training, social opportunities and experiences, or 
other programs, for youth and their families, 
that have been demonstrated to be effective in re-
ducing juvenile delinquency and criminal street 
gang activity risks. 
(7) PROMISING.—The term ‘‘promising’’, when 
used with respect to a practice relating to juvenile de-
linquency and criminal street gang activity preven-
tion and intervention, means a practice that is not 
evidence-based, but— 
(A) that has outcomes from an evaluation 
that demonstrate that such practice reduces juve-
nile delinquency and criminal street gang activ-
ity; and 
(B) about which a study is being conducted 
to determine if such practice is evidence-based. 
(8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 
several States, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and 
any other territories or possessions of the United 
States. 
(9) YOUTH.—The term ‘‘youth’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is 18 years of age or 
younger; or 
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(B) in any State in which the maximum 
age at which the juvenile justice system of such 
State has jurisdiction over individuals exceeds 
18 years of age, an individual who is such max-
imum age or younger. 
TITLE 
I—FEDERAL 
COORDINA-
TION OF LOCAL AND TRIBAL 
JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMA-
TION AND EFFORTS 
SEC. 101. PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL. 
(a) ORGANIZATION OF STATE ADVISORY GROUP MEM-
BER REPRESENTATIVES.—Section 223(f) of the Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5633(f)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) ORGANIZATION OF STATE ADVISORY GROUP 
MEMBER
REPRESENTATIVES.—The 
Administrator 
shall provide technical and financial assistance to a 
nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that is described 
in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, to assist such organization in carrying out the 
functions specified in paragraph (2). To receive such 
assistance, an organization shall— 
‘‘(A) be governed by individuals who— 
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‘‘(i) have been appointed by a chief ex-
ecutive of a State to serve as a State advi-
sory group member under subsection (a)(3); 
and 
‘‘(ii) are elected to serve as a governing 
officer of such organization by a majority of 
the Chairs (or Chair-designees) of all such 
State advisory groups; 
‘‘(B) include member representatives from a 
majority of such State advisory groups, who 
shall be representative of regionally and demo-
graphically diverse States and jurisdictions; and 
‘‘(C) annually seek appointments by the 
chief executive of each State of one State advi-
sory group member and one alternate State advi-
sory group member from each such State to im-
plement the advisory functions specified in sub-
paragraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (2), in-
cluding serving on the PROMISE Advisory 
Panel, and make a record of any such appoint-
ments available to the public.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by amending subpara-
graph (D) to read as follows: 
‘‘(D) advising the Administrator with re-
spect to particular functions or aspects of the 
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work of the Office, and appointing a representa-
tive, diverse group of members of such organiza-
tion under paragraph (1) to serve as an advisory 
panel of State juvenile justice advisors (referred 
to as the ‘PROMISE Advisory Panel’) to carry 
out the functions specified in subsection (g); 
and’’. 
(b) PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL.—Section 223 of the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5633) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL.— 
‘‘(1) FUNCTIONS.—The PROMISE Advisory 
Panel required under subsection (f)(2)(D) shall— 
‘‘(A) assess successful evidence-based and 
promising practices related to juvenile delin-
quency and criminal street gang activity preven-
tion and intervention carried out by PROMISE 
Coordinating Councils under such Act; 
‘‘(B) provide the Administrator with a list 
of individuals who have experience in admin-
istering or evaluating practices that serve youth 
involved in, or at risk of involvement in, juvenile 
delinquency and criminal street gang activity, 
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from which the Administrator shall select indi-
viduals who shall— 
‘‘(i) provide to the Administrator peer 
reviews of applications submitted by units 
of local government and Indian tribes pur-
suant to title II of such Act, to ensure that 
such applications demonstrate a clear plan 
to— 
‘‘(I) serve youth as part of an en-
tire family unit; and 
‘‘(II) coordinate the delivery of 
service to youth among agencies; and 
‘‘(ii) advise the Administrator with re-
spect to the award and allocation of PROM-
ISE Planning grants to local and tribal 
governments that develop PROMISE Co-
ordinating Councils, and of PROMISE Im-
plementation grants to such PROMISE Co-
ordinating Councils, pursuant to title II of 
such Act; 
‘‘(C) develop performance standards to be 
used to evaluate programs and activities carried 
out with grants under title II of the Youth 
PROMISE Act, including the evaluation of 
changes achieved as a result of such programs 
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and activities related to decreases in juvenile de-
linquency and criminal street gang activity, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(i) prevention of involvement by at- 
risk youth in juvenile delinquency or crimi-
nal street gang activity; 
‘‘(ii) diversion of youth with a high 
risk of continuing involvement in juvenile 
delinquency or criminal street gang activ-
ity; and 
‘‘(iii) financial savings from deferred 
or eliminated costs, or other benefits, as a 
result of such programs and activities, and 
the reinvestment by the unit or Tribe of any 
such savings; and 
‘‘(D) provide the Center for Youth-oriented 
Policing with a list of individuals the Panel rec-
ommends for membership on the Youth-oriented 
Policing Services Advisory Board, pursuant to 
section 403(c) of the Youth PROMISE Act. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL
REPORT.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of the Youth 
PROMISE Act, and annually thereafter, the PROM-
ISE Advisory Panel shall prepare a report con-
taining the findings and determinations under para-
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graph (1)(A) and shall submit such report to Con-
gress, the President, the Attorney General, and the 
chief executive and chief law enforcement officer of 
each State, unit of local government, and Indian 
Tribe.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
299(a)(1) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven-
tion Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671(a)(1)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out this title— 
‘‘(A) $6,800,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
‘‘(B) $7,800,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
‘‘(C) $8,800,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
‘‘(D) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 
‘‘(E) $13,600,000 for fiscal year 2014.’’. 
