A. A street gang enforcement revolving fund is established consisting of monies appropriated to the fund for the purpose of funding gang prevention programs or for training prosecutors and law enforcement personnel in the area of street gang prosecution and enforcement and investigating and prosecuting any offense that is concurrently charged or investigated with any offense relating to criminal street gangs. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the fund under the conditions and for the purposes provided in this section. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation.
B. Monies in the fund are exempt from lapsing pursuant to section 35-190.
C. Twenty-five percent of the fund monies shall be distributed to the attorney general and seventy-five percent of the fund monies shall be distributed to the county attorneys.
D. Fund monies shall be used either to provide personnel or for the training of prosecutors and law enforcement personnel in the area of street gang enforcement and prosecution or for the investigation and prosecution of any offense described in this section.
(Top)All funds made available to the Department of Justice for purposes of this chapter shall be disbursed in accordance with this chapter to community-based organizations and nonprofit agencies that comply with the program requirements of Section 13825.4 and the funding criteria of Section 13825.5 of this chapter.
(a) Funds disbursed under this chapter may enhance but shall not supplant local, state, or federal funds that would, in the absence of the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program, be made available for the prevention or intervention of youth involvement in gangs, crime, or violence.
(b) The applicant community-based organization or nonprofit agency may enter into interagency agreements between it and a fiscal agent that will allow the fiscal agent to manage the funds awarded to the community-based organization or nonprofit agency.
(c) Before April 15, 1998, the department shall prepare and file administrative guidelines and procedures for the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program consistent with this chapter.
(d) Before July 1, 1998, the department shall issue a "request for funding proposal" that informs applicants of the purposes and availability of funds to be awarded under this chapter and solicits proposals from community-based organizations and nonprofit agencies to provide services consistent with this chapter.
(e) The department shall conduct an evaluation of the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program after two years of program operation and each year thereafter, for purposes of identifying the effectiveness and results of the program. The evaluation shall be conducted by staff or an independent body that has experience in evaluating programs operated by community-based organizations or nonprofit agencies.
(f) After two years of program operation, and each year thereafter, the department shall prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature describing in detail the operation of the program and the results obtained from the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program receiving funds under this chapter. The report shall also list the full costs applicable to the department for processing and reviewing applications, and for administering the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program.
Community-based organizations and nonprofit agencies that receive funds under this chapter shall utilize the funds to provide services and activities designed to prevent or deter at-risk youth from participating in gangs, criminal activity, or violent behavior.
(b) Funds allocated under this chapter may not be used for services or activities related to suppression, law enforcement, incarceration, or other purposes not related to the prevention and deterrence of gangs, crime, and violence.
Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent funds allocated under this chapter from being used for violence prevention and gang crime deterrence services provided by community-based organizations and nonprofit agencies to youths incarcerated in juvenile detention facilities.
(c) Services and activities provided with funds under this chapter shall be used for at-risk youth who are defined as persons from age 5 to 20 years of age and who fall into one or more of the following categories:
(8) Are current or former gang members.
(9) Have one or more family members living at home who are current or former members of a gang.
(Top)There shall be established as part of the Prosecuting Attorney's Council the Criminal Street Gang Reward Fund. The chief of police, sheriff, or chairperson of any county governing authority may request the posting of up to $5,000.00 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person involved in criminal street gang activity that leads to the death or maiming of another person or property damage in the amount of $2,500.00 or more.
(Top) To assist victims and witnesses in gang crime prosecutions through the administration of funds appropriated from the Gang Violence Victims and Witnesses Fund to the Department. Those funds shall be appropriated to the Department and shall only be used to assist victims and witnesses in gang crime prosecutions. The assistance may include any of the following:
(1) Temporary living costs.
(2) Moving expenses.
(3) Closing costs on the sale of a private residence.
(4) First month's rent.
(5) Security deposits.
(6) Apartment location assistance.
(7) Other expenses that the Department considers appropriate.
(8) Compensation for any loss of or injury to real or personal property resulting from a gang crime to a maximum of $ 5,000, subject to the following provisions:
(A) In the case of loss of property, the amount of compensation shall be measured by the replacement cost of similar or like property that has been incurred by and that is substantiated by the property owner.
(B) In the case of injury to property, the amount of compensation shall be measured by the cost of repair incurred and that can be substantiated by the property owner.
(C) Compensation under this provision is a secondary source of compensation and shall be reduced by any amount the property owner receives from any other source as compensation for the loss or injury, including, but not limited to, personal insurance coverage.
