[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 89 (Monday, June 15, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1411]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. KAY GRANGER

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 15, 2009

  Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I, Kay Granger, submit the following information 
regarding earmarks I received as part of the bill making appropriations 
for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related 
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 20, 2010, and for other 
purposes (H.R. 2847).
  For the project titled ``Child Abuse Training Programs for Judicial 
Personnel: Victims Act Model Court Project'' in H.R. 2847, OJP-Byrne 
Discretionary Grants account, the legal name and address of the 
requesting entity is the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court 
Judges, 1041 North Virginia Street, Third Floor, Reno, Nevada 89503. 
The $1,875,000 in the bill for this project will be used in planning 
and programming for work in Model Courts and in jurisdictions 
nationwide, including site-based and local, regional and national 
interdisciplinary training programs; Model Court site visits; Model 
Court cross-site visits; All-Sites Meetings; outreach to national State 
Court Improvement Programs; direct technical assistance to Model Courts 
and other jurisdictions nationwide; mentoring of non-Model Court 
jurisdictions; publications for national dissemination; research to 
evaluate Model Court work; and networking with national organizations. 
This project focuses on improving court practice in handling child 
abuse and neglect cases in jurisdictions across the country, and will 
have significant impact on the over 513,000 children in the nation's 
foster care systems. This juvenile justice prevention model has 
provided the ability to courts to not only improve their practice, but 
to provide long-term solutions to children and families. Through 
judicial education, strategic planning, evaluation and technical 
assistance (TA), this project has resulted in reducing the time in the 
system for children in foster care and the numbers of children in care 
in jurisdictions across the country, and has improved the quality of 
care children receive while under the court's jurisdiction. The 
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges is supported by a 
number of funders both federal, state and private; and national and 
state-based that supports related work. Supplemental funding for this 
project has been applied for in the past, as NCJFCJ continually seeks a 
variety of funding sources for its projects.
  For the project titled ``Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response 
Training (ALERRT)'' in H.R. 2847, OJP-Byrne Discretionary Grants 
account, the legal name and address of the requesting entity is the 
Texas State University, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, Texas 78666. 
The $1,300,000 in the bill for this project will enable Texas State 
University to build ALERRT's Train-The-Trainer capacity to meet the 
training needs of the more than 650,000 law enforcement agents across 
the nation. Since 2002, ALERRT has trained more than 16,000 first 
responding patrol officers. It is an ongoing project to ensure that law 
enforcement officers have the most up-to-date training available on how 
to effectively respond to, address, and stop an active shooter. Funding 
will enable the program to be established as a national training 
system; to further build train-the-trainer capacity; to enhance 
retention of learned skill by former students; to provide valuable 
research and evaluation to improve first responder abilities; and to 
provide investigative training and support for evolving threats. Texas 
State will provide any required matching funds.

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