Sec. 210. Incentive grants for State and local programs
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Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq. ) is amended— by redesignating part F as part H; and by inserting after part E the following: The Administrator may make incentive grants to a State, unit of local government, or combination of States and local governments to assist a State, unit of local government, or combination thereof in carrying out an activity identified in subsection (b)(1). An incentive grant made by the Administrator under this section may be used to— increase the use of evidence-based or promising prevention and intervention programs; improve the recruitment, selection, training, and retention of professional personnel (including in the fields of medicine, law enforcement, the judiciary, juvenile justice, social work, and child prevention) who are engaged in, or intend to work in, the field of prevention, intervention, and treatment of juveniles to reduce delinquency; establish or support a partnership between juvenile justice agencies of a State or unit of local government and mental health authorities of a State or unit of local government to establish and implement programs to ensure there are adequate mental health and substance abuse screening, assessment, referral, treatment, and after-care services for juveniles who come into contact with the justice system by— carrying out programs that divert from incarceration juveniles who come into contact with the justice system (including facilities contracted for operation by State or local juvenile authorities) and have mental health or substance abuse needs— when such juveniles are at imminent risk of being taken into custody; at the time such juveniles are initially taken into custody; after such juveniles are charged with an offense or act of juvenile delinquency; after such juveniles are adjudicated delinquent and before case disposition; and after such juveniles are committed to secure placement; or improving treatment of juveniles with mental health needs by working to ensure— that— initial mental health screening is— completed for a juvenile immediately upon entering the juvenile justice system or a juvenile facility; and conducted by qualified health and mental health professionals or by staff who have been trained by qualified health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals; and in the case of screening, results that indicate possible need for mental health or substance abuse services are reviewed by qualified mental health or substance abuse treatment professionals not later than 24 hours after the screening; that a juvenile who suffers from an acute mental disorder, is suicidal, or is in need of medical attention due to intoxication is— placed in or immediately transferred to an appropriate medical or mental health facility; and only admitted to a secure correctional facility with written medical clearance; that— for a juvenile identified by a screening as needing a mental health assessment, the mental health assessment and any indicated comprehensive evaluation or individualized treatment plan are written and implemented— not later than 2 weeks after the date on which the juvenile enters the juvenile justice system; or if a juvenile is entering a secure facility, not later than 1 week after the date on which the juvenile enters the juvenile justice system; and the assessments described in item
(aa)are completed by qualified health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals; that— if the need for treatment is indicated by the assessment of a juvenile, the juvenile is referred to or treated by a qualified professional; a juvenile who is receiving treatment for a mental health or substance abuse need on the date of the assessment continues to receive treatment; treatment of a juvenile continues until a qualified mental health professional determines that the juvenile is no longer in need of treatment; and treatment plans for juveniles are reevaluated at least every 30 days; that— discharge plans are prepared for an incarcerated juvenile when the juvenile enters the correctional facility in order to integrate the juvenile back into the family and the community; discharge plans for an incarcerated juvenile are updated, in consultation with the family or guardian of a juvenile, before the juvenile leaves the facility; and discharge plans address the provision of aftercare services; that any juvenile in the juvenile justice system receiving psychotropic medications is— under the care of a licensed psychiatrist; and monitored regularly by trained staff to evaluate the efficacy and side effects of the psychotropic medications; and that specialized treatment and services are continually available to a juvenile in the juvenile justice system who has— a history of mental health needs or treatment; a documented history of sexual offenses or sexual abuse, as a victim or perpetrator; substance abuse needs or a health problem, learning disability, or history of family abuse or violence; or developmental disabilities; provide ongoing training, in conjunction with the public or private agency that provides mental health services, to individuals involved in making decisions involving youth who enter the juvenile justice system (including intake personnel, law enforcement, prosecutors, juvenile court judges, public defenders, mental health and substance abuse service providers and administrators, probation officers, and parents) that focuses on— the availability of screening and assessment tools and the effective use of such tools; the purpose, benefits, and need to increase availability of mental health or substance abuse treatment programs (including home-based and community-based programs) available to juveniles within the jurisdiction of the recipient; the availability of public and private services available to juveniles to pay for mental health or substance abuse treatment programs; or the appropriate use of effective home-based and community-based alternatives to juvenile justice or mental health system institutional placement; and develop comprehensive collaborative plans to address the service needs of juveniles with mental health or substance abuse disorders who are at risk of coming into contact with the juvenile justice system that— revise and improve the delivery of intensive home-based and community-based services to juveniles who have been in contact with or who are at risk of coming into contact with the justice system; determine how the service needs of juveniles with mental health or substance abuse disorders who come into contact with the juvenile justice system will be furnished from the initial detention stage until after discharge in order for those juveniles to avoid further contact with the justice system; demonstrate that the State or unit of local government has entered into appropriate agreements with all entities responsible for providing services under the