Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act or the Youth Promise Act - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to establish a PROMISE Advisory Panel to assist the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in: (1) assessing and developing standards and evidence-based practices to prevent juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity, and (2) collecting data in designated geographic areas to assess the needs and existing resources for juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention.
Authorizes the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to local governments and Indian tribes to: (1) plan and assess evidence-based and promising practices for juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention, especially for at-risk youth; and (2) implement PROMISE plans, developed by local PROMISE Coordinating Councils (PCCs), for coordinating and supporting the delivery of juvenile delinquency and gang prevention and intervention programs in local communities.
Establishes a National Research Center for Proven Juvenile Justice Practices to provide PCCs and the public with research and other information about evidence-based practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang prevention or intervention.
Directs the Administrator to award grants to institutions of higher education to serve as regional research partners with PCCs that are located in the same geographic region as the educational institution.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1318 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1318
To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to
juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and
intervention to help build individual, family, and community strength
and resiliency to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy,
gang-free, and law-abiding lives.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 21, 2013
Mr. Scott of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Conyers, Mr.
Thompson of California, Mr. Carney, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Cardenas, Ms.
Moore, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Moran, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms.
Clarke, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Rush, Ms. Bass, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms.
Norton, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Rangel,
Ms. Hahn, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Payne, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Cohen, Mr.
Peters of Michigan, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Bonamici,
Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Brady of
Pennsylvania, Ms. Waters, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Edwards, Mr.
Meeks, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Sires, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. Lee of
California, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Chu, Ms.
Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Johnson of
Georgia, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Watt, and Mrs. Beatty)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce
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A BILL
To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to
juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and
intervention to help build individual, family, and community strength
and resiliency to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy,
gang-free, and law-abiding lives.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Youth Prison Reduction through
Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act'' or
the ``Youth PROMISE Act''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act are as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Findings.
TITLE I--FEDERAL COORDINATION OF LOCAL AND TRIBAL JUVENILE JUSTICE
INFORMATION AND EFFORTS
Sec. 101. PROMISE Advisory Panel.
Sec. 102. Geographic assessment of resource allocation.
TITLE II--PROMISE GRANTS
Sec. 201. Purposes.
Subtitle A--PROMISE Assessment and Planning Grants
Sec. 202. PROMISE Assessment and Planning grants authorized.
Sec. 203. PROMISE Coordinating Councils.
Sec. 204. Needs and strengths assessment.
Sec. 205. PROMISE Plan components.
Sec. 206. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle B--PROMISE Implementation Grants
Sec. 211. PROMISE Implementation grants authorized.
Sec. 212. PROMISE Implementation grant application requirements.
Sec. 213. Grant award guidelines.
Sec. 214. Reports.
Sec. 215. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle C--General PROMISE Grant Provisions
Sec. 221. Nonsupplanting clause.
Sec. 222. Grant application review panel.
Sec. 223. Evaluation of PROMISE grant programs.
TITLE III--PROMISE RESEARCH CENTERS
Sec. 301. Establishment of the National Research Center for Proven
Juvenile Justice Practices.
Sec. 302. Grants for regional research proven practices partnerships.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention.
(2) Community.--The term ``community'' means a unit of
local government or an Indian tribe, or part of such a unit or
tribe, as determined by such a unit or tribe for the purpose of
applying for a grant under this Act.
(3) Designated geographic area.--The term ``designated
geographic area'' means a 5-digit postal ZIP Code assigned to a
geographic area by the United States Postal Service.
(4) Evidence-based.--
(A) In general.--The term ``evidence-based'', when
used with respect to a practice relating to juvenile
delinquency and criminal street gang activity
prevention and intervention, means a practice
(including a service, program, activity, intervention,
technology, or strategy) for which the Administrator
has determined--
(i) causal evidence documents a
relationship between the practice and its
intended outcome, based on measures of the
direction and size of a change, and the extent
to which a change may be attributed to the
practice; and
(ii) the use of scientific methods rules
out, to the extent possible, alternative
explanations for the documented change.
(B) Scientific methods.--For the purposes of
subparagraph (A), the term ``scientific methods''
means--
(i) evaluation by an experimental trial, in
which participants are randomly assigned to
participate in the practice that is subject to
such trial; or
(ii) evaluation by a quasi-experimental
trial, in which the outcomes for participants
are compared with outcomes for a control group
that is made up of individuals who are similar
to such participants.
(5) Intervention.--The term ``intervention'' means the
provision of programs and services that are supported by
research, are evidence-based or promising practices, and are
provided to youth who are involved in, or who are identified by
evidence-based risk assessment methods as being at high risk of
continued involvement in, juvenile delinquency or criminal
street gangs, as a result of indications that demonstrate
involvement with problems such as truancy, substance abuse,
mental health treatment needs, or siblings who have had
involvement with juvenile or criminal justice systems.
