Youth PROMISE Act

To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention to help build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and law-abiding lives.

10/16/2007--Introduced.
Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act or the Youth PROMISE Act - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to establish a PROMISE Advisory Panel to assist the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in:
(1) assessing and developing standards and evidence-based practices to prevent juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity; and
(2) collecting data in designated geographic areas to assess the needs and existing resources for juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention. Authorizes the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to local governments and Indian tribes to:
(1) plan and assess evidence-based and promising practices for juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention, especially for at-risk youth; and
(2) implement PROMISE plans, developed by local PROMISE Coordinating Councils (PCCs), for coordinating and supporting the delivery of juvenile delinquency and gang prevention and intervention programs in local communities. Establishes a National Center for Proven Practices Research to provide PCCs and the public current research and other information about evidence-based practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang prevention and intervention. Directs the Administrator to award grants to hire and train law enforcement officers as youth-oriented police to work with PCCs, other community-based organizations, and high-risk youths. Establishes a Center for Youth-Oriented Policing.
Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to authorize grants for the creation and expansion of state, local, and tribal juvenile witness and victim protection programs. Extends and increases funding for juvenile accountability block grants through FY2013.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
• and 87 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]
  • Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
  • Rep. Sanford Bishop [D, GA-2]
  • Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
  • Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D, GU-0]
  • Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9]
  • Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
  • Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]
  • Rep. George Butterfield [D, NC-1]
  • Rep. André Carson [D, IN-7]
  • Rep. Michael Castle [R, DE-0]
  • Rep. Donna Christensen [D, VI-0]
  • Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
  • Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
  • Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Artur Davis [D, AL-7]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D, AS-0]
  • Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D, IL-4]
  • Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
  • Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. William Jefferson [D, LA-2]
  • Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
  • Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]
  • Rep. Stephanie Jones [D, OH-11]
  • Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
  • Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. Ray LaHood [R, IL-18]
  • Rep. John Larson [D, CT-1]
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
  • Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. Gregory Meeks [D, NY-6]
  • Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
  • Rep. R. Bradley Miller [D, NC-13]
  • Rep. Gwen Moore [D, WI-4]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8]
  • Rep. Grace Napolitano [D, CA-38]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger [D, MD-2]
  • Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]
  • Rep. Timothy Ryan [D, OH-17]
  • Rep. Linda Sanchez [D, CA-39]
  • Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D, CA-47]
  • Rep. John Sarbanes [D, MD-3]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13]
  • Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
  • Rep. Christopher Shays [R, CT-4]
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1]
  • Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
  • Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13]
  • Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2]
  • Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D, FL-20]
  • Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]
  • Rep. Diane Watson [D, CA-33]
  • Rep. Melvin Watt [D, NC-12]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
  • Rep. Anthony Weiner [D, NY-9]
  • Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
  • Rep. Albert Wynn [D, MD-4]
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Committees

• House Judiciary
• 2 more
  • House Judiciary
  • House Education and Labor
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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
October 16, 2007

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• Nov 02, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
• Oct 16, 2007: Referred to House Judiciary
• Oct 16, 2007: Referred to House Education and Labor
• Oct 16, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Introduced on Oct 16, 2007.

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• Youth services
• Witnesses
• Victims of crimes
• State and local government
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• Social services
• Recruiting of employees
• Police-community relations
• Police training
• Police
• Nonprofit organizations
• Law enforcement officers
• Juvenile delinquency
• Information services
• Government paperwork
• Government information
• Gangs
• Federal aid to law enforcement
• Federal advisory bodies
• Executive departments
• Criminology
• Criminal statistics
• Crime prevention
• Children
• Budgets
• Block grants
• Criminal justice

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October 31, 2008 From HRW...

HR 3846, the Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act (Youth PROMISE Act), takes an innovative approach to addressing the problem of gangs and crime. By investing resources in ...

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*H.R. 3846 — The Youth Prison Reduction Through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education (PROMISE) Act will work in communities facing the greatest youth violence challenges to form a local council comprised of ...

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