plan, such as the agency of the State or unit of local government charged with administering juvenile justice programs, the agency of the State or unit of local government charged with providing mental health services, the agency of the State or unit of local government charged with providing substance abuse treatment services, the educational agency of the State or unit of local government, the child welfare system of the State or local government, and private nonprofit community-based organizations; ensure that the State or unit of local government has in effect any laws necessary for services to be delivered in accordance with the plan; establish a network of individuals (or incorporate an existing network) to provide coordination between mental health service providers, substance abuse service providers, probation and parole officers, judges, corrections personnel, law enforcement personnel, State and local educational agency personnel, parents and families, and other appropriate parties regarding effective treatment of juveniles with mental health or substance abuse disorders; provide for cross-system training among law enforcement personnel, corrections personnel, State and local educational agency personnel, mental health service providers, and substance abuse service providers to enhance collaboration among systems; provide for coordinated and effective aftercare programs for juveniles who have been diagnosed with a mental health or substance abuse disorder and who are discharged from home-based care, community-based care, any other treatment program, secure detention facilities, secure correctional facilities, or jail; provide for the purchase of technical assistance to support the implementation of the plan; estimate the costs of implementing the plan and propose funding sources sufficient to meet the non-Federal funding requirements for implementation of the plan under subsection (c)(2)(E); describe the methodology to be used to identify juveniles at risk of coming into contact with the juvenile justice system; provide a written plan to ensure that all training and services provided under the plan will be culturally and linguistically competent; and describe the outcome measures and benchmarks that will be used to evaluate the progress and effectiveness of the plan. A State or unit of local government receiving a grant under this section shall ensure that— the use of the grant under this section is developed as part of the State plan required under section 223(a); and not more than 5 percent of the amount received under this section is used for administration of the grant under this section. A State or unit of local government desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Administrator may prescribe. In accordance with guidelines that shall be established by the Administrator, each application for incentive grant funding under this section shall— describe any activity or program the funding would be used for and how the activity or program is designed to carry out one or more of the activities described in subsection (b); if any of the funds provided under the grant would be used for evidence-based or promising prevention or intervention programs, include a detailed description of the studies, findings, or practice knowledge that support the assertion that such programs qualify as evidence-based or promising; for any program for which funds provided under the grant would be used that is not evidence-based or promising, include a detailed description of any studies, findings, or practice knowledge which support the effectiveness of the program; if the funds provided under the grant will be used for an activity described in subsection (b)(1)(D), include a certification that the State or unit of local government— will work with public or private entities in the area to administer the training funded under subsection (b)(1)(D), to ensure that such training is comprehensive, constructive, linguistically and culturally competent, and of a high quality; is committed to a goal of increasing the diversion of juveniles coming under its jurisdiction into appropriate home-based or community-based care when the interest of the juvenile and public safety allow; intends to use amounts provided under a grant under this section for an activity described in subsection (b)(1)(D) to further such goal; and has a plan to demonstrate, using appropriate benchmarks, the progress of the agency in meeting such goal; and if the funds provided under the grant will be used for an activity described in subsection (b)(1)(D), include a certification that not less than 25 percent of the total cost of the training described in subsection (b)(1)(D) that is conducted with the grant under this section will be contributed by non-Federal sources. A State or unit of local government receiving a grant for an activity described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall keep records of the incidence and types of mental health and substance abuse disorders in the juvenile justice population of the State or unit of local government, the range and scope of services provided, and barriers to service. The State or unit of local government shall submit an analysis of this information yearly to the Administrator. A State or unit of local government receiving a grant for an activity described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall require that a secure correctional facility operated by or on behalf of that State or unit of local government— has a minimum ratio of not fewer than 1 mental health and substance abuse counselor for every 50 juveniles, who shall be professionally trained and certified or licensed; has a minimum ratio of not fewer than 1 clinical psychologist for every 100 juveniles; and has a minimum ratio of not fewer than 1 licensed psychiatrist for every 100 juveniles receiving psychiatric care. A State or unit of local government receiving a grant for an activity described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall require that— isolation is used only for immediate and short-term security or safety reasons; no juvenile is placed in isolation without approval of the facility superintendent or chief medical officer or their official staff designee; all instances in which a juvenile is placed in isolation are documented in the file of the juvenile along with the justification; a juvenile is in isolation only the amount of time necessary to achieve the security and safety of the juvenile and staff; staff monitor each juvenile in isolation once every 5 minutes and conduct a professional review of the need for isolation at least every 4 hours; and any juvenile held in isolation for 24 hours is examined by a physician or licensed psychologist. A State or unit of local government receiving a grant for an activity described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall require that a correctional facility operated by or on behalf of that State or unit of local