(6) Juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity
prevention.--The term ``juvenile delinquency and criminal
street gang activity prevention'' means the provision of
programs and resources to children and families who have not
yet had substantial contact with criminal justice or juvenile
justice systems, that--
(A) are designed to reduce potential juvenile
delinquency and criminal street gang activity risks;
and
(B) are evidence-based or promising educational,
health, mental health, school-based, community-based,
faith-based, parenting, job training, social
opportunities and experiences, or other programs, for
youth and their families, that have been demonstrated
to be effective in reducing juvenile delinquency and
criminal street gang activity risks.
(7) Promising.--The term ``promising'', when used with
respect to a practice relating to juvenile delinquency and
criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention,
means a practice (including a service, program, activity,
intervention, technology, or strategy) that, based on
statistical analyses or a theory of change, the Administrator
has determined--
(A) has outcomes from an evaluation that
demonstrate such practice reduces juvenile delinquency
and criminal street gang activity; and
(B) is part of a study being conducted to determine
if such a practice is evidence-based.
(8) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern
Mariana Islands, and any other territories or possessions of
the United States.
(9) Theory of change.--The term ``theory of change'' means
a program planning strategy approved by the Administrator that
outlines the types of interventions and outcomes essential to
achieving a set of program goals.
(10) Youth.--The term ``youth'' means--
(A) an individual who is 18 years of age or
younger; or
(B) in any State in which the maximum age at which
the juvenile justice system of such State has
jurisdiction over individuals exceeds 18 years of age,
an individual who is such maximum age or younger.
SEC. 4. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Youth gang crime has taken a toll on a number of urban
communities, and senseless acts of gang-related violence have
imposed economic, social, and human costs.
(2) Drug- and alcohol-dependent youth, and youth dually
diagnosed with addiction and mental health disorders, are more
likely to become involved with the juvenile justice system than
youth without such risk factors, absent appropriate prevention
and intervention services.
(3) Children of color are over-represented relative to the
general population at every stage of the juvenile justice
system. Black youth are 17 percent of the United States
population, but represent 38 percent of youth in secure
placement juvenile facilities, and 58 percent of youth
incarcerated in adult prisons.
(4) Research funded by the Department of Justice indicates
that gang-membership is short-lived among adolescents. With
very few youth remaining gang-involved throughout their
adolescent years, ongoing opportunities for intervention exist.
(5) Criminal justice costs have become burdensome in many
States and cities, requiring reductions in vital educational,
social, welfare, mental health, and related services.
(6) Direct expenditures for each of the major criminal
justice functions, police, corrections, and judicial services,
have increased steadily over the last 25 years. In fiscal year
2009, Federal, State, and local governments spent an estimated
$258,000,000,000 for police protection, corrections, and
judicial and legal services, nearly a 207 percent increase
since 1982.
(7) In 2009, State governments spent $5.7 billion dollars
to incarcerate youth. The average annual cost to incarcerate
one youth is $88,000.
(8) Coordinated efforts of stakeholders in the juvenile
justice system in a local community, together with other
organizations and community members concerned with the safety
and welfare of children, have a strong record of demonstrated
success in reducing the impact of youth and gang-related crime
and violence, as demonstrated in Boston, Massachusetts,
Chicago, Illinois, Richmond, Virginia, Los Angeles, California,
and other communities.
(9) Investment in prevention and intervention programs for
children and youth, including quality early childhood programs,
comprehensive evidence-based school, after school, and summer
school programs, mentoring programs, mental health and
treatment programs, evidence-based job training programs, and
alternative intervention programs, has been shown to lead to
decreased youth arrests, decreased delinquency, lower
recidivism, and greater financial savings from an educational,
economic, social, and criminal justice perspective.
(10) Quality early childhood education programs have been
demonstrated to help children start school ready to learn and
to reduce delinquency and criminal street gang activity risks.
(11) Evidence-based mentoring programs have been shown to
prevent youth drug abuse and violence.
(12) Evidence-based school-based comprehensive
instructional programs that pair youth with responsible adult
mentors have been shown to have a strong impact upon
delinquency prevention.
(13) After-school programs that connect children to caring
adults and that provide constructive activities during the peak
hours of juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang
activity, between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., have been shown to reduce
delinquency and the attendant costs imposed on the juvenile and
criminal justice systems.
