(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) Restorative justice programs. 
(10) Alternatives to detention and confinement 
programs (such as mandated participation in com-
munity service, restitution, counseling, and intensive 
individual and family therapeutic approaches). 
(11) Pre-release, post-release, and reentry serv-
ices to assist detained and incarcerated youth with 
transitioning back into and reentering the commu-
nity. 
SEC. 206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
For fiscal years 2016 through 2020, of the amount 
made available under section 224 to carry out this Act 
for any fiscal year, not more than 15 percent shall be 
made available to carry out this subtitle. 
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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 
subtitle shall be for a three-year period. 
(2) 
MAXIMUM
GRANT
AMOUNT.—A 
grant 
awarded under this subtitle 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 three-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 highest 
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 or 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 an-
nually 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. 
For fiscal years 2016 through 2020, of the amount 
made available under section 224 to carry out this Act 
for any fiscal year, not more than 75 percent shall be 
made available to carry out this subtitle. 
Subtitle C—General PROMISE 
Grant Provisions 
SEC. 221. NONSUPPLANTING 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 provided 
assistance 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 car-
rying out this section, the Administrator shall— 
(1) award grants to institutions of higher edu-
cation (including institutions that are eligible to re-
ceive funds under part F of title III of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q et seq.)), 
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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 diverting further involvement in, juvenile delin-
quency 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 
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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 
under subsection (a) to the National Research Center for 
Proven Juvenile Justice Practices established under sec-
tion 301. 
SEC. 224. RESERVATION OF FUNDS. 
For fiscal years 2016 through 2020, not more than 
20 percent of the total amount appropriated to the Office 
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to carry 
out Youth Mentoring Programs for each fiscal year shall 
be made available to carry out this Act. 
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-
dence-based practices related to juvenile delinquency and 
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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-
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 a 
site to disseminate proven practices for successful 
juvenile delinquency prevention and intervention. 
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