(22) The rise in homicides in several cities in 
recent years followed declines in Federal funding 
provided for law enforcement, educational, health 
and mental health, social services, and other support 
to localities for youth, their families, and other com-
munity-oriented programs and approaches. 
(23) Direct expenditures for jails and prisons, 
correctional personnel, prosecution, and law enforce-
ment strategies that lead to increased incarceration 
have been steadily increasing. In fiscal year 2005, 
Federal, State, and local governments spent an esti-
mated $204,000,000,000 for law enforcement, incar-
ceration, corrections, judicial, and attendant criminal 
justice expenses, a 5.5 percent increase over the pre-
vious year. 
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— 
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(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 
‘‘(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 
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‘‘(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-
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.— 
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‘‘(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-
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 
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‘‘(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— 
‘‘(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 
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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 
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— 
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tivity 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 
Administrator determines to be appropriate. 
(b) DATA SOURCES.—In compiling such list and de-
termining 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 
Socioeconomic Mapping and Resource Topography 
(SMART) system; 
(2) from the Department of Health and Human 
Services, the Department of Labor, the Department 
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-
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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
AND LIMITATION
OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—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 percent of such amount, or $1,000,000, which-
ever 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 as-
sess the unmet needs of youth who are involved in, 
or are at risk of involvement in, juvenile delinquency 
or criminal street gangs; 
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(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 
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. 
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(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-
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 
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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 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; 
(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; 
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(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. 
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 
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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-
bers of men, women, and children on such assist-
ance), the estimated number of youth who are 
chronically truant, and the number of youth who 
have dropped out of school in the previous year; and 
(5) for the year before such assessment, the es-
timated total amount expended (by the community 
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and other entities) for the incarceration of offenders 
who were convicted or adjudicated delinquent for an 
offense that was committed in such community, in-
cluding amounts expended for the incarceration of 
offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities that 
are located 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 
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 
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(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-
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; 
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(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; 
(3) provide strategies to improve indigent de-
fense delivery systems, with particular attention 
given to groups of children who are disproportion-
ately represented in the State delinquency system 
and Federal criminal justice system, as compared to 
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the representation of such groups in the general 
population 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 
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 
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(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. 
(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). 
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(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. 
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. 
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-
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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. 
(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 
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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— 
(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— 
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(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 
(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 
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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 
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. 
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(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. 
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-
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ministrator regarding the use of Federal funds to imple-
ment 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. 
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, 
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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 
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-
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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 Juvenile Justice Prac-
tices (established under section 301), units of 
local government, and Indian Tribes to promote 
the use of such practices by such units and 
Tribes 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 JUVENILE JUSTICE PRACTICES.—The Ad-
ministrator shall provide the results of the evaluation 
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under subsection (a) to the National Research Center for 
Proven Juvenile Justice Practices established under sec-
tion 301. 
TITLE III—PROMISE RESEARCH 
CENTERS 
SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH 
CENTER FOR PROVEN JUVENILE JUSTICE 
PRACTICES. 
(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 Research Center for Proven Juvenile 
Justice Practices. 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-
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-
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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 2010 through 
2014. 
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-
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tion with the National Research Center for Proven Juve-
nile Justice Practices authorized under section 301. Re-
gional 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 2010 through 
2012. 
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 youth-oriented community-based 
law enforcement, through coordination with PROMISE 
Coordinating Councils and other community-based organi-
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zations, to carry out evidenced-based and promising prac-
tices 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) the number of youth who lack proper edu-
cation and community-based resources, training, and 
support; 
(3) self-destructive behaviors in youth; 
(4) juvenile delinquency; and 
(5) criminal street gang activity. 
SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) YOUTH-ORIENTED POLICING SERVICE.—The 
term ‘‘youth-oriented policing service’’ means a stra-
tegic effort by a State, local, or tribal law enforce-
ment agency to— 
(A) provide evidenced-based and promising 
practices related to juvenile delinquency and 
criminal street gang activity prevention and 
intervention; and 
(B) use strategies based on the SARA 
model, in collaboration with community-based 
public and private organizations, to reduce— 
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(i) the number of youth who are vic-
tims of crime; and 
(ii) the risks of juvenile delinquency 
and criminal street gang activity. 
(2) SARA MODEL.—The term ‘‘SARA model’’ 
means a problem-solving technique used to organize 
approaches to recurring problems, which requires ac-
tion with respect to a problem that includes scan-
ning, analysis, response, and assessment. 
SEC. 403. 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 Director of the Office 
of Community Oriented Policing Services shall award 
grants to State, local, and tribal law enforcement agen-
cies— 
(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; 
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(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 commu-
nity-based policing activities including system-
atic needs and strengths assessment, coordina-
tion, technology deployment, technical assist-
ance, and problem solving techniques (such as 
strategies based on the SARA model); and 
(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. 
