‘‘(B) provide the Administrator with a list 
of individuals and organizations with experience 
in administering or evaluating practices that 
serve youth involved in, or at risk of involve-
ment in, juvenile delinquency and criminal 
street gang activity, from which the Adminis-
trator shall select individuals 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 
‘‘(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; and 
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‘‘(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 
result of such programs and activities, and 
the reinvestment by the unit or tribe of 
any such savings. 
‘‘(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-
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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 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
title for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 
2016.’’. 
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; 
(2) use the data collected and analyzed under 
paragraph (1) to compile a list of designated geo-
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graphic areas that have the most need of resources, 
based on such data, to carry out juvenile delin-
quency and criminal street gang activity prevention 
and intervention; 
(3) use the data collected and analyzed under 
paragraph (1) to rank the areas listed under para-
graph (2) in descending order by the amount of need 
for resources to carry out juvenile delinquency and 
criminal street gang activity prevention and inter-
vention, ranking the area with the greatest need for 
such resources highest; and 
(4) periodically update the list and rankings 
under paragraph (3) as the Administrator deter-
mines 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 
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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
AND LIMITATION
OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—Of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 
2014 to carry out this section and subtitle A of title II 
of this Act (as authorized under section 205), not more 
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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. 201. 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. 202. 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 Coun-
cils with planning and assessing evidence-based and prom-
ising practices relating to juvenile delinquency and crimi-
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nal street gang activity prevention and intervention, espe-
cially for youth who are involved in, or who are at risk 
of involvement in, juvenile delinquency and criminal street 
gang activity. Such PROMISE Coordinating Councils 
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 
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