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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2999 

To reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

Act of 1974, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 11, 2014 

Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. GRASSLEY) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Juvenile Justice and 

5 Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

7 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

TITLE I—DECLARATION OF PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS 

Sec. 101. Purposes. 

Sec. 102. Definitions. 


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TITLE II—JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION 

Sec. 201. Concentration of Federal efforts. 

Sec. 202. Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. 

Sec. 203. Annual report. 

Sec. 204. Allocation of funds. 

Sec. 205. State plans. 

Sec. 206. Authority to make grants. 

Sec. 207. Grants to Indian tribes. 

Sec. 208. Research and evaluation; statistical analyses; information dissemination. 

Sec. 209. Training and technical assistance. 

Sec. 210. Incentive grants for State and local programs. 

Sec. 211. Administrative authority. 

Sec. 212. Technical and conforming amendments. 

TITLE III—INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY 

PREVENTION PROGRAMS 

Sec. 301. Definitions. 

Sec. 302. Grants for delinquency prevention programs. 

Sec. 303. Technical and conforming amendment. 

TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 401. Evaluation by Government Accountability Office. 

Sec. 402. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 403. Accountability and oversight. 

TITLE V—JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANTS 

Sec. 501. Grant eligibility. 

1 TITLE I—DECLARATION OF 

2 PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS 

3 SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 

4 Section 102 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

5 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5602) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

7 end; 

8 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(4) to support a trauma-informed continuum 

2 of programs (including delinquency prevention, 

3 intervention, mental health and substance abuse 

4 treatment, and aftercare) to address the needs of at5 risk youth and youth who come into contact with the 

6 justice system.’’. 

7 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

8 Section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

9 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5603) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (8), by amending subpara11 graph (C) to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(C) an Indian tribe; or’’; 

13 (2) by amending paragraph (18) to read as fol14 lows: 

15 ‘‘(18) the term ‘Indian tribe’ has the meaning 

16 given that term in section 102 of the Federally Rec17 ognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 

18 479a);’’; 

19 (3) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘or confine 

20 adults’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘or con21 fine adult inmates;’’; 

22 (4) by amending paragraph (25) to read as fol23 lows: 


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1 ‘‘(25) the term ‘sight or sound contact’ means 

2 any physical, clear visual, or verbal contact, that is 

3 not brief and inadvertent;’’; 

4 (5) by amending paragraph (26) to read as fol5 lows: 

6 ‘‘(26) the term ‘adult inmate’— 

7 ‘‘(A) means an individual who— 

8 ‘‘(i) has reached the age of full crimi9 nal responsibility under applicable State 

10 law; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) has been arrested and is in cus12 tody for or awaiting trial on a criminal 

13 charge, or is convicted of a criminal charge 

14 offense; and 

15 ‘‘(B) does not include an individual who— 

16 ‘‘(i) at the time of the time of the of17 fense, was younger than the maximum age 

18 at which a youth can be held in a juvenile 

19 facility under applicable State law; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) was committed to the care and 

21 custody of a juvenile correctional agency by 

22 a court of competent jurisdiction or by op23 eration of applicable State law;’’; 

24 (6) in paragraph (28), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

25 end; 


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1 (7) in paragraph (29), by striking the period at 

2 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

3 (8) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(30) the term ‘core requirements’ means the 

5 requirements described in paragraphs (11), (12), 

6 (13), (14), and (15) of section 223(a); 

7 ‘‘(31) the term ‘chemical agent’ means a spray 

8 used to temporarily incapacitate a person, including 

9 oleoresin capsicum spray, tear gas, and 2- 

10 chlorobenzalmalononitrile gas; 

11 ‘‘(32) the term ‘isolation’— 

12 ‘‘(A) means any instance in which a youth 

13 is confined alone for more than 15 minutes in 

14 a room or cell; and 

15 ‘‘(B) does not include confinement during 

16 regularly scheduled sleeping hours, or for not 

17 more than 1 hour during any 24-hour period in 

18 the room or cell in which the youth usually 

19 sleeps, protective confinement (for injured 

20 youths or youths whose safety is threatened), 

21 separation based on an approved treatment pro22 gram, confinement that is requested by the 

23 youth, or the separation of the youth from a 

24 group in a nonlocked setting for the purpose of 

25 calming; 


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1 ‘‘(33) the term ‘restraints’ has the meaning 

2 given that term in section 591 of the Public Health 

3 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290ii); 

4 ‘‘(34) the term ‘evidence-based’ means a pro5 gram or practice that is demonstrated to be effective 

6 and that— 

7 ‘‘(A) is based on a clearly articulated and 

8 empirically supported theory; 

9 ‘‘(B) has measurable outcomes, including a 

10 detailed description of what outcomes were pro11 duced in a particular population; and 

12 ‘‘(C) has been scientifically tested, opti13 mally through randomized control studies or 

14 comparison group studies; 

15 ‘‘(35) the term ‘promising’ means a program or 

16 practice that is demonstrated to be effective based 

17 on positive outcomes from 1 or more objective, inde18 pendent, and scientifically valid evaluations, as docu19 mented in writing to the Administrator; 

20 ‘‘(36) the term ‘dangerous practice’ means an 

21 act, procedure, or program that creates an unreason22 able risk of physical injury, pain, or psychological 

23 harm to a juvenile subjected to the act, procedure, 

24 or program; 


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1 ‘‘(37) the term ‘screening’ means a brief proc2 ess— 

3 ‘‘(A) designed to identify youth who may 

4 have mental health or substance abuse needs 

5 requiring immediate attention, intervention, and 

6 further evaluation; and 

7 ‘‘(B) the purpose of which is to quickly 

8 identify a youth with a possible mental health 

9 or substance abuse need in need of further as10 sessment; 

11 ‘‘(38) the term ‘assessment’ includes, at a min12 imum, an interview and review of available records 

13 and other pertinent information— 

14 ‘‘(A) by a mental health or substance 

15 abuse professional who meets the criteria of the 

16 applicable State for licensing and education in 

17 the mental health or substance abuse field; and 

18 ‘‘(B) which is designed to identify signifi19 cant mental health or substance abuse treat20 ment needs to be addressed during a youth’s 

21 confinement; 

22 ‘‘(39) the term ‘contact’ means the point at 

23 which a youth interacts with the juvenile justice sys24 tem or criminal justice system, including interaction 

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1 ment official, and including brief, sustained, or re2 peated interaction; 

3 ‘‘(40) the term ‘trauma-informed’ means— 

4 ‘‘(A) understanding the impact that expo5 sure to violence and trauma have on a youth’s 

6 physical, psychological, and psychosocial devel7 opment; 

8 ‘‘(B) recognizing when a youth has been 

9 exposed to violence and trauma and is in need 

10 of help to recover from the adverse impacts of 

11 trauma; and 

12 ‘‘(C) responding by helping in ways that 

13 reflect awareness of the adverse impacts of 

14 trauma; and 

15 ‘‘(41) the term ‘racial and ethnic disparity’ 

16 means youth of color are involved at a decision point 

17 in the juvenile justice system at higher rates, incre18 mentally or cumulatively, than white non-Hispanic 

19 youth at that decision point.’’. 