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(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 Director of the Office of Community Oriented 
Policing Services shall give priority to law enforcement 
agencies that serve designated geographic areas that are 
ranked highest in the rankings of such areas determined 
under section 102, and shall consider whether a law en-
forcement agency serves a community for which a PROM-
ISE Coordinating Council was established. 
SEC. 404. 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 Director of the Office of Community Ori-
ented Policing Services shall award a grant, on a competi-
tive 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 
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training academies to provide youth-oriented policing 
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 
(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. 
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(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.— 
(1) BOARD
ESTABLISHED.—The Center for 
Youth-oriented Policing established pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall establish a Youth-oriented Policing 
Services Advisory Board to develop an annual work 
plan for the Center (in accordance with the condi-
tions and requirements of the grant provided under 
this section). Such Board shall meet at least once 
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each calendar quarter to consider reports of the 
Center’s activities (including progress made toward 
accomplishing such work plan), and to approve con-
tinuation of or amendment to such work plan. 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The membership of the 
Youth-oriented Policing Services Advisory Board 
shall— 
(A) be composed of— 
(i) an appointee of the chief executive 
of the Center for Youth-oriented Policing, 
who shall serve in an ex-officio capacity; 
(ii) an appointee of the PROMISE 
Advisory Panel established pursuant to 
section 223(g) of the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (as 
added by section 101(b) of this Act), who 
shall serve in an ex-officio capacity; and 
(iii) individuals who are selected by 
the Center for Youth-oriented Policing 
from a list of recommended individuals 
provided by the PROMISE Advisory Panel 
in accordance with such section 223(g), as 
follows: 
(I) 8 law enforcement officers 
from international, national, State, 
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and local law enforcement organiza-
tions; 
(II) 4 juvenile justice administra-
tors (including judges), including 2 
administrators from the State level 
and 2 administrators from the local 
level; 
(III) 4 representatives of commu-
nity-based organizations that advocate 
for juveniles, one each from a na-
tional, State, local, and tribal organi-
zation; and 
(IV) 4 individuals who research 
juvenile crime prevention issues; and 
(B) to the greatest extent possible, have a 
demographic composition that represents the 
demographic composition of the population of 
the United States. 
(3) TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.—Members of the 
Youth-oriented Policing Services Advisory Board 
shall serve for 3-year staggered terms. 
SEC. 405. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 
through 2014, to be made available as follows: 
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(1) Such sums as may be necessary in each 
such fiscal year to carry out the activities of the 
Center for Youth-oriented Policing established pur-
suant to section 404, except that such sums shall 
not exceed $5,000,000 or 10 percent of the total 
amount appropriated to carry out this title, which-
ever is less. 
(2) Of the funds remaining for each such fiscal 
year after sums are made available for under para-
graph (1)— 
(A) 80 percent shall be available to award 
grants to carry out the activities in section 
403(a)(1); and 
(B) 20 percent shall be available to award 
grants to carry out the activities in section 
403(a)(2). 
TITLE V—ENHANCED FEDERAL 
SUPPORT OF LOCAL LAW EN-
FORCEMENT 
Subtitle A—Comprehensive Gang 
Prevention and Relief 
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as ‘‘Mynisha’s Law’’. 
SEC. 502. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
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(1) According to the 2008 National Gang 
Threat Assessment, there are over 20,000 gangs op-
erating within the United States, and gang violence 
and drug trafficking remain serious problems 
throughout the country, causing injury and death to 
innocent victims, often children. 
(2) On November 13, 2005, a gang-related dis-
pute broke out in San Bernardino, California, and 
gunfire sprayed an apartment building, killing 11- 
year old Mynisha Crenshaw and seriously wounding 
her 14-year old sister as they ate Sunday dinner 
with their family. 
(3) This tragic shooting symbolizes the struggle 
that so many communities across the United States, 
like San Bernardino, face in combating gang vio-
lence, and serves as a reminder of the nationwide 
problem of protecting children from senseless vio-
lence. 
(4) According to the National Drug Threat As-
sessment, criminal street gangs are responsible for 
the distribution of a significant amount of cocaine, 
methamphetamine, heroin, and other illegal drugs 
throughout the United States. 
(5) The Federal Government has made an in-
creased commitment to the suppression of gang vio-
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lence through enhanced law enforcement and crimi-
nal penalties. 
(6) More Federal resources and coordination 
are needed to reduce gang violence through proven 
and proactive prevention and intervention programs 
that focus on keeping at-risk youth in school and out 
of the criminal justice system. 
