[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 7115 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7115

To require the Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs 
 of the Department of Justice, to establish a 5-year competitive grant 
program to establish pilot programs to reduce the rate of occurrence of 
             gun-related crimes in high-crime communities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2008

 Mr. Rush (for himself, Mr. Towns, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Stark, Mr. Brady 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. Grijalva, and Mr. Payne) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs 
 of the Department of Justice, to establish a 5-year competitive grant 
program to establish pilot programs to reduce the rate of occurrence of 
             gun-related crimes in high-crime communities.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Communities in Action Neighborhood 
Defense and Opportunity Act of 2008'' or the ``CAN DO Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Department of Justice Bureau of Statistics reports 
        that over 45 Americans are killed daily by gun violence all 
        across the United States.
            (2) In 2005, gun violence killed 3,027 American children 
        and teens ages 19 and under, an average of 8 young people 
        killed each day by guns in the United States, a total that is 
        the highest of any developed country.
            (3) In 2005, individuals between 17 years of age and 24 
        years of age made up 11.4 percent of the population but 
        accounted for 33.7 percent of those killed by gun violence.
            (4) In 2005, firearm homicide was the second leading cause 
        of injury death for men and women between 10 years of age and 
        24 years of age--second only to motor vehicle crashes.
            (5) In 2005, firearm homicide was the leading cause of 
        death for black males between 15 years of age and 34 years of 
        age.
            (6) A study of all direct and indirect costs of gun 
        violence including medical, lost wages, and security costs 
        estimates that gun violence costs the Nation $100 billion per 
        year.
            (7) The average total cost of one gun crime can be as high 
        as $1.79 million, including medical treatment and the 
        prosecution and imprisonment of the shooter, and at least 80 
        percent of the economic costs of treating firearm injuries are 
        paid for by taxpayer dollars.
            (8) In 1995, Boston's Operation Ceasefire, which entailed a 
        problem-oriented policing approach, and focused on specific 
        crime hot spots, was established as a strategy for stemming the 
        epidemic of youth gun violence in Boston, and within two years 
        the number of youth homicides dropped from 73 to ten, with only 
        one handgun-related youth homicide occurring in 1999 and 2000.
            (9) Programs targeted at entire communities, such as 
        community revitalization, after-school programs, and media 
        campaigns, have been proven to be more effective in reducing 
        the general level of violence that children are exposed to.
            (10) Sociologist James D. Wright suggests that to convince 
        inner-city youths not to carry guns ``requires convincing them 
        that they can survive in their neighborhood without being 
        armed, that they can come and go in peace, that being unarmed 
        will not cause them to be victimized, intimidated, or slain''.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITIES IN ACTION GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General, through the Office of 
Justice Programs of the Department of Justice, shall establish a 5-year 
competitive grant program (in this Act referred to as the ``Grant 
Program'') under which the Attorney General may provide grants to six 
communities, through State attorney generals of the States involved, to 
establish and maintain, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, 
pilot programs for CAN DO Centers (described in section 4(a)) in such 
communities to establish, administer, and coordinate each of the 
following:
            (1) The CAN DO Safer Streets Strategy Group Program and 
        Guns off Our Streets Program under section 5.
            (2) The CAN DO Operation Community Patrol Program under 
        section 6.
            (3) The CAN DO Street Mentoring Program under section 7.
            (4) The CAN DO Services Providers Network under section 8.
    (b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
subsection (a)--
            (1) a community must be a community that has a population 
        within a population size specified by the Attorney General and 
        that has an average rate of gun homicides that is more than the 
        average national rate of gun homicides; and
            (2) the executive officer of a community shall submit to 
        the Attorney General, through the State attorney general of the 
        State involved, an application at such time and in such manner 
        as specified by the Attorney General, and containing at least--
                    (A) a proposal for establishing and maintaining a 
                CAN DO Center under section 4(a) and each of the 
                programs described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of 
                subsection (a), that will demonstrate--
                            (i) the capacity of the community to 
                        establish and maintain a CAN DO Program Board 
                        described in section 4(c) and the commitment of 
                        all of the members described in such section to 
                        participate on such board;
                            (ii) the capacity of the community to 
                        provide for each of the programs described in 
                        such paragraphs; and
                            (iii) the location site for each of such 
                        programs; and
                    (B) assurances that for each year the community 
                receives the grant the executive officer will submit to 
                the Attorney General, through the State attorney 
                general of the State involved, a report describing the 
                activities for which the grant funds for such year were 
                used.
    (c) Administrative Provisions.--
            (1) In general.--A grant awarded under subsection (a) shall 
        be awarded to a community through the State attorney general of 
        the State in which the community is located and shall be 
        administered to such community by such State attorney general.
            (2) Pilot program sites.--Grants under subsection (a) shall 
        be awarded to six communities, 4 of which shall be urban 
        communities and 2 of which shall be suburban or rural 
        communities, as selected by the Attorney General.
            (3) Amount of grants.--The amount of a grant awarded to a 
        community under subsection (a) shall be for each year of the 
        grant--
                    (A) in the case of an urban community, $2,000,000; 
                and
                    (B) in the case of a suburban or rural community, 
                $1,000,000.
            (4) Duration.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), a 
                grant awarded to a community under subsection (a) shall 
                be for five years.
                    (B) Condition for receipt of annual funds.--If, 
                based on a report described in subsection (c)(2)(B) 
                submitted by a community for a year, the Attorney 
                General determines that the community is not in 
                compliance with the terms of the grant or the proposal 
                submitted by such community under subsection (c) the 
                community shall not be eligible for a payment under the 
                grant for any subsequent year of the Grant Program.

