Sec. 102. Geographic assessment of resource allocation
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Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Administrator shall award a grant, on a competitive basis, to an organization to— 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; 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; 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 periodically update the list and rankings under paragraph
(3)as the Administrator determines to be appropriate. 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— using the geographic information system and Web-based mapping application known as the Socioeconomic Mapping and Resource Topography (SMART) system; 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 from the annual KIDS Count Data Book and other data made available by the KIDS Count initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. 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. 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. 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.