Sec. 4. Community-based coalition enhancement grants to address local drug crises
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Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end of the following: In this section: The term Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997 means chapter 2 of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 ( 21 U.S.C. 1521 et seq. ); The term eligible entity means an eligible coalition (as such term is defined under section 1023 of the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997 ( 21 U.S.C. 1523 )) that— on or before the date of submitting an application for a grant under this section, received a grant under the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997; and has demonstrated that there is a local drug crisis in the area serviced by the entity, as determined by the Attorney General based on the Monitoring Future Survey published by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Survey on Drug Use and Health by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration.
The term local drug crisis means, with respect to the area serviced by an eligible entity— a sudden increase in the abuse of opioids, as documented by local data; or the abuse of prescription medications, specifically opioids, that is significantly higher than the national average, over a sustained period of time, as documented by local data. The Attorney General, in coordination with the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, may make grants to eligible entities to implement comprehensive, community-wide strategies that address local drug crises within the area served by the eligible entity.
An eligible entity desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Attorney General may require. As part of an application for a grant under this section, the Attorney General shall require an eligible entity to submit a detailed comprehensive, multi-sector plan for addressing the local drug crisis within the area served by the eligible entity. An eligible entity shall use a grant received under this section— for programs designed to implement comprehensive, community-wide prevention strategies to address the local drug crisis in the area served by the eligible entity, in accordance with the plan submitted under subsection (c)(2); and to obtain specialized training and technical assistance from the National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute.
The Attorney General may not award a grant under this section for a fiscal year in an amount that exceeds— the amount of non-Federal funds raised by the eligible entity, including in-kind contributions, for that fiscal year; or $75,000. The Attorney General may not award a grant under this section for a period exceeding 4 years. An eligible entity shall use Federal funds received under this section only to supplement funds that would, in the absence of those Federal funds, be made available from other Federal and non-Federal sources for the activities described in this section, and not to supplant those funds.
A grant under this section shall be subject to the same evaluation requirements and procedures as the evaluation requirements and procedures imposed on the recipient of a grant under the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997. Not more than 8 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year may be used by the Attorney General to pay for administrative expenses. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020. .
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