SEC. 4. CAN DO CENTERS.

    (a) In General.--Each community that receives a grant under 
subsection (a) shall establish and maintain a CAN DO Center to 
establish, administer, and coordinate each of the programs described in 
section 3(a) and through which information about and access or referral 
to such programs may be obtained.
    (b) Administrator.--Each CAN DO Center shall be administered by an 
administrator (in this Act referred to as the ``Administrator'') to be 
selected by the executive officer of the community involved. Such 
Administrator shall oversee the operations of the Center and the 
programs established, administered, and coordinated by the Center.
    (c) CAN DO Program Board.--
            (1) In general.--Each CAN DO Center shall have a CAN DO 
        Program Board to consult and advise the Administrator and 
        executive officer of the community involved, with respect to 
        the programs established, administered, and coordinated by the 
        Center.
            (2) Members.--Each CAN DO Program Board, with respect to a 
        community, shall be composed of members as follows:
                    (A) Initial members.--Initial members of the Board 
                shall be appointed and selected as follows:
                            (i) Ten members shall be appointed as 
                        follows:
                                    (I) 1 shall be a representative of 
                                the executive officer's office;
                                    (II) 1 shall be a representative of 
                                the local court;
                                    (III) 1 shall be a representative 
                                of the local prosecutor's office;
                                    (IV) 1 shall be a representative of 
                                the local public defender's office;
                                    (V) 1 shall be a representative of 
                                the office of the executive officer of 
                                the community;
                                    (VI) 1 shall be a representative of 
                                a local educational agency;
                                    (VII) 1 shall be a representative 
                                of a local mental health agency;
                                    (VIII) 1 shall be a representative 
                                of the local law enforcement agency;
                                    (IX) 1 shall be a representative of 
                                a local job training agency; and
                                    (X) 1 shall be a representative of 
                                the regional office of the Department 
                                of Health and Human Services;
                            (ii) Seven members shall be selected by the 
                        community in accordance with a process 
                        specified by the executive officer of the 
                        community, of whom--
                                    (I) 1 shall be a local parent;
                                    (II) 1 shall be a local student;
                                    (III) 1 shall be a representative 
                                of the local faith-based community or 
                                clergy;
                                    (IV) 1 shall be a representative 
                                from a local business; and
                                    (V) 3 shall be representatives from 
                                a community-based nonprofit 
                                organization that works with at-risk 
                                youth in areas of education, life 
                                skills, job readiness, management, 
                                counseling, or any other related area.
                    (B) Additional members.--The initial members of the 
                Board appointed and selected under subparagraph (A) may 
                by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of such members 
                select additional members to be included on the Board.
            (3) Memorandum of agreement.--Each Community in Action 
        Advisory Board shall establish a memorandum of agreement, which 
        must be signed by each member of the Board before participating 
        on such Board, that provides for the duties of each member with 
        respect to establishing, administering and coordinating the 
        programs described in section 3(a) and the timeframes involved 
        in establishing, administering, and coordinating such programs.
            (4) Terms.--
                    (A) In general.--The terms of members of each 
                Community in Action Advisory Board shall be 1 year, 
                except as provided in subparagraph (B). There shall be 
                no limit for the number of terms that such a member may 
                serve.
                    (B) Vacancies.--Any member appointed to fill a 
                vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for 
                which the predecessor of the member was appointed shall 
                be appointed only for the remainder of that term. A 
                member may serve after the expiration of that member's 
                term until a successor has been appointed or selected. 
                A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the 
                manner in which the original appointment or selection 
                was made.
            (5) Meetings.--Each Community in Action Advisory Board 
        shall meet at least once every three months.