SEC. 102. GEOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCE ALLO-
CATION. 
(a) GRANT FOR COLLECTION OF DATA TO DETERMINE 
NEED.—Subject to the availability of appropriations, the 
Administrator shall award a grant, on a competitive basis, 
to an organization to— 
(1) collect and analyze data related to the exist-
ing juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac-
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tivity prevention and intervention needs and re-
sources in each designated geographic area; 
(2) use the data collected and analyzed under 
paragraph (1) to compile a list of designated geo-
graphic areas that are in need of resources to carry 
out juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac-
tivity prevention and intervention; 
(3) use the data collected and analyzed under 
paragraph (1) to rank such areas in descending order 
by the amount of need for resources to carry out juve-
nile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 
prevention and intervention, ranking the area with 
the greatest need for such resources highest; and 
(4) periodically update the list under paragraph 
(2) and the rankings under paragraph (3) as the Ad-
ministrator determines to be appropriate. 
(b) DATA SOURCES.—In compiling such list and deter-
mining such rankings, the organization shall collect and 
analyze data relating to juvenile delinquency and criminal 
street gang activity prevention and intervention— 
(1) using the geographic information system and 
web-based mapping application known as the Socio-
economic 
Mapping 
and 
Resource 
Topography 
(SMART) system; 
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(2) from the Department of Health and Human 
Services, the Department of Labor, the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, and the Depart-
ment of Education; and 
(3) from the annual KIDS Count Data Book 
and other data made available by the KIDS Count 
initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. 
(c) USE OF DATA BY THE ADMINISTRATOR.—The list 
and rankings required by this section shall be provided to 
the Administrator to be used to provide funds under this 
Act in the most strategic and effective manner to ensure 
that resources and services are provided to youth in the 
communities with the greatest need for such resources and 
services. 
(d) LIMITATION ON USE OF COLLECTED DATA.—The 
information collected and analyzed under this section may 
not be used for any purpose other than to carry out the 
purposes of this Act. Such information may not be used 
for any purpose related to the investigation or prosecution 
of any person, or for profiling of individuals based on race, 
ethnicity, socio-economic status, or any other characteristic. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION AND LIMITATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2010 
to carry out this section and subtitle A of title II of this 
Act (as authorized under section 205), not more than one 
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percent of such amount, or $1,000,000, whichever is less, 
shall be available to carry out this section. 
TITLE II—PROMISE GRANTS 
SEC. 200. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of the grant programs established under 
this title are to— 
(1) enable local and tribal communities to assess 
the unmet needs of youth who are involved in, or are 
at risk of involvement in, juvenile delinquency or 
criminal street gangs; 
(2) develop plans appropriate for a community 
to address those unmet needs with juvenile delin-
quency and gang prevention and intervention prac-
tices; and 
(3) implement and evaluate such plans in a 
manner consistent with this Act. 