(D) No compensation may be awarded if the property owner was an offender or an accomplice of the offender or if the award would unjustly benefit the offender or offenders or an accomplice of the offender or offenders.
No victim or witness may receive assistance under this Section if he or she is not a part of or fails to fully cooperate in the prosecution of gang crime members by law enforcement authorities.
(b) Any community-based organization seeking to have a project approved for a grant must submit an application to the Department describing its potential contributors and the nature and benefit of the project, such as the number of youth to be served by the project, performance standards or benchmarks, and monetary benefits of the project such as additional non-State funds leveraged or new State or local taxes generated.
The application must also address how the following criteria will be met:
(1) The project must contribute to the self-help efforts of the residents of the area involved.
(2) The project must involve the residents of the area in planning and implementing the project.
(3) The project must lack sufficient resources.
(4) The community-based organization must be fiscally responsible for the project.
(c) The project must provide alternatives to participation in gangs by juveniles in one of the following ways:
(1) by creating permanent jobs;
(2) by stimulating neighborhood business activity;
(3) by providing job training services;
(4) by providing youth recreation and athletic activities; or
(5) by strengthening any community-based organizations whose objectives are similar to those listed in items 1 through 4 above.
(d) If the community-based organization demonstrates its ability to meet the criteria in subsection (b), and will provide juvenile gang alternatives in 1 of the ways listed in subsection (c), the Department shall approve the organization's proposed projects and specify the amount of grant it is eligible to receive for such project. Comments from State-elected officials representing the districts in which the project is proposed to be located shall be solicited by the Department in making the decision.
Illinois § 725 ILCS 172/5-15. (For postponed repeal of this Act, see 725 ILCS 172/5-30) Funding
Sec. 5-15. The Department of State Police, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall promulgate rules for the implementation of the Gang Crime Witness Protection Program. Assistance shall be subject to the following limitations:
(a) Funds shall be limited to payment of the following:
(1) temporary living costs;
(2) moving expenses;
(3) rent;
(4) security deposits; and
(5) other appropriate expenses of relocation or transition;
(b) Approval of applications made by State's Attorneys shall be conditioned upon county funding for costs at a level of at least 25%, unless this requirement is waived by the administrator, in accordance with promulgated rules, for good cause shown;
(c) Counties providing assistance consistent with the limitations in this Act may apply for reimbursement of up to 75% of their costs; and
(d) No more than 50% of funding available in any given fiscal year may be used for costs associated with any single county.
Illinois § 725 ILCS 172/5-20. (For postponed repeal of this Act, see 725 ILCS 172/5-30) Gang Crime Witness Protection Fund
Sec. 5-20. There is created in the State Treasury the Gang Crime Witness Protection Fund into which shall be deposited appropriated funds, grants, or other funds made available to the Department of State Police to assist State's Attorneys and the Attorney General in protecting victims and witnesses who are aiding in the prosecution of perpetrators of gang crime and appropriate related persons.
(Top) A. An entity may apply for an annual juvenile delinquency and gang prevention program grant, which may be renewed for up to two additional years, if funding is available, by submitting a grant proposal for funding or continued funding to the Juvenile Delinquency and Gang Prevention Advisory Board by December 1, 1993, and by May first every year thereafter. The commission shall establish the grant application procedures, giving priority consideration to proposals which include a youth and street gang prevention component. In order to be considered for funding, the grant proposal shall include the following assurances and information:
(1) A letter from the chairman of the Juvenile Delinquency and Gang Prevention Advisory Board of the district confirming that the grant application has been reviewed and approved and that it conforms to the district's delinquency prevention plan as developed by the Juvenile Delinquency and Gang Prevention Advisory Board.
(2) A rationale and description of the program and the services to be provided, including goals and objectives.
(3) A method of identification for the appropriate clients in the program.
(4) Provisions for the participation of parents and custodians in the program.
(5) Coordination with other community-based and social service prevention efforts such as drug and alcohol abuse prevention, dropout prevention, and child abuse prevention, including hotlines and volunteers who serve the target neighborhood.
(6) An evaluation component to measure the effectiveness of the program in accordance with the provisions.
(7) A program budget, including the amount of local resources committed to the budget.
(8) The necessary program staff.
B. The department shall consider the following in awarding such grants:
(1) The number of juvenile arrests within the geographical area to be served by the program. Those geographical areas with the highest number of juvenile arrests shall have priority for selection.
(2) The extent to which the program targets high-juvenile-crime neighborhoods and those public schools serving juveniles from high-crime neighborhoods.
