Sec. 232. Grants for regional research proven practices partnerships
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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— assistance with preparing PROMISE grant applications under title II, including collection of baseline data for such applications; assistance with the needs and strengths assessments conducted under section 203; 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 under section 224 to carry out this Act— 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.