Youth Services Insider will delve further into the first budget proposed by President Joe Biden in the coming weeks, but wanted to list off a few notable items that jumped off the page from child welfare and juvenile justice.
Juvenile Justice
Major boost to state grants: States receive a portion of what’s called the Title II formula grants each year in exchange for their participation in the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA). Biden is calling for $250 million under this program, which is more than four times the amount it has been receiving of late.
That would be a big boost to JJDPA, which was reauthorized just a few years ago after more than a decade of haggling in Congress. Several states have dropped out of participation in recent years; a bigger funding incentive could remedy that.
Alternatives to incarceration: A $100 million account to establish a new program for encouraging community-based alternatives, something the Obama administration had once proposed that was never funded by Congress.
Indigent defense: $40 million for “high quality defense and reentry legal services for juveniles across the Nation.”
Girls in the system: A tiny line item for years, Biden would up this account to $15 million.
For a full scan of the juvenile justice budget, visit page 40 of this document: HERE
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