during the peak hours of juvenile delin15 quency and criminal street gang activity, between 

16 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the afternoon, have been 

17 shown to reduce delinquency and the attendant costs 

18 imposed on the juvenile and criminal justice systems. 

19 (14) States with higher levels of educational at20 tainment have been shown to have crime rates lower 

21 than the national average. Researchers have found 

22 that a 5-percent increase in male high school grad23 uation rates would produce an annual savings of al24 most $5,000,000,000 in crime-related expenses. 


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1 (15) Therapeutic programs that engage and 

2 motivate high-risk youth and their families to 

3 change behaviors that often result in criminal activ4 ity have been shown to significantly reduce recidi5 vism among juvenile offenders, and significantly re6 duce the attendant costs of crime and delinquency 

7 imposed upon the juvenile and criminal justice sys8 tems. 

9 (16) Comprehensive programs that target kids 

10 who are already serious juvenile offenders by ad11 dressing the multiple factors in peer, school, neigh12 borhood, and family environments known to be re13 lated to delinquency can reduce recidivism among ju14 venile offenders and save the public significant eco15 nomic costs. 

16 (17) There are many alternatives to incarcer17 ation of youth that have been proven to be more ef18 fective in reducing crime and violence at the Na19 tional, State, local, and tribal levels, and the failure 

20 to provide for such effective alternatives is a perva21 sive problem that leads to increased youth, and later 

22 adult, crime and violence. 

23 (18) Savings achieved through early interven24 tion and prevention are significant, especially when 


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1 noncriminal justice social, educational, mental 

2 health, and economic outcomes are considered. 

3 (19) The prevention of child abuse and neglect 

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

5 $5.00 for every $1.00 invested in preventing such 

6 abuse and neglect. 

7 (20) Targeting interventions at special youth 

8 risk groups and focusing upon relatively low-cost 

9 interventions increases the probability of fiscal ben10 efit. 

11 (21) Evidence-based intervention treatment fa12 cilities have been shown to reduce youth delinquency 

13 and to be cost-effective. 

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

15 York, and Pennsylvania, have seen a reduction in ju16 venile incarceration due to a reallocation of criminal 

17 justice funds towards prevention programs. (Justice 

18 Policy Institute, The Cost of Confinement, 2009). 

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

20 recent years followed declines in Federal funding 

21 provided for law enforcement, educational, health 

22 and mental health, social services, and other support 

23 to localities for youth, their families, and other com24 munity-oriented programs and approaches. 


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1 TITLE I—FEDERAL COORDINA2 TION OF LOCAL AND TRIBAL 

3 JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMA4 TION AND EFFORTS 

5 SEC. 101. PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL. 

6 (a) ORGANIZATION OF STATE ADVISORY GROUP

7 MEMBER REPRESENTATIVES.—Section 223(f) of the Ju8 venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

9 (42 U.S.C. 5633(f)) is amended— 

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

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(1) ORGANIZATION OF STATE ADVISORY

13 GROUP MEMBER REPRESENTATIVES.—The Adminis14 trator shall provide technical and financial assist15 ance to a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that is 

16 described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev17 enue Code of 1986, to assist such organization in 

18 carrying out the functions specified in paragraph 

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

20 shall— 

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

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

23 executive of a State to serve as a State ad24 visory group member under subsection 

25 (a)(3); and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) are elected to serve as a gov2 erning officer of such organization by a 

3 majority of the Chairs (or Chair-designees) 

4 of all such State advisory groups; 

5 ‘‘(B) include member representatives from 

6 a majority of such State advisory groups, who 

7 shall be representative of regionally and demo8 graphically diverse States and jurisdictions; and 

9 ‘‘(C) annually seek appointments by the 

10 chief executive of each State of one State advi11 sory group member and one alternate State ad12 visory group member from each such State to 

13 implement the advisory functions specified in 

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

15 including serving on the PROMISE Advisory 

16 Panel, and make a record of any such appoint17 ments available to the public.’’; and 

18 (2) in paragraph (2), by amending subpara19 graph (D) to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(D) advising the Administrator with re21 spect to particular functions or aspects of the 

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1 ferred to as the ‘PROMISE Advisory Panel’) to 

2 carry out the functions specified in subsection 

3 (g); and’’. 

