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 
MEMBER REPRESENTATIVES.—Section 223(f) of the Ju-
venile 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 Adminis-
trator shall provide technical and financial assist-
ance to a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that is 
described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue 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— 
‘‘(i) have been appointed by a chief 
executive of a State to serve as a State ad-
visory group member under subsection 
(a)(3); and 
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‘‘(ii) are elected to serve as a gov-
erning 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 ad-
visory group member from each such State to 
implement the advisory functions specified in 
subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (2), 
including 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 
work of the Office, and appointing a represent-
ative, diverse group of members of such organi-
zation under paragraph (1) to serve as an advi-
sory panel of State juvenile justice advisors (re-
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ferred 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, 
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-
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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 
PROMISE Planning grants to local and 
tribal governments that develop PROMISE 
Coordinating Councils, and of PROMISE 
Implementation grants to such PROMISE 
Coordinating 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 
and activities related to decreases in juvenile 
delinquency and criminal street gang activity, 
including— 
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‘‘(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-ori-
ented Policing Services Advisory Board, pursu-
ant 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-
graph (1)(A) and shall submit such report to Con-
gress, the President, the Attorney General, and the 
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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 2009; 
‘‘(B) $7,800,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
‘‘(C) $8,800,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
‘‘(D) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
and 
‘‘(E) $13,600,000 for fiscal year 2013.’’. 
SEC. 102. GEOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCE ALLO-
CATION. 
(a) GRANT FOR COLLECTION OF DATA TO DETER-
MINE NEED.—Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, the Administrator shall award a grant, on a com-
petitive basis, to an organization to— 
(1) collect and analyze data related to the exist-
ing juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac-
tivity prevention and intervention needs and re-
sources in each designated geographic area; 
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of Housing and Urban Development, and the De-
partment 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 en-
sure 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 pros-
ecution of any person, or for profiling of individuals based 
on race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, or any other 
characteristic. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 
2011. 
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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 as-
sess 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 
authorized 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 street gang activity prevention and intervention, 
especially for youth who are involved in, or who are at 
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risk of involvement in, juvenile delinquency and criminal 
street gang activity. Such PROMISE Coordinating Coun-
cils shall— 
(1) conduct an objective needs and strengths 
assessment 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
ALLOCA-
TION.— 
(1) DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 
section shall be for a period not to exceed one year. 
(2) 
MAXIMUM
GRANT
AMOUNT.—A 
grant 
awarded under this section shall not exceed 
$300,000. 
(c) ALLOCATION.— 
(1) MINIMUM
ALLOCATION.—Subject to the 
availability of appropriations, the Administrator 
shall ensure 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 pro-
vide the minimum allocation of funds under para-
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graph (1) to units of local government and Indian 
tribes in each State, then the amount of such min-
imum 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 Coordi-
nating Council shall be representatives of public and pri-
vate 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 individual under subparagraph 
(C) also meets the requirements of this sub-
paragraph; 
(E) a local public housing agency; 
(F) a local law enforcement agency; 
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(G) a local child welfare agency; 
(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 represent-
ative; 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 objec-
tive strengths and needs assessment of the resources of 
the community 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 interven-
tion. 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 num-
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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 
community-based programs, summer activities, and 
summer 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 PROM-
ISE Plan to provide for the coordination of, and, as appro-
priate, to support the delivery of, evidence-based and 
promising 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 estab-
lished. Such a PROMISE Plan shall— 
(1) include the strategy by which the PROM-
ISE Coordinating Council plans to prioritize and al-
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locate 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 pur-
suant 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 
effective at reducing the rates of juvenile delin-
quency and criminal street gang activity in commu-
nities. 
(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 evi-
dence-based and promising practices related to juve-
nile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 
prevention 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; 
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(3) provide strategies to improve indigent de-
fense delivery systems, with particular attention 
given to groups of children who are the most over- 
represented in the State delinquency system and 
Federal criminal justice system, as compared to the 
representation of such groups in the general popu-
lation of the State; 
(4) provide for training (which complies with 
the American Bar Association Juvenile Justice 
Standards for the representation and care of youth 
in the juvenile justice system) of prosecutors, de-
fenders, probation officers, judges and other court 
personnel related to issues concerning the develop-
mental needs, challenges, and potential of youth in 
the juvenile justice system, (including training re-
lated to adolescent development and mental health 
issues, and the expected impact of evidence-based 
practices and cost reduction 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 
provide at-risk youth with evidenced-based and 
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promising practices related to juvenile delinquency 
and criminal street gang activity prevention and 
intervention; 
(7) propose the performance evaluation process 
to be used to carry out section 211(d), which shall 
include performance measures to assess efforts to 
address 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 evidenced-based and promising practices related 
to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac-
tivity prevention and intervention, and for the eval-
uation under section 211(d) of the results of the ac-
tivities 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 
juvenile 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-
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grams, nurse-family partnership programs, par-
enting and healthy relationship skills training, child 
abuse prevention programs, Early Head Start, and 
Head Start. 