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1 TITLE II—JUVENILE JUSTICE 

2 AND DELINQUENCY PREVEN3 TION 

4 SEC. 201. CONCENTRATION OF FEDERAL EFFORTS. 

5 Section 204(a) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin6 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5614(a)) is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘a long-term plan, and im10 plement’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘a long11 term plan to improve the juvenile justice system 

12 in the United States, taking into account sci13 entific knowledge regarding adolescent develop14 ment and behavior and regarding the effects of 

15 delinquency prevention programs and juvenile 

16 justice interventions on adolescents, and shall 

17 implement’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘research, and improve19 ment of the juvenile justice system in the 

20 United States’’ and inserting ‘‘and research’’; 

21 and 

22 (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘Federal 

23 Register’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘Federal 

24 Register during the 30-day period ending on October 

25 1 of each year.’’. 


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1 SEC. 202. COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JUVENILE JUSTICE 

2 AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION. 

3 Section 206 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

4 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5616) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

6 (A) by inserting ‘‘the Administrator of the 

7 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 

8 Administration, the Secretary of Defense, the 

9 Secretary of Agriculture,’’ after ‘‘the Secretary 

10 of Health and Human Services,’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘Commissioner of Immi12 gration and Naturalization’’ and inserting ‘‘As13 sistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs 

14 Enforcement’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (c)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para17 graphs (12)(A), (13), and (14) of section 

18 223(a) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘the core re19 quirements’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

21 (i) in the matter preceding subpara22 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, on an annual 

23 basis’’ after ‘‘collectively’’; and 

24 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 

25 inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(B) not later than 120 days after the comple2 tion of the last meeting of the Council during any 

3 fiscal year, submit to the Committee on Education 

4 and Labor of the House of Representatives and the 

5 Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report 

6 that— 

7 ‘‘(i) contains the recommendations de8 scribed in subparagraph (A); 

9 ‘‘(ii) includes a detailed account of the ac10 tivities conducted by the Council during the fis11 cal year, including a complete detailed account12 ing of expenses incurred by the Council to con13 duct operations in accordance with this section; 

14 ‘‘(iii) is published on the websites of the 

15 Department of Justice and the Council; and 

16 ‘‘(iv) is in addition to the annual report re17 quired under section 207.’’. 

18 SEC. 203. ANNUAL REPORT. 

19 Section 207 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

20 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5617) is amended— 

21 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

22 striking ‘‘a fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal 

23 year’’; 

24 (2) in paragraph (1)— 


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1 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, 

2 ethnicity,’’ after ‘‘race’’; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

4 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

5 (C) in subparagraph (F)— 

6 (i) by inserting ‘‘and other’’ before 

7 ‘‘disabilities,’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

9 and inserting a semicolon; and 

10 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(G) a summary of data from 1 month of 

12 the applicable fiscal year of the use of restraints 

13 and isolation upon juveniles held in the custody 

14 of secure detention and correctional facilities 

15 operated by a State or unit of local government; 

16 ‘‘(H) the number of juveniles released from 

17 custody and the type of living arrangement to 

18 which each such juvenile was released; 

19 ‘‘(I) the number of status offense cases pe20 titioned to court (including a breakdown by 

21 type of offense and disposition), number of sta22 tus offenders held in secure detention, the find23 ings used to justify the use of secure detention, 

24 and the average period of time a status of25 fender was held in secure detention; 


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1 ‘‘(J) the number of pregnant juveniles held 

2 in the custody of secure detention and correc3 tional facilities operated by a State or unit of 

4 local government; and 

5 ‘‘(K) the number of juveniles whose of6 fenses originated on school grounds, during off7 campus activities, or due to a referral by any 

8 school official.’’; and 

9 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(5) A description of the criteria used to deter11 mine what programs qualify as evidence-based and 

12 promising programs under this title and title V and 

13 a comprehensive list of those programs the Adminis14 trator has determined meet such criteria. 

15 ‘‘(6) A description of funding provided to In16 dian tribes under this Act, or under the Tribal Law 

17 and Order Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–211; 124 

18 Stat. 2261), including direct Federal grants and 

19 funding provided to Indian tribes through a State or 

20 unit of local government. 

21 ‘‘(7) An analysis and evaluation of the internal 

22 controls at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin23 quency Prevention to determine if grantees are fol24 lowing the requirements of the Office of Juvenile 

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1 and what remedial action the Office of Juvenile Jus2 tice and Delinquency Prevention has taken to re3 cover any grant funds that are expended in violation 

4 of the grant programs, including instances in 

5 which— 

6 ‘‘(A) supporting documentation was not 

7 provided for cost reports; 

8 ‘‘(B) unauthorized expenditures occurred; 

9 or 

10 ‘‘(C) subrecipients of grant funds were not 

11 compliant with program requirements. 

12 ‘‘(8) An analysis and evaluation of the total 

13 amount of payments made to grantees that the Of14 fice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

15 recouped from grantees that were found to be in vio16 lation of policies and procedures of the Office of Ju17 venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant 

18 programs, including— 

19 ‘‘(A) the full name and location of the 

20 grantee; 

21 ‘‘(B) the violation of the program found; 

22 ‘‘(C) the amount of funds sought to be re23 couped by the Office of Juvenile Justice and 

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1 ‘‘(D) the actual amount recouped by the 

2 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre3 vention.’’. 

4 SEC. 204. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 

5 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 221(b)(1) of 

6 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

7 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5631(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘2 

8 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’. 

9 (b) OTHER ALLOCATIONS.—Section 222 of the Juve10 nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

11 U.S.C. 5632) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘age 

14 eighteen’’ and inserting ‘‘18 years of age, based 

15 on the most recent census’’; and 

16 (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and 

17 inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(2)(A) If the aggregate amount appropriated 

19 for a fiscal year to carry out this title is less than 

20 $75,000,000, then— 

21 ‘‘(i) the amount allocated to each State 

22 other than a State described in clause (ii) for 

23 that fiscal year shall be not less than $400,000; 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the amount allocated to the Virgin Is2 lands of the United States, Guam, American 

3 Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

4 Mariana Islands for that fiscal year shall be not 

5 less than $75,000. 

6 ‘‘(B) If the aggregate amount appropriated for 

7 a fiscal year to carry out this title is not less than 

8 $75,000,000, then— 

9 ‘‘(i) the amount allocated to each State 

10 other than a State described in clause (ii) for 

11 that fiscal year shall be not less than $600,000; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(ii) the amount allocated to the Virgin Is14 lands of the United States, Guam, American 

15 Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

16 Mariana Islands for that fiscal year shall be not 

17 less than $100,000.’’; 

18 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

19 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 

20 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(c)(1) If any amount allocated under subsection (a) 

23 is withheld from a State due to noncompliance with the 

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1 improvement grant designed to assist the State in achiev2 ing compliance with the core requirements. 