SEC. 5. CAN DO SAFER STREETS STRATEGY GROUP PROGRAM.

    (a) Strategy Group.--
            (1) In general.--Each community that receives a grant under 
        section 3(a) shall establish a CAN DO Safer Streets Strategy 
        Group (in this Act to be known as the ``Strategy Group'' to 
        develop a coordinated community-wide intervention strategy, 
        through the coordination and knowledge of the community's law 
        enforcement and criminal justice agencies, to deter firearm 
        violence and homicides, including such crimes committed by 
        youth, in the community.
            (2) Members.--Each Strategy Group, with respect to a 
        community, shall consist of the following members:
                    (A) At least one representative of the local police 
                anti-gang unit or similar local police unit.
                    (B) At least one representative from the United 
                States Attorney's office involved.
                    (C) At least one representative from the State 
                probation office and the State parole office involved 
                or similar office for such State.
                    (D) At least one representative of the United 
                States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
                Explosives.
                    (E) At least one representative of the United 
                States Drug Enforcement Administration.
                    (F) At least one representative of the Federal 
                Bureau of Investigation.
                    (G) At least one representative of the Department 
                of Youth Services of the Department of Health and Human 
                Services.
                    (H) If applicable, at least one representative of 
                the county district attorney's office.
                    (I) At least one representative of the Communities 
                in Action Street Mentoring Program under section 7.
                    (J) At least one representative of the local 
                clergy.
                    (K) Representatives of any other applicable 
                community-based organization.
            (3) Specific duties.--Each Strategy Group, with respect to 
        a community, shall have the following duties:
                    (A) Tracking gang activity.--The Strategy Group 
                shall geographically map the areas of the community 
                with the highest rates of gun homicides and gather and 
                coordinate information on the sizes of gangs in the 
                community, the areas of the community affected by the 
                activities of such gangs, and any alliances or 
                conflicts between gangs in the community.
                    (B) Information on high risk individuals.--The 
                Strategy Group shall collect and maintain information 
                on individuals identified by law enforcement officials 
                as being involved in multiple gun homicides and violent 
                crimes, including information on probation, parole, 
                warrants, criminal violations committed, arrests, and 
                other information related to the criminal history of 
                such individuals.
                    (C) Deterrence meetings.--The Strategy Group shall 
                meet with the following individuals to communicate with 
                such individuals that the community has a zero 
                tolerance policy for homicides:
                            (i) Individuals identified under 
                        subparagraph (B).
                            (ii) At-risk youth (as defined in section 
                        6(b)), through group and individual meetings in 
                        schools, homes of such youth, neighborhoods of 
                        such youth, courthouses, and other appropriate 
                        locations.
                            (iii) Teens and youth who are on probation.
                    (D) Order maintenance and enforcement tactics.--In 
                the case of any gun homicide that occurs in the 
                community, the Strategy Group shall provide for, 
                through working and consultation with the appropriate 
                law enforcement agencies, intensive order maintenance 
                and enforcement tactics to quickly suppress potential 
                resulting firearm violence in emerging violent hotspots 
                in the community, as identified by the Strategy Group. 
                Such tactics may include targeting individuals 
                identified under subparagraph (B) in the community with 
                aggressive enforcement of penalties for motor vehicle 
                violations, outstanding arrests, public drinking and 
                disorderly conduct, loitering, probation and parole 
                violations, breaking curfew, child support arrears, and 
                other criminal violations.
                    (E) Additional services.--The Strategy Group shall 
                inform individuals in the community about services 
                provided by the community, specifically services 
                provided or coordinated by the Communities in Action 
                Center of the community, including job training and 
                placement services, drug treatment services, tutoring 
                services for General Education Development (GED) 
                testing, psychological and mental health services, and 
                conflict mediation and resolution services.
                    (F) Guns off our streets program.--The Strategy 
                Group shall oversee the Guns off Our Streets Program 
                under subsection (b) for the community and shall--
                            (i) flag for investigation each firearms 
                        trace conducted under such program that shows 
                        guns used or found in high-risk neighborhoods 
                        of the community, as identified by the Strategy 
                        Group, and guns that are associated with gang 
                        members in the community; and
                            (ii) establish and maintain a database or 
                        other data collection that compares trace data 
                        determined through the program, as described in 
                        subsection (b)(2), and data on individuals 
                        collected or maintained by the Strategy Group 
                        under subparagraph (B) on individuals described 
                        in such subparagraph.
    (b) Guns Off Our Streets Program.--Each community that receives a 
grant under section 3(a) shall provide for a Guns off Our Streets 
Program under which--
            (1) the local law enforcement agencies work together with 
        the district attorney's office involved and, as appropriate, in 
        consultation with the United States Attorney's office involved 
        and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 
        to investigate firearm trafficking in the community and crime 
        committed by repeat criminal offenders in the community;
            (2) the local law enforcement agencies shall submit to the 
        Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives 
        information necessary for the Bureau to trace through the 
        Bureau's National Tracing Center each gun recovered by such 
        agencies to discover sources of illegal weapons and firearms-
        trafficking patterns in the community and the Bureau shall 
        conduct such traces;
            (3) the local law enforcement agencies and the Bureau of 
        Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives will work in 
        collaboration to ensure all Federal firearms licenses issued in 
        the community are in compliance with Federal laws; and
            (4) the local law enforcement agencies shall attempt to 
        gather information on the firearms market from criminal 
        offenders in the community.
    (c) DOJ Assistance.--Upon request of the Strategy Group, the 
Attorney General may detail, on a reimbursable basis, the appropriate 
personnel of the Department of Justice to the Strategy Group to assist 
it in carrying out its duties under this section.