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

5 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

6 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633) is further amended by adding at 

7 the end the following new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(g) PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL.— 

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

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

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

12 promising practices related to juvenile delin13 quency and criminal street gang activity preven14 tion and intervention carried out by PROMISE 

15 Coordinating Councils under such Act; 

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

17 of individuals who have experience in admin18 istering or evaluating practices that serve youth 

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

20 delinquency and criminal street gang activity, 

21 from which the Administrator shall select indi22 viduals who shall— 

23 ‘‘(i) provide to the Administrator peer 

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1 suant to title II of such Act, to ensure that 

2 such applications demonstrate a clear plan 

3 to— 

4 ‘‘(I) serve youth as part of an en5 tire family unit; and 

6 ‘‘(II) coordinate the delivery of 

7 service to youth among agencies; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) advise the Administrator with re9 spect to the award and allocation of 

10 PROMISE Planning grants to local and 

11 tribal governments that develop PROMISE 

12 Coordinating Councils, and of PROMISE 

13 Implementation grants to such PROMISE 

14 Coordinating Councils, pursuant to title II 

15 of such Act; 

16 ‘‘(C) develop performance standards to be 

17 used to evaluate programs and activities carried 

18 out with grants under title II of the Youth 

19 PROMISE Act, including the evaluation of 

20 changes achieved as a result of such programs 

21 and activities related to decreases in juvenile 

22 delinquency and criminal street gang activity, 

23 including— 


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1 ‘‘(i) prevention of involvement by at2 risk youth in juvenile delinquency or crimi3 nal street gang activity; 

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

5 risk of continuing involvement in juvenile 

6 delinquency or criminal street gang activ7 ity; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) financial savings from deferred 

9 or eliminated costs, or other benefits, as a 

10 result of such programs and activities, and 

11 the reinvestment by the unit or Tribe of 

12 any such savings; and 

13 ‘‘(D) provide the Center for Youth-Ori14 ented Policing with a list of individuals the 

15 Panel recommends for membership on the 

16 Youth-Oriented Policing Services Advisory 

17 Board, pursuant to section 403(c) of the Youth 

18 PROMISE Act. 

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

20 months after the date of the enactment of the Youth 

21 PROMISE Act, and annually thereafter, the PROM22 ISE Advisory Panel shall prepare a report con23 taining the findings and determinations under para24 graph (1)(A) and shall submit such report to Con25 gress, the President, the Attorney General, and the 


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1 chief executive and chief law enforcement officer of 

2 each State, unit of local government, and Indian 

3 Tribe.’’. 

4 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

5 299(a)(1) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven6 tion Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671(a)(1)) is amended to 

7 read as follows: 

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

9 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 

10 title for fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015.’’. 

11 SEC. 102. GEOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCE ALLO12 CATION. 

13 (a) GRANT FOR COLLECTION OF DATA TO DETER14 MINE NEED.—Subject to the availability of appropria15 tions, the Administrator shall award a grant, on a com16 petitive basis, to an organization to— 

17 (1) collect and analyze data related to the exist18 ing juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac19 tivity prevention and intervention needs and re20 sources in each designated geographic area; 

21 (2) use the data collected and analyzed under 

22 paragraph (1) to compile a list of designated geo23 graphic areas that are in need of resources to carry 

24 out juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac25 tivity prevention and intervention; 


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1 (3) use the data collected and analyzed under 

2 paragraph (1) to rank such areas in descending 

3 order by the amount of need for resources to carry 

4 out juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac5 tivity prevention and intervention, ranking the area 

6 with the greatest need for such resources highest; 

7 and 

8 (4) periodically update the list under paragraph 

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

10 Administrator determines to be appropriate. 

11 (b) DATA SOURCES.—In compiling such list and de12 termining such rankings, the organization shall collect and 

13 analyze data relating to juvenile delinquency and criminal 

14 street gang activity prevention and intervention— 

15 (1) using the geographic information system 

16 and Web-based mapping application known as the 

17 Socioeconomic Mapping and Resource Topography 

18 (SMART) system; 

19 (2) from the Department of Health and Human 

20 Services, the Department of Labor, the Department 

21 of Housing and Urban Development, and the De22 partment of Education; and 

23 (3) from the annual KIDS Count Data Book 

24 and other data made available by the KIDS Count 

25 initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. 


