(4) provide an assurance that the local fiscal 
contribution with respect to evidence-based and prom-
ising practices related to juvenile delinquency and 
criminal street gang activity prevention and interven-
tion in the community for which the PROMISE Co-
ordinating Council was established for each year of 
the grant period will not be less than the local fiscal 
contribution with respect to such practices in the 
community for the year preceding the first year of the 
grant period. 
SEC. 213. GRANT AWARD GUIDELINES. 
(a) SELECTION AND DISTRIBUTION.—Grants awarded 
under this subtitle shall be awarded on a competitive basis. 
The Administrator shall— 
(1) take such steps as may be necessary to ensure 
that grants are awarded to units of local governments 
and Indian Tribes in areas with the highest con-
centrations 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 regula-
tions 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 regu-
lations issued by the Administrator; and 
(3) shall not be granted unless the Administrator 
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 Coordinating 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 pe-
riod for which a unit of local government or an Indian 
Tribe receives a PROMISE Implementation grant, and an-
nually thereafter for as long as such unit or Tribe continues 
to receive Federal funding for a PROMISE Coordinating 
Council, such unit or Tribe shall report to the Adminis-
trator regarding the use of Federal funds to implement the 
PROMISE Plan developed under subtitle A. 
SEC. 215. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subtitle such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 
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 PROM-
ISE Advisory Panel, shall establish and utilize a trans-
parent, reliable, and valid system for evaluating applica-
tions for PROMISE Assessment and Planning grants and 
for PROMISE Implementation grants, and shall determine 
which applicants meet the criteria for funding, based pri-
marily on a determination of greatest need (in accordance 
with section 102), with due consideration to other enumer-
ated factors and the indicated ability of the applicant to 
successfully implement the program described in the appli-
cation. 
SEC. 223. EVALUATION OF PROMISE GRANT PROGRAMS. 
(a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations under this title, the Administrator 
shall, in consultation with the organization under section 
223(f)(1) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven-
tion Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(f)(1)), provide for an eval-
uation of the programs and activities carried out with 
grants under this title. In carrying out this section, the Ad-
ministrator 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 divert-
ing 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 Delin-
quency Prevention Act of 1974 (as added by sec-
tion 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 Research 
Center for Proven Juvenile Justice Practices (es-
tablished under section 301), units of local gov-
ernment, and Indian Tribes to promote the use 
of such practices by such units and Tribes to 
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