(14) States with higher levels of educational attainment
have been shown to have crime rates lower than the national
average. Researchers have found that a 5-percent increase in
male high school graduation rates would produce an annual
savings of almost $5,000,000,000 in crime-related expenses.
(15) Therapeutic programs that engage and motivate high-
risk youth and their families to change behaviors that often
result in criminal activity have been shown to significantly
reduce recidivism among juvenile offenders, and significantly
reduce the attendant costs of crime and delinquency imposed
upon the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
(16) Comprehensive programs that target kids who are
already serious juvenile offenders by addressing the multiple
factors in peer, school, neighborhood, and family environments
known to be related to delinquency can reduce recidivism among
juvenile offenders and save the public significant economic
costs.
(17) There are many alternatives to incarceration of youth
that have been proven to be more effective in reducing crime
and violence at the National, State, local, and tribal levels,
and the failure to provide for such effective alternatives is a
pervasive problem that leads to increased youth, and later
adult, crime and violence.
(18) Savings achieved through early intervention and
prevention are significant, especially when noncriminal justice
social, educational, mental health, and economic outcomes are
considered.
(19) The prevention of child abuse and neglect can help
stop a cycle of violence and save up to $5.00 for every $1.00
invested in preventing such abuse and neglect.
(20) Targeting interventions at special youth risk groups
and focusing upon relatively low-cost interventions increases
the probability of fiscal benefit.
(21) Evidence-based intervention treatment facilities have
been shown to reduce youth delinquency and to be cost-
effective.
(22) States, including Wisconsin, Ohio, New York, Texas,
and Pennsylvania, have seen a reduction in juvenile
incarceration due to a reallocation of criminal justice funds
towards prevention programs.
(23) 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 community-oriented programs and approaches.
TITLE I--FEDERAL COORDINATION OF LOCAL AND TRIBAL JUVENILE JUSTICE
INFORMATION AND EFFORTS
SEC. 101. PROMISE ADVISORY PANEL.
(a) Organization of State Advisory Group Member Representatives.--
Section 223(f) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(f)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``an eligible
organization composed of member representatives of the State
advisory groups appointed under subsection (a)(3)'' and
inserting ``a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that is
described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986,''; and
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
``(2) Assistance.--To be eligible to receive such
assistance, such organization shall--
``(A) be governed by individuals who--
``(i) have been appointed by a chief
executive of a State to serve as a State
advisory group member under subsection (a)(3);
and
``(ii) are elected to serve as a governing
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 demographically
diverse States and jurisdictions;
``(C) annually seek appointments by the chief
executive of each State of one State advisory group
member and one alternate State advisory group member
from each such State to implement the advisory
functions specified in clauses (iv) and (v) of
subparagraph (D), including serving on the PROMISE
Advisory Panel, and make a record of any such
appointments available to the public; and
``(D) agree to carry out activities that include--
``(i) conducting an annual conference of
such member representatives for purposes
relating to the activities of such State
advisory groups;
``(ii) disseminating information, data,
standards, advanced techniques, and program
models;
``(iii) reviewing Federal policies
regarding juvenile justice and delinquency
prevention;
``(iv) advising the Administrator with
respect to particular functions or aspects of
the work of the Office, and appointing a
representative, diverse group of members of
such organization under subparagraph (C) to
serve as an advisory panel of State juvenile
justice advisors (referred to as the `PROMISE
Advisory Panel') to carry out the functions
specified in subsection (g); and
``(v) advising the President and Congress
with regard to State perspectives on the
operation of the Office and Federal legislation
pertaining to juvenile justice and delinquency
prevention.''.
(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.--
``(1) Functions.--The PROMISE Advisory Panel required under
subsection (f)(2)(D) shall--
``(A) assess successful evidence-based and
promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and
criminal street gang activity prevention and
intervention carried out by PROMISE Coordinating
Councils under such Act;
``(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 involvement in, juvenile
delinquency and criminal street gang activity, from
which the Administrator shall select individuals who
shall--
``(i) provide to the Administrator peer
reviews of applications submitted by units of
local government and Indian tribes pursuant to
title II of such Act, to ensure that such
applications demonstrate a clear plan to--
``(I) serve youth as part of an
entire family unit; and
``(II) coordinate the delivery of
service to youth among agencies; and
``(ii) advise the Administrator with
respect 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
``(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 criminal
street gang activity;
``(ii) diversion of youth with a high risk
of continuing involvement in juvenile
delinquency or criminal street gang activity;
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 PROMISE Advisory Panel shall prepare a report
containing the findings and determinations under paragraph
(1)(A) and shall submit such report to Congress, 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 Prevention 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 ALLOCATION.