SEC. 6. CAN DO OPERATION COMMUNITY PATROL PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Each community that receives a grant under section 
3(a) shall establish and carry out a CAN DO Operation Community Patrol 
Program (in this section referred to as the ``Community Patrol 
Program''), under which probation officers of the District Court 
involved shall jointly work with law enforcement officers from the 
anti-gang violence unit of the local law enforcement agency involved 
(or similar unit) to identify and monitor gang members and other at-
risk youth in the community and to carry out the following activities, 
with respect to such members and youth:
            (1) Patrol organization strategy.--Such individuals and 
        entities shall develop and carry out a patrol organization 
        strategy, including the assignment of local law enforcement 
        officers of the community to specific areas of the community to 
        become familiar with such area, criminal activity involved in 
        such area, and develop approaches to reduce violent crime in 
        such area in cooperation with residents of the area.
            (2) At-risk youth visits.--Probation officers shall select 
        gang members and at-risk youth for such officers to visit, 
        based on whether or not such member or youth has defaulted on 
        the terms of the member or youth's probation or parole, and 
        shall visit such members and youth on a rotational basis.
            (3) Unannounced visits.--Probation officers and local law 
        enforcement officers shall make unannounced visits to homes, 
        schools, and workplaces of gang members and other at-risk youth 
        to ensure that such youths are complying with the terms of 
        their probation or parole, including curfews, geographical 
        restrictions, and restricted associations, as applicable.
            (4) Enforcement of probation and parole terms.--Such 
        officers shall enforce all terms of the probation or parole of 
        each identified gang member and other at-risk youth.
            (5) Community outreach training.--A representative from the 
        National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (or 
        similar certified entity) shall train such officers in 
        community outreach and appropriate sensitivity training in 
        order to enhance cooperation and collaboration between such 
        officers and the community.
            (6) Community outreach.--Such officers shall conduct 
        outreach to residents of the community to identify and address 
        neighborhood concerns. To further such purposes, such officers 
        shall attempt to meet with members of the community in a 
        nonconfrontational, courteous, and professional manner in 
        accordance with community law enforcement roles, to establish 
        good relations with members of the community.
            (7) Information about services availability.--Such officers 
        shall inform members of the community of the services 
        coordinated by or provided for by the Communities in Action 
        Center of the community that are available to gang members and 
        other at-risk youth and their families, including substance 
        abuse prevention and treatment services, mental health and 
        psychological counseling services, job training services, and 
        educational and recreational opportunities.
    (b) At-Risk Youth Defined.--For purposes of this Act, the term 
``at-risk youth'' means teens and other youth who are exposed to high 
levels of crime, sex, drug abuse, gangs, or other risky behavior in 
daily reactions with their family, their school, or communities in high 
crime areas.