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

2 and rankings required by this section shall be provided 

3 to the Administrator to be used to provide funds under 

4 this Act in the most strategic and effective manner to en5 sure that resources and services are provided to youth in 

6 the communities with the greatest need for such resources 

7 and services. 

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

9 The information collected and analyzed under this section 

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

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

12 used for any purpose related to the investigation or pros13 ecution of any person, or for profiling of individuals based 

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

15 characteristic. 

16 (e) AUTHORIZATION AND LIMITATION OF APPRO17 PRIATIONS.—Of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 

18 2013 to carry out this section and subtitle A of title II 

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

20 than one percent of such amount, or $1,000,000, which21 ever is less, shall be available to carry out this section. 

22 TITLE II—PROMISE GRANTS 

23 SEC. 201. PURPOSES. 

24 The purposes of the grant programs established 

25 under this title are to— 


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1 (1) enable local and tribal communities to as2 sess the unmet needs of youth who are involved in, 

3 or are at risk of involvement in, juvenile delinquency 

4 or criminal street gangs; 

5 (2) develop plans appropriate for a community 

6 to address those unmet needs with juvenile delin7 quency and gang prevention and intervention prac8 tices; and 

9 (3) implement and evaluate such plans in a 

10 manner consistent with this Act. 

11 Subtitle A—PROMISE Assessment 

12 and Planning Grants 

13 SEC. 202. PROMISE ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS 

14 AUTHORIZED. 

15 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Administrator is 

16 authorized to award grants to units of local government 

17 and Indian Tribes to assist PROMISE Coordinating 

18 Councils with planning and assessing evidence-based and 

19 promising practices relating to juvenile delinquency and 

20 criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention, 

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

22 risk of involvement in, juvenile delinquency and criminal 

23 street gang activity. Such PROMISE Coordinating Coun24 cils shall— 


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1 (1) conduct an objective needs and strengths 

2 assessment in accordance with section 203; and 

3 (2) develop a PROMISE Plan in accordance 

4 with section 204, based on the assessment conducted 

5 in accordance with section 203. 

6 (b) GRANT DURATION, AMOUNT, AND ALLOCA7 TION.— 

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

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

10 (2) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant 

11 awarded under this section shall not exceed 

12 $300,000. 

13 (c) ALLOCATION.— 

14 (1) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—Subject to the 

15 availability of appropriations, the Administrator 

16 shall ensure that the total funds allocated under this 

17 section to units of local governments and Indian 

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

19 (2) RATABLE REDUCTION.—If the amount 

20 made available for grants under this section for any 

21 fiscal year is less than the amount required to pro22 vide the minimum allocation of funds under para23 graph (1) to units of local government and Indian 

24 tribes in each State, then the amount of such min25 imum allocation shall be ratably reduced. 


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1 SEC. 203. PROMISE COORDINATING COUNCILS. 

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

3 a unit of local government or an Indian Tribe shall estab4 lish a PROMISE Coordinating Council for each commu5 nity of such unit or Tribe, respectively, for which such unit 

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

7 such community shall include one or more designated geo8 graphic areas identified on the list required under section 

9 102(a)(2). The members of such a PROMISE Coordi10 nating Council shall be representatives of public and pri11 vate sector entities and individuals that— 

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

13 one representative from each of the following: 

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

15 (B) a local educational agency; 

16 (C) a local health agency or provider; 

17 (D) a local mental health agency or pro18 vider, unless the representative under subpara19 graph (C) also meets the requirements of this 

20 subparagraph; 

21 (E) a local public housing agency; 

22 (F) a local law enforcement agency; 

23 (G) a local child welfare agency; 

24 (H) a local juvenile court; 

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


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1 (J) a private juvenile residential care enti2 ty; 

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

4 (L) a State juvenile correctional entity; 

5 (M) a local business community represent6 ative; and 

7 (N) a local faith-based community rep8 resentative; 

9 (2) shall include two representatives from each 

10 of the following: 

11 (A) parents who have minor children, and 

12 who have an interest in the local juvenile or 

13 criminal justice systems; 

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

15 who reside in the jurisdiction of the unit or 

16 Tribe; and 

17 (C) members from nonprofit community18 based organizations that provide effective delin19 quency prevention and intervention to youth in 

