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Profile of Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Funding: Indiana
Tags: Indiana | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
The federal allocation of grant funding to Indiana has dropped significantly in recent years. Nationwide, during the 16 years that the JJDPA went unauthorized, federal juvenile justice funding decreased by nearly 48%2. In Indiana, meanwhile, between FY10 and FY18 alone, the state experienced a66% reduction in its formula and block grant allocations. *** Published by the Campaign of the National Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Coalition - Act 4 Juvenile Justice. www.act4jj.org
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Profile of Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Funding: Minnesota
Tags: Minnesota | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
It has been a perennial struggle for Minnesota to allocate juvenile justice funds in the same equitable manner reflected in the JJAC’s membership. This challenge has become even more acute as federal investment in juvenile justice has declined. Nationally, since 2002, federal investments in the prevention and reduction of juvenile delinquency have decreased by 48%. The decrease in juvenile justice spending has been felt even more severely in Minnesota, with federal spending dropping off by 60% in the state over the past decade. *** Published by the Campaign of the National Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Coalition - Act 4 Juvenile Justice. www.act4jj.org
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Profile of Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Funding: Nevada
Tags: Nevada | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
Nationwide, federal allocations for juvenile justice programs decreased by nearly 48% during the 16 years that the JJDPA went unauthorized. In Nevada, meanwhile, between FY10 and FY18 alone, the state experienced a 66% reduction in its formula and block grant allocations. *** Published by the Campaign of the National Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Coalition - Act 4 Juvenile Justice. www.act4jj.org
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Profile of Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Funding: Oregon
Tags: Oregon | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
The federal allocation of grant funding to Oregon has dropped significantly in recent years. Nationwide, during the 16 years that the JJDPA went unauthorized, federal juvenile justice funding decreased by nearly 48%. In Oregon, meanwhile, between FY10 and FY 18 alone, the state experienced a 62% reduction in its formula and block grant allocations. *** Published by the Campaign of the National Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Coalition - Act 4 Juvenile Justice. www.act4jj.org
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Profile of Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Funding: Pennsylvania
Tags: Pennsylvania | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
Unfortunately, significant cuts in the federal investment in juvenile justice nationwide have put this important work in serious jeopardy. Nationwide, during the 16 years that the JJDPA went unauthorized , federal juvenile justice funding decreased by nearly 48% . Since FY10, federal investments in juvenile justice 2 reform in the Commonwealth have decreased by more than 61% , hampering Pennsylvania’s efforts to improve the lives and address the needs of youth who come into contact with law enforcement and the courts, and youth at risk of contact. *** Published by the Campaign of the National Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Coalition - Act 4 Juvenile Justice. www.act4jj.org
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Profile of Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Funding: Wisconsin
Tags: Wisconsin | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
The Federal distribution of funds has decreased substantially over the past decade and is part of an ongoing problem across the country. Nationwide, during the 16 years that the JJDPA went unauthorized, the federal investment in the prevention and reduction of juvenile delinquency decreased by nearly 48 percent. In Wisconsin, between FY10 and FY18 alone, the state experienced a 78% reduction in its formula and block grant allocations. *** Published by the Campaign of the National Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Coalition - Act 4 Juvenile Justice. www.act4jj.org
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Tap into Funding by Tapping into your Confidence
Tags: Federal | North Carolina | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Evidence-Based Practices | Advocacy | Presentations | Reports | Research | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
This PowerPoint, presented by Erin Dale Byrd of Blueprint NC at NJJN Forum 2018, provides a toolkit of best practices for nonprofit organizers when reaching out to potential donors.
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Letter - NDDUnited2017.SignOnFinal.January2018.WithAdditions+(003)
Tags: Federal | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Public Opinion and Messaging | Advocacy | Administrative/Regulatory Policies
The letter was sent to Congress and Senate to urge them to ensure adequate funding for programs funded through annual appropriations, by continuing the bipartisan practice of providing relief from sequestration budget cuts and opposing any new efforts to cut these programs more deeply. These "nondefense discretionary" (NDD) programs serve many vital national needs but have been subject to repeated cuts over the past six years. Congress should avoid making further reductions in these programs and work to replace the scheduled sequestration cuts through a package that is balanced—both in how such relief is paid for and how it is applied to defense and NDD programs.