3 ‘‘(2) The Administrator shall condition a grant de4 scribed in paragraph (1) on the State— 

5 ‘‘(A) with the approval of the Administrator, 

6 developing specific action steps designed to restore 

7 compliance with the core requirements; and 

8 ‘‘(B) semiannually submitting to the Adminis9 trator a report on progress toward implementing the 

10 specific action steps developed under subparagraph 

11 (A). 

12 ‘‘(3) The Administrator shall provide appropriate and 

13 effective technical assistance directly or through an agree14 ment with a contractor to assist a State receiving an im15 provement grant described in paragraph (1) in achieving 

16 compliance with the core requirements.’’; 

17 (4) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by strik18 ing ‘‘efficient administration, including monitoring, 

19 evaluation, and one full-time staff position’’ and in20 serting ‘‘effective and efficient administration, in21 cluding the designation of not less than 1 person to 

22 coordinate efforts to achieve and sustain compliance 

23 with the core requirements’’; and 


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1 (5) in subsection (e), as redesignated, by strik2 ing ‘‘5 per centum of the minimum’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘not more than 5 percent of the’’. 

4 SEC. 205. STATE PLANS. 

5 Section 223 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

6 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

9 by striking ‘‘and shall describe the status of 

10 compliance with State plan requirements.’’ and 

11 inserting the following: ‘‘shall describe the sta12 tus of compliance with State plan requirements, 

13 and shall describe how the State plan is sup14 ported by or takes account of scientific knowl15 edge regarding adolescent development and be16 havior and regarding the effects of delinquency 

17 prevention programs and juvenile justice inter18 ventions on adolescents. Not later than 30 days 

19 after the date on which a plan or amended plan 

20 submitted under this subsection is finalized, a 

21 State shall make the plan or amended plan pub22 licly available by posting the plan or amended 

23 plan on the State’s publicly available website.’’; 

24 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

25 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 


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1 (I) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘ad2 olescent development,’’ after ‘‘con3 cerning’’; 

4 (II) in clause (ii)— 

5 (aa) in subclause (II), by 

6 striking ‘‘counsel for children and 

7 youth’’ and inserting ‘‘publicly 

8 supported court-appointed legal 

9 counsel for children and youth 

10 charged in delinquency matters’’; 

11 (bb) in subclause (III), by 

12 striking ‘‘mental health, edu13 cation, special education’’ and in14 serting ‘‘children’s mental health, 

15 education, child and adolescent 

16 substance abuse, special edu17 cation, services for youth with 

18 disabilities’’; 

19 (cc) in subclause (V), by 

20 striking ‘‘delinquents or potential 

21 delinquents’’ and inserting ‘‘de22 linquent youth or youth at risk of 

23 delinquency’’; 

24 (dd) in subclause (VII), by 

25 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 


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1 (ee) by redesignating sub2 clause (VIII) as subclause (XI); 

3 (ff) by inserting after sub4 clause (VII) the following: 

5 ‘‘(VIII) the executive director or 

6 the designee of the executive director 

7 of a public or nonprofit entity that is 

8 located in the State and receiving a 

9 grant under part A of title III; 

10 ‘‘(IX) persons with expertise and 

11 competence in preventing and ad12 dressing mental health and substance 

13 abuse needs in juvenile delinquents 

14 and those at-risk of delinquency; 

15 ‘‘(X) representatives of victim or 

16 witness advocacy groups; and’’; and 

17 (gg) in subclause (XI), as so 

18 redesignated, by striking ‘‘dis19 abilities’’ and inserting ‘‘and 

20 other disabilities, truancy reduc21 tion, school failure’’; and 

22 (III) in clause (iv), by striking 

23 ‘‘24 at the time of appointment’’ and 

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1 (ii) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by strik2 ing ‘‘requirements of paragraphs (11), 

3 (12), and (13)’’ and inserting ‘‘core re4 quirements’’; and 

5 (iii) in subparagraph (E)(i), by adding 

6 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

7 (C) in paragraph (5)— 

8 (i) in the matter preceding subpara9 graph (A), by striking ‘‘section 222(d)’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘section 222(e)’’; and 

11 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

12 ‘‘Indian tribes’’ and all that follows 

13 through ‘‘applicable to the detention and 

14 confinement of juveniles’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘Indian tribes that agree to attempt to 

16 comply with the core requirements applica17 ble to the detention and confinement of ju18 veniles’’; 

19 (D) in paragraph (7)— 

20 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

21 ‘‘performs law enforcement functions’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘has jurisdiction’’; and 

23 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

24 (I) by striking clause (i) and in25 serting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(i) a plan for ensuring that the chief ex2 ecutive officer of the State, State legislature, 

3 and all appropriate public agencies in the State 

4 with responsibility for provision of services to 

5 children, youth, and families are informed of 

6 the requirements of the State plan and compli7 ance with the core requirements;’’; 

8 (II) in clause (iii), by striking 

9 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

10 (III) by striking clause (iv) and 

11 inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(iv) a plan to provide alternatives to de13 tention, including diversion to home-based or 

14 community-based services that are culturally 

15 and linguistically competent or treatment for 

16 those youth in need of mental health, substance 

17 abuse, or co-occurring disorder services at the 

18 time such juveniles first come into contact with 

19 the juvenile justice system; 

20 ‘‘(v) a plan to reduce the number of chil21 dren housed in secure detention and corrections 

22 facilities who are awaiting placement in residen23 tial treatment programs; 

24 ‘‘(vi) a plan to engage family members, 

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1 juvenile delinquency prevention and treatment 

2 services, particularly post-placement; and 

3 ‘‘(vii) a plan to use community-based serv4 ices to address the needs of at-risk youth or 

5 youth who have come into contact with the ju6 venile justice system;’’; 

7 (E) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘exist8 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘evidence-based and prom9 ising’’; 

10 (F) in paragraph (9)— 

11 (i) in the matter preceding subpara12 graph (A)— 

13 (I) by striking ‘‘section 222(d)’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘section 222(e)’’; and 

15 (II) by striking ‘‘used for—’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘used for evidence-based and 

17 trauma-informed—’’; 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (A)(i), by insert19 ing ‘‘status offenders and other’’ before 

20 ‘‘youth who need’’; 

21 (iii) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 

22 (I) by striking ‘‘parents and 

23 other family members’’ and inserting 

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1 the parents and other family members 

2 of such offenders and youth’’; and 

3 (II) by striking ‘‘be retained’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘remain’’; 

5 (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs 

6 (G) through (S) as subparagraphs (H) 

7 through (T), respectively; 

8 (v) in subparagraph (F), in the mat9 ter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘ex10 panding’’ and inserting ‘‘programs to ex11 pand’’; 