20 the jurisdiction of the unit or Tribe; and 

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

22 Tribe determines to be appropriate. 

23 SEC. 204. NEEDS AND STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT. 

24 (a) ASSESSMENT.—Each PROMISE Coordinating 

25 Council receiving funds from a unit of local government 


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1 or Indian tribe under this subtitle shall conduct an objec2 tive strengths and needs assessment of the resources of 

3 the community for which such PROMISE Coordinating 

4 Council was established, to identify the unmet needs of 

5 youth in the community with respect to evidence-based 

6 and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency 

7 and criminal street gang activity prevention and interven8 tion. The PROMISE Coordinating Council shall consult 

9 with a research partner receiving a grant under section 

10 302 for assistance with such assessment. Such assessment 

11 shall include, with respect to the community for which 

12 such PROMISE Coordinating Council was established— 

13 (1) the number of youth who are at-risk of in14 volvement in juvenile delinquency or street gang ac15 tivity; 

16 (2) the number of youth who are involved in ju17 venile delinquency or criminal street gang activity, 

18 including the number of such youth who are at high 

19 risk of continued involvement; 

20 (3) youth unemployment rates during the sum21 mer; 

22 (4) the number of individuals on public finan23 cial assistance (including a breakdown of the num24 bers of men, women, and children on such assist25 ance), the estimated number of youth who are 


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1 chronically truant, and the number of youth who 

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

3 (5) for the year before such assessment, the es4 timated total amount expended (by the community 

5 and other entities) for the incarceration of offenders 

6 who were convicted or adjudicated delinquent for an 

7 offense that was committed in such community, in8 cluding amounts expended for the incarceration of 

9 offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities that 

10 are located in the United States but are not located 

11 in such community; 

12 (6) a comparison of the amount under para13 graph (5) with an estimation of the amount that 

14 would be expended for the incarceration of offenders 

15 described in such paragraph if the number of offend16 ers described in such paragraph was equal to the na17 tional average incarceration rate per 100,000 popu18 lation; and 

19 (7) a description of evidence-based and prom20 ising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

21 criminal street gang activity prevention available for 

22 youth in the community, including school-based pro23 grams, after school programs (particularly programs 

24 that have activities available for youth between 

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1 tivities and programs, youth mentoring programs, 

2 faith and community-based programs, summer ac3 tivities, and summer jobs, if any; and 

4 (8) a description of evidence-based and prom5 ising intervention practices available for youth in the 

6 community. 

7 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF ASSESSMENT INFORMA8 TION.—Information gathered pursuant to this section may 

9 be used for the sole purpose of developing a PROMISE 

10 Plan in accordance with this subtitle. 

11 SEC. 205. PROMISE PLAN COMPONENTS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each PROMISE Coordinating 

13 Council receiving funds from a unit of local government 

14 or Indian tribe under this subtitle shall develop a PROM15 ISE Plan to provide for the coordination of, and, as appro16 priate, to support the delivery of, evidence-based and 

17 promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

18 criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention 

19 to youth and families who reside in the community for 

20 which such PROMISE Coordinating Council was estab21 lished. Such a PROMISE Plan shall— 

22 (1) include the strategy by which the PROM23 ISE Coordinating Council plans to prioritize and al24 locate resources and services toward the unmet 

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1 needs and available resources of communities with 

2 the greatest need for assistance, as determined pur3 suant to section 102; 

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

5 promising prevention and intervention practices that 

6 are responsive to the needs of the community; 

7 (3) take into account the cultural and linguistic 

8 needs of the community; and 

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

10 effective at reducing the rates of juvenile delin11 quency and criminal street gang activity in commu12 nities. 

13 (b) MANDATORY COMPONENTS.—Each PROMISE 

14 Plan shall— 

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

16 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 203(a) to evi17 dence-based and promising practices related to juve18 nile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 

19 prevention and intervention; 

20 (2) identify the amount or percentage of local 

21 funds that are available to the PROMISE Coordi22 nating Council to carry out the PROMISE Plan; 

23 (3) provide strategies to improve indigent de24 fense delivery systems, with particular attention 

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1 ately represented in the State delinquency system 

2 and Federal criminal justice system, as compared to 

3 the representation of such groups in the general 

4 population of the State; 

5 (4) provide for training (which complies with 

6 the American Bar Association Juvenile Justice 

7 Standards for the representation and care of youth 

8 in the juvenile justice system) of prosecutors, de9 fenders, probation officers, judges and other court 

