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The State of Iowa receives a federal block grant
from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
to develop programs that promote greater accountability in the juvenile
justice system. The goals of the program are to reduce juvenile
delinquency, improve the juvenile justice system, and increase accountability
for juvenile offenders. The allocations must be spent in one or
more of 17 program purpose areas. There is approximately $500,000
available in Federal FY2009 (October 2008 – September 2009),
which will fund the following projects:
- An allocation
to the Juvenile Court Services Offices in the eight Judicial Districts,
based on child population, ages 5 – 17 years. The chief
juvenile court officers must submit a plan to CJJP for approval
and for authorization of allocations. The plans must include an
assessment that prioritizes a need for specific programs; establish
program goals; describe specific activities and services that
will take place; who will benefit from the services, and the target
population; and identify the performance measures that will be
used to measure the program’s effectiveness.
- Disproportionate
Minority Contact (DMC) Resource Center, part of the National Resource
Center for Family Centered Practice, located within the University
of Iowa’s School of Social Work, which provides technical
assistance to communities with identified needs: Polk, Black Hawk,
Woodbury, Johnson, Linn, and Webster Counties in an effort to
reduce DMC. The National Resource Center also has an annual statewide
DMC conference.
- Juvenile
Justice Evaluation and Research conducted by CJJP for juvenile
justice initiatives.
- A new initiative
that will provide seed money for the implementation of mental
health services for youth in the juvenile justice system.
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