(a) Grant for Collection of Data To Determine Need.--Subject to the
availability of appropriations, the Administrator shall award a grant,
on a competitive basis, to an organization to--
(1) collect and analyze data related to the existing
juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity
prevention and intervention needs and resources in each
designated geographic area;
(2) use the data collected and analyzed under paragraph (1)
to compile a list of designated geographic areas that have the
most need of resources, based on such data, to carry out
juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity
prevention and intervention;
(3) use the data collected and analyzed under paragraph (1)
to rank the areas listed under paragraph (2) in descending
order by the amount of need for resources to carry out juvenile
delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and
intervention, 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 determines to be
appropriate.
(b) Data Sources.--In compiling such list and determining 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 Department 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 ensure 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 prosecution of any
person, or for profiling of individuals based on race, ethnicity,
socio-economic status, or any other characteristic.
(e) Authorization and Limitation of Appropriations.--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 than one percent of such amount, or $1,000,000, whichever 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 assess 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 delinquency and gang prevention
and intervention practices; 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 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 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 Allocation.--
(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 provide the minimum allocation of funds
under paragraph (1) to units of local government and Indian
tribes in each State, then the amount of such minimum
allocation shall be ratably reduced.
SEC. 203. PROMISE COORDINATING COUNCILS.
To be eligible to receive a grant under this subtitle, a unit of
local government or an Indian tribe shall establish a PROMISE
Coordinating Council for each community of such unit or tribe,
respectively, for which such unit or tribe is applying for a grant
under this subtitle. Each such community shall include one or more
designated geographic areas identified on the list required under
section 102(a)(2). The members of such a PROMISE Coordinating Council
shall be representatives of public and private 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 provider,
unless the representative under subparagraph (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 entity;
(K) a local juvenile public defender's office;
(L) a State juvenile correctional entity;
(M) a local business community representative; and
(N) a local faith-based community representative;
(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 delinquency
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. 204. 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 objective strengths and needs assessment of the
resources of the community for which such PROMISE Coordinating Council
was established, to identify the unmet needs of youth in the community
with respect to evidence-based and promising practices related to
juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and
intervention. 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 involvement in
juvenile delinquency or street gang activity;
(2) the number of youth who are involved in juvenile
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 summer;
(4) the number of individuals on public financial
assistance (including a breakdown of the numbers of men, women,
and children on such assistance);
(5) the estimated number of youth who are chronically
truant;
(6) the number of youth who have dropped out of school in
the previous year;
(7) for the year before such assessment, the estimated
total amount expended (by the community and other entities) for
the incarceration of offenders who were convicted or
adjudicated delinquent for an offense that was committed in
such community, including 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;
(8) a comparison of the amount under paragraph (7) with an
estimation of the amount that would be expended for the
incarceration of offenders described in such paragraph if the
number of offenders described in such paragraph was equal to
the national average incarceration rate per 100,000 population;
and
(9) a description of evidence-based and promising practices
related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang
activity prevention available for youth in the community,
including school-based programs, after school programs
(particularly programs that have activities available for youth
between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the afternoon), weekend activities
and programs, youth mentoring programs, faith and community-
based programs, summer activities, and summer jobs, if any; and
(10) a description of evidence-based and promising
intervention practices available for youth in the community.
(b) Limitation on Use of Assessment Information.--Information
gathered pursuant to this section may be used for the sole purpose of
developing a PROMISE Plan in accordance with this subtitle.
SEC. 205. 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 PROMISE Plan to provide for the coordination of, and,
as appropriate, 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
established. Such a PROMISE Plan shall--
(1) include the strategy by which the PROMISE Coordinating
Council plans to prioritize and allocate 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 pursuant to section
102;
(2) include a combination of evidence-based and promising
prevention and intervention practices that are responsive to
the needs of the community; and
(3) ensure that cultural and linguistic needs of the
community are met.
(b) Mandatory Components.--Each PROMISE Plan shall--
(1) include a plan to connect youth identified in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 204(a) to evidence-based and
promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and
criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention;
(2) identify the amount or percentage of local funds that
are available to the PROMISE Coordinating Council to carry out
the PROMISE Plan;
(3) provide strategies to improve indigent defense delivery
systems, with particular attention given to groups of children
who are disproportionately represented in the State delinquency
system and Federal criminal justice system, as compared to 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, defenders, probation officers, judges
and other court personnel related to issues concerning the
developmental needs, challenges, and potential of youth in the
juvenile justice system, (including training related 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 undertaken 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
evidence-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 include performance
measures to assess efforts to address the unmet needs of youth
in the community with evidence-based and promising practices
related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang
activity prevention and intervention; and
(8) identify the research partner the PROMISE Coordinating
Council will use to obtain information on evidence-based and
promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and
criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention, and
for the evaluation under section 211(d) of the results of the
activities carried out with funds under this subtitle.
