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 12 2 STA T .6 62 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 1 9 9 — AP R .9 , 200 8(b)JUVENIL E OF FEN D E RD E MO N ST R A TION P RO J E C TS R EAUT H OR - I Z ED .—Section2976 (c) o f t h eO m nib usCr ime Contro la n d Safe Streets A ct of 1 96 8 ( 4 2 U .S.C. 3 797 w (c)) is amended b y stri k in g‘ ‘may be e xp ended for ’ ’ and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘may be expended for any acti v ity described in subsection (b).’’. (c) A P PLICATIONS RE Q UIREMENTS; PRIORITIES; PERFORMANCE M EASUREMENTS.—Section 2976 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (o); and (2) by striking subsections (d) through (g) and inserting the following

‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—A State , unit of local government, territory, or I ndian T ribe, or combination thereof, desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Attorney G eneral that— ‘‘(1) contains a reentry strategic plan, as described in sub- section (h), which describes the long-term strategy and incor- porates a detailed implementation schedule, including the plans of the applicant to pay for the program after the F ederal funding is discontinued; ‘‘(2) identifies the local government role and the role of governmental agencies and nonprofit organi z ations that will be coordinated by, and that will collaborate on, the offender reentry strategy of the applicant, and certifies the involvement of such agencies and organizations; ‘‘(3) describes the evidence-based methodology and outcome measures that will be used to evaluate the program funded with a grant under this section, and specifically explains how such measurements will provide valid measures of the impact of that program; and ‘‘(4) describes how the pro j ect could be broadly replicated if demonstrated to be effective. ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS.—The Attorney General may make a grant to an applicant under this section only if the application— ‘‘(1) reflects explicit support of the chief executive officer of the State, unit of local government, territory, or Indian Tribe applying for a grant under this section; ‘‘(2) provides extensive discussion of the role of State correc- tions departments, community corrections agencies, juvenile justice systems, or local jail systems in ensuring successful reentry of offenders into their communities; ‘‘(3) provides extensive evidence of collaboration with State and local government agencies overseeing health, housing, child welfare, education, substance abuse, victims services, and employment services, and with local law enforcement agencies; ‘‘(4) provides a plan for analysis of the statutory, regulatory, rules-based, and practice-based hurdles to reintegration of offenders into the community; and ‘‘( 5 ) includes the use of a State, local, territorial, or Tribal task force, described in subsection (i), to carry out the activities funded under the grant. ‘‘(f) PRIORIT Y CONSIDERATIONS.—The Attorney General shall give priority to grant applications under this section that best— ‘‘(1) focus initiative on geographic areas with a dispropor- tionate population of offenders released from prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; Certif i ca ti on.

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