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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3899
To create police partnerships for children.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 24, 1994
Mr. GLICKMAN (for himself, Mr. GEPHARDT, and Ms. DELAURO) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To create police partnerships for children.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to augment law enforcement services and
community policing efforts by providing accessible
crisis intervention services for children who are in-
volved in violent incidents, and training for law en-
forcement officers in child development, family, and
cultural issues;
(2) to facilitate interaction between law enforce-
ment agencies, child and family service organiza-
tions, local educational agencies, and other commu-
nity members for the purpose of building coalitions
for the prevention of community violence;
(3) to provide mentors for high-risk children
and youth;
(4) to promote conflict resolution training for
children and youth; and
(5) to identify children and families at high risk
for developing behavioral or emotional problems re-
sulting from exposure to community violence and
provide mental health and other support services to
such children and families, including crisis interven-
tion for child witnesses and victims of violence.
SEC. 2. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) The Attorney General, in
consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, and where appropriate the Secretary of Edu-
cation, is authorized to award grants to States for use by
local law enforcement agencies for the establishment of
law enforcement and child and family services partnership
programs to carry out activities described in section 1.
(2) In awarding grants described in paragraph (1),
the Attorney General shall give priority to States that have
law enforcement agencies that—
(A) are engaged in community-based policing;
and
(B) intend to target programs for disadvan-
taged communities.
(b) GRANT DISTRIBUTION.—The Attorney General
shall, to the extent practicable, achieve an equitable dis-
tribution of assistance among the urban and rural areas
of the United States.
(c) GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant awarded under this
Act shall be of sufficient size and scope to adequately sup-
port programs authorized under section 2.
(d) DURATION.—A grant made under this Act shall
be for a period of not less than 2 years.
SEC. 3. USES OF FUNDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Grants made under this Act to
the States for use by law enforcement agencies shall be
used—
(1) to provide 24-hour response to crisis situa-
tions affecting children and youth;
(2) to provide training for law enforcement offi-
cers jointly taught by law enforcement officers and
child guidance professionals that includes instruction
by child and family service organizations in the basic
principles of human behavior, child psychology, and
family systems;
(3) to develop or expand community activities
for children and families that are designed jointly by
the law enforcement and child and family services
partnership, including conflict resolution training
programs for children and youth, after-school activ-
ity and neighborhood recreation programs, and par-
ent support groups led jointly by child guidance and
law enforcement professionals;
(4) to establish weekly case conferences by a
team of child guidance professionals and law en-
forcement officers;
(5) to provide formal mentoring programs; or
(6) to assist and support the local educational
agency located in or near the community that the
partnership serves in developing and implementing
conflict resolution programs.
(b) LIMITATION.—Of the total amount of funds made
available under this Act for each fiscal year, not more than
10 percent of such funds may be used to implement the
mentoring and conflict resolution programs established by
paragraphs (5) and (6) of subsection (a).
SEC. 4. APPLICATIONS.
(a) STATE APPLICATIONS.—To request a grant
under this Act a State shall—
(A) assurances that there is a partnership es-
tablished between the law enforcement agency and a
child and family service organization;
(B) assurances that the applicant has coordi-
nated with other segments of the community to en-
sure that the partnership efforts complement exist-
ing community anti-violence efforts;
(C) assurances that programs developed shall
maintain confidentiality for all individuals served;
(D) assurances that adequate resources for
training of law enforcement officers and professional
consultation services for children and families, in-
cluding professionals licensed to provide child and
family evaluations and treatment, will be provided;
(E) assurances that funds received under this
Act shall be used to supplement, not supplant, non-
Federal funds that would otherwise be available for
programs funded under this Act; and
(F) assurance that the partnership shall provide
local matching funds in accordance with the Federal
share requirements under section 5.
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Federal share of a grant
made under this Act may not exceed—
(A) with respect to the first fiscal year, 75 per-
cent of the total costs of the projects described in
the application submitted under section 4 for such
fiscal year;
(B) with respect to the second fiscal year, 70
percent of the total costs of the projects described
in the application submitted under section 4 for such
fiscal year; and
(C) with respect to any subsequent fiscal year,
60 percent of the total costs of the projects de-
scribed in the application submitted under section 4
for such fiscal year.
(2) The Attorney General may accept the value of
in-kind contributions made by the grant recipient as a
part or all of the non-Federal share of grants.
(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The National Insti-
tute of Justice may provide training and technical assist-
ance to law enforcement and child and family service part-
nerships.
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—A State or law en-
forcement agency may use not more than 5 percent of the
funds it receives from this Act for administrative expenses.
SEC. 6. EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS.
(a) EVALUATION.—The Attorney General shall con-
duct evaluations to determine the effectiveness of the pro-
grams funded under this Act.
(b) REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS.—
(1) INTERIM.—Not later than December 31,
1995, the Attorney General shall prepare and sub-
mit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the
House and Senate an interim progress report based
on information reported by the grantees and the re-
sults (as of the date of the submission of such re-
port) of the evaluation conducted under subsection
(a).
(2) FINAL.—Not later than December 31,
1998, the Attorney General shall prepare and sub-
mit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the
House and Senate a review and summary of the re-
sults of the evaluation conducted under subsection
(a).
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act, the following definitions
apply:
(1) CHILD
AND
FAMILY
SERVICE
ORGANIZA-
TION.—The term ‘‘child and family service organiza-
tion’’ means a public or private nonprofit entity
(such as child guidance centers, child psychiatry or
child psychology departments of hospitals or univer-
sity medical centers, or community mental health
centers providing child and family services) that pro-
vides mental health services to children and families
and that meets nationally recognized guidelines
(such as guidelines prescribed for mental health cen-
ters and for child welfare and family service agen-
cies) with respect to the services provided to children
and families.
(2) COMMUNITY-BASED
POLICING.—The term
‘‘community-based policing’’ means a commitment
and an effort (within the confines of budget restric-
tions) made by a law enforcement agency to estab-
lish or expand cooperative efforts between the police
and a community in order to increase police pres-
ence in the community, including—
(A) developing innovative neighborhood-ori-
ented policing programs and community-based
crime-prevention programs; and
(B) creating decentralized police sub-
stations throughout the community to encour-
age interaction and cooperation between the
public and law enforcement personnel on a local
level, including the permanent assignment of of-
ficers to a specific neighborhood or substation.
(3) FORMAL MENTORING PROGRAM.—The term
‘‘formal mentoring program’’ means a community
partnership with corporations, universities, labor or-
ganizations, nonprofit entities (such as professional
societies) or government agencies which recruits and
trains individuals representative of the cultural di-
versity of their community, and includes individuals
such as police officers, child and family services
staff, and community and business leaders, to serve
as role models for high-risk children and youth.
(4) LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.—The term
‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means an entity that
serves a specific community and has the legal re-
sponsibility of policing the activities of such commu-
nity.
(5) LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CHILD AND FAM-
ILY SERVICES PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘law en-
forcement and child and family services partnership’’
means a cooperative agreement between a law en-
forcement agency and a child and family service or-
ganization.
(6) MENTOR.—The term ‘‘mentors’’ means in-
dividuals representative of the cultural diversity of
the community, and includes individuals such as po-
lice officers, child and family services staff, and com-
munity and business leaders, who are recruited and
trained by a formal mentoring program to serve as
role models for high-risk children and youth.
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this Act, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995
through 1998.
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