Subtitle A—PROMISE Assessment 
and Planning Grants 
SEC. 201. PROMISE ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS 
AUTHORIZED. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Administrator is au-
thorized to award grants to units of local government and 
Indian Tribes to assist PROMISE Coordinating Councils 
with planning and assessing evidence-based and promising 
practices relating to juvenile delinquency and criminal 
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street gang activity prevention and intervention, especially 
for youth who are involved in, or who are at risk of involve-
ment in, juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac-
tivity. Such PROMISE Coordinating Councils shall— 
(1) conduct an objective needs and strengths as-
sessment in accordance with section 203; and 
(2) develop a PROMISE Plan in accordance 
with section 204, based on the assessment conducted 
in accordance with section 203. 
(b) GRANT DURATION, AMOUNT, AND ALLOCATION.— 
(1) DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 
section shall be for a period not to exceed one year. 
(2) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant award-
ed under this section shall not exceed $300,000. 
(c) ALLOCATION.— 
(1) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, the Administrator shall en-
sure that the total funds allocated under this section 
to units of local governments and Indian tribes in a 
State shall not be less than $1,000,000. 
(2) RATABLE REDUCTION.—If the amount made 
available for grants under this section for any fiscal 
year is less than the amount required to provide the 
minimum allocation of funds under paragraph (1) to 
units of local government and Indian tribes in each 
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State, then the amount of such minimum allocation 
shall be ratably reduced. 
SEC. 202. PROMISE COORDINATING COUNCILS. 
To be eligible to receive a grant under this subtitle, 
a unit of local government or an Indian Tribe shall estab-
lish a PROMISE Coordinating Council for each commu-
nity of such unit or Tribe, respectively, for which such unit 
or Tribe is applying for a grant under this subtitle. Each 
such community shall include one or more designated geo-
graphic areas identified on the list required under section 
102(a)(2). The members of such a PROMISE Coordinating 
Council shall be representatives of public and private sector 
entities and individuals that— 
(1) shall include, to the extent possible, at least 
one representative from each of the following: 
(A) the local chief executive’s office; 
(B) a local educational agency; 
(C) a local health agency or provider; 
(D) a local mental health agency or pro-
vider, unless the representative under subpara-
graph (C) also meets the requirements of this 
subparagraph; 
(E) a local public housing agency; 
(F) a local law enforcement agency; 
(G) a local child welfare agency; 
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(H) a local juvenile court; 
(I) a local juvenile prosecutor’s office; 
(J) a private juvenile residential care enti-
ty; 
(K) a local juvenile public defender’s office; 
(L) a State juvenile correctional entity; 
(M) a local business community representa-
tive; and 
(N) a local faith-based community rep-
resentative; 
(2) shall include two representatives from each of 
the following: 
(A) parents who have minor children, and 
who have an interest in the local juvenile or 
criminal justice systems; 
(B) youth between the ages of 15 and 24 
who reside in the jurisdiction of the unit or 
Tribe; and 
(C) members from nonprofit community- 
based organizations that provide effective delin-
quency prevention and intervention to youth in 
the jurisdiction of the unit or Tribe; and 
(3) may include other members, as the unit or 
Tribe determines to be appropriate. 
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SEC. 203. NEEDS AND STRENGTHS ASSESSMENT. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—Each PROMISE Coordinating 
Council receiving funds from a unit of local government or 
Indian tribe under this subtitle shall conduct an objective 
strengths and needs assessment of the resources of the com-
munity for which such PROMISE Coordinating Council 
was established, to identify the unmet needs of youth in the 
community with respect to evidence-based and promising 
practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street 
gang activity prevention and intervention. The PROMISE 
Coordinating Council shall consult with a research partner 
receiving a grant under section 302 for assistance with such 
assessment. Such assessment shall include, with respect to 
the community for which such PROMISE Coordinating 
Council was established— 
(1) the number of youth who are at-risk of in-
volvement in juvenile delinquency or street gang ac-
tivity; 
(2) the number of youth who are involved in ju-
venile delinquency or criminal street gang activity, 
including the number of such youth who are at high- 
risk of continued involvement; 
(3) youth unemployment rates during the sum-
mer; 
(4) the number of individuals on public finan-
cial assistance (including a breakdown of the numbers 
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of men, women, and children on such assistance), the 
estimated number of youth who are chronically tru-
ant, and the number of youth who have dropped out 
of school in the previous year; and 
(5) for the year before such assessment, the esti-
mated total amount expended (by the community and 
other entities) for the incarceration of offenders who 
were convicted or adjudicated delinquent for an of-
fense that was committed in such community, includ-
ing amounts expended for the incarceration of offend-
ers in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities that are lo-
cated in the United States but are not located in such 
community; 
(6) a comparison of the amount under para-
graph (5) with an estimation of the amount that 
would be expended for the incarceration of offenders 
described in such paragraph if the number of offend-
ers described in such paragraph was equal to the na-
tional average incarceration rate per 100,000 popu-
lation; and 
(7) a description of evidence-based and prom-
ising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 
criminal street gang activity prevention available for 
youth in the community, including school-based pro-
grams, after school programs (particularly programs 
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that have activities available for youth between 3:00 
and 6:00 in the afternoon), weekend activities and 
programs, youth mentoring programs, faith and com-
munity-based programs, summer activities, and sum-
mer jobs, if any; and 
(8) a description of evidence-based and prom-
ising intervention practices available for youth in the 
community. 