(2) Child protection and safety services (such as 
foster care and adoption assistance programs), fam-
ily 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 par-
ents, and activities for youth between the hours of 
3:00 and 6:00 in the afternoon), mentoring pro-
grams, conflict resolution skills training, sports, 
arts, life skills, employment and recreation pro-
grams, summer jobs, and summer recreation pro-
grams, 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. 
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(5) Substance abuse counseling and treatment 
services, including harm-reduction strategies. 
(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 mod-
els 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. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subtitle $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
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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 Jus-
tice and Delinquency Prevention is authorized to award 
grants to units of local government and Indian Tribes to 
assist PROMISE Coordinating Councils with imple-
menting 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 
awarded under this section shall not be for more 
than $10,000,000 per year for each year of the 
grant period. 
(c) NON-FEDERAL FUNDS REQUIRED.—For each fis-
cal year during the four-year grant period for a grant 
under this subtitle, each unit of local government or In-
dian Tribe receiving such a grant for a PROMISE Coordi-
nating Council 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 APPLICA-
TION REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a PROMISE Implementation grant under this sub-
title, a unit of local government or Indian Tribe that re-
ceived a PROMISE Assessment and Planning grant under 
subtitle A shall submit an application to the Administrator 
of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven-
tion not later than one year after the date such unit of 
local government or Indian Tribe was awarded such grant 
under subtitle A, in such manner, and accompanied by 
such information, as the Administrator, after consultation 
with the organization under section 223(f)(1) of the Juve-
nile 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 crimi-
nal street gang activity prevention and intervention; 
(2) document— 
(A) investment in evidence-based and 
promising practices related to juvenile delin-
quency and criminal street gang activity preven-
tion 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 re-
duced criminal 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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(4) provide an assurance that the local fiscal 
contribution with respect to evidence-based and 
promising practices related to juvenile delinquency 
and criminal street gang activity prevention and 
intervention in the community for which the PROM-
ISE Coordinating Council was established for each 
year of the grant period will not be less than the 
local fiscal contribution with respect to such prac-
tices in the community for the year preceding the 
first year of the grant period. 
SEC. 213. GRANT AWARD GUIDELINES. 
(a) SELECTION AND DISTRIBUTION.—Grants award-
ed under this subtitle shall be awarded on a competitive 
basis. The Administrator shall— 
(1) take such steps as may be necessary to en-
sure that grants are awarded to units of local gov-
ernments and Indian Tribes in areas with the high-
est concentrations of youth who are— 
(A) at-risk of involvement in juvenile delin-
quency or criminal street gang activity; and 
(B) involved in juvenile delinquency or 
street gang activity and who are at high-risk of 
continued involvement; and 
(2) give consideration to the need for grants to 
be awarded to units of local governments and Indian 
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Tribes in each region of the United States, and 
among urban, suburban, and rural areas. 
(b) EXTENSION OF GRANT AWARD.—The Adminis-
trator may extend the grant period under section 
211(b)(1) for a PROMISE Implementation grant to a unit 
of local government or an Indian Tribe, in accordance with 
regulations issued by the Administrator. 
(c) RENEWAL OF GRANT AWARD.—Subject to the 
availability of appropriations, the Administrator may 
renew a PROMISE Implementation grant to a unit of 
local government or an Indian Tribe to provide such unit 
or Tribe with additional funds to continue implementation 
of a PROMISE Plan. Such a renewal— 
(1) shall be initiated by an application for re-
newal from a unit of local government or an Indian 
Tribe; 
(2) shall be carried out in accordance with reg-
ulations issued by the Administrator; and 
(3) shall not be granted unless the Adminis-
trator determines such a renewal to be appropriate 
based on the results of the evaluation conducted 
under section 223(a) with respect to the community 
of such unit of Tribe for which a PROMISE Coordi-
nating Council was established, and for which such 
unit or Tribe is applying for renewal. 
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SEC. 214. REPORTS. 
Not later than one year after the end of the grant 
period for which a unit of local government or an Indian 
Tribe receives a PROMISE Implementation grant, and 
annually thereafter for as long as such unit or Tribe con-
tinues to receive Federal funding for a PROMISE Coordi-
nating Council, such unit or Tribe shall report to the Ad-
ministrator regarding the use of Federal funds to imple-
ment the PROMISE Plan developed under subtitle A. 
SEC. 215. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subtitle $2,000,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2010 through 2013. 