12 (vi) by inserting after subparagraph 

13 (F), the following: 

14 ‘‘(G) expanding access to publicly sup15 ported, court-appointed legal counsel and en16 hancing capacity for the competent representa17 tion of every child;’’; 

18 (vii) in subparagraph (M), as so re19 designated— 

20 (I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘re21 straints’’ and inserting ‘‘alternatives’’; 

22 and 

23 (II) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘by 

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1 (viii) in subparagraph (S), as so re2 designated, by striking the ‘‘and’’ at the 

3 end; 

4 (ix) in subparagraph (T), as so redes5 ignated, by striking the period at the end 

6 and inserting a semicolon; and 

7 (x) by inserting after subparagraph 

8 (T) the following: 

9 ‘‘(U) programs and projects designed to in10 form juveniles of the opportunity and process 

11 for expunging juvenile records and to assist ju12 veniles in pursuing juvenile record 

13 expungements for both adjudications and ar14 rests not followed by adjudications; and 

15 ‘‘(V) programs that address the needs of 

16 girls in or at risk of entering the juvenile justice 

17 system, including young mothers, survivors of 

18 commercial sexual exploitation or domestic child 

19 sex trafficking, girls with disabilities, and girls 

20 of color, including girls who are members of an 

21 Indian tribe;’’; 

22 (G) in paragraph (11)— 

23 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

24 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

25 (i), by inserting ‘‘and individuals 


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1 under 18 years of age who are 

2 charged with or who have committed 

3 an offense of purchase or public pos4 session of any alcoholic beverage’’ 

5 after ‘‘by an adult’’; and 

6 (II) in the matter following 

7 clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

8 end; 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding 

10 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

11 (iii) by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(C) encourage the use of community14 based alternatives to secure detention, including 

15 programs of public and nonprofit entities re16 ceiving a grant under part A of title III;’’; 

17 (H) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking 

18 ‘‘contact’’ and inserting ‘‘sight or sound con19 tact’’; 

20 (I) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘con21 tact’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘sight 

22 or sound contact’’; 

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1 (K) by redesignating paragraphs (23) 

2 through (28) as paragraphs (24) through (29), 

3 respectively; 

4 (L) by redesignating paragraphs (14) 

5 through (21) as paragraphs (16) through (23), 

6 respectively; 

7 (M) by inserting after paragraph (13) the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(14) require that— 

10 ‘‘(A) not later than 3 years after the date 

11 of enactment of the Juvenile Justice and Delin12 quency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2014, 

13 unless a court finds, after a hearing and in 

14 writing, that it is in the interest of justice, juve15 niles awaiting trial or other legal process who 

16 are treated as adults for purposes of prosecu17 tion in criminal court and housed in a secure 

18 facility— 

19 ‘‘(i) shall not have sight or sound con20 tact with adult inmates; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) except as provided in paragraph 

22 (13), may not be held in any jail or lockup 

23 for adults; 

24 ‘‘(B) in determining under subparagraph 

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1 permit a juvenile to be held in any jail or lock2 up for adults, or have sight or sound contact 

3 with adult inmates, a court shall consider— 

4 ‘‘(i) the age of the juvenile; 

5 ‘‘(ii) the physical and mental maturity 

6 of the juvenile; 

7 ‘‘(iii) the present mental state of the 

8 juvenile, including whether the juvenile 

9 presents an imminent risk of harm to the 

10 juvenile; 

11 ‘‘(iv) the nature and circumstances of 

12 the alleged offense; 

13 ‘‘(v) the juvenile’s history of prior de14 linquent acts; 

15 ‘‘(vi) the relative ability of the avail16 able adult and juvenile detention facilities 

17 to meet the specific needs of the juvenile 

18 and to protect the public; 

19 ‘‘(vii) whether placement in a juvenile 

20 facility will better serve the long-term in21 terests of the juvenile and be more likely to 

22 prevent recidivism; 

23 ‘‘(viii) the availability of programs de24 signed to treat the juvenile’s behavioral 

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1 ‘‘(ix) any other relevant factor; and 

2 ‘‘(C) if a court determines under subpara3 graph (A) that it is in the interest of justice to 

4 permit a juvenile to be held in any jail or lock5 up for adults— 

6 ‘‘(i) the court shall hold a hearing not 

7 less frequently than once every 30 days to 

8 review whether it is still in the interest of 

9 justice to permit the juvenile to be so held 

10 or have such sight or sound contact; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) the juvenile shall not be held in 

12 any jail or lockup for adults, or permitted 

13 to have sight or sound contact with adult 

14 inmates, for more than 180 days, unless 

15 the court, in writing, determines there is 

16 good cause for an extension or the juvenile 

17 expressly waives this limitation; 

18 ‘‘(15) implement policy, practice, and system 

19 improvement strategies at the State, territorial, 

20 local, and tribal levels, as applicable, to identify and 

21 reduce racial and ethnic disparities among youth 

22 who come into contact with the juvenile justice sys23 tem, without establishing or requiring numerical 

24 standards or quotas, by— 


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1 ‘‘(A) establishing coordinating bodies, com2 posed of juvenile justice stakeholders at the 

3 State, local, or tribal levels, to oversee and mon4 itor efforts by States, units of local government, 

5 and Indian tribes to reduce racial and ethnic 

6 disparities; 

7 ‘‘(B) identifying and analyzing key decision 

8 points in State, local, or tribal juvenile justice 

9 and educational systems to determine which 

10 points create racial and ethnic disparities 

11 among youth who come into contact with the 

12 juvenile justice system; 

13 ‘‘(C) developing and implementing data 

14 collection and analysis systems to identify 

15 where racial and ethnic disparities exist in the 

16 juvenile justice system and to track and analyze 

17 such disparities; 

18 ‘‘(D) developing and implementing a work 

19 plan that includes measurable objectives for pol20 icy, practice, or other system changes, based on 

21 the needs identified in the data collection and 

22 analysis under subparagraphs (B) and (C); and 

23 ‘‘(E) publicly reporting, on an annual 

24 basis, the efforts made in accordance with sub25 paragraphs (B), (C), and (D);’’; 


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1 (N) in paragraph (16), as so redesig2 nated— 

3 (i) by striking ‘‘adequate system’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘effective system’’; 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘requirements of para6 graph (11),’’ and all that follows through 

7 ‘‘monitoring to the Administrator’’ and in8 serting ‘‘the core requirements are met, 

9 and for annual reporting to the Adminis10 trator of such plan, including the results of 

11 such monitoring and all related enforce12 ment and educational activities’’; and 

13 (iii) by striking ‘‘, in the opinion of 

14 the Administrator,’’; 

15 (O) in paragraph (17), as so redesignated, 

16 by inserting ‘‘ethnicity,’’ after ‘‘race,’’; 

17 (P) in paragraph (24), as so redesig18 nated— 

19 (i) in subparagraphs (A), (B), and 

20 (C), by striking ‘‘juvenile’’ each place it 

21 appears and inserting ‘‘status offender’’; 

