Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program Act of 2015

To authorize the Attorney General to provide a grant to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing individuals. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program Act of 2015 2. Program to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children, the elderly, and disabled individuals Section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3796dd (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (16), by striking and (B) in paragraph (17), by striking the period and inserting ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (18) to permit eligible nonprofit organizations to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children, elderly individuals, and disabled individuals through the use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert call system, in accordance with subsection (l). ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (l) Child and Elderly Missing Alerts (1) In general The Attorney General is authorized to award grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children, elderly individuals, and disabled individuals through the use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert call system. (2) Specified use of funds The grants awarded under this subsection shall be used to— (A) provide services to Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies, in response to a request from such agencies, to promote the rapid recovery of a missing child, an elderly individual, or a disabled individual by utilizing rapid telephone and cellular alert calls; (B) maintain and expand technologies and techniques to ensure the highest level of performance of such services; (C) provide both centralized and on-site training and distribute information to Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agency officials about missing children, elderly individuals, and disabled individuals and use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert call system; (D) provide services to Federal, State, tribal, and local Child Abduction Response Teams; (E) assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking through the use of rapid telephone and cellular alert calls; (F) share appropriate information on cases with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert, Silver Alert, and Blue Alert programs, and appropriate Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies; and (G) assist appropriate organizations, including Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies, with education and prevention programs related to missing children, elderly individuals, and disabled individuals. (3) Eligibility To be an eligible nonprofit organization for purposes of a grant under this subsection, a nonprofit organization shall have experience providing rapid telephone and cellular alert calls on behalf of Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to find missing children and elderly adults. (4) Grant period and renewal The Attorney General shall determine an appropriate grant period for grants awarded under this subsection. Such grants may be renewed at the discretion of the Attorney General. (5) Evaluation The Attorney General shall require each grantee under this subsection to annually submit the results of the monitoring and evaluations required under subsections (a) and (b) of section 1705, and shall publish an annual report regarding such results and the effectiveness of the activities carried out under each such grant. (6) Inapplicable provisions The following provisions of this part shall not apply to grants awarded under this subsection: (A) Subsection (j) of this section (relating to grants to Indian tribes). (B) Section 1703 (relating to renewal of grants). (7) Definitions In this subsection: (A) Child The term child (B) Disabled individual The term disabled individual (i) an individual with 1 or more disabilities (as defined in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12102 (ii) an individual who has been diagnosed by a physician or other qualified medical professional with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. (C) Elderly individual The term elderly individual (D) Missing The term missing (E) Rapid telephone and cellular alert call system The term rapid telephone and cellular alert call system (i) based on the last known whereabouts of a missing individual; or (ii) based on other evidence and determined by such law enforcement agency to be necessary to the search for the missing individual. .

Summary: Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program of 2015 Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to award public safety and community policing grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to assist federal, state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children and elderly and disabled individuals through the use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert call system. Defines an "elderly individual" as an individual 60 years of age or older. Permits the use of grant funds to: (1) maintain and expand technologies and techniques to ensure the highest level of performance of services; (2) provide both centralized and on-site training and distribute information to law enforcement agency officials about missing individuals and use of a rapid telephone and cellular alert call system; (3) provide services to Child Abduction Response Teams; (4) assist law enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking through the use of rapid telephone and cellular alert calls; (5) share appropriate information on cases with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the AMBER Alert, Silver Alert, and Blue Alert programs, and law enforcement; and (6) assist appropriate organizations with education and prevention programs related to missing individuals. Directs the Attorney General to annually: (1) require each grantee to submit the results of monitoring and evaluations of grant recipients, and (2) publish a report regarding such results and the effectiveness of activities carried out under each grant.