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Seattle and King County leaders oppose youth detention center
Tags: Washington | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Public Opinion and Messaging | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Restorative Justice | Media | Reports
The proposal to build Children and Family Justice Center (CFJC) in Seattle’s Central District must be redesigned to achieve ending the school-to-prison pipeline and ensure children and families in crisis are served with a model justice system.
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Illinois Juvenile Justice Initiative Testimony on Closure of Kewanee Youth Correctional Facility_Mar25-2016
Tags: Illinois | Deinstitutionalization | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Testimony | Member Publications
NJJN's Illinois member, the Juvenile Justice Initiative, submitted written testimony supporting the closure of the Kewanee youth correctional facility.
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Juvenile Justice in Arizona: The Fiscal Foundations of Effective Policy
Tags: Arizona | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Fiscal Issues and Funding | General System Reform | Reports | Member Publications
Analysis of the state of the youth justice system in Arizona, and the fiscal underpinnings of effective youth justice policy.
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Cost-Benefit Analysis and Justice Policy Toolkit
Tags: National | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Web-Based Tools
This toolkit, provided by the Vera Institute of Justice, guides readers through producing cost-benefit analyses in the field of justice policy.
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Community-Based Supervision: Increased Public Safety, Decreased Expenditures - Tip Sheet
Tags: National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Fiscal Issues and Funding | NJJN Publications
This tip sheet, jointly issued by NJJN's Fiscal Policy Center and the Safely Home Campaign of Youth Advocate Programs, Inc., summarizes the social and cost benefits of community-based supervision compared to incarceration.
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Considerations in Applying Benefit-Cost Analysis to Preventive Interventions for Children, Youth, and Families: Workshop Summary
Tags: National | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
Report from the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council on issues in re: cost-benefit analyses and about using them to inform policy and practice.
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Changing Priorities: State Criminal Justice Reforms and Investments in Education
Tags: National | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
This report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities examines an imbalance in states between incarceration costs and investments in education.
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Social Impact Bonds: Tip Sheet
Tags: Massachusetts | New York | Utah | National | Fiscal Issues and Funding | NJJN Publications
What are social impact bonds? Where did they come from? This tip sheet from NJJN's Fiscal Policy Center has the answers, plus: benefits, pitfalls, and real-life examples.
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Using Cost-Benefit Analysis for Justice Policymaking
Tags: National | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Reports | Research
The Vera Institute for Justice convened a working group of researchers and policymakers to help advance the use of rigorous cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in decisions about criminal justice programs and policies.
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Vermont Engages in Cost-Benefit Analysis of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Practices, Criminal Consensus Cost-Benefit Working Group Final Report
Tags: Vermont | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Evidence-Based Practices | Legislation | Reports
The Vermont legislature charged the Criminal Consensus Cost-Benefit Working Group with developing a criminal and juvenile justice cost-benefit model for the state. The goal of the model is to provide policymakers with information needed to weigh the costs and benefits of various programs and to evaluate those policies with the greatest net social benefit. Specifically, the model will be used to estimate costs related to arrest, prosecution, defense, adjudication, and corrections of adults and youth, as well as the cost of victimization. A report submitted by the working group in April 2014 recommends that the state “reinvigorate” its commitment to evidence-based programs, study staff costs further (as having the greatest potential to generate cost savings), and provide the results of their study to criminal and juvenile justice agencies in the state, along with technical assistance for those agencies to evaluate opportunity costs. S.B. 1/Act No. 0061, signed into law and effective June 3, 2013.
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DC, Fiscal Year 2014 Support Act of 2013, B20-0199, 2013
Tags: District of Columbia | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Crime Data and Statistics | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Legislation
Outlines the fiscal year 2014 DC budget including a section on a working group dedicated to alternatives to juvenile arrests and secured detention.
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Ohio’s Budget Directs Funding to Youth in the Juvenile Justice System, H.B. 59
Tags: Ohio | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Evidence-Based Practices | Legislation
Ohio’s FY 2014-15 budget bill contained provisions benefiting youth in the justice system. First, the law establishes that the Ohio Office of the Public Defender is to provide legal assistance to youth in Department of Youth Services (DYS) facilities. In addition, the budget provides that DYS can use up to 45 percent of the savings stemming from facility closures to expand evidence-based community programs, including those funded through the Targeted RECLAIM and Behavioral Health and Juvenile Justice initiatives. H.B. 59, signed into law and effective June 30, 2013.