government has written policies and procedures on suicide prevention. All staff working in a correctional facility operated by or on behalf of a State or unit of local government receiving a grant for an activity described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall be trained and certified annually in suicide prevention. A correctional facility operated by or on behalf of a State or unit of local government receiving a grant for an activity described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall have a written arrangement with a hospital or other facility for providing emergency medical and mental health care. Physical and mental health services shall be available to an incarcerated juvenile 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. A State or unit of local government receiving a grant for an activity described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall require that all juvenile facilities operated by or on behalf of the State or unit of local government abide by all mandatory requirements and timelines set forth under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq. ) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 794 ). A State or unit of local government receiving a grant for an activity described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall provide for such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to ensure prudent use, proper disbursement, and accurate accounting of funds received under this section that are used for an activity described in subsection (b)(1)(C). 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 part 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 part. 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, socioeconomic status, or any other characteristic. Of the amount made available to carry out this part— for fiscal year 2016, not more than 5 percent of such amount, or $1,000,000, whichever is less, shall be made available to carry out this section; and for fiscal years 2017 through 2020, not more than 2 percent of such amount, or $400,000, whichever is less, shall be made available to carry out this section. The purposes of the grant programs established under this subpart are to— 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; develop plans appropriate for a community to address those unmet needs with juvenile delinquency and gang prevention and intervention practices; and implement and evaluate such plans in a manner consistent with this part. 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— conduct an objective needs and strengths assessment in accordance with section 276; and develop a PROMISE Plan in accordance with section 277, based on the assessment conducted in accordance with section 276. A grant awarded under this section shall be for a period not to exceed one year. A grant awarded under this section shall not exceed $300,000. 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. 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. 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 272(a)(2). The members of such a PROMISE Coordinating Council shall be representatives of public and private sector entities and individuals that— shall include, to the extent possible, at least one representative from each of the following: the local chief executive’s office; a local educational agency; a local health agency or provider; a local mental health agency or provider, unless the representative under subparagraph
(C)also meets the requirements of this subparagraph; a local public housing agency; a local law enforcement agency; a local child welfare agency; a local juvenile court; a local juvenile prosecutor’s office; a private juvenile residential care entity; a local juvenile public defender’s office; a State juvenile correctional entity; a local business community representative; and a local faith-based community representative; shall include two representatives from each of the following: parents who have minor children, and who have an interest in the local juvenile or criminal justice systems; youth between the ages of 15 and 24 who reside in the jurisdiction of the unit or tribe; and members from nonprofit community-based organizations that provide effective delinquency prevention and intervention to youth in the jurisdiction of the unit or tribe; and may include other members, as the unit or tribe determines to be appropriate. 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 279F for assistance with such assessment. Such assessment shall include, with respect to the community for which such PROMISE Coordinating Council was established— the number of youth who are at risk of involvement in juvenile delinquency or street gang activity; 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; youth unemployment rates during the summer; the number of individuals on public financial assistance (including a breakdown of the numbers of men, women, and children on such assistance); the estimated number of youth who are chronically truant; the number of youth who have dropped out of school in the previous year; 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; 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; 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 a description of evidence-based and promising intervention practices available for youth in the community. Information gathered pursuant to this section may be used for the sole purpose of developing a PROMISE Plan in accordance with this subtitle. Each PROMISE Coordinating Council receiving funds from a unit of local government or Indian tribe under this subpart 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— 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 272; include a combination of evidence-based and promising prevention and intervention practices that are responsive to the needs of the community; and ensure that cultural and linguistic needs of the community are met. Each PROMISE Plan shall— include a plan to connect youth identified in paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of section 276(a) to evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention; identify the amount or percentage of local funds that are available to the PROMISE Coordinating Council to carry out the PROMISE Plan; 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; 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); 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; 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; propose the performance evaluation process to be used to carry out section 278(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 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 278(d) of the results of the activities carried out with funds under this subpart. 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: Early childhood development services (such as prenatal and neonatal 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. Child protection and safety services (such as foster care and adoption assistance programs), family stabilization programs, child welfare services, and family violence intervention programs. 