10 personnel related to issues concerning the develop11 mental needs, challenges, and potential of youth in 

12 the juvenile justice system, (including training re13 lated to adolescent development and mental health 

14 issues, and the expected impact of evidence-based 

15 practices and cost reduction strategies); 

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

17 the juvenile delinquency and criminal justice systems 

18 does not increase as a result of the activities under19 taken with the funds provided under this subtitle; 

20 (6) describe the coordinated strategy that will 

21 be used by the PROMISE Coordinating Council to 

22 provide at-risk youth with evidence-based and prom23 ising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

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1 (7) propose the performance evaluation process 

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

3 include performance measures to assess efforts to 

4 address the unmet needs of youth in the community 

5 with evidence-based and promising practices related 

6 to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac7 tivity prevention and intervention; and 

8 (8) identify the research partner the PROMISE 

9 Coordinating Council will use to obtain information 

10 on evidence-based and promising practices related to 

11 juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activ12 ity prevention and intervention, and for the evalua13 tion under section 211(d) of the results of the activi14 ties carried out with funds under this subtitle. 

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

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

17 include evidence-based or promising practices related to 

18 juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity pre19 vention and intervention in the following categories: 

20 (1) Early childhood development services (such 

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

22 childhood prevention, voluntary home visiting pro23 grams, nurse-family partnership programs, par24 enting and healthy relationship skills training, child 


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1 abuse prevention programs, Early Head Start, and 

2 Head Start. 

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

4 foster care and adoption assistance programs), fam5 ily stabilization programs, child welfare services, and 

6 family violence intervention programs. 

7 (3) Youth and adolescent development services, 

8 including job training and apprenticeship programs, 

9 job placement and retention training, education and 

10 after school programs (such as school programs with 

11 shared governance by students, teachers, and par12 ents, and activities for youth between the hours of 

13 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the afternoon), mentoring pro14 grams, conflict resolution skills training, sports, 

15 arts, life skills, employment and recreation pro16 grams, summer jobs, and summer recreation pro17 grams, and alternative school resources for youth 

18 who have dropped out of school or demonstrate 

19 chronic truancy. 

20 (4) Heath and mental health services, including 

21 cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy, and peer 

22 mentoring and counseling. 

23 (5) Substance abuse counseling and treatment 

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1 (6) Emergency, transitional, and permanent 

2 housing assistance (such as safe shelter and housing 

3 for runaway and homeless youth). 

4 (7) Targeted gang prevention, intervention, and 

5 exit services such as tattoo removal, successful mod6 els of anti-gang crime outreach programs (such as 

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

8 gang truce or peacemaking activities. 

9 (8) Training and education programs for preg10 nant teens and teen parents. 

11 (9) Alternatives to detention and confinement 

12 programs (such as mandated participation in com13 munity service, restitution, counseling, and intensive 

14 individual and family therapeutic approaches). 

15 (10) Pre-release, post-release, and reentry serv16 ices to assist detained and incarcerated youth with 

17 transitioning back into and reentering the commu18 nity. 

19 SEC. 206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

21 are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2013, 

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

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1 Subtitle B—PROMISE 

2 Implementation Grants 

3 SEC. 211. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AUTHOR4 IZED. 

5 (a) PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AUTHOR6 IZED.—The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Jus7 tice and Delinquency Prevention is authorized to award 

8 grants to units of local government and Indian Tribes to 

9 assist PROMISE Coordinating Councils with imple10 menting PROMISE Plans (developed pursuant to subtitle 

11 A). 

12 (b) GRANT DURATION AND AMOUNT.— 

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

14 section shall be for a three-year period. 

15 (2) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant 

16 awarded under this section shall not be for more 

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

18 grant period. 