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Vermont Engages in Cost-Benefit Analysis of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Practices, S.B. 1
Tags: Vermont | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Legislation
The Vermont legislature charged the Criminal Consensus Cost-Benefit Working Group with developing a criminal and juvenile justice cost-benefit model for the state. The goal of the model is to provide policymakers with information needed to weigh the costs and benefits of various programs and to evaluate those policies with the greatest net social benefit. Specifically, the model will be used to estimate costs related to arrest, prosecution, defense, adjudication, and corrections of adults and youth, as well as the cost of victimization. A report submitted by the working group in April 2014 recommends that the state “reinvigorate” its commitment to evidence-based programs, study staff costs further (as having the greatest potential to generate cost savings), and provide the results of their study to criminal and juvenile justice agencies in the state, along with technical assistance for those agencies to evaluate opportunity costs. S.B. 1/Act No. 0061, signed into law and effective June 3, 2013.
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Funding Community Based Supervision: Legislative Levers to Lock in Local Funding
Tags: National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports | NJJN Publications
When your state proposes to close youth prisons and have counties serve youth in trouble with the law in the community, how do you keep counties at the table? The Fiscal Policy Center's new tip sheet provides four examples of funding legislation that can help.
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Toolkit: How to Calculate the Average Costs of Detaining a Youth
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | NJJN Publications
This toolkit from the National Juvenile Justice Network's Fiscal Policy Center focuses on calculating what it costs to detain a youth. Second in a series, the toolkit is intended to help reformers help policymakers craft cost-effective policies for youth in trouble with the law.
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Virginia Avoids Attempt to Increase Police in Schools, H.B. 2347
Tags: Virginia | Fiscal Issues and Funding | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Legislation
Despite the governor’s recommendations to his School and Campus Safety Task Force that the state spend an additional $33 million on school policing, security, and mental health, the task force did not endorse bills to place a school resource officer (SRO) in every Virginia school (including elementary schools). The final budget included only $1.3 million in new funding for SROs and a revolving fund for safety-related infrastructure improvements. Two bills that would have greatly increased sharing of juvenile law enforcement records (H.B. 2347 and H.B. 2344) were also scaled back.
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Virginia Avoids Attempt to Increase Police in Schools, H.B. 2344
Tags: Virginia | Fiscal Issues and Funding | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Legislation
Despite the governor’s recommendations to his School and Campus Safety Task Force that the state spend an additional $33 million on school policing, security, and mental health, the task force did not endorse bills to place a school resource officer (SRO) in every Virginia school (including elementary schools). The final budget included only $1.3 million in new funding for SROs and a revolving fund for safety-related infrastructure improvements. Two bills that would have greatly increased sharing of juvenile law enforcement records (H.B. 2347 and H.B. 2344) were also scaled back.
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Toolkit: How to Calculate the Cost of a Youth Arrest
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | General System Reform | NJJN Publications
This toolkit from the National Juvenile Justice Network's Fiscal Policy Center, revised in April 2013, focuses on calculating what it costs to arrest a youth. First in a series, the toolkit is intended to help reformers help policymakers craft cost-effective policies for youth in trouble with the law.
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Raising the Age of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction: the Future of 17-year-olds in Illinois' Justice System
Tags: Illinois | Fiscal Issues and Funding | General System Reform | Youth in the Adult System
In this report, the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission documents how Illinois ended the automatic prosecution of all 17-year-olds charged with misdemeanors, improving public safety and decreasing long-term costs. The Commission recommends doing the same with 17-year-olds charged with felonies.
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CJJ Fact Sheet: Reauthorization of the JJDPA
Tags: Federal | Fiscal Issues and Funding | General System Reform | Reports
A CJJ fact sheet on the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act and the importance of the federal-state partnership in responding to delinquency.
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Shifting Away From Incarceration: Fiscal Realignment Strategies to End the Mass Incarceration of Youth in the United States
Tags: Illinois | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Presentations | Member Publications
An overview of realignment trends in the U.S. that are reducing the number of youth who are incarcerated. Special focus on Redeploy Illinois, as well as the Pathways to Desistance research showing better outcomes for youth kept in their homes.
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Breaking Rules, Breaking Budgets: Cost of Exclusionary Discipline in 11 Texas School Districts
Tags: Texas | Fiscal Issues and Funding | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Reports | Member Publications
In this report, Texas Appleseed details the cost of the current disciplinary procedures in 11 school districts and recommends strategies for cost-effective school discipline.
