34 U.S.C. § 12132 — Ounce of prevention grant program
submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-322 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 499 words · no verdicts yet
The Ounce of Prevention Council can give grants for youth programs, mentoring, job help, and substance-abuse or child-abuse prevention. Applicants must show broad community planning and involvement, and coalitions get priority. The federal share is usually capped at 75% of project costs, and funds can't replace existing state or local money.
(a) In general. The Council may give grants for (1) summer and after-school, weekend, and holiday education and recreation programs; (2) mentoring, tutoring, and other programs involving adult role models, such as D.A.R.E. America; (3) programs assisting and promoting employability and job placement; and (4) prevention and treatment programs to reduce substance abuse, child abuse, and teen pregnancy, including outreach to at-risk families.
(b) Applicants. Applicants may be Indian tribal governments, cities, counties, other municipalities, school boards, colleges and universities, private nonprofits, or groups of eligible applicants. Applicants must show a planning process involving organizations, institutions, and residents — including young people — of the target area, and cooperation among neighborhood-based groups, city-wide bodies, and local private-sector representatives. Applicants must show substantial involvement of neighborhood-based groups in carrying out the proposed activities, and broad collaboration among youth-serving organizations, schools, health and social service providers, employers, law enforcement, local government, and residents, including young people. Applications must be tied to particular neighborhoods, sections of municipalities, or rural areas, and must show the programs will substantially affect the lives of children and youth living in the target area.
(c) Priority. The Council must favor coalitions of a broad spectrum of community-based and social-service organizations that use a coordinated team approach to reduce gang membership and substance abuse and to offer alternatives to at-risk youth.
(d) Federal share. (1) The federal share of a grant may not exceed 75 percent of a project's total cost for the fiscal year the project gets assistance. (2) The Council may waive the required 25 percent matching share if it decides that's fair given the applicant's finances. (3) The non-federal share may be cash or a fairly valued in-kind contribution, such as facilities, equipment, or services. (4) Grant funds to a governmental entity must add to, not replace, state or local funds — or, for Indian tribal governments, Bureau of Indian Affairs funds — that would otherwise be available. (5) The Council must thoroughly evaluate the programs it funds.
The Council may make grants for—
summer and after-school (including weekend and holiday) education and recreation programs;
mentoring, tutoring, and other programs involving participation by adult role models (such as D.A.R.E. America);
programs assisting and promoting employability and job placement; and
prevention and treatment programs to reduce substance abuse, child abuse, and adolescent pregnancy, including outreach programs for at-risk families.
Applicants may be Indian tribal governments, cities, counties, or other municipalities, school boards, colleges and universities, private nonprofit entities, or consortia of eligible applicants. Applicants must show that a planning process has occurred that has involved organizations, institutions, and residents of target areas, including young people, and that there has been cooperation between neighborhood-based entities, municipality-wide bodies, and local private-sector representatives. Applicants must demonstrate the substantial involvement of neighborhood-based entities in the carrying out of the proposed activities. Proposals must demonstrate that a broad base of collaboration and coordination will occur in the implementation of the proposed activities, involving cooperation among youth-serving organizations, schools, health and social service providers, employers, law enforcement professionals, local government, and residents of target areas, including young people. Applications shall be geographically based in particular neighborhoods or sections of municipalities or particular segments of rural areas, and applications shall demonstrate how programs will serve substantial proportions of children and youth resident in the target area with activities designed to have substantial impact on their lives.
In making such grants, the Council shall give preference to coalitions consisting of a broad spectrum of community-based and social service organizations that have a coordinated team approach to reducing gang membership and the effects of substance abuse, and providing alternatives to at-risk youth.
The Federal share of a grant made under this part 1 may not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of the projects described in the applications submitted under subsection (b) for the fiscal year for which the projects receive assistance under this subchapter.
The Council may waive the 25 percent matching requirement under paragraph (1) upon making a determination that a waiver is equitable in view of the financial circumstances affecting the ability of the applicant to meet that requirement.
The non-Federal share of such costs may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, and services.
Funds made available under this subchapter to a governmental entity shall not be used to supplant State or local funds, or in the case of Indian tribal governments, funds supplied by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, but shall be used to increase the amount of funds that would, in the absence of Federal funds received under this subchapter, be made available from State or local sources, or in the case of Indian tribal governments, from funds supplied by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The Council shall conduct a thorough evaluation of the programs assisted under this subchapter.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 30102, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1837.)
- 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 1837
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