Subtitle C—General PROMISE 
Grant Provisions 
SEC. 221. NON-SUPPLANTING CLAUSE. 
A unit of local government or Indian Tribe receiving 
a grant under this title shall use such grant only to supple-
ment, and not supplant, the amount of funds that, in the 
absence of such grant, would be available to address the 
needs of youth in the community with respect to evidence- 
based and promising practices related to juvenile delin-
quency and criminal street gang activity prevention and 
intervention. 
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SEC. 222. GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW PANEL. 
The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention, in conjunction with the 
PROMISE Advisory Panel, shall establish and utilize a 
transparent, reliable, and valid system for evaluating ap-
plications for PROMISE Assessment and Planning grants 
and for PROMISE Implementation grants, and shall de-
termine which applicants meet the criteria for funding, 
based primarily on a determination of greatest need (in 
accordance with section 102), with due consideration to 
other enumerated factors and the indicated ability of the 
applicant to successfully implement the program described 
in the application. 
SEC. 223. EVALUATION OF PROMISE GRANT PROGRAMS. 
(a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations under this title, the Adminis-
trator shall, in consultation with the organization under 
section 223(f)(1) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(f)(1)), provide 
for an evaluation of the programs and activities carried 
out with grants under this title. In carrying out this sec-
tion, the Administrator shall— 
(1) award grants to institutions of higher edu-
cation (including institutions that are eligible to re-
ceive funds under part J of title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (as amended by Public Law 
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110–84)) to facilitate the evaluation process and 
measurement of achieved outcomes; 
(2) identify evidence-based and promising prac-
tices used by Promise Coordinating Councils under 
PROMISE Implementation grants that have proven 
to be effective in preventing involvement in, or di-
verting further involvement in, juvenile delinquency 
or criminal street gang activity; and 
(3) ensure— 
(A) that such evaluation is based on the 
performance standards that are developed by 
the PROMISE Advisory Panel in accordance 
with section 223(g) of the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (as added 
by section 101(b) of this Act); 
(B) the development of longitudinal and 
clinical trial evaluation and performance meas-
urements with regard to the evidence-based and 
promising practices funded under this title; and 
(C) the dissemination of the practices iden-
tified in paragraph (2) to the National Re-
search Center for Proven Practices Research 
(established under section 301), units of local 
government, and Indian Tribes to promote the 
use of such practices by such units and Tribes 
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to prevent involvement in, or to divert further 
involvement in, juvenile delinquency or criminal 
street gang activity. 
(b) RESULTS TO THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER 
FOR PROVEN PRACTICES RESEARCH.—The Administrator 
shall provide the results of the evaluation under subsection 
(a) to the National Research Center for Proven Practices 
Research established under section 301. 
TITLE III—PROMISE RESEARCH 
CENTERS 
SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CENTER FOR JU-
VENILE JUSTICE PROVEN PRACTICES RE-
SEARCH. 
(a) CENTER ESTABLISHED.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, the Administrator shall award a 
grant to a nonprofit organization with a national reputa-
tion for expertise in operating or evaluating effective, evi-
denced-based practices related to juvenile delinquency and 
criminal street gang activity prevention or intervention to 
develop a National Center for Juvenile Justice Proven 
Practices Research. Such center shall— 
(1) collaborate with institutions of higher edu-
cation as regional partners to create a best practices 
juvenile justice information-sharing network to sup-
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port the programs and activities carried out with 
grants under title II of this Act; 
(2) collect, and disseminate to PROMISE Co-
ordinating Councils, research and other information 
about evidence-based and promising practices related 
to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang ac-
tivity prevention and intervention to inform the ef-
forts of PROMISE Coordinating Councils and re-
gional research partners and to support the pro-
grams and activities carried out with grants under 
title II of this Act; 
(3) increase the public’s knowledge and under-
standing of effective juvenile justice practices to pre-
vent crime and delinquency and reduce recidivism; 
and 
(4) develop, manage, and regularly update an 
Internet website to disseminate proven practices for 
successful juvenile delinquency prevention and inter-
vention. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 
2013. 
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SEC. 302. GRANTS FOR REGIONAL RESEARCH PROVEN 
PRACTICES PARTNERSHIPS. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Adminis-
trator shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, 
establish a grant program to award grants to institutions 
of higher education to serve as regional research partners 
with PROMISE Coordinating Councils that are located in 
the same geographic region as an institution, in collabora-
tion with the National Center for Juvenile Justice Proven 
Practices authorized under section 301. Regional research 
partners shall provide research support to such PROMISE 
Coordinating Councils, including— 
(1) assistance with preparing PROMISE grant 
applications under title II, including collection of 
baseline data for such applications; 
(2) assistance with the needs and strengths as-
sessments conducted under section 203; and 
(3) provision of support services to PROMISE 
grant recipients for data collection and analysis to 
assess progress under the PROMISE grant. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 
2011. 
