[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3899 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3899

              To create police partnerships for children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 1994

 Mr. Glickman (for himself, Mr. Gephardt, and Ms. DeLauro) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
              To create police partnerships for children.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to augment law enforcement services and community 
        policing efforts by providing accessible crisis intervention 
        services for children who are involved in violent incidents, 
        and training for law enforcement officers in child development, 
        family, and cultural issues;
            (2) to facilitate interaction between law enforcement 
        agencies, child and family service organizations, local 
        educational agencies, and other community members for the 
        purpose of building coalitions for the prevention of community 
        violence;
            (3) to provide mentors for high-risk children and youth;
            (4) to promote conflict resolution training for children 
        and youth; and
            (5) to identify children and families at high risk for 
        developing behavioral or emotional problems resulting from 
        exposure to community violence and provide mental health and 
        other support services to such children and families, including 
        crisis intervention for child witnesses and victims of 
        violence.

SEC. 2. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.

    (a) Establishment.--(1) The Attorney General, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and where appropriate the 
Secretary of Education, is authorized to award grants to States for use 
by local law enforcement agencies for the establishment of law 
enforcement and child and family services partnership programs to carry 
out activities described in section 1.
    (2) In awarding grants described in paragraph (1), the Attorney 
General shall give priority to States that have law enforcement 
agencies that--
            (A) are engaged in community-based policing; and
            (B) intend to target programs for disadvantaged 
        communities.
    (b) Grant Distribution.--The Attorney General shall, to the extent 
practicable, achieve an equitable distribution of assistance among the 
urban and rural areas of the United States.
    (c) Grant Amount.--A grant awarded under this Act shall be of 
sufficient size and scope to adequately support programs authorized 
under section 2.
    (d) Duration.--A grant made under this Act shall be for a period of 
not less than 2 years.

SEC. 3. USES OF FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--Grants made under this Act to the States for use 
by law enforcement agencies shall be used--
            (1) to provide 24-hour response to crisis situations 
        affecting children and youth;
            (2) to provide training for law enforcement officers 
        jointly taught by law enforcement officers and child guidance 
        professionals that includes instruction by child and family 
        service organizations in the basic principles of human 
        behavior, child psychology, and family systems;
            (3) to develop or expand community activities for children 
        and families that are designed jointly by the law enforcement 
        and child and family services partnership, including conflict 
        resolution training programs for children and youth, after-
        school activity and neighborhood recreation programs, and 
        parent support groups led jointly by child guidance and law 
        enforcement professionals;
            (4) to establish weekly case conferences by a team of child 
        guidance professionals and law enforcement officers;
            (5) to provide formal mentoring programs; or
            (6) to assist and support the local educational agency 
        located in or near the community that the partnership serves in 
        developing and implementing conflict resolution programs.
    (b) Limitation.--Of the total amount of funds made available under 
this Act for each fiscal year, not more than 10 percent of such funds 
may be used to implement the mentoring and conflict resolution programs 
established by paragraphs (5) and (6) of subsection (a).

SEC. 4. APPLICATIONS.