SEC. 503. DESIGNATION AS A COMPREHENSIVE GANG PRE-
VENTION AND RELIEF AREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Units of local government and In-
dian Tribes with a PROMISE Coordinating Council (es-
tablished in accordance with subtitle A of title II of this 
Act) may submit an application to the Administrator for 
designation as a Comprehensive Gang Prevention and Re-
lief Area in accordance with this section. 
(b) CRITERIA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish criteria for reviewing applications submitted 
under subsection (a) and for evaluating and select-
ing areas for designation as Comprehensive Gang 
Prevention and Relief Areas. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In establishing criteria 
under subsection (a) and evaluating an application 
for designation as a Comprehensive Gang Prevention 
and Relief Area, the Administrator shall consider— 
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(A) the current and predicted levels of 
gang crime activity in the area, based on the in-
formation collected and analyzed under section 
102; 
(B) the extent to which violent crime in 
the area appears to be related to criminal gang 
activity; 
(C) the extent to which the area is imple-
menting a PROMISE Plan, or is otherwise al-
ready engaged in local or regional collaboration 
regarding, and coordination of, gang prevention 
activities; and 
(D) such other criteria as the Adminis-
trator determines to be appropriate. 
SEC. 504. INTERAGENCY GANG PREVENTION TASK FORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to coordinate Federal as-
sistance to Comprehensive Gang Prevention and Relief 
Areas, the Administrator shall establish an Interagency 
Gang Prevention Task Force (in this subtitle referred to 
as the ‘‘Task Force’’), consisting of a representative 
from— 
(1) the Department of Justice; 
(2) the Department of Education; 
(3) the Department of Labor; 
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(4) the Department of Health and Human 
Services; and 
(5) the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment. 
(b) COORDINATION.—For each Comprehensive Gang 
Prevention and Relief Area designated by the Adminis-
trator under section 503, the Task Force shall— 
(1) coordinate the activities of the Federal Gov-
ernment to create a comprehensive gang prevention 
response, focusing on youth through early childhood 
intervention, at-risk youth intervention, literacy, em-
ployment, community policing, and comprehensive 
community-based programs such as Operation Cease 
Fire or Homeboy Industries; and 
(2) coordinate such comprehensive gang preven-
tion response with local and regional gang preven-
tion efforts, including PROMISE Coordinating 
Councils and PROMISE Plans (where such Plans 
are established). 
(c) PROGRAMS.—The Task Force shall prioritize the 
needs of Comprehensive Gang Prevention and Relief Areas 
for funding under— 
(1) the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.); 
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(2) the Even Start programs under subpart 3 
of part B of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6381 et seq.); 
(3) the Healthy Start Initiative under section 
330H of the Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 
254c–8); 
(4) the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et 
seq.); 
(5) the 21st Century Community Learning Cen-
ters program under part B of title IV of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7171 et seq.); 
(6) the Job Corps program under subtitle C of 
title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2881 et seq.); 
(7) the community development block grant 
program under title I of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 
seq.); 
(8) the Gang Resistance Education and Train-
ing projects under subtitle X of title III of the Vio-
lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 
1994 (42 U.S.C. 13921); 
(9) any program administered by the Office of 
Community Oriented Policing Services; 
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(10) the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant 
program under part R of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3796ee et seq.); 
(11) the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice As-
sistance Grant Program under subpart 1 of part E 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.); and 
(12) any other program that the Task Force 
determines to be appropriate. 
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 1 
of each year, the Task Force shall submit to Con-
gress and the Administrator a report on the funding 
needs and programmatic outcomes for each area 
designated as a Comprehensive Gang Prevention and 
Relief Area. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report under paragraph 
(1) shall include— 
(A) an evidence-based analysis of the best 
practices and outcomes among the areas des-
ignated as Comprehensive Gang Prevention and 
Relief Areas; and 
(B) an analysis of the adequacy of Federal 
funding to meet the needs of each area des-
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ignated as a Comprehensive Gang Prevention 
and Relief Area and, if the Task Force identi-
fies any programmatic shortfalls in addressing 
gang prevention, a request for new funding or 
reprogramming of existing funds to meet such 
shortfalls. 
SEC. 505. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this sub-
title, including any needs identified by the Task Force as 
necessary to carry out this subtitle. 
Subtitle B—Community and Police 
Collaboration 
SEC. 511. GANG PREVENTION GRANTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Office of 
Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department 
of Justice may make grants, in accordance with such regu-
lations as the Director may prescribe, to units of local gov-
ernment and Indian Tribes with a PROMISE Coordi-
nating Council (established in accordance with subtitle A 
of title II of this Act) to enable such PROMISE Coordi-
nating Council to develop community-based programs that 
provide crime prevention, research, and intervention serv-
ices that are designed to prevent violence and gang in-
volvement by youthful offenders and at-risk youth. 