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Pennsylvania Establishes Justice Reinvestment Fund, H.B. 135
Tags: Pennsylvania | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Legislation
The Pennsylvania General Assembly established the Justice Reinvestment Fund, funded by savings accrued to the Department of Corrections from reductions in the state’s prison population, increased diversion of adults convicted of low-level offenses, and improved efficiencies in the parole system. For the 2013-14 fiscal year, 75 percent of the total calculated savings from the prior fiscal year were allocated to the fund. A portion of the fund must be spent on programs for youth in the justice system. The legislation authorizes continued funding, at a lower percentage, through fiscal year 2017-18. H.B. 135, signed into law October 25, 2012; effective December 24, 2012.
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Cost-Saving & Public Safety-Driven Strategies for Texas’ Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition Educational Primer
Tags: Texas | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Fiscal Issues and Funding | General System Reform | Reports | Member Publications
The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition created an educational primer that outlines six criminal and juvenile justice areas in need of improvement, with realistic reform solutions in each area.
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Sequestration: What it Is and Why it Matters
Tags: Federal | Fiscal Issues and Funding
The National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) summarizes the "sequester," the congressional Budget Control Act of 2011, and how projected drastic cuts will affect non-defense discretionary programming -- including many social services that are central to maintaining public safety.
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How to Retain Funds for Youth Programming From the Sale or Lease of Juvenile Facilities
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | NJJN Publications
An NJJN Fiscal Policy Center toolkit to help you make sure that the proceeds from the sale or lease of closed youth prisons are used to keep youth out of the justice system, or help those already there.
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Fiscal Policy Center Glossary of Legislative Budget Terms
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | NJJN Publications
A brief guide to important financial terms created by NJJN's Fiscal Policy Center.
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Historic Federal Funding Chart
Tags: Federal | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
Chart: Federal juvenile justice appropriation from Fiscal Year 2002 to present.
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Florida Establishes Respite Beds for Youth Accused of Domestic Violence, H.B. 5401
Tags: Florida | Detention | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Legislation
The Florida Legislature expanded the definition of secure detention to include “respite” beds, temporary residential placements for youth accused of domestic violence. As respite beds are less costly than secure detention, this change reduced the overall cost of detention and allowed savings to be shifted in order to provide or contract for respite beds across the state, helping youth accused of domestic violence avoid the trauma of secure detention. H.B. 5401/Act No. 2012-137, signed into law April 20, 2012; effective July 1, 2012.
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Senators Propose Transport Fund Firewall - WBAL-TV, Feb 2012
Tags: Maryland | Fiscal Issues and Funding
Maryland Senators propose to ensure that transportation funds are used for their stated purpose and not raided to balance the state budget.
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Improving Budget Analysis of State Criminal Justice Reforms: A Strategy for Better Outcomes and Saving Money
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
Together, the ACLU and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities outline the social and economic benefits of turning to reform as opposed to incarceration. The report goes on to point out the impact fiscal analysis can have on showing legislators the value of reform over incarceration.
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Juvenile Justice Realignment in 2012
Tags: California | Deinstitutionalization | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
This report outlines five core recommendations that support Governor Brown's juvenile justice realignment proposal.
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Knowledge Brief: How Can We Know If Juvenile Justice Reforms Are Worth the Cost?
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
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Cost-Benefit Analysis for Juvenile Justice Programs
Tags: Federal | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
A guide to performing cost-benefit analyses on juvenile justice programming, from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2002).
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Show Us the Money: Calculating the Cost of Juvenile Justice
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | General System Reform | Presentations
How much does it cost to send a young person through your juvenile justice system? This PowerPoint from NJJN's Fiscal Policy Center provides a starting point for finding out the answer, with tips for mapping your system and ideas for getting the answer to this crucial question.
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Almost Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Budgets, but Were Afraid to Ask - Lori Albin, National Juvenile Justice Network, July 2011 (PowerPoint)
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | General System Reform | Presentations
Your introduction to state budgets and the budget process - a key part of understanding how to use the budget process to advance juvenile justice reform. A presentation given by Lori Albin, National Juvenile Justice Network, July 2011 (PowerPoint).