SEC. 7. CAN DO STREET MENTORING PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Each community that receives a grant under section 
3(a) shall establish and maintain a CAN DO Street Mentoring Program 
(referred to in this section as the ``Street Mentoring Program'') under 
which members of the community shall serve as street mentors who act as 
liaisons between the law enforcement agencies of the community and 
other appropriate entities and the members of the community who are 
gang members or other at-risk youth (as defined in section 6(b)), in 
accordance with this section.
    (b) Location and Availability of Street Mentoring Program 
Services.--Services provided through the Street Mentoring Program of a 
community shall be carried out at a Street Mentoring Program center 
that is centrally located in the community. Such services may also be 
made available through schools, churches, community agencies, local 
colleges and universities. Services provided at such center shall be 
provided in such a manner that staff members will be available 24 hours 
a day to conduct gang and youth outreach.
    (c) Street Mentors.--
            (1) Eligibility.--Street mentors shall be members of the 
        community involved who are at least 18 years of age and not 
        more than 55 years of age.
            (2) Duties.--Street mentors, with respect to a community, 
        shall perform the following duties:
                    (A) Work closely with gang members in the community 
                to mediate disputes and gang truces in schools and 
                throughout the community.
                    (B) Assist gang members and their families to gain 
                access to social services available in the community, 
                especially such services made available by the 
                Communities in Action Center of the community.
                    (C) Be assigned to active street mentoring cases.
                    (D) Work closely with the local law enforcement 
                agencies, probation agencies, clergy, courts, schools, 
                and health and mental health agencies and providers.
                    (E) Provide a critical non-traditional community 
                outreach approach to help reduce crime.
                    (F) Invite gang members in the community to 
                meetings described in section 5(a)(3) with Federal, 
                State, and local law enforcement agencies.
                    (G) Inform gang members in the community of the 
                consequences of continued violence.
                    (H) Refer at-risk youth and their families to the 
                CAN DO Center established under section 4(a), or 
                directly to the appropriate service administered by 
                such center, as appropriate, to receive information 
                about and access to drug prevention and treatment 
                services, mental health and psychological services, job 
                training and employment services, and educational and 
                recreational opportunities provided by the CAN DO 
                Services Providers Network under section 8.
                    (I) Provide training for the Strategy Group under 
                section 5 on ways to develop effective relationships 
                with at-risk youth and gangs.

SEC. 8. CAN DO SERVICES PROVIDERS NETWORK.