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TITLE IV—YOUTH–ORIENTED 
POLICING SERVICES 
SEC. 401. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this title is to prevent involvement 
by youth in, and to divert youth from further involvement 
in, juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 
by providing funding for community-based law enforce-
ment, through coordination with PROMISE Coordinating 
Councils and other community-based organizations, to 
carry out evidenced-based and promising practices related 
to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity 
prevention and intervention that are aimed at reducing— 
(1) the number of youth who are victims of 
crime; 
(2) self-destructive behaviors in youth; 
(3) juvenile delinquency; and 
(4) criminal street gang activity. 
SEC. 402. GRANTS TO STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL LAW EN-
FORCEMENT AGENCIES TO HIRE AND TRAIN 
YOUTH-ORIENTED POLICING OFFICERS. 
(a) HIRING GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Subject to the 
availability of appropriations, the Administrator shall 
award grants to State, local, and tribal law enforcement 
agencies— 
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(1) to hire law enforcement officers as youth- 
oriented police to work collaboratively with PROM-
ISE Coordinating Councils, other community-based 
organizations, and youth at high risk of becoming 
involved in delinquent activities to reduce such risks 
through specialized training related to— 
(A) youth development; 
(B) investigation of offenses committed by 
youth; and 
(C) the effectiveness of evidenced-based 
and promising practices related to juvenile de-
linquency and criminal street gang activity pre-
vention and intervention, as compared to the ef-
fectiveness of traditional law enforcement ap-
proaches, when dealing with youth; and 
(2) for training and capacity-building of law en-
forcement agencies related to youth-oriented policing 
practices and efforts, including— 
(A) carrying out youth-oriented policing 
activities including systematic needs assess-
ment, coordination, technology deployment, 
technical assistance, and problem solving tech-
niques (such as strategies based on the SARA 
model); and 
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(B) working with PROMISE Coordinating 
Councils to develop effective initiatives and 
practices that promote healthy youth develop-
ment and prevent involvement by youth in, or 
divert further youth involvement in, juvenile de-
linquency and criminal street gang activity. 
(b) DURATION.—A grant awarded to a law enforce-
ment agency under this section shall be for a 4-year pe-
riod. 
(c) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant awarded to 
a law enforcement agency under this section shall not ex-
ceed $2,000,000. 
(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Administrator shall give priority to law enforce-
ment agencies that serve designated geographic areas that 
are ranked highest in the rankings of such areas deter-
mined under section 102, and shall consider whether a law 
enforcement agency serves a community for which a 
PROMISE Coordinating Council was established. 
SEC. 403. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER FOR YOUTH-ORI-
ENTED POLICING. 
(a) GRANT TO ESTABLISH CENTER FOR YOUTH-ORI-
ENTED POLICING.—Subject to the availability of appro-
priations, the Administrator shall award a grant, on a 
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competitive basis, to an eligible organization to establish 
a Center for Youth-oriented Policing to— 
(1) develop a model Youth-oriented Policing 
Services training program to train representatives 
from State, regional, and local law enforcement 
training academies to provide Youth-oriented Polic-
ing Services training to law enforcement officers, 
which shall— 
(A) be based on evidence-based and prom-
ising practices related to juvenile delinquency 
and criminal street gang activity prevention and 
intervention; and 
(B) include training related to specialized 
police services for preventing youth at who are 
involved in, or who are at high risk of becoming 
involved in, juvenile delinquency or criminal 
street gang activity; 
(2) support the adoption of new technologies re-
lated to— 
(A) the prioritization of risks related to ju-
venile delinquency and criminal street gang ac-
tivity; 
(B) the safety of juveniles in custody; and 
(C) the prevention of gun violence; and 
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(3) develop, compile, and disseminate to youth- 
oriented police information about evidence-based and 
promising practices that are best practices for 
Youth-oriented Policing Services for preventing and 
reducing involvement of youth in juvenile delin-
quency and criminal street gang activity. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘eligible organization’’ means a nonprofit organiza-
tion that has demonstrated— 
(1) experience in providing training, advice, and 
support to law enforcement agencies; 
(2) commitment to helping youth avoid delin-
quency, crime, and involvement with the juvenile and 
criminal justice systems; 
(3) experience in providing law-abiding alter-
native life styles to youth who are participating in 
delinquency and criminal street gang activity, or who 
are involved with the juvenile or criminal justice sys-
tems; and 
(4) ability and commitment to work in partner-
ship with community-based organizations that pro-
vide services to reduce juvenile delinquency and 
criminal street gang activity. 
(c) YOPS ADVISORY BOARD.— 
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