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[CITE: 42USC5667-1]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 72--JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
 
                   SUBCHAPTER II--PROGRAMS AND OFFICES
 
    Part D--Gang-Free Schools and Communities; Community-Based Gang 
                              Intervention
 
              subpart i--gang-free schools and communities
 
Sec. 5667-1. Approval of applications


(a) Submission of applications

    Any agency, organization, or institution desiring to receive a 
grant, or to enter into a contract, under this subpart shall submit an 
application at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Administrator may prescribe.

(b) Contents of application

    In accordance with guidelines established by the Administrator, each 
application submitted under subsection (a) of this section shall--
        (1) set forth a program or activity for carrying out one or more 
    of the purposes specified in section 5667 of this title and 
    specifically identify each such purpose such program or activity is 
    designed to carry out;
        (2) provide that such program or activity shall be administered 
    by or under the supervision of the applicant;
        (3) provide for the proper and efficient administration of such 
    program or activity;
        (4) provide for regular evaluation of such program or activity;
        (5) provide an assurance that the proposed program or activity 
    will supplement, not supplant, similar programs and activities 
    already available in the community;
        (6) describe how such program or activity is coordinated with 
    programs, activities, and services available locally under parts \1\ 
    B or C of this subchapter, and under chapter 1 of subtitle B of 
    title III of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11801-
    11805);
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        (7) certify that the applicant has requested the State planning 
    agency to review and comment on such application and summarizes \2\ 
    the responses of such State planning agency to such request;
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        (8) provide that regular reports on such program or activity 
    shall be sent to the Administrator and to such State planning 
    agency; and
        (9) provide for such fiscal control and fund accounting 
    procedures as may be necessary to ensure prudent use, proper 
    disbursement, and accurate accounting of funds received under this 
    subpart.

(c) Priority

    In reviewing applications for grants and contracts under section 
5667(a) of this title, the Administrator shall give priority to 
applications--
        (1) submitted by, or substantially involving, local educational 
    agencies (as defined in section 2891 \3\ of title 20);
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        (2) based on the incidence and severity of crimes committed by 
    gangs whose membership is composed primarily of juveniles in the 
    geographical area in which the applicants propose to carry out the 
    programs and activities for which such grants and contracts are 
    requested; and
        (3) for assistance for programs and activities that--
            (A) are broadly supported by public and private nonprofit 
        agencies, organizations, and institutions located in such 
        geographical area; and
            (B) will substantially involve the families of juvenile gang 
        members in carrying out such programs or activities.

(Pub. L. 93-415, title II, Sec. 281A, as added Pub. L. 102-586, 
Sec. 2(i), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5003.)

                       References in Text

    The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, referred to in subsec. (b)(6), is 
Pub. L. 100-690, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4181, as amended. Chapter 1 of 
subtitle B of title III of the Act is classified generally to subchapter 
I (Sec. 11801 et seq.) of chapter 123 of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under former section 1501 of Title 21, Food and Drugs, and Tables.
    Section 2891 of title 20, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), was in the 
original ``section 1471 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 2891)'', Pub. L. 89-10, and was omitted in the general 
amendment of that Act by Pub. L. 103-382, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 
1994, 108 Stat. 3519. See section 8801 of Title 20, Education.