(3) The validity and cost-effectiveness of the program.
(4) The degree to which the program is located in and managed by local leaders of the target neighborhoods and public schools serving the target neighborhoods.
C. The commission and Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Advisory Board shall make available to anyone wishing to apply for such a grant information on all of the criteria to be used by the commission and Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Advisory Board in the selection of the proposals for funding pursuant to the provisions of this Section.
D. The commission and Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Advisory Board shall review all program proposals submitted. Entities submitting proposals shall be notified of approval by March 2, 1994, for the 1993-1994 Fiscal Year and by September first of every fiscal year thereafter.
E. Each entity which is awarded a grant as provided for in this Chapter shall submit an annual evaluation report to the chairman of the commission and the chairman of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Advisory Board, and the chairman of the Juvenile Delinquency and Gang Prevention Advisory Board, by a date subsequent to the end of the contract period established by the commission, documenting the extent to which the program objectives have been met, the effect of the program on the juvenile arrest rate, and any other information required by the commission.
F. The commission may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this Chapter.
1. The graffiti reward fund is hereby created in the state general fund.
2. When a defendant pleads or is found guilty of violating 206.330 or 206.335, the court shall include an administrative assessment of $250 for each violation in addition to any other fine or penalty. The money collected must be paid by the clerk of the court to the State Controller on or before the fifth day of each month for the preceding month for credit to the Graffiti Reward Fund.
3. All money received pursuant to subsection 2 must be deposited with the State Controller for credit to the Graffiti Reward Fund. The money in the Fund must be used to pay a reward to a person who, in response to the offer of a reward, provides information which results in the identification, apprehension and conviction of a person who violates NRS 206.125, 206.330 or 206.335.
4. If sufficient money is available in the Graffiti Reward Fund, a state law enforcement agency may offer a reward, not to exceed $1,000, for information leading to the identification, apprehension and conviction of a person who violates NRS 206.125, 206.330 or 206.335. The reward must be paid out of the Graffiti Reward Fund upon approval by the State Board of Examiners.
1. The board of county commissioners shall create a graffiti reward and abatement fund. The money in the fund must be used to pay a reward to a person who, in response to the offer of a reward, provides information which results in the identification, apprehension and conviction of a person who violates a county ordinance that prohibits graffiti or other defacement of property.
2. When a defendant pleads or is found guilty or guilty but mentally ill of violating a county ordinance that prohibits graffiti or other defacement of property, the court shall include an administrative assessment of $250 for each violation in addition to any other fine or penalty. The money collected must be paid by the clerk of the court to the county treasurer on or before the fifth day of each month for credit to the graffiti reward and abatement fund.
3. If sufficient money is available in the graffiti reward and abatement fund, a county law enforcement agency may offer a reward, not to exceed $1,000, for information leading to the identification, apprehension and conviction of a person who violates a county ordinance that prohibits graffiti or other defacement of property. The reward must be paid out of the graffiti reward and abatement fund upon approval of the board of county commissioners.
1. The governing body of each city shall create a graffiti reward and abatement fund. The money in the fund must be used to pay a reward to a person who, in response to the offer of a reward, provides information which results in the identification, apprehension and conviction of a person who violated a city ordinance that prohibits graffiti or other defacement of property.
2. When a defendant pleads or is found guilty or guilty but mentally ill of violating a city ordinance that prohibits graffiti or other defacement of property, the court shall include an administrative assessment of $250 for each violation in addition to any other fine or penalty. The money collected must be paid by the clerk of the court to the city treasurer on or before the fifth day of each month for credit to the graffiti reward and abatement fund.
3. If sufficient money is available in the graffiti reward and abatement fund, a law enforcement agency for the city may offer a reward, not to exceed $1,000, for information leading to the identification, apprehension and conviction of a person who violates a city ordinance that prohibits graffiti or other defacement of property. The reward must be paid out of the graffiti reward and abatement fund upon approval of the governing body of the city.
(Top)There is established in the appropriate office of the State Budget and Control Board a Community Safety Anti-Gang Matching Grants program to provide funding for local programs to prevent youth idleness and intervene with at-risk youth. These grants may be awarded to counties and municipalities upon application for after-school programs, summer youth employment programs, and police and sheriff anti-gang task forces. Grants must be awarded on a two-for-one matching basis with the local match component consisting of cash. Grant applications must be reviewed and rated by the Governor's Committee on Criminal Justice, Crime, and Delinquency, but responsibility for the award of grants is solely with the board. Funding for these grants must be in the amount as the General Assembly shall provide by law.