    (a) In General.--Each community that receives a grant under section 
3(a) shall establish and maintain a CAN DO Services Providers Network 
(in this section referred to as the ``Providers Network'' that provides 
the community with the mental health services network under subsection 
(b), the summer of opportunity job training and placement program under 
subsection (c), and the educational and recreational alternatives to 
violence program under subsection (d). The central location for 
information about access to services and programs provided for by the 
Providers Network shall be the CAN DO Center for the community 
established under section 4(a).
    (b) Mental Health Services Network.--
            (1) In general.--The mental health services network under 
        this subsection is a comprehensive network of mental health 
        prevention and intervention services and family support 
        services to improve and expand the access of gang members and 
        other at-risk youth (as defined in section 6(b)) and the 
        families of such members and youth who reside in the community 
        to such services, which shall include the services and programs 
        described in paragraph (2). The CAN DO Program Board of the 
        community, established under section 4(c), shall enter into 
        agreements with local educational agencies, institutes of 
        higher education, community-based centers, State agencies, 
        faith-based organizations, and private nonprofit mental health, 
        mentoring, and psychological counseling agencies, as 
        appropriate, to coordinate and provide such services and 
        programs.
            (2) Services and programs.--The services and programs 
        described in this paragraph, with respect to a community, 
        include the following:
                    (A) Community outreach and education to inform the 
                community about the availability of services and 
                activities under this subsection.
                    (B) Training and professional development services 
                for law enforcement personnel, educational personnel, 
                and other appropriate personnel who work with at-risk 
                youth.
                    (C) Family and community programs to prevent and 
                reduce the participation of juveniles in gangs.
                    (D) Treatment programs for gang members and other 
                at-risk youth who are victims of child abuse or neglect 
                and for the families of such youth.
                    (E) Mentoring programs for gang members and other 
                at-risk youth.
                    (F) Mental health services that are available 24-
                hours a day and 7 days a week to gang members and at-
                risk youth in the community.
                    (G) Community outreach and education about the 
                programs available under the CAN DO Services Providers 
                Network for gang members and other at-risk youth and 
                their families.
                    (H) Family-based, school-based, and community-based 
                anti-violence and anti-drug programs to educate youth 
                and their families about the dangers of violence and 
                drugs.
                    (I) Drug treatment programs and demonstration 
                programs to reduce the use of alcohol and other drugs.
                    (J) Partnerships between the CAN DO Program Board 
                and local educational agencies to improve school-based 
                mental health promotion, prevention, and intervention 
                services and to hire student service providers as 
                needed, including school counselors, school 
                psychologists, or other qualified psychologists, child 
                or adolescent psychiatrists, and school social workers 
                insofar as such additional personnel are to support the 
                goal of increasing the availability of mental health 
                services in the school involved.
                    (K) A peer support counseling program.
                    (L) Partnerships between a State, county, or local 
                mental health authority and one or more local public or 
                private entities to provide violence-prevention 
                education, mentoring, counseling, and mental health 
                services to gang members and other at-risk youth in the 
                community.
                    (M) Community-based efforts to coordinate 
                educational, developmental, family, health, and other 
                comprehensive services through community-based 
                organizations and public and private partnerships.
                    (N) Partnerships between the CAN DO Program Board 
                and psychology departments that can provide promotion, 
                prevention, and intervention services related to the 
                reduction of community gun violence, including through 
                doctoral training programs.
            (3) Funding.--Of the amount provided under section 3(d)(2) 
        to a community for a year, at least $500,000 for such year 
        shall be used for purposes of carrying out this subsection.
    (c) Summer of Opportunity Job Training and Placement Program.--The 
summer of opportunity job training and placement program under this 
subsection is a program, with respect to a community that receives a 
grant under section 3(a), under which the CAN DO Program Board of the 
community, established under section 4(c) shall--
            (1) implement a program that will be available to youth in 
        the community any time after school, on the weekend, or during 
        the summer, which will pay such youth stipends in exchange for 
        working in community-based jobs to improve the community as an 
        alternative to participating in gang activities, drug 
        activities, and violence;
            (2) create a community office of public works and jobs in 
        partnership, as appropriate, with faith-based organizations, 
        schools, local businesses and corporations, neighborhood 
        programs, local colleges and universities, and other community-
        based organizations in order to assist individuals in the 
        community to find community-based employment or entry level 
        jobs, including jobs in tutoring, mentoring, jobs in renewal 
        energy, neighborhood beautification, community gardening, tree 
        planting, cleaning vacant properties and lots, community 
        service, construction, entry level local government jobs, 
        typing, filing, answering telephones, and data entry;
            (3) enter into agreements with local businesses and 
        corporations to offer job training, internships, 
        apprenticeships, and employment opportunities to individuals in 
        the community; and
            (4) enter into agreements with State and local agencies, 
        faith-based organizations, community-based agencies, schools, 
        and local colleges to offer offender reintegration projects and 
        employment programs for gang members and other at-risk youth to 
        reduce recidivism and promote long-term employability.
    (d) Educational and Recreational Alternatives to Violence 
Program.--The educational and recreational alternatives to violence 
program under this subsection, with respect to a community that 
receives a grant under section 3(a), is a program that provides year-
round after-school and weekend educational and recreational activities, 
either at or through the CAN DO Center for the community established 
under section 4(a), for youth in the community through partnerships 
with local government agencies, churches and faith-based organizations, 
schools, local colleges and universities, museums, galleries, and 
community-based organizations, as applicable. Such educational and 
recreational services shall include as many of the following, as 
practicable, for members of the community:
            (1) Parenting education classes.
            (2) Mentoring and tutoring programs.
            (3) General Education Development (GED) testing tutoring 
        programs.
            (4) Computer rooms to provide access to computers for 
        members of the community.
            (5) College counseling and tours.
            (6) Organized youth sports leagues.
            (7) Martial arts and self defense classes.
            (8) Nutrition programs.
            (9) Music and dance classes.
            (10) Art and theater programs.
            (11) Field trips to local businesses and corporations, 
        museums, galleries, and other recreational locations.

SEC. 9. EVALUATION AND REPORT.

    Not later than 60 days after the last day of the 5-year grant 
program established under section 3(a), the Attorney General shall 
submit to Congress a report on the grant program that includes an 
evaluation of the effectiveness of each of the pilot programs conducted 
under such grant program in reducing gun violence in the community and 
recommendations for improving the program and whether or not to 
continue or expand the program. Such report shall include, for each 
community that received a grant under the grant program, a comparison 
of the average rate of occurrence of gun homicides for such community 
during the 5-year period immediately before the receipt of such grant 
and the average rate of such occurrence for such community during the 
5-year period of the grant program.

SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013.
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