22 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

23 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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1 (I) in clause (i), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

3 (II) in clause (ii), by adding 

4 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

5 (III) by adding at the end the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(iii) if such court determines the sta8 tus offender should be placed in a secure 

9 detention facility or correctional facility for 

10 violating such order— 

11 ‘‘(I) the court shall issue a writ12 ten order that— 

13 ‘‘(aa) identifies the valid 

14 court order that has been vio15 lated; 

16 ‘‘(bb) specifies the factual 

17 basis for determining that there 

18 is reasonable cause to believe 

19 that the status offender has vio20 lated such order; 

21 ‘‘(cc) includes findings of 

22 fact to support a determination 

23 that there is no appropriate less 

24 restrictive alternative available to 

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1 such a facility, with due consider2 ation to the best interest of the 

3 juvenile; 

4 ‘‘(dd) specifies the length of 

5 time, not to exceed 7 days, that 

6 the status offender may remain 

7 in a secure detention facility or 

8 correctional facility, and includes 

9 a plan for the status offender’s 

10 release from such facility; and 

11 ‘‘(ee) may not be renewed or 

12 extended; and 

13 ‘‘(II) the court may not issue a 

14 second or subsequent order described 

15 in subclause (I) relating to a status 

16 offender, unless the status offender 

17 violates a valid court order after the 

18 date on which the court issues an 

19 order described in subclause (I);’’; and 

20 (iv) by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(D) there are procedures in place to en23 sure that any status offender held in a secure 

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1 does not remain in custody longer than 7 days 

2 or the length of time authorized by the court, 

3 whichever is shorter; and 

4 ‘‘(E) not later than 3 years after the date 

5 of enactment of the Juvenile Justice and Delin6 quency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2014 

7 with a 1-year extension for each additional year 

8 that the State can demonstrate hardship as de9 termined by the Administrator, the State will 

10 eliminate the use of valid court orders to pro11 vide secure lockup of status offenders;’’; 

12 (Q) in paragraph (26), as so redesignated, 

13 by striking ‘‘section 222(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec14 tion 222(e)’’; 

15 (R) in paragraph (27), as so redesig16 nated— 

17 (i) by inserting ‘‘and in accordance 

18 with confidentiality concerns,’’ after ‘‘max19 imum extent practicable,’’; and 

20 (ii) by striking the semicolon at the 

21 end and inserting the following: ‘‘, so as to 

22 provide for— 

23 ‘‘(A) a compilation of data reflecting infor24 mation on juveniles entering the juvenile justice 

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1 of child abuse or neglect through arrest, court 

2 intake, probation and parole, juvenile detention, 

3 and corrections; and 

4 ‘‘(B) a plan to use the data described in 

5 subparagraph (A) to provide necessary services 

6 for the treatment of victims of child abuse and 

7 neglect who have entered, or are at risk of en8 tering, the juvenile justice system;’’; 

9 (S) in paragraph (28), as so redesig10 nated— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘establish policies’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘establish protocols, policies, pro13 cedures,’’; and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

15 (T) in paragraph (29), as so redesignated, 

16 by striking the period at the end and inserting 

17 a semicolon; and 

18 (U) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(30) provide for the coordinated use of funds 

20 provided under this Act with other Federal and 

21 State funds directed at juvenile delinquency preven22 tion and intervention programs; 

23 ‘‘(31) develop policies and procedures, and pro24 vide training for facility staff to eliminate the use of 

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1 unreasonable isolation, including by developing effec2 tive behavior management techniques; 

3 ‘‘(32) describe— 

4 ‘‘(A) the evidence-based methods that will 

5 be used to conduct mental health and substance 

6 abuse screening, assessment, referral, and 

7 treatment for all juveniles who— 

8 ‘‘(i) request a screening; 

9 ‘‘(ii) show signs of needing a screen10 ing; or 

11 ‘‘(iii) are held for a period of more 

12 than 24 hours in a secure facility that pro13 vides for an initial screening; 

14 ‘‘(B) the method to be used by the State 

15 to provide or arrange for mental health and 

16 substance abuse disorder treatment for juve17 niles determined to be in need of such treat18 ment; and 

19 ‘‘(C) the policies of the State designed to 

20 develop and implement comprehensive collabo21 rative State or local plans to meet the service 

22 needs of juveniles with mental health or sub23 stance abuse needs who come into contact with 

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1 niles, including recognizing trauma histories of 

2 juveniles and providing trauma-informed care; 

3 ‘‘(33) provide procedural safeguards to adju4 dicated juveniles, including— 

5 ‘‘(A) a written case plan for each juvenile, 

6 based on an assessment of the needs of the ju7 venile and developed and updated in consulta8 tion with the juvenile, the family of the juvenile, 

9 and, if appropriate, counsel for the juvenile, 

10 that— 

11 ‘‘(i) describes the pre-release and 

12 post-release programs and reentry services 

13 that will be provided to the juvenile; 

14 ‘‘(ii) describes the living arrangement 

15 to which the juvenile is to be discharged; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(iii) establishes a plan for the enroll18 ment of the juvenile in post-release health 

19 care, behavioral health care, educational, 

20 vocational, training, family support, public 

21 assistance, and legal services programs, as 

22 appropriate; and 

23 ‘‘(B) as appropriate, a hearing that— 

24 ‘‘(i) shall take place in a family or ju25 venile court or another court (including a 


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1 tribal court) of competent jurisdiction, or 

2 by an administrative body appointed or ap3 proved by the court, not later than 30 days 

4 before the date on which the juvenile is 

5 scheduled to be released, and at which the 

6 juvenile would be represented by counsel; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(ii) shall determine the discharge 

9 plan for the juvenile, including a deter10 mination of whether a safe, appropriate, 

11 and permanent living arrangement has 

12 been secured for the juvenile and whether 

13 enrollment in health care, behavioral health 

14 care, educational, vocational, training, fam15 ily support, public assistance and legal 

16 services, as appropriate, has been arranged 

17 for the juvenile; 

18 ‘‘(34) provide that the agency of the State re19 ceiving funds under this Act collaborate with the 

20 State educational agency receiving assistance under 

21 part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 

22 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) to 

23 develop and implement a plan to ensure that, in 

24 order to support educational progress— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the student records of adjudicated ju2 veniles, including electronic records if available, 

3 are transferred in a timely manner from the 

4 educational program in the juvenile detention or 

5 secure treatment facility to the educational or 

6 training program into which the juveniles will 

7 enroll; 

8 ‘‘(B) the credits of adjudicated juveniles 

9 are transferred; and 

10 ‘‘(C) adjudicated juveniles receive full or 

11 partial credit toward high school graduation for 

12 secondary school coursework satisfactorily com13 pleted before and during the period of time dur14 ing which the juveniles are held in custody, re15 gardless of the local educational agency or enti16 ty from which the credits were earned; and 

