(B) for gang suppression information 
grants under subsection (g); 
(C) for the establishment and operation of 
the National Gang Research, Evaluation, and 
Policy Institute; and 
(D) to support and provide technical as-
sistance to research in criminal justice, social 
services, and community gang violence preven-
tion collaborations. 
(2) GANG PREVENTION FUNDING.—Fifty per-
cent of the funds shall be used to provide at-risk 
youth with positive alternatives to gangs and other 
violent groups and to address the needs of those who 
leave gangs and other violent groups through— 
(A) service providers in the community, in-
cluding schools and school districts; and 
(B) faith leaders and other individuals ex-
perienced at reaching youth who have been in-
volved in violence and violent gangs or groups. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 
Any funds made available under this subsection shall re-
main available until expended. 
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SEC. 302. GANG PREVENTION GRANTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.— 
(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Office of Jus-
tice Programs of the Department of Justice may 
make grants, in accordance with such regulations as 
the Attorney General may prescribe, to States, units 
of local government, tribal governments, and quali-
fied private entities, to develop community-based 
programs that provide crime prevention, research, 
and intervention services that are designed for gang 
members and at-risk youth. 
(2) SELECTION PRIORITY.—In selecting entities 
to receive grants under this section, the Office of 
Justice Programs shall give priority to entities 
that— 
(A) have a comprehensive strategy to carry 
out community-based programs described in 
paragraph (1) to respond to local gang-related 
issues (including prevention and intervention), 
or, with respect to States or qualified private 
entities that are not able to carry out such a 
strategy in a local community, coordinate with 
a local entity in such community to carry out 
the comprehensive strategy of such local entity; 
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(B) coordinate Federal actions and re-
sources to support local implementation of such 
comprehensive strategies; and 
(C) maximize the resources available from 
the various levels of government for such com-
munity-based programs. 
(b) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—A grant under this 
section may be used (including through subgrants) for— 
(1) preventing initial gang recruitment and in-
volvement among younger teenagers; 
(2) reducing gang involvement through non-
violent and constructive activities, such as commu-
nity service programs, development of nonviolent 
conflict resolution skills, employment and legal as-
sistance, family counseling, and other safe, commu-
nity-based alternatives for high-risk youth; 
(3) developing in-school and after-school gang 
safety, control, education, and resistance procedures 
and programs; 
(4) identifying and addressing early childhood 
risk factors for gang involvement, including parent 
training and childhood skills development; 
(5) identifying and fostering protective factors 
that buffer children and adolescents from gang in-
volvement; 
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(6) developing and identifying investigative pro-
grams designed to deter gang recruitment, involve-
ment, and activities through effective intelligence 
gathering; 
(7) developing programs and youth centers for 
first-time nonviolent offenders facing alternative 
penalties, such as mandated participation in commu-
nity service, restitution, counseling, and education 
and prevention programs; 
(8) implementing regional, multidisciplinary ap-
proaches to combat gang violence though coordi-
nated programs for prevention and intervention (in-
cluding street outreach programs and other peace-
making activities) or coordinated law enforcement 
activities that enhance reintegration strategies for 
offender reentry; or 
(9) identifying at-risk and high-risk students 
through home visits organized through joint collabo-
rations between law enforcement, faith-based organi-
zations, schools, and social workers. 
(c) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) MAXIMUM.—The amount of a grant under 
this section may not exceed $1,000,000. 
(2) CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION.—Each 
recipient of a grant under this section shall have in 
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effect on the date of the application by that entity 
agreements to consult and cooperate with local, 
State, or Federal law enforcement and participate, 
as appropriate, in coordinated efforts to reduce gang 
activity and violence. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
(1) RECIPIENTS.—Each recipient of a grant 
under this section shall submit to the Attorney Gen-
eral, for each year in which funds from a grant re-
ceived under this section are expended, a report con-
taining— 
(A) a summary of the activities carried out 
with grant funds during that year; 
(B) an assessment of the effectiveness of 
the crime prevention, research, and intervention 
activities of the recipient, based on data col-
lected by the grant recipient; 
(C) a strategic plan for the year following 
the year described in paragraph (1); 
(D) evidence of consultation and coopera-
tion with local, State, or Federal law enforce-
ment or, if the grant recipient is a government 
entity, evidence of consultation with an organi-
zation engaged in any activity described in sub-
section (b); and 
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