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF ASSESSMENT INFORMA-
TION.—Information gathered pursuant to this section may 
be used for the sole purpose of developing a PROMISE Plan 
in accordance with this subtitle. 
SEC. 204. PROMISE PLAN COMPONENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each PROMISE Coordinating 
Council receiving funds from a unit of local government or 
Indian tribe under this subtitle shall develop a PROMISE 
Plan to provide for the coordination of, and, as appro-
priate, to support the delivery of, evidence-based and prom-
ising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal 
street gang activity prevention and intervention to youth 
and families who reside in the community for which such 
PROMISE Coordinating Council was established. Such a 
PROMISE Plan shall— 
(1) include the strategy by which the PROMISE 
Coordinating Council plans to prioritize and allocate 
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resources and services toward the unmet needs of 
youth in the community, consistent with the needs 
and available resources of communities with the 
greatest need for assistance, as determined pursuant 
to section 102; 
(2) include a combination of evidence-based and 
promising prevention and intervention practices that 
are responsive to the needs of the community; 
(3) take into account the cultural and linguistic 
needs of the community; and 
(4) use approaches that have been shown to be ef-
fective at reducing the rates of juvenile delinquency 
and criminal street gang activity in communities. 
(b) MANDATORY
COMPONENTS.—Each PROMISE 
Plan shall— 
(1) include a plan to connect youth identified in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 203(a) to evidence- 
based and promising practices related to juvenile de-
linquency and criminal street gang activity preven-
tion and intervention; 
(2) identify the amount or percentage of local 
funds that are available to the PROMISE Coordi-
nating Council to carry out the PROMISE Plan; 
(3) provide strategies to improve indigent defense 
delivery systems, with particular attention given to 
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groups of children who are disproportionately rep-
resented in the State delinquency system and Federal 
criminal justice system, as compared to the represen-
tation of such groups in the general population of the 
State; 
(4) provide for training (which complies with the 
American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Stand-
ards for the representation and care of youth in the 
juvenile justice system) of prosecutors, defenders, pro-
bation officers, judges and other court personnel re-
lated to issues concerning the developmental needs, 
challenges, and potential of youth in the juvenile jus-
tice system, (including training related to adolescent 
development and mental health issues, and the ex-
pected impact of evidence-based practices and cost re-
duction strategies); 
(5) ensure that the number of youth involved in 
the juvenile delinquency and criminal justice systems 
does not increase as a result of the activities under-
taken with the funds provided under this subtitle; 
(6) describe the coordinated strategy that will be 
used by the PROMISE Coordinating Council to pro-
vide at-risk youth with evidence-based and promising 
practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal 
street gang activity prevention and intervention; 
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(7) propose the performance evaluation process 
to be used to carry out section 211(d), which shall in-
clude performance measures to assess efforts to ad-
dress the unmet needs of youth in the community 
with evidence-based and promising practices related 
to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac-
tivity prevention and intervention; and 
(8) identify the research partner the PROMISE 
Coordinating Council will use to obtain information 
on evidence-based and promising practices related to 
juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 
prevention and intervention, and for the evaluation 
under section 211(d) of the results of the activities 
carried out with funds under this subtitle. 
(c) VOLUNTARY COMPONENTS.—In addition to the 
components under subsection (b), a PROMISE Plan may 
include evidence-based or promising practices related to ju-
venile delinquency and criminal street gang activity pre-
vention and intervention in the following categories: 
(1) Early childhood development services (such 
as pre-natal and neo-natal health services), early 
childhood prevention, voluntary home visiting pro-
grams, nurse-family partnership programs, parenting 
and healthy relationship skills training, child abuse 
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prevention programs, Early Head Start, and Head 
Start. 