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

21 under this subtitle, each unit of local government or In22 dian Tribe receiving such a grant for a PROMISE Coordi23 nating Council shall provide, from non-Federal funds, in 

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

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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 or Tribe in addressing the 

6 unmet needs of youth in the community, in accordance 

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

8 SEC. 212. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT APPLICA9 TION REQUIREMENTS. 

10 (a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—To be eligible to re11 ceive a PROMISE Implementation grant under this sub12 title, a unit of local government or Indian Tribe that re13 ceived a PROMISE Assessment and Planning grant under 

14 subtitle A shall submit an application to the Administrator 

15 of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven16 tion not later than one year after the date such unit of 

17 local government or Indian Tribe was awarded such grant 

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

19 such information, as the Administrator, after consultation 

20 with the organization under section 223(f)(1) of the Juve21 nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

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

23 (b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each application 

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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 juvenile delinquency and crimi5 nal street gang activity prevention and intervention; 

6 (2) document— 

7 (A) investment in evidence-based and 

8 promising practices related to juvenile delin9 quency and criminal street gang activity preven10 tion and intervention to be provided by the unit 

11 of local government or Indian Tribe; 

12 (B) the activities to be undertaken with 

13 the grants funds; 

14 (C) any expected efficiencies in the juvenile 

15 justice or other local systems to be attained as 

16 a result of implementation of the programs 

17 funded by the grant; and 

18 (D) outcomes from such activities, in 

19 terms of the expected numbers related to re20 duced criminal activity; 

21 (3) describe how savings sustained from invest22 ment in prevention and intervention practices will be 

23 reinvested in the continuing implementation of the 

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1 (4) provide an assurance that the local fiscal 

2 contribution with respect to evidence-based and 

3 promising practices related to juvenile delinquency 

4 and criminal street gang activity prevention and 

5 intervention in the community for which the PROM6 ISE Coordinating Council was established for each 

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

8 local fiscal contribution with respect to such prac9 tices in the community for the year preceding the 

10 first year of the grant period. 

11 SEC. 213. GRANT AWARD GUIDELINES. 

12 (a) SELECTION AND DISTRIBUTION.—Grants award13 ed under this subtitle shall be awarded on a competitive 

14 basis. The Administrator shall— 

15 (1) take such steps as may be necessary to en16 sure that grants are awarded to units of local gov17 ernments and Indian Tribes in areas with the high18 est concentrations of youth who are— 

19 (A) at-risk of involvement in juvenile delin20 quency or criminal street gang activity; and 

21 (B) involved in juvenile delinquency or 

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

23 continued involvement; and 

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

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1 Tribes in each region of the United States, and 

2 among urban, suburban, and rural areas. 

3 (b) EXTENSION OF GRANT AWARD.—The Adminis4 trator may extend the grant period under section 

5 211(b)(1) for a PROMISE Implementation grant to a unit 

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

7 regulations issued by the Administrator. 

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

9 availability of appropriations, the Administrator may 

10 renew a PROMISE Implementation grant to a unit of 

11 local government or an Indian Tribe to provide such unit 

12 or Tribe with additional funds to continue implementation 

13 of a PROMISE Plan. Such a renewal— 

14 (1) shall be initiated by an application for re15 newal from a unit of local government or an Indian 

16 Tribe; 

17 (2) shall be carried out in accordance with reg18 ulations issued by the Administrator; and 

19 (3) shall not be granted unless the Adminis20 trator determines such a renewal to be appropriate 

21 based on the results of the evaluation conducted 

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

23 of such unit of Tribe for which a PROMISE Coordi24 nating Council was established, and for which such 

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1 SEC. 214. REPORTS. 

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

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

4 Tribe receives a PROMISE Implementation grant, and 

5 annually thereafter for as long as such unit or Tribe con6 tinues to receive Federal funding for a PROMISE Coordi7 nating Council, such unit or Tribe shall report to the Ad8 ministrator regarding the use of Federal funds to imple9 ment the PROMISE Plan developed under subtitle A. 

10 SEC. 215. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

11 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

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

13 the fiscal years 2013 through 2015. 

14 Subtitle C—General PROMISE 

15 Grant Provisions 

16 SEC. 221. NONSUPPLANTING CLAUSE. 

17 A unit of local government or Indian Tribe receiving 

18 a grant under this title shall use such grant only to supple19 ment, and not supplant, the amount of funds that, in the 

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

21 needs of youth in the community with respect to evidence22 based and promising practices related to juvenile delin23 quency and criminal street gang activity prevention and 

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1 SEC. 222. GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW PANEL. 

2 The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice 

3 and Delinquency Prevention, in conjunction with the 

4 PROMISE Advisory Panel, shall establish and utilize a 

5 transparent, reliable, and valid system for evaluating ap6 plications for PROMISE Assessment and Planning grants 

7 and for PROMISE Implementation grants, and shall de8 termine which applicants meet the criteria for funding, 

9 based primarily on a determination of greatest need (in 

10 accordance with section 102), with due consideration to 

11 other enumerated factors and the indicated ability of the 

12 applicant to successfully implement the program described 

13 in the application. 