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(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) preventing violence and gang involvement 
through nonviolent and constructive activities, such 
as community service programs, development of non-
violent conflict resolution skills, employment and 
legal assistance, family counseling, and other safe, 
community-based alternatives for crime-involved or 
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 violence and gang involvement, in-
cluding parent training and childhood skills develop-
ment; 
(5) identifying and fostering protective factors 
that buffer children and adolescents from violence, 
crime, and gang involvement; 
(6) developing and identifying investigative pro-
grams designed to deter gang recruitment, involve-
ment, and activities through effective intelligence 
gathering; 
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(7) developing programs and youth centers for 
first-time, non-violent offenders facing alternative 
penalties, such as mandated participation in commu-
nity service, restitution, mentoring, counseling, job 
training, and education and prevention programs; 
(8) implementing multidisciplinary approaches 
to combat youth violence and gang involvement 
through coordinated programs operated by law en-
forcement and other public, private, and faith-based 
community organizations for prevention and inter-
vention (including street outreach programs and 
other peacemaking activities) or coordinated law en-
forcement activities (including crime mapping strate-
gies that enhance focused crime prevention, inter-
vention, and reintegration strategies for offender re-
entry); 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, health and mental health providers, 
other community based organizations, and social 
workers. 
(c) MAXIMUM GRANT.—The amount of a grant under 
this section may not exceed $1,000,000. 
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(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each recipient of a grant 
under this section shall submit to the Director, for each 
year in which funds from a grant received under this sec-
tion are expended, a report containing— 
(1) a summary of the activities carried out with 
grant funds during that year; 
(2) an assessment of the effectiveness of the 
crime prevention, research, and intervention activi-
ties of the recipient, based on data collected by the 
grant recipient; 
(3) a strategic plan for the year following the 
year described in paragraph (1); 
(4) evidence of consultation and cooperation 
with local, State, or Federal law enforcement or, if 
the grant recipient is a government entity, evidence 
of consultation with an organization engaged in any 
activity described in subsection (b); and 
(5) such other information as the Director may 
require. 
(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘units of 
local government’’ includes sheriffs departments, police 
departments, and local prosecutor offices. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for grants under this 
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section $35,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 
through 2014. 
Subtitle C—City Youth Violence 
Recovery 
SEC. 521. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The mental health of young people is essen-
tial to their overall well-being. Mental health affects 
how young people think, feel, and act; their ability 
to learn and engage in relationships; their self-es-
teem; their ability to evaluate situations and make 
choices; and their ability to handle stress, relate to 
other people, and acquire the skills and training 
needed for adulthood. 
(2) Each year many children and adolescents 
sustain injuries from violence, lose friends or family 
members because of violence, or are adversely af-
fected by witnessing violence. 
(3) Youth violence, perpetrated both by and 
against young people, results in enormous physical, 
emotional, social, and economic consequences. 
(4) The National Institutes of Health has found 
that inner-city children experience the greatest expo-
sure to violence, and youngsters who have been ex-
posed to community violence are more likely to ex-
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hibit aggressive behavior or depression within the 
following year. 
(5) Any event that can cause a person to feel 
fear, helplessness, horror, and a sense that life or 
safety is in danger puts a person, especially children, 
at risk for posttraumatic stress. 
(6) Many cities lack the resources to provide 
the appropriate youth counseling and therapy serv-
ices to minimize the long-term emotional harm of 
community violence. 
SEC. 522. GRANTS TO PREVENT OR ALLEVIATE THE EF-
FECTS OF YOUTH VIOLENCE. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Attorney General, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may 
award grants to eligible entities to prevent or alleviate the 
effects of youth violence in eligible urban communities by 
providing violence-prevention education, mentoring, coun-
seling, and mental health services to children and adoles-
cents in such communities. 
(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Attorney General shall give priority to applicants 
that agree to use the grant in one or more eligible urban 
communities that lack the monetary or other resources to 
address youth violence. 
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(c) LIMITATION.—The Attorney General may not 
make a grant to an eligible entity under this section unless 
the entity agrees to use not more than 15 percent of the 
funds provided through the grant for violence-prevention 
education. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a partner-
ship between a State mental health authority and 
one or more local public or private providers, such 
as a local agency, State agency, educational institu-
tion, or nonprofit or for-profit organization. 
(2) The term ‘‘eligible urban community’’ 
means an urban community with a high or increas-
ing incidence of youth violence. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 
TITLE VI—PRECAUTION ACT 
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Prevention Resources 
for Eliminating Criminal Activity Using Tailored Inter-
ventions in Our Neighborhoods Act of 2009’’, or the 
‘‘PRECAUTION Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 602. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this title are to— 
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