17 ‘‘(35) provide a description of the use by the 

18 State of funds for reentry and aftercare services for 

19 juveniles released from the juvenile justice system.’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (c)— 

21 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

22 (1)— 

23 (i) by striking ‘‘applicable require24 ments of paragraphs (11), (12), (13), and 


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1 (22) of subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘core 

2 requirements’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘beginning after Sep4 tember 30, 2001, then’’; 

5 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘the subsequent fiscal 

7 year’’ and inserting ‘‘that fiscal year’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘, and’’ at the end and 

9 inserting a semicolon; 

10 (C) in paragraph (2)(B)(ii)— 

11 (i) by inserting ‘‘, administrative,’’ 

12 after ‘‘appropriate executive’’; and 

13 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

14 and inserting ‘‘, as specified in section 

15 222(c); and’’; and 

16 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(3) the State shall submit to the Adminis18 trator a report detailing the reasons for noncompli19 ance with the core requirements, including the plan 

20 of the State to regain full compliance, and the State 

21 shall make publicly available such report, not later 

22 than 30 days after the date on which the Adminis23 trator approves the report, by posting the report on 

24 a publicly available website.’’; 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘section 222(d)’’ and in2 serting ‘‘section 222(e)’’; 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘described in paragraphs 

4 (11), (12), (13), and (22) of subsection (a)’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘described in the core require6 ments’’; and 

7 (C) by striking ‘‘the requirements under 

8 paragraphs (11), (12), (13), and (22) of sub9 section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘the core require10 ments’’; 

11 (4) in subsection (f)(2)— 

12 (A) by striking subparagraph (A); and 

13 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

14 through (E) and subparagraphs (A) through 

15 (D); and 

16 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(g) COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 

19 after the date of receipt of information indicating 

20 that a State may be out of compliance with any of 

21 the core requirements, the Administrator shall deter22 mine whether the State is in compliance with the 

23 core requirements. 

24 ‘‘(2) REPORTING.—The Administrator shall— 

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1 ‘‘(i) describing any determination de2 scribed in paragraph (1) made during the 

3 previous year, including a summary of the 

4 information on which the determination is 

5 based and the actions to be taken by the 

6 Administrator (including a description of 

7 any reduction imposed under subsection 

8 (c)); and 

9 ‘‘(ii) for any such determination that 

10 a State is out of compliance with any of 

11 the core requirements, describing the basis 

12 for the determination; and 

13 ‘‘(B) make the report described in sub14 paragraph (A) available on a publicly available 

15 website.’’. 

16 SEC. 206. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS. 

17 Section 241(a) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin18 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5651(a)) is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘status of21 fenders,’’ before ‘‘juvenile offenders, and juveniles’’; 

22 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘juvenile of23 fenders and juveniles’’ and inserting ‘‘status offend24 ers, juvenile offenders, and juveniles’’; 


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1 (3) in paragraph (10), by inserting ‘‘, including 

2 juveniles with disabilities’’ before the semicolon; and 

3 (4) in paragraph (17), by inserting ‘‘truancy 

4 prevention and reduction,’’ after ‘‘mentoring,’’. 

5 SEC. 207. GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 246(a)(2) of the Juvenile 

7 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

8 U.S.C. 5656(a)(2)) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking subparagraph (A); 

10 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

11 through (E) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), re12 spectively; and 

13 (3) in subparagraph (B)(ii), as redesignated, by 

14 striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub15 paragraph (A)’’. 

16 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

17 Section 223(a)(7)(A) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin18 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(a)(7)(A)) 

19 is amended by striking ‘‘(including any geographical area 

20 in which an Indian tribe performs law enforcement func21 tions)’’ and inserting ‘‘(including any geographical area of 

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1 SEC. 208. RESEARCH AND EVALUATION; STATISTICAL 

2 ANALYSES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION. 

3 Section 251 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

4 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5661) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (i) in the matter proceeding subpara8 graph (A), by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘shall’’; 

10 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

11 ‘‘plan and identify’’ and inserting ‘‘annu12 ally publish a plan to identify’’; and 

13 (iii) in subparagraph (B)— 

14 (I) by striking clause (iii) and in15 serting the following: 

16 ‘‘(iii) successful efforts to prevent sta17 tus offenders and first-time minor offend18 ers from subsequent involvement with the 

19 criminal justice system;’’; 

20 (II) by striking clause (vii) and 

21 inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(vii) the prevalence and duration of 

23 behavioral health needs (including mental 

24 health, substance abuse, and co-occurring 

25 disorders) among juveniles pre-placement 

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1 tody of secure detention and corrections fa2 cilities, including an examination of the ef3 fects of confinement;’’; 

4 (III) by redesignating clauses 

5 (ix), (x), and (xi) as clauses (xi), (xii), 

6 and (xiii), respectively; and 

7 (IV) by inserting after clause 

8 (viii) the following: 

9 ‘‘(ix) training efforts and reforms that 

10 have produced reductions in or elimination 

11 of the use of dangerous practices; 

12 ‘‘(x) methods to improve the recruit13 ment, selection, training, and retention of 

14 professional personnel in the fields of med15 icine, law enforcement, the judiciary, juve16 nile justice, social work and child protec17 tion, education, and other relevant fields 

18 who are engaged in, or intend to work in, 

19 the field of prevention, identification, and 

20 treatment of delinquency;’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

22 (i) in the matter preceding subpara23 graph (A), by striking ‘‘date of enactment 

24 of this paragraph,the’’ and inserting ‘‘date 

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1 Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization 

2 Act of 2014, the’’; 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

4 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

5 (iii) in subparagraph (G), by striking 

6 the period at the end and inserting a semi7 colon; and 

8 (iv) by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(H) a description of the best practices in 

11 discharge planning; and 

12 ‘‘(I) an assessment of living arrangements 

13 for juveniles who cannot return to the homes of 

14 the juveniles.’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 

16 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘shall’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL RECIDIVISM MEASURE.—The Admin20 istrator, in consultation with experts in the field of juve21 nile justice research, recidivism, and data collection, 

22 shall— 

23 ‘‘(1) establish a uniform method of data collec24 tion and technology that States shall use to evaluate 

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1 ‘‘(2) establish a common national juvenile re2 cidivism measurement system; and 

3 ‘‘(3) make cumulative juvenile recidivism data 

4 that is collected from States available to the pub5 lic.’’. 

