§10191 — Title 34 Navy | U.S. Code

§10191 Crime prevention campaign grant

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Comprehensive Acts › Chapter CHAPTER 101— - JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAMS › Part Part B— - Discretionary Grants › Subpart subpart 3— - grants to private entities › § 10191

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Attorney General can give one national private nonprofit a grant if it has experience running crime‑prevention outreach and media work with police, local officials, schools, youth groups, faith groups, victims’ groups, employers, and similar community organizations. To get the grant, that group must apply to the Attorney General using whatever form and information the Attorney General requires. A grant recipient must run national public communications and education work, make and share materials, build and run websites and online tools, train police and community leaders, give technical help to states and local areas, lead a coalition of groups, run pilot programs, operate McGruff and Teens, Crime, and Community programs, and evaluate prevention efforts. Money is authorized as follows: $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.

Title 34, §10191

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(a)The Attorney General may provide a grant to a national private, nonprofit organization that has expertise in promoting crime prevention through public outreach and media campaigns in coordination with law enforcement agencies and other local government officials, and representatives of community public interest organizations, including schools and youth-serving organizations, faith-based, and victims’ organizations and employers.

(b)To request a grant under this section, an organization described in subsection (a) shall submit an application to the Attorney General in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may require.

(c)An organization that receives a grant under this section shall—

(1)create and promote national public communications campaigns;

(2)develop and distribute publications and other educational materials that promote crime prevention;

(3)design and maintain web sites and related web-based materials and tools;

(4)design and deliver training for law enforcement personnel, community leaders, and other partners in public safety and hometown security initiatives;

(5)design and deliver technical assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and crime prevention practitioners and associations;

(6)coordinate a coalition of Federal, national, and statewide organizations and communities supporting crime prevention;

(7)design, deliver, and assess demonstration programs;

(8)operate McGruff-related programs, including McGruff Club;

(9)operate the Teens, Crime, and Community Program; and

(10)evaluate crime prevention programs and trends.

(d)There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—

(1)for fiscal year 2007, $7,000,000;

(2)for fiscal year 2008, $8,000,000;

(3)for fiscal year 2009, $9,000,000; and

(4)for fiscal year 2010, $10,000,000.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3765 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 519 of Pub. L. 90–351, title I, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 208; Pub. L. 91–644, title I, § 7(7), Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1888; Pub. L. 93–83, § 2, Aug. 6, 1973, 87 Stat. 214; Pub. L. 94–273, § 5(5), Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 377; Pub. L. 94–503, title I, § 125, Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2422; Pub. L. 95–115, § 9(a), Oct. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 1060, related to annual reports to President and Congress, prior to the general amendment of title I of Pub. L. 90–351 by Pub. L. 96–157.