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No Place for Kids: The Case for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration
Tags: Deinstitutionalization | Detention | Fiscal Issues and Funding | General System Reform | Reports
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's new report, *No Place for Kids: The Case for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration,* assembles a vast array of evidence to demonstrate that incarcerating kids doesn't work; it also shows that many states have substantially reduced their juvenile correctional facility populations with no increase in juvenile crime or violence. Includes recommendations for further reform.
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Little Rock, Arkansas One-Cent Sales Tax Provides an Additional $3 Million for Community-Based Youth Programming
Tags: Arkansas | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Prevention | Administrative/Regulatory Policies
On September 6, 2011, the city of Little Rock passed a one-cent sales tax increase that included, in the public safety section of the proposal, $3 million in additional revenue for prevention, intervention and treatment (PIT) programs to reduce juvenile crime.
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Resolution, Reinvestment, and Realignment: Three Strategies for Changing Juvenile Justice, Jeffrey A. Butts and Douglas N. Evans, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
Report reviewing three reform strategies to reduce the demand for expensive state confinement and to supervise as many youth as possible in their own communities. The strategies generally rely on three sources of influence: resolution (direct managerial influence over system behavior); reinvestment (financial incentives to change system behavior); and realignment (organizational and structural modifications to alter system behavior). The report reviews the history and development of these strategies and analyzes their impact on policy, practice, and public safety. The report suggests that realignment may be the best choice for sustaining reform over the long term. Reform strategies in juvenile justice are sustainable when they cannot be easily reversed by future policymakers facing different budgetary conditions and changing political environments.
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Bringing Youth Home: A National Movement to Increase Public Safety, Rehabilitate Youth and Save Money, National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: Alabama | California | District of Columbia | Florida | Kansas | New York | Ohio | Texas | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Crime Data and Statistics | Deinstitutionalization | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports | NJJN Publications
Report highlighting positive news stemming from and of interest to budget conscious and public safety-minded states. The publication includes examples of states that reduced their juvenile facility populations and are now not only reaping the rewards of newfound funds that can be directed into more effective community-based services for youth, but are also seeing a better return on their investment in terms of juvenile rehabilitation and public safety.
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New York Funds Detention Alternatives and Requires Use of Pre-Trial Risk Assessment Instrument Through SFY 11-12 Budget
Tags: New York | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Risk Assessment and Screening | Legislation
Through the 2011-12 adopted state budget, New York lawmakers agreed to allow local jurisdictions the option to use state detention funds for detention alternatives, such as community-based supervision and treatment programs. In the past, the state has not reimbursed for such programs, although it reimbursed counties for detention use; now the state will reimburse the community-based supervision programs at a higher rate than for detention. The budget also requires all local jurisdictions to begin using a pre-trial detention risk assessment instrument to make better decisions about whom to detain pre-trial, and to report to the state on who is being detained.
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Social Impact Bonds: a promising new financing model to accelerate social innovation and improve government performance
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | General System Reform | Reports
An introduction to social impact bonds, which use private investment to fund and test promising and proven services -- including in the juvenile justice system -- provided by the government for the public good. Includes a review of key challenges and necessary criteria for success.
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Research Highlights from "The Real Costs and Benefits of Change", National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Presentations | NJJN Publications
Summary of the research highlights included in NJJN's policy paper, "The Real Costs and Benefits of Change: Finding Opportunities for Reform During Difficult Fiscal Times."
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Substantive and Tactical Strategies from "The Real Costs and Benefits of Change", National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports | NJJN Publications
Summary of the substantive and tactical strategies highlighted in NJJN's policy paper, "The Real Costs and Benefits of Change: Finding Opportunities for Reform During Difficult Fiscal Times."
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The Real Costs and Benefits of Change: Finding Opportunities for Reform During Difficult Fiscal Times, National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports | NJJN Publications
Policy paper offering guidance for juvenile justice advocates whose states are facing budget shortfalls. The paper details two core recommendations to encourage wise and effective juvenile justice spending: realigning/reducing spending without sacrificing effective programs, and using the current budget crisis as a means to leverage deinstitutionalization.
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Cost-benefit Analysis of Reclaiming Futures
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
A 2010 report on the costs and benefits of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Reclaiming Futures national juvenile justice initiative.
