§290hh Children and Violence

Summary

The Secretary, together with the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General, must run a program—directly or by giving grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements—to help local communities teach children how to deal with violence. The program can give money and technical help, help communities make violence-response policies, build partnerships among police, schools, and mental health and substance abuse services, and set up ways for children and teens to report violent acts or plans. Anyone getting a grant must show they will create those partnerships and use a broad approach that includes things like security, school reform, policy review, alcohol and drug prevention and early intervention, mental health prevention and treatment, and early childhood development and psychosocial services. Grant money may only be spent on the alcohol/drug services, mental health services, and early childhood/psychosocial services. Grants must be spread fairly across regions and urban/rural areas, payments can last no more than 5 years, each project must be evaluated and the results shared, public and professional education programs must be created, and $100,000,000 is authorized for fiscal year 2001 with whatever sums are needed for fiscal years 2002 and 2003.