(2) Child protection and safety services (such as 
foster care and adoption assistance programs), family 
stabilization programs, child welfare services, and 
family violence intervention programs. 
(3) Youth and adolescent development services, 
including job training and apprenticeship programs, 
job placement and retention training, education and 
after school programs (such as school programs with 
shared governance by students, teachers, and parents, 
and activities for youth between the hours of 3:00 and 
6:00 in the afternoon), mentoring programs, conflict 
resolution skills training, sports, arts, life skills, em-
ployment and recreation programs, summer jobs, and 
summer recreation programs, and alternative school 
resources for youth who have dropped out of school or 
demonstrate chronic truancy. 
(4) Heath and mental health services, including 
cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy, and peer 
mentoring and counseling. 
(5) Substance abuse counseling and treatment 
services, including harm-reduction strategies. 
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(6) Emergency, transitional, and permanent 
housing assistance (such as safe shelter and housing 
for runaway and homeless youth). 
(7) Targeted gang prevention, intervention, and 
exit services such as tattoo removal, successful models 
of anti-gang crime outreach programs (such as ‘‘street 
worker’’ programs), and other criminal street gang 
truce or peacemaking activities. 
(8) Training and education programs for preg-
nant teens and teen parents. 
(9) Alternatives to detention and confinement 
programs (such as mandated participation in com-
munity service, restitution, counseling, and intensive 
individual and family therapeutic approaches). 
(10) Pre-release, post-release, and reentry serv-
ices to assist detained and incarcerated youth with 
transitioning back into and reentering the commu-
nity. 
SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Subject to the limitation under section 102(e), there 
are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2010, 
$300,000,000 to carry out this subtitle and section 102. 
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Subtitle B—PROMISE 
Implementation Grants 
SEC. 211. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AUTHOR-
IZED. 
(a) PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AUTHOR-
IZED.—The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention is authorized to award grants 
to units of local government and Indian Tribes to assist 
PROMISE Coordinating Councils with implementing 
PROMISE Plans (developed pursuant to subtitle A). 
(b) GRANT DURATION AND AMOUNT.— 
(1) DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 
section shall be for a four-year period. 
(2) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant award-
ed under this section shall not be for more than 
$10,000,000 per year for each year of the grant pe-
riod. 
(c) NON-FEDERAL FUNDS REQUIRED.—For each fiscal 
year during the four-year grant period for a grant under 
this subtitle, each unit of local government or Indian Tribe 
receiving such a grant for a PROMISE Coordinating Coun-
cil shall provide, from non-Federal funds, in cash or in 
kind, 25 percent of the costs of the activities carried out 
with such grant. 
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(d) EVALUATION.—Of any funds provided to a unit 
of local government or an Indian Tribe for a grant under 
this subtitle, not more than $100,000 shall be used to pro-
vide a contract to a competitively selected organization to 
assess the progress of the unit or Tribe in addressing the 
unmet needs of youth in the community, in accordance with 
the performance measures under section 204(b)(7). 
SEC. 212. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT APPLICATION 
REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—To be eligible to receive 
a PROMISE Implementation grant under this subtitle, a 
unit of local government or Indian Tribe that received a 
PROMISE Assessment and Planning grant under subtitle 
A shall submit an application to the Administrator of the 
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention not 
later than one year after the date such unit of local govern-
ment or Indian Tribe was awarded such grant under sub-
title A, in such manner, and accompanied by such informa-
tion, as the Administrator, after consultation with the orga-
nization under section 223(f)(1) of the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(f)(1)), 
may require. 
(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each application 
submitted under subsection (a) shall— 
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(1) identify potential savings from criminal jus-
tice costs, public assistance costs, and other costs 
avoided by utilizing evidence-based and promising 
practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal 
street gang activity prevention and intervention; 
(2) document— 
(A) investment in evidence-based and prom-
ising practices related to juvenile delinquency 
and criminal street gang activity prevention and 
intervention to be provided by the unit of local 
government or Indian Tribe; 
(B) the activities to be undertaken with the 
grants funds; 
(C) any expected efficiencies in the juvenile 
justice or other local systems to be attained as a 
result of implementation of the programs funded 
by the grant; and 
(D) outcomes from such activities, in terms 
of the expected numbers related to reduced crimi-
nal activity; 
(3) describe how savings sustained from invest-
ment in prevention and intervention practices will be 
reinvested in the continuing implementation of the 
PROMISE Plan; and 
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