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Baltimore County Juvenile Drug Court Outcome and Cost Evaluation
Tags: Maryland | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Reports
This study examines outcomes over a 2-year period for program participants and a matched comparison group.
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Redeploy Illinois Becomes Permanent Initiative and Expands Across State, S.B. 1013
Tags: Illinois | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Fiscal Issues and Funding | General System Reform | Legislation
In April 2009, the Illinois General Assembly passed a law to convert Redeploy Illinois from a pilot program to a permanent initiative that will be accessible to approximately 70 counties that were previously excluded because of their low numbers of delinquent youth. Redeploy Illinois reallocates state funds from juvenile correctional confinement to local jurisdictions in order to establish a continuum of local, community-based sanctions and treatment alternatives for youth offenders.
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Costs of Confinement: Why Good Juvenile Justice Policies Make Good Fiscal Sense, Justice Policy Institute
Tags: Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
Report showing that states could save money, preserve public safety, and improve life outcomes for youth by redirecting the money to community-based alternatives.
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A Multi-Agency Approach to Using Medicaid to Meet the Health Needs of Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth, Carrie Hanlon, Jennifer May, and Neva Kaye, National Academy for State Health Policy
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Physical Health | Reports
Report focusing on evidence that improving coordination among state agencies is crucial to improving access to quality health services for juvenile justice-involved youth.
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Redeploy Illinois Annual Report: Implementation and Impact, Legislative Report
Tags: Illinois | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
Report summarizing Redeploy Illinois study in which four sites were provided with financial support to deliver comprehensive services in their home communities to youth who might otherwise have been sent to the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) with a goal of reducing juvenile commitments by twenty five percent. In its first three years of providing services, approximately 400 youth residing in the pilot site communities were diverted from commitment to the IDJJ.
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Redeploy Illinois Summary Sheet
Tags: Illinois | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
Summary of Redeploy Illinois program whose purpose is to create financial incentives to keep youth in the local community rather than commit them to the Department of Juvenile Justice through community-based alternatives. In the first two years of implementation, the Redeploy Illinois pilot sites, on average, reduced commitments to the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) by forty four percent within their communities, or 226 fewer youth equivalent to gross savings of over $11 million in the four sites.
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Improving Access to Health Coverage for Transitional Youth, Sonya Schwartz and Melanie Glascock, National Academy for State Health Policy
Tags: Crossover and Dual Jurisdiction Youth | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Physical Health | Reports
Report discussing strategies for ensuring that transitional youth (i.e., all youth who are entering, leaving or moving within the juvenile justice and foster care systems) have access to health care. The report focuses on opportunities to screen youth for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) eligibility. It describes key transition points for youth in both systems, ways for states to extend Medicaid and SCHIP to them, and opportunities to better enroll and retain the population.
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Juvenile Justice Reform: Realigning Responsibilities, Little Hoover Commission, California
Tags: California | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
Study focusing on two key areas of California's juvenile justice system: (1) implementation of the realignment legislation and what it will take to be successful and efficient and (2) effective management of the small number of youth offenders who, under the realignment legislation, will remain at the state level.
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Redeploy Illinois: A Good Investment, Juvenile Justice Initiative of Illinois
Tags: Illinois | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
Summary of Redeploy Illinois program, whose purpose is to create financial incentives to keep youth in the local community rather than commit them to the Department of Juvenile Justice through community-based alternatives.
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A Medicaid Primer for Juvenile Justice Officials, National Academy for State Health Policy
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Physical Health | Reports
Brief providing an overview and analysis of emerging issues and developments in state health policy as applied to juveniles in the justice system.
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Making the Right Turn: A Guide About Improving Transition Outcomes for Youth Involved in the Juvenile Corrections System, National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Physical Health | Reports
Report that features information on the transition processes for youth with disabilities in the juvenile justice system.
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The Bridge Project Cost-Benefit Analysis
Tags: International | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
This report analyzes the economic costs associated with juvenile offenses, to determine the cost-avoidance benefits associated with The Bridge Project of YMCA Victoria, in Victoria, Australia, which provides work placement and job training.
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2007 State Spending on Children in DYS Custody, Alabama Youth Justice Coalition
Tags: Alabama | Deinstitutionalization | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
Map of state spending by county of children incarcerated by the Alabama Department of Youth Services.