(Top)(1) The Legislature shall provide an annual appropriation from the Uniform
School Fund to the State Board of Education for a gang prevention and intervention
program designed to help students at risk for gang involvement stay in school,
enhance their self-
esteem, and improve their intellectual and life skills.
(2) The program shall:
(a) provide independent gang prevention and intervention both inside and outside of school grounds when necessary, including:
(i) meetings with gang members and other students whose activities negatively impact students in the program;
(ii) intervening in situations involving gangs that impact students in the
program or can
result in violence;
(iii) in-home visits with families of students in the program designed to encourage parents to become involved in their child’s education; and
(iv) notifying law enforcement personnel when a particular problem cannot be defused or when required by law; and
(b) maintaining required individual information including profiles on each student receiving direct services through the program, including:
(i) attendance records;
(ii) academic records; and
(iii) extra-curricular activities.
(3) The program coordinator at each school shall:
(a) be on the school grounds during school hours;
(b) have received training on gang prevention and intervention strategies in the schools;
(c) have an understanding of the cultural backgrounds of gang members and at-risk students and be aware of the potential for gang involvement in all situations; and
(d) have a minimum of one year’s experience or on-site training in gang related issues inside the schools.
(4) Individual schools within each school district interested in providing a gang prevention and intervention program shall apply to the school board for funds.
(5) Individual schools shall be required to provide a percentage of the funding necessary for the program in their school, at least one-half of which must be provided through in-kind services. In-kind services may not include office space and support. Percentage requirements shall be as follows:
(a) elementary schools, 12%;
(b) middle, intermediate, or junior high schools, 18%;
(c) high schools, 25%.
(6) Individual schools receiving funds may provide the program to their students by contracting with a private entity whose program meets the requirements set out in Subsections (2) and (3).
(Top)(1) When funded, the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs shall establish a grant program to assist local law enforcement agencies in the support of special enforcement emphasis targeting gang crime. Grant applications shall be reviewed and awarded through peer review panels. Grant applicants are encouraged to utilize multijurisdictional efforts.
(2) Each grant applicant shall:
(a) Show a significant gang problem in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions receiving the grant;
(b) Verify that grant awards are sufficient to cover increased investigation, prosecution, and jail costs;
(c) Design an enforcement program that best suits the specific gang problem in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions receiving the grant;
(d) Demonstrate community coordination focusing on prevention, intervention, and suppression; and
(e) Collect data on performance pursuant to section 103 of this act.
(3) The cost of administering the grants shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars, or four percent of appropriated funding, whichever is greater.
(1) When funded, the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs shall establish a grant program to assist local law enforcement agencies in the support of graffiti and tagging abatement programs located in local communities. Grant applicants are encouraged to utilize multijurisdictional efforts.
(2) Each graffiti or tagging abatement grant applicant shall:
(a) Demonstrate that a significant gang problem exists in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions receiving the grant;
(b) Show how the funds will be used to dispose or eliminate any current or ongoing tagging or graffiti within a specified time period;
(c) Specify how the funds will be used to reduce gang-related graffiti or tagging within its community;
(d) Show how the local citizens and business owners of the community will benefit from the proposed graffiti or tagging abatement process being presented in the grant application; and
(e) Collect data on performance pursuant to section 103 of this act.
(3) The cost of administering the grants shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, or four percent of funding, whichever is greater.
(1) The department of community, trade, and economic development may recommend existing programs or contract with either school districts or community organizations, or both, through a request for proposal process for the development, administration, and implementation in the county of community-based gang risk prevention and intervention pilot programs.
(2) Proposals by the school district for gang risk prevention and intervention pilot program grant funding shall begin with school years no sooner than the 1994-95 session, and last for a duration of two years.
(3) The school district or community organization proposal shall include:
(a) A description of the program goals, activities, and curriculum. The description of the program goals shall include a list of measurable objectives for the purpose of evaluation by the department of community, trade, and economic development. To the extent possible, proposals shall contain empirical data on current problems, such as drop-out rates and occurrences of violence on and off campus by school-aged individuals.
(b) A description of the individual school or schools and the geographic area to be affected by the program.
(c) A demonstration of broad-based support for the program from business and community organizations.
(d) A clear description of the experience, expertise, and other qualifications of the community organizations to conduct an effective prevention and intervention program in cooperation with a school or a group of schools.
(e) A proposed budget for expenditure of the grant.
(4) Grants awarded under this section may not be used for the administrative costs of the school district or the individual school.