    (a) State Applications.--To request a grant under this Act a State 
shall--
            (1) prepare and submit to the Attorney General an 
        application in such form, at such time, and in accordance with 
        such procedures, as the Attorney General shall establish;
            (2) provide an assurance that funds received under this Act 
        shall be used to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds 
        that would otherwise be available for programs funded under 
        this Act; and
            (3) use the office designated under section 507 of the 
        Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968(42 U.S.C. 
        3757) to--
                    (A) prepare the application as required under this 
                section; and
                    (B) administer grant funds received under this Act, 
                including review of spending, processing, progress, 
                financial reporting, technical assistance, grant 
                adjustments, accounting, auditing, and fund 
                disbursement.
    (b) Local Applications.--(1) To request funds under this Act from a 
State, the chief executive of a law enforcement agency shall submit an 
application to the office designated under subsection (a).
    (2) Each application under paragraph (1) shall include--
            (A) assurances that there is a partnership established 
        between the law enforcement agency and a child and family 
        service organization;
            (B) assurances that the applicant has coordinated with 
        other segments of the community to ensure that the partnership 
        efforts complement existing community anti-violence efforts;
            (C) assurances that programs developed shall maintain 
        confidentiality for all individuals served;
            (D) assurances that adequate resources for training of law 
        enforcement officers and professional consultation services for 
        children and families, including professionals licensed to 
        provide child and family evaluations and treatment, will be 
        provided;
            (E) assurances that funds received under this Act shall be 
        used to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds that would 
        otherwise be available for programs funded under this Act; and
            (F) assurance that the partnership shall provide local 
        matching funds in accordance with the Federal share 
        requirements under section 5.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--(1) The Federal share of a grant made under this 
Act may not exceed--
            (A) with respect to the first fiscal year, 75 percent of 
        the total costs of the projects described in the application 
        submitted under section 4 for such fiscal year;
            (B) with respect to the second fiscal year, 70 percent of 
        the total costs of the projects described in the application 
        submitted under section 4 for such fiscal year; and
            (C) with respect to any subsequent fiscal year, 60 percent 
        of the total costs of the projects described in the application 
        submitted under section 4 for such fiscal year.
    (2) The Attorney General may accept the value of in-kind 
contributions made by the grant recipient as a part or all of the non-
Federal share of grants.
    (b) Technical Assistance.--The National Institute of Justice may 
provide training and technical assistance to law enforcement and child 
and family service partnerships.
    (c) Administrative Costs.--A State or law enforcement agency may 
use not more than 5 percent of the funds it receives from this Act for 
administrative expenses.

SEC. 6. EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS.

    (a) Evaluation.--The Attorney General shall conduct evaluations to 
determine the effectiveness of the programs funded under this Act.
    (b) Reports and Evaluations.--
            (1) Interim.--Not later than December 31, 1995, the 
        Attorney General shall prepare and submit to the Committees on 
        the Judiciary of the House and Senate an interim progress 
        report based on information reported by the grantees and the 
        results (as of the date of the submission of such report) of 
        the evaluation conducted under subsection (a).
            (2) Final.--Not later than December 31, 1998, the Attorney 
        General shall prepare and submit to the Committees on the 
        Judiciary of the House and Senate a review and summary of the 
        results of the evaluation conducted under subsection (a).

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Child and family service organization.--The term 
        ``child and family service organization'' means a public or 
        private nonprofit entity (such as child guidance centers, child 
        psychiatry or child psychology departments of hospitals or 
        university medical centers, or community mental health centers 
        providing child and family services) that provides mental 
        health services to children and families and that meets 
        nationally recognized guidelines (such as guidelines prescribed 
        for mental health centers and for child welfare and family 
        service agencies) with respect to the services provided to 
        children and families.
            (2) Community-based policing.--The term ``community-based 
        policing'' means a commitment and an effort (within the 
        confines of budget restrictions) made by a law enforcement 
        agency to establish or expand cooperative efforts between the 
        police and a community in order to increase police presence in 
        the community, including--
                    (A) developing innovative neighborhood-oriented 
                policing programs and community-based crime-prevention 
                programs; and
                    (B) creating decentralized police substations 
                throughout the community to encourage interaction and 
                cooperation between the public and law enforcement 
                personnel on a local level, including the permanent 
                assignment of officers to a specific neighborhood or 
                substation.
            (3) Formal mentoring program.--The term ``formal mentoring 
        program'' means a community partnership with corporations, 
        universities, labor organizations, nonprofit entities (such as 
        professional societies) or government agencies which recruits 
        and trains individuals representative of the cultural diversity 
        of their community, and includes individuals such as police 
        officers, child and family services staff, and community and 
        business leaders, to serve as role models for high-risk 
        children and youth.
            (4) Law enforcement agency.--The term ``law enforcement 
        agency'' means an entity that serves a specific community and 
        has the legal responsibility of policing the activities of such 
        community.
            (5) Law enforcement and child and family services 
        partnership.--The term ``law enforcement and child and family 
        services partnership'' means a cooperative agreement between a 
        law enforcement agency and a child and family service 
        organization.
            (6) Mentor.--The term ``mentors'' means individuals 
        representative of the cultural diversity of the community, and 
        includes individuals such as police officers, child and family 
        services staff, and community and business leaders, who are 
        recruited and trained by a formal mentoring program to serve as 
        role models for high-risk children and youth.

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act, 
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for 
each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1998.

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