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Eliminate Federal Earmarks on Juvenile Justice Programs
The federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) provides formula-based funding to the states to support states’ compliance with the requirements of the Act, including juvenile justice reform and delinquency prevention efforts that safeguard youth and reduce juvenile delinquency.
Earmarks and set-asides (hereinafter “earmarks”) on federal JJDPA program funds undermine the ability of States’ to fulfill the letter and the spirit of the JJDPA, and complicate the federal government and the States’ ability to ensure that federal funding is being invested wisely and yielding measurable reductions in juvenile crime and delinquency.
CJJ opposes earmarks on federal juvenile justice programs and appropriations. CJJ particularly opposes earmarks that reduce or restrict available funding for the Title II State Formula Grant Program and the Title V Local Delinquency Prevention Grant Program of the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA).
For as long as earmarks on federal juvenile justice programs exist, those earmarks should be subject to the following five (5) criteria:
- Earmarks should only be directed towards evidenced-based programs.
- All programs receiving earmarked funding should be evaluated on an annual basis.
- Congress should not direct earmarked funding towards programs or practices that are in conflict with the core protections of the JJDPA.
- Congress should not direct earmarked funding towards programs or practices that are in conflict with a State’s Three-Year Plan under the JJDPA.
- To ensure that the aforementioned criteria are satisfied, Congress should notify the State Advisory Group on Juvenile Justice (SAG) within the relevant jurisdiction when an earmark has been requested, proposed and/or ultimately approved.
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