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. 
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 
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-
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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 Web site to disseminate proven practices 
for successful juvenile delinquency prevention and 
intervention. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section for each of the fiscal 
years 2013 through 2015. 
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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 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 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section for each of the fiscal 
years 2013 through 2015. 
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