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. Health and mental health services, including cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy, and peer mentoring and counseling. Substance abuse counseling and treatment services, including harm-reduction strategies. Emergency, transitional, and permanent housing assistance (such as safe shelter and housing for runaway and homeless youth). 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. Training and education programs for pregnant teens and teen parents. Restorative justice programs. Alternatives to detention and confinement programs (such as mandated participation in community service, restitution, counseling, and intensive individual and family therapeutic approaches). Prerelease, postrelease, and reentry services to assist detained and incarcerated youth with transitioning back into and reentering the community. For fiscal years 2016 through 2020, of the amount made available to carry out this part for any fiscal year, not more than 15 percent shall be made available to carry out this subpart. 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 subpart 2. A grant awarded under this subtitle shall be for a 3-year period. A grant awarded under this subtitle shall not be for more than $10,000,000 per year for each year of the grant period. For each fiscal year during the 3-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. 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 needs and strengths assessed under section 276. To be eligible to receive a PROMISE Implementation grant under this subpart, a unit of local government or Indian tribe that received a PROMISE Assessment and Planning grant under subpart 2 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 subpart 2, in such manner, and accompanied by such information, as the Administrator, after consultation with the organization under section 223(f)(1), may require. Each application submitted under subsection
(a)shall— 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; document— 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; the activities to be undertaken with the grants funds; 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 outcomes from such activities, in terms of the expected numbers related to reduced criminal activity; describe how savings sustained from investment in prevention and intervention practices will be reinvested in the continuing implementation of the PROMISE Plan; and 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. Grants awarded under this subpart shall be awarded on a competitive basis. The Administrator shall— 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— at risk of involvement in juvenile delinquency or criminal street gang activity; and involved in juvenile delinquency or street gang activity and who are at high risk of continued involvement; and 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. The Administrator may extend the grant period under section 278(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. 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— shall be initiated by an application for renewal from a unit of local government or an Indian tribe; shall be carried out in accordance with regulations issued by the Administrator; and shall not be granted unless the Administrator determines such a renewal to be appropriate based on the results of the evaluation conducted under section 279F 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. 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 section 275. For fiscal years 2016 through 2020, of the amount made available to carry out this part for any fiscal year, not more than 75 percent shall be made available to carry out this subpart. A unit of local government or Indian tribe receiving a grant under this part 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. 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 272), with due consideration to other enumerated factors and the indicated ability of the applicant to successfully implement the program described in the application. Subject to the availability of appropriations under this part, the Administrator shall, in consultation with the organization provided assistance under section 223(f)(1), provide for an evaluation of the programs and activities carried out with grants under this part. In carrying out this section, the Administrator shall— 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; 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 ensure— that such evaluation is based on the performance standards that are developed by the PROMISE Advisory Panel in accordance with section 223(g)(1)(C); the development of longitudinal and clinical trial evaluation and performance measurements with regard to the evidence-based and promising practices funded under this part; and the dissemination of the practices identified in paragraph
(2)to the National Research Center for Proven Juvenile Justice Practices (established under section 279D), 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. 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 279G. 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— 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 subpart 3 of this part; 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 subpart 3 of this part; increase the public’s knowledge and understanding of effective juvenile justice practices to prevent crime and delinquency and reduce recidivism; and develop, manage, and regularly update a site to disseminate proven practices for successful juvenile delinquency prevention and intervention. Of the amount made available to carry out this part— for fiscal year 2016, not more than 2.5 percent of such amount shall be made available to carry out this section; and for fiscal years 2017 through 2020, not more than 4 percent of such amount shall be made available to carry out this section. 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 279D. Regional research partners shall provide research support to such PROMISE Coordinating Councils, including— assistance with preparing PROMISE grant applications under subpart 3, including collection of baseline data for such applications; assistance with the needs and strengths assessments conducted under section 274; and provision of support services to PROMISE grant recipients for data collection and analysis to assess progress under the PROMISE grant. Of the amount made available to carry out this part— for fiscal year 2016, not more than 2.5 percent of such amount shall be made available to carry out this section; and for fiscal years 2017 through 2020, not more than 4 percent of such amount shall be made available to carry out this section. .
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