§290hh — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

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The Secretary, working with the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General, must run a program—either directly or by giving grants or contracts to public groups—to help communities teach children how to cope with and prevent violence. The program can pay for local programs, give technical help, help make policies for when violence happens, build partnerships between police, schools, and mental health/substance abuse services, and set up ways for kids to report violent acts or plans. Anyone getting a grant must show they will form those partnerships and use a broad plan that covers security, school reforms and policy updates, substance abuse prevention and early help, mental health care, and early childhood and social support. Grant money can only pay for substance abuse prevention and early intervention, mental health services, and early childhood/psychosocial services. Grants must be spread fairly across regions and between cities and rural areas, and no award can pay out for more than 5 years. The Secretary must evaluate each project, share the results, and set up public and professional education about what is learned. Congress authorized $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and whatever sums are needed for fiscal years 2002 and 2003.

Title 42, §290hh

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(a)The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General, shall carry out directly or through grants, contracts or cooperative agreements with public entities a program to assist local communities in developing ways to assist children in dealing with violence.

(b)Under the program under subsection (a), the Secretary may—

(1)provide financial support to enable local communities to implement programs to foster the health and development of children;

(2)provide technical assistance to local communities with respect to the development of programs described in paragraph (1);

(3)provide assistance to local communities in the development of policies to address violence when and if it occurs;

(4)assist in the creation of community partnerships among law enforcement, education systems and mental health and substance abuse service systems; and

(5)establish mechanisms for children and adolescents to report incidents of violence or plans by other children or adolescents to commit violence.

(c)An application for a grant, contract or cooperative agreement under subsection (a) shall demonstrate that—

(1)the applicant will use amounts received to create a partnership described in subsection (b)(4) to address issues of violence in schools;

(2)the activities carried out by the applicant will provide a comprehensive method for addressing violence, that will include—

(A)security;

(B)educational reform;

(C)the review and updating of school policies;

(D)alcohol and drug abuse prevention and early intervention services;

(E)mental health prevention and treatment services; and

(F)early childhood development and psychosocial services; and

(3)the applicant will use amounts received only for the services described in subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F) of paragraph (2).

(d)The Secretary shall ensure that grants, contracts or cooperative agreements under subsection (a) will be distributed equitably among the regions of the country and among urban and rural areas.

(e)With respect to a grant, contract or cooperative agreement under subsection (a), the period during which payments under such an award will be made to the recipient may not exceed 5 years.

(f)The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of each project carried out under this section and shall disseminate the results of such evaluations to appropriate public and private entities.

(g)The Secretary shall establish comprehensive information and education programs to disseminate the findings of the knowledge development and application under this section to the general public and to health care professionals.

(h)There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2002 and 2003.

Editorial Notes

Codification Another section 581 of act July 1, 1944, was renumbered section 596 and is classified to section 290kk of this title.

§290hh Children and violence

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