(c) Voluntary Components.--In addition to the components under
subsection (b), a PROMISE Plan may include evidence-based or promising
practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang
activity prevention and intervention in the following categories:
(1) Early childhood development services (such as pre-natal
and neo-natal health services), early childhood prevention,
voluntary home visiting programs, nurse-family partnership
programs, parenting and healthy relationship skills training,
child abuse prevention programs, Early Head Start, and Head
Start.
(2) Child protection and safety services (such as foster
care and adoption assistance programs), family 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 parents, and activities for youth between the
hours of 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the afternoon), mentoring
programs, conflict resolution skills training, sports, arts,
life skills, employment and recreation programs, summer jobs,
and summer recreation programs, and alternative school
resources for youth who have dropped out of school or
demonstrate chronic truancy.
(4) Health 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).
(7) Targeted gang prevention, intervention, and exit
services such as tattoo removal, successful models 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 pregnant teens and
teen parents.
(9) Alternatives to detention and confinement programs
(such as mandated participation in community service,
restitution, counseling, and intensive individual and family
therapeutic approaches).
(10) Pre-release, post-release, and reentry services to
assist detained and incarcerated youth with transitioning back
into and reentering the community.
SEC. 206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Subject to the limitation under section 102(e), there are
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2014, such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this subtitle and section 102.
Subtitle B--PROMISE Implementation Grants
SEC. 211. PROMISE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AUTHORIZED.
(a) PROMISE Implementation Grants Authorized.--The Administrator of
the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is authorized
to award grants to units of local government and Indian tribes to
assist PROMISE Coordinating Councils with implementing 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 fiscal year during the
three-year grant period for a grant under this subtitle, each unit of
local government or Indian tribe receiving such a grant for a PROMISE
Coordinating 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 provide 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 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Application Required.--To be eligible to receive a PROMISE
Implementation grant under this subtitle, a unit of local government or
Indian tribe that received a PROMISE Assessment and Planning grant
under subtitle A shall submit an application to the Administrator of
the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 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
Juvenile 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 justice costs,
public assistance costs, and other costs avoided by utilizing
evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile
delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and
intervention;
(2) document--
(A) investment in evidence-based and promising
practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal
street gang activity prevention 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 reduced criminal activity;
(3) describe how savings sustained from investment 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
PROMISE Coordinating 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 concentrations of youth who
are--
(A) at-risk of involvement in juvenile delinquency
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 Administrator 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 renewal from a
unit of local government or an Indian tribe;
(2) shall be carried out in accordance with regulations
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 or tribe for which a
PROMISE Coordinating 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 continues to receive Federal funding for a PROMISE
Coordinating Council, such unit or tribe shall report to the
Administrator 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 2014 through
2016.
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 supplement, 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
delinquency 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 applications for PROMISE Assessment and Planning grants and
for PROMISE Implementation grants, and shall determine 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 availability of
appropriations under this title, the Administrator 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 carrying
out this section, the Administrator shall--
(1) award grants to institutions of higher education
(including institutions that are eligible to receive funds
under part F of title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1067q et seq.), to facilitate the evaluation process
and measurement of achieved outcomes;
(2) identify evidence-based and promising practices 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
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 measurements with
regard to the evidence-based and promising practices
funded under this title; and
(C) the dissemination of the practices identified
in paragraph (2) to the National Research Center for
Proven Juvenile Justice Practices (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 Administrator shall provide the results of the
evaluation under subsection (a) to the National Research Center for
Proven Juvenile Justice Practices established under section 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 availability of
appropriations, the Administrator shall award a grant to a nonprofit
organization with a national reputation for expertise in operating or
evaluating effective, evidence-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 education as
regional partners to create a best practices juvenile justice
information-sharing network to support the programs and
activities carried out with grants under title II of this Act;
(2) collect, and disseminate to PROMISE Coordinating
Councils, research and other information about evidence-based
and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and
criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention to
inform the efforts of PROMISE Coordinating Councils and
regional research partners and to support the programs and
activities carried out with grants under title II of this Act;
(3) increase the public's knowledge and understanding of
effective juvenile justice practices to prevent 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.
(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 2014 through 2016.
SEC. 302. GRANTS FOR REGIONAL RESEARCH PROVEN PRACTICES PARTNERSHIPS.
(a) Grant Program Authorized.--The Administrator 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 collaboration with
the National Research Center for Proven Juvenile Justice Practices
authorized under section 301. Regional 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 assessments
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 2014 through 2016.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E353-355)
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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