6 SEC. 209. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

7 Section 252 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

8 Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5662) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

11 by striking ‘‘may’’; 

12 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘shall’’ 

13 before ‘‘develop and carry out projects’’; and 

14 (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘may’’ 

15 before ‘‘make grants to and contracts with’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (b)— 

17 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

18 by striking ‘‘may’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

20 (i) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ before ‘‘de21 velop and implement projects’’; 

22 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, including compli23 ance with the core requirements’’ after 

24 ‘‘this title’’; and 

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1 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

2 (i) by inserting ‘‘may’’ before ‘‘make 

3 grants to and contracts with’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

5 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

6 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(3) shall, upon request, provide technical as8 sistance to States and units of local government on 

9 achieving compliance with the amendments made by 

10 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Re11 authorization Act of 2014; and 

12 ‘‘(4) shall provide technical assistance to States 

13 in support of efforts to establish partnerships be14 tween a State and a university, institution of higher 

15 education, or research center designed to improve 

16 the recruitment, selection, training, and retention of 

17 professional personnel in the fields of medicine, law 

18 enforcement, the judiciary, juvenile justice, social 

19 work and child protection, education, and other rel20 evant fields who are engaged in, or intend to work 

21 in, the field of prevention, identification, and treat22 ment of delinquency.’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES REGARD2 ING LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF CHILDREN.—The Ad3 ministrator shall— 

4 ‘‘(1) develop and issue standards of practice for 

5 attorneys representing children; and 

6 ‘‘(2) ensure that the standards issued under 

7 paragraph (1) are adapted for use in States. 

8 ‘‘(e) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR

9 LOCAL AND STATE JUVENILE DETENTION AND CORREC10 TIONS PERSONNEL.—The Administrator shall coordinate 

11 training and technical assistance programs with juvenile 

12 detention and corrections personnel of States and units 

13 of local government to— 

14 ‘‘(1) promote methods for improving conditions 

15 of juvenile confinement, including methods that are 

16 designed to minimize the use of dangerous practices, 

17 unreasonable restraints, and isolation; and 

18 ‘‘(2) encourage alternative behavior manage19 ment techniques based on positive youth develop20 ment approaches. 

21 ‘‘(f) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO

22 SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE

23 TREATMENT INCLUDING HOME-BASED OR COMMUNITY24 BASED CARE.—The Administrator shall provide training 

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1 priate public agencies, to individuals involved in making 

2 decisions regarding the disposition of cases for youth who 

3 enter the juvenile justice system about the appropriate 

4 services and placement for youth with mental health or 

5 substance abuse needs, including— 

6 ‘‘(1) juvenile justice intake personnel; 

7 ‘‘(2) probation officers; 

8 ‘‘(3) juvenile court judges and court services 

9 personnel; 

10 ‘‘(4) prosecutors and court-appointed counsel; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(5) family members of juveniles and family ad13 vocates. 

14 ‘‘(g) GRANTS FOR JUVENILE COURT JUDGES AND

15 PERSONNEL.—The Attorney General, acting through the 

16 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and 

17 the Office of Justice Programs, shall make grants to im18 prove training, education, technical assistance, evaluation, 

19 and research to enhance the capacity of State and local 

20 courts, judges, and related judicial personnel to— 

21 ‘‘(1) improve the lives of children currently in22 volved in or at risk of being involved in the juvenile 

23 court system; and 

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1 SEC. 210. INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR STATE AND LOCAL PRO2 GRAMS. 

3 Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre4 vention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amend5 ed— 

6 (1) by redesignating part F as part G; and 

7 (2) by inserting after part E the following: 

8 ‘‘PART F—INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR STATE AND 

9 LOCAL PROGRAMS 

10 ‘‘SEC. 271. INCENTIVE GRANTS. 

11 ‘‘(a) INCENTIVE GRANT FUNDS.—The Administrator 

12 may make incentive grants to a State, unit of local govern13 ment, or combination of States and local governments to 

14 assist a State, unit of local government, or combination 

15 thereof in carrying out an activity identified in subsection 

16 (b)(1). 

17 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An incentive grant made by 

19 the Administrator under this section may be used 

20 to— 

21 ‘‘(A) increase the use of evidence-based or 

22 promising prevention and intervention pro23 grams; 

24 ‘‘(B) improve the recruitment, selection, 

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1 ment, the judiciary, juvenile justice, social work, 

2 and child prevention) who are engaged in, or in3 tend to work in, the field of prevention, inter4 vention, and treatment of juveniles to reduce 

5 delinquency; 

6 ‘‘(C) establish or support a partnership be7 tween juvenile justice agencies of a State or 

8 unit of local government and mental health au9 thorities of a State or unit of local government 

10 to establish and implement programs to ensure 

11 there are adequate mental health and substance 

12 abuse screening, assessment, referral, treat13 ment, and after-care services for juveniles who 

14 come into contact with the justice system by— 

15 ‘‘(i) carrying out programs that divert 

16 from incarceration juveniles who come into 

17 contact with the justice system (including 

18 facilities contracted for operation by State 

19 or local juvenile authorities) and have men20 tal health or substance abuse needs— 

21 ‘‘(I) when such juveniles are at 

22 imminent risk of being taken into cus23 tody; 

24 ‘‘(II) at the time such juveniles 

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1 ‘‘(III) after such juveniles are 

2 charged with an offense or act of juve3 nile delinquency; 

4 ‘‘(IV) after such juveniles are ad5 judicated delinquent and before case 

6 disposition; and 

7 ‘‘(V) after such juveniles are 

8 committed to secure placement; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) improving treatment of juveniles 

10 with mental health needs by working to en11 sure— 

12 ‘‘(I) that— 

13 ‘‘(aa) initial mental health 

14 screening is— 

15 ‘‘(AA) completed for a 

16 juvenile immediately upon 

17 entering the juvenile justice 

18 system or a juvenile facility; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(BB) conducted by 

21 qualified health and mental 

22 health professionals or by 

23 staff who have been trained 

24 by qualified health, mental 


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1 health, and substance abuse 

2 professionals; and 

3 ‘‘(bb) in the case of screen4 ing, results that indicate possible 

5 need for mental health or sub6 stance abuse services are re7 viewed by qualified mental health 

8 or substance abuse treatment 

9 professionals not later than 24 

10 hours after the screening; 

11 ‘‘(II) that a juvenile who suffers 

12 from an acute mental disorder, is sui13 cidal, or is in need of medical atten14 tion due to intoxication is— 

15 ‘‘(aa) placed in or imme16 diately transferred to an appro17 priate medical or mental health 

18 facility; and 

19 ‘‘(bb) only admitted to a se20 cure correctional facility with 

21 written medical clearance; 

22 ‘‘(III) that— 

23 ‘‘(aa) for a juvenile identi24 fied by a screening as needing a 

25 mental health assessment, the 


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1 mental health assessment and 

2 any indicated comprehensive eval3 uation or individualized treat4 ment plan are written and imple5 mented— 

6 ‘‘(AA) not later than 2 

7 weeks after the date on 

8 which the juvenile enters the 

9 juvenile justice system; or 

10 ‘‘(BB) if a juvenile is 

11 entering a secure facility, 

12 not later than 1 week after 

13 the date on which the juve14 nile enters the juvenile jus15 tice system; and 

16 ‘‘(bb) the assessments de17 scribed in item (aa) are com18 pleted by qualified health, mental 

19 health, and substance abuse pro20 fessionals; 