14 SEC. 223. EVALUATION OF PROMISE GRANT PROGRAMS. 

15 (a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—Subject to the avail16 ability of appropriations under this title, the Adminis17 trator shall, in consultation with the organization under 

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

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

20 for an evaluation of the programs and activities carried 

21 out with grants under this title. In carrying out this sec22 tion, the Administrator shall— 

23 (1) award grants to institutions of higher edu24 cation (including institutions that are eligible to re25 ceive funds under part J of title IV of the Higher 

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1 110–84)) to facilitate the evaluation process and 

2 measurement of achieved outcomes; 

3 (2) identify evidence-based and promising prac4 tices used by Promise Coordinating Councils under 

5 PROMISE Implementation grants that have proven 

6 to be effective in preventing involvement in, or di7 verting further involvement in, juvenile delinquency 

8 or criminal street gang activity; and 

9 (3) ensure— 

10 (A) that such evaluation is based on the 

11 performance standards that are developed by 

12 the PROMISE Advisory Panel in accordance 

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

14 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (as added 

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

16 (B) the development of longitudinal and 

17 clinical trial evaluation and performance meas18 urements with regard to the evidence-based and 

19 promising practices funded under this title; and 

20 (C) the dissemination of the practices iden21 tified in paragraph (2) to the National Re22 search Center for Proven Juvenile Justice Prac23 tices (established under section 301), units of 

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1 Tribes to prevent involvement in, or to divert 

2 further involvement in, juvenile delinquency or 

3 criminal street gang activity. 

4 (b) RESULTS TO THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER

5 FOR PROVEN JUVENILE JUSTICE PRACTICES.—The Ad6 ministrator shall provide the results of the evaluation 

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

8 Proven Juvenile Justice Practices established under sec9 tion 301. 

10 TITLE III—PROMISE RESEARCH 

11 CENTERS 

12 SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH 

13 CENTER FOR PROVEN JUVENILE JUSTICE 

14 PRACTICES. 

15 (a) CENTER ESTABLISHED.—Subject to the avail16 ability of appropriations, the Administrator shall award a 

17 grant to a nonprofit organization with a national reputa18 tion for expertise in operating or evaluating effective, evi19 dence-based practices related to juvenile delinquency and 

20 criminal street gang activity prevention or intervention to 

21 develop a National Research Center for Proven Juvenile 

22 Justice Practices. Such Center shall— 

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1 port the programs and activities carried out with 

2 grants under title II of this Act; 

3 (2) collect, and disseminate to PROMISE Co4 ordinating Councils, research and other information 

5 about evidence-based and promising practices related 

6 to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac7 tivity prevention and intervention to inform the ef8 forts of PROMISE Coordinating Councils and re9 gional research partners and to support the pro10 grams and activities carried out with grants under 

11 title II of this Act; 

12 (3) increase the public’s knowledge and under13 standing of effective juvenile justice practices to pre14 vent crime and delinquency and reduce recidivism; 

15 and 

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

17 Internet Web site to disseminate proven practices 

18 for successful juvenile delinquency prevention and 

19 intervention. 

20 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

21 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 

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

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1 SEC. 302. GRANTS FOR REGIONAL RESEARCH PROVEN 

2 PRACTICES PARTNERSHIPS. 

3 (a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Adminis4 trator shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, 

5 establish a grant program to award grants to institutions 

6 of higher education to serve as regional research partners 

7 with PROMISE Coordinating Councils that are located in 

8 the same geographic region as an institution, in collabora9 tion with the National Research Center for Proven Juve10 nile Justice Practices authorized under section 301. Re11 gional research partners shall provide research support to 

12 such PROMISE Coordinating Councils, including— 

13 (1) assistance with preparing PROMISE grant 

14 applications under title II, including collection of 

15 baseline data for such applications; 

16 (2) assistance with the needs and strengths as17 sessments conducted under section 203; and 

18 (3) provision of support services to PROMISE 

19 grant recipients for data collection and analysis to 

20 assess progress under the PROMISE grant. 

21 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

22 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 

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

24 years 2013 through 2015. 

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