PUBLIC LAW 96-157—DEC. 27, 1979
93 STAT. 1171
"(A) apply for grants which encourage community and citizen participation in crime prevention and criminal justice activities; "(B) participate in the formula grant application process pursuant to section 402(f) of this title; "(C) provide program development and encouragement of neighborhood and community participation in crime prevention and public safety efforts; and "(D) implement programs and projects assisted with grants under subsection (b). "(2) coordinate its activities with other Federal agencies and programs, including the Community Relations Service of the Department of Justice, which are designed to encourage and assist citizen participation in criminal justice activities; "(3) provide information on successnil programs of citizen and community participation to citizen and community groups; "(4) review, at its discretion, formula grant applications submitted under section 403 of this title in order to assure that the requirements for citizen, neighborhood, and community participation in the application process have been met; and "(5) make recommendations, after consultation with citizen, neighborhood, and community organizations, for the designation of effective community anticrime programs for funding as national priority grants under part E and discretionary grants Post, p. 1192. under part F. Posf p. 1195. "(b) The Administration is authorized to make grants to be admin- ^^^ ^' "^® istered by the Office of Community Anti-Crime Programs to community and citizens groups, which grants shall be used— "(1) to enable the community to engage in a process leading to the identification of problems facing that community with respect to crime or conflicts, disputes, and other problems that might lead to crime; (2) to provide for the consideration by the community of plans to alleviate such problems with special attention to projects that— "(A) have been successful in other communities in dealing j; with the same or similar problems; "(B) provide alternatives to the criminal justice system in resolving conflicts and disputes and in repairing the injuries suffered; "(C) promote increased citizen participation and confidence in the processes used to resolve conflicts and disputes; and "(D) address the social and economic causes of crime. "(3) to enable community and citizen groups to participate in assistance programs under this title, but no grant under this section may be used principally to seek technical assistance or a grant under this title; "(4) to conduct training of community groups in the management of grants and such other skills as the Office determines are necessary to enhance the involvement of neighborhoods and citizens in community crime prevention and dispute resolution projects; and
- (5) to carry out projects determined to be likely to alleviate
the community's crime problems as identified through the process set forth in this subsection. "(c) In carrying out the functions under this part the Administrator shall make appropriate provisions for coordination among neighborhoods and for consultation with locally elected officials.
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