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Redeploy Illinois: A Good Investment, Juvenile Justice Initiative of Illinois, FY 2009 Appropriations
Tags: Illinois | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
Report summarizing Redeploy Illinois study in which four sites were provided with financial support to deliver comprehensive services in their home communities to youth who might otherwise have been sent to the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) with a goal of reducing juvenile commitments by twenty five percent. In the first two years of implementation, the Redeploy Illinois pilot sites, on average, reduced commitments to IDJJ by forty four percent, or 226 fewer youth, thereby saving the state of Illinois millions of dollars.
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Illinois Renews Redeploy Illinois, Illinois, 730 ILCS 110/16.1, S.B. 1145
Tags: Illinois | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Legislation
The "Redeploy Illinois" Program gives financial support to counties so that they can provide comprehensive services to delinquent youth in their home counties.
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Using Title IV-E in the Juvenile Justice System, Mark Hardin, American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Presentations
Presentation from NJJN’s Medicaid and Title IV-E teleconference series discussing how Title IV-E of the Social Security Act applies to youth in the juvenile justice system.
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California Requires Prompt Enrollment in Medi-Cal for Youth Leaving Detention, California, S.B. 1469
Tags: California | Detention | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Legislation
Youth exiting detention will be enrolled more quickly in Medi-Cal. The legislation requires detention facilities provide information to welfare departments about juveniles who are scheduled to be released.
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Juvenile Prisons: Paying More for Less Safety, Alabama Youth Justice Coalition
Tags: Alabama | Deinstitutionalization | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
Flyer highlighting the high cost of placing youth in juvenile prisons in Alabama.
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Medicaid for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System, Youth Law Center
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Physical Health | Reports
Document providing background information on how Medicaid applies to youth in the juvenile justice system.
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Title IV-E for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System, Youth Law Center
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
Document providing background information on how Title IV-E of the Social Security Act applies to youth in the juvenile justice system.
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Cost-Effective Youth Corrections: Rationalizing the Fiscal Architecture of Juvenile Justice Systems
Tags: Deinstitutionalization | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Partner Publications
In this report, the Justice Policy Institute shares how states have restructured funding of their juvenile justice systems to keep youth close to their communities, reduce youth incarceration and reduce state spending.
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What Deficit Reduction Means for People with Mental Disabilities, Bazelon Center Mental Health Policy Reporter
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Physical Health | Reports
Report summarizing the changes to Medicaid coverage and eligibility made by the Deficit Reduction Act in 2006.
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The Deficit Reduction Act: A Review of Key Medicaid Provisions Affecting Children and Families
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Physical Health | Reports
Issue brief reviewing the Medicaid provisions in the Deficit Reduction Act that affect children and families.
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Medicaid Insurance Policy for Youths Involved in the Criminal Justice System, American Journal of Public Health
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Physical Health | Reports
Article discussing gaps in Medicaid coverage for youth in the justice system, and suggesting policy interventions to enhance access to services for justice-involved youth.
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Evaluation of Ohio’s Reclaim Funded Programs, Community, Corrections Facilities, and DYS Facilities
Tags: Ohio | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Administrative/Regulatory Policies
Recidivism report on RECLAIM Ohio, from August 2005.
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California Budget Report, D. Steinhart, Commonweal, June 2005
Tags: California | Fiscal Issues and Funding
Commonweal bulletin that includes a report by David Steinhart on the California budget and crime prevention funds.
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California Budget Bulletin, D. Steinhart, Commonweal, May 17, 2005
Tags: California | Fiscal Issues and Funding
Web article by David Steinhart summarizing California state budget affecting crime prevention and California Youth Authority allocations.
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Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice, Government Accountability Office
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Reports
Report to Congressional Requesters discussing how federal agencies could play a stronger role in helping states reduce the number of children placed solely to obtain mental health services.
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Rethinking Juvenile Detention in New York City, Juvenile Justice Project of the Correctional Association of New York
Tags: New York | Detention | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
Report challenging plans to increase juvenile detention beds in New York City based on high numbers of detained low-level offenders; racial, ethnic and economic disparities of detained youth; unnecessarily high lengths of stay; and high cost. The report includes recommendations for reform.
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The Comparative Costs and Benefits of Programs to Reduce Crime: Version 4.0
Tags: Washington | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports
The Washington State Institute of Public Policy’s (WSIPP) 2001 cost-benefit analysis of programs to reduce crime. Includes juvenile programming, beginning on page 17.