families, and other appropriate parties re-
garding effective treatment of juveniles 
with mental health or substance abuse dis-
orders; 
‘‘(vi) provide for cross-system training 
among law enforcement personnel, correc-
tions personnel, State and local educational 
agency personnel, mental health service 
providers, and substance abuse service pro-
viders to enhance collaboration among sys-
tems; 
‘‘(vii) provide for coordinated and ef-
fective aftercare programs for juveniles 
who have been diagnosed with a mental 
health or substance abuse disorder and 
who are discharged from home-based care, 
community-based care, any other treat-
ment program, secure detention facilities, 
secure correctional facilities, or jail; 
‘‘(viii) provide for the purchase of 
technical assistance to support the imple-
mentation of the plan; 
‘‘(ix) estimate the costs of imple-
menting the plan and proposes funding 
sources sufficient to meet the non-Federal 
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funding requirements for implementation 
of the plan under subsection (c)(2)(E); 
‘‘(x) describe the methodology to be 
used to identify juveniles at risk of coming 
into contact with the juvenile justice sys-
tem; 
‘‘(xi) provide a written plan to ensure 
that all training and services provided 
under the plan will be culturally and lin-
guistically competent; and 
‘‘(xii) describe the outcome measures 
and benchmarks that will be used to evalu-
ate the progress and effectiveness of the 
plan; and 
‘‘(F) support State and local efforts to pro-
mote comprehensive detention reform based 
upon national best practices (as defined in sec-
tion 103), including— 
‘‘(i) providing funding to States for 
use by such States and units of local gov-
ernment within such States to conduct 
planning and implementation of such com-
prehensive detention reform; and 
‘‘(ii) providing training, technical as-
sistance, travel costs, and other resources 
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to States for use by such States and units 
of local government within such States for 
efforts to implement the comprehensive de-
tention reform strategies described in para-
graph (41)(B) of section 103. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION AND ADMINISTRATION.—A 
State or unit of local government receiving a grant 
under this section shall ensure that— 
‘‘(A) the use of the grant under this sec-
tion is developed as part of the State plan re-
quired under section 223(a); and 
‘‘(B) not more than 5 percent of the 
amount received under this section is used for 
administration of the grant under this section. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State or unit of local 
government desiring a grant under this section shall 
submit an application at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Adminis-
trator may prescribe. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—In accordance with guide-
lines that shall be established by the Administrator, 
each application for incentive grant funding under 
this section shall— 
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‘‘(A) describe any activity or program the 
funding would be used for and how the activity 
or program is designed to carry out 1 or more 
of the activities described in subsection (b); 
‘‘(B) if any of the funds provided under 
the grant would be used for evidence-based or 
promising prevention or intervention programs, 
include a detailed description of the studies, 
findings, or practice knowledge that support the 
assertion that such programs qualify as evi-
dence-based or promising; 
‘‘(C) for any program for which funds pro-
vided under the grant would be used that is not 
evidence-based or promising, include a detailed 
description of any studies, findings, or practice 
knowledge which support the effectiveness of 
the program; 
‘‘(D) if the funds provided under the grant 
will be used for an activity described in sub-
section (b)(1)(D), include a certification that 
the State or unit of local government— 
‘‘(i) will work with public or private 
entities in the area to administer the train-
ing funded under subsection (b)(1)(D), to 
ensure that such training is comprehensive, 
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constructive, linguistically and culturally 
competent, and of a high quality; 
‘‘(ii) is committed to a goal of increas-
ing the diversion of juveniles coming under 
its jurisdiction into appropriate home- 
based or community-based care when the 
interest of the juvenile and public safety 
allow; 
‘‘(iii) intends to use amounts provided 
under a grant under this section for an ac-
tivity described in subsection (b)(1)(D) to 
further such goal; and 
‘‘(iv) has a plan to demonstrate, using 
appropriate benchmarks, the progress of 
the agency in meeting such goal; and 
‘‘(E) if the funds provided under the grant 
will be used for an activity described in sub-
section (b)(1)(D), include a certification that 
not less than 25 percent of the total cost of the 
training described in subsection (b)(1)(D) that 
is conducted with the grant under this section 
will be contributed by non-Federal sources. 
‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS TO ESTABLISH 
PARTNERSHIPS.— 
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‘‘(1) MANDATORY REPORTING.—A State or unit 
of local government receiving a grant for an activity 
described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall keep records 
of the incidence and types of mental health and sub-
stance abuse disorders in their juvenile justice popu-
lations, the range and scope of services provided, 
and barriers to service. The State or unit of local 
government shall submit an analysis of this informa-
tion yearly to the Administrator. 
‘‘(2) STAFF
RATIOS
FOR
CORRECTIONAL
FA-
CILITIES.—A State or unit of local government re-
ceiving a grant for an activity described in sub-
section (b)(1)(C) shall require that a secure correc-
tional facility operated by or on behalf of that State 
or unit of local government— 
‘‘(A) has a minimum ratio of not fewer 
than 1 mental health and substance abuse 
counselor for every 50 juveniles, who shall be 
professionally trained and certified or licensed; 
‘‘(B) has a minimum ratio of not fewer 
than 1 clinical psychologist for every 100 juve-
niles; and 
‘‘(C) has a minimum ratio of not fewer 
than 1 licensed psychiatrist for every 100 juve-
niles receiving psychiatric care. 
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