21 ‘‘(IV) that— 

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1 referred to or treated by a quali2 fied professional; 

3 ‘‘(bb) a juvenile who is re4 ceiving treatment for a mental 

5 health or substance abuse need 

6 on the date of the assessment 

7 continues to receive treatment; 

8 ‘‘(cc) treatment of a juvenile 

9 continues until a qualified mental 

10 health professional determines 

11 that the juvenile is no longer in 

12 need of treatment; and 

13 ‘‘(dd) treatment plans for 

14 juveniles are reevaluated at least 

15 every 30 days; 

16 ‘‘(V) that— 

17 ‘‘(aa) discharge plans are 

18 prepared for an incarcerated ju19 venile when the juvenile enters 

20 the correctional facility in order 

21 to integrate the juvenile back 

22 into the family and the commu23 nity; 

24 ‘‘(bb) discharge plans for an 

25 incarcerated juvenile are updated, 


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1 in consultation with the family or 

2 guardian of a juvenile, before the 

3 juvenile leaves the facility; and 

4 ‘‘(cc) discharge plans ad5 dress the provision of aftercare 

6 services; 

7 ‘‘(VI) that any juvenile in the ju8 venile justice system receiving psycho9 tropic medications is— 

10 ‘‘(aa) under the care of a li11 censed psychiatrist; and 

12 ‘‘(bb) monitored regularly by 

13 trained staff to evaluate the effi14 cacy and side effects of the psy15 chotropic medications; and 

16 ‘‘(VII) that specialized treatment 

17 and services are continually available 

18 to a juvenile in the juvenile justice 

19 system who has— 

20 ‘‘(aa) a history of mental 

21 health needs or treatment; 

22 ‘‘(bb) a documented history 

23 of sexual offenses or sexual 

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1 ‘‘(cc) substance abuse needs 

2 or a health problem, learning dis3 ability, or history of family abuse 

4 or violence; or 

5 ‘‘(dd) developmental disabil6 ities; 

7 ‘‘(D) provide ongoing training, in conjunc8 tion with the public or private agency that pro9 vides mental health services, to individuals in10 volved in making decisions involving youth who 

11 enter the juvenile justice system (including in12 take personnel, law enforcement, prosecutors, 

13 juvenile court judges, public defenders, mental 

14 health and substance abuse service providers 

15 and administrators, probation officers, and par16 ents) that focuses on— 

17 ‘‘(i) the availability of screening and 

18 assessment tools and the effective use of 

19 such tools; 

20 ‘‘(ii) the purpose, benefits, and need 

21 to increase availability of mental health or 

22 substance abuse treatment programs (in23 cluding home-based and community-based 

24 programs) available to juveniles within the 

25 jurisdiction of the recipient; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) the availability of public and pri2 vate services available to juveniles to pay 

3 for mental health or substance abuse treat4 ment programs; or 

5 ‘‘(iv) the appropriate use of effective 

6 home-based and community-based alter7 natives to juvenile justice or mental health 

8 system institutional placement; and 

9 ‘‘(E) develop comprehensive collaborative 

10 plans to address the service needs of juveniles 

11 with mental health or substance abuse disorders 

12 who are at risk of coming into contact with the 

13 juvenile justice system that— 

14 ‘‘(i) revise and improve the delivery of 

15 intensive home-based and community-based 

16 services to juveniles who have been in con17 tact with or who are at risk of coming into 

18 contact with the justice system; 

19 ‘‘(ii) determine how the service needs 

20 of juveniles with mental health or sub21 stance abuse disorders who come into con22 tact with the juvenile justice system will be 

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1 veniles to avoid further contact with the 

2 justice system; 

3 ‘‘(iii) demonstrate that the State or 

4 unit of local government has entered into 

5 appropriate agreements with all entities re6 sponsible for providing services under the 

7 plan, such as the agency of the State or 

8 unit of local government charged with ad9 ministering juvenile justice programs, the 

10 agency of the State or unit of local govern11 ment charged with providing mental health 

12 services, the agency of the State or unit of 

13 local government charged with providing 

14 substance abuse treatment services, the 

15 educational agency of the State or unit of 

16 local government, the child welfare system 

17 of the State or local government, and pri18 vate nonprofit community-based organiza19 tions; 

20 ‘‘(iv) ensure that the State or unit of 

21 local government has in effect any laws 

22 necessary for services to be delivered in ac23 cordance with the plan; 

24 ‘‘(v) establish a network of individuals 

25 (or incorporate an existing network) to 


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1 provide coordination between mental health 

2 service providers, substance abuse service 

3 providers, probation and parole officers, 

4 judges, corrections personnel, law enforce5 ment personnel, State and local edu6 cational agency personnel, parents and 

7 families, and other appropriate parties re8 garding effective treatment of juveniles 

9 with mental health or substance abuse dis10 orders; 

11 ‘‘(vi) provide for cross-system training 

12 among law enforcement personnel, correc13 tions personnel, State and local educational 

14 agency personnel, mental health service 

15 providers, and substance abuse service pro16 viders to enhance collaboration among sys17 tems; 

18 ‘‘(vii) provide for coordinated and ef19 fective aftercare programs for juveniles 

20 who have been diagnosed with a mental 

21 health or substance abuse disorder and 

22 who are discharged from home-based care, 

23 community-based care, any other treat24 ment program, secure detention facilities, 

25 secure correctional facilities, or jail; 


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1 ‘‘(viii) provide for the purchase of 

2 technical assistance to support the imple3 mentation of the plan; 

4 ‘‘(ix) estimate the costs of imple5 menting the plan and propose funding 

6 sources sufficient to meet the non-Federal 

7 funding requirements for implementation 

8 of the plan under subsection (c)(2)(E); 

9 ‘‘(x) describe the methodology to be 

10 used to identify juveniles at risk of coming 

11 into contact with the juvenile justice sys12 tem; 

13 ‘‘(xi) provide a written plan to ensure 

14 that all training and services provided 

15 under the plan will be culturally and lin16 guistically competent; and 

17 ‘‘(xii) describe the outcome measures 

18 and benchmarks that will be used to evalu19 ate the progress and effectiveness of the 

20 plan. 

21 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION AND ADMINISTRATION.—A 

22 State or unit of local government receiving a grant 

23 under this section shall ensure that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the use of the grant under this sec2 tion is developed as part of the State plan re3 quired under section 223(a); and 

4 ‘‘(B) not more than 5 percent of the 

5 amount received under this section is used for 

6 administration of the grant under this section. 

7 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State or unit of local 

9 government desiring a grant under this section shall 

10 submit an application at such time, in such manner, 

11 and containing such information as the Adminis12 trator may prescribe. 

13 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—In accordance with guide14 lines that shall be established by the Administrator, 

15 each application for incentive grant funding under 

16 this section shall— 

17 ‘‘(A) describe any activity or program the 

18 funding would be used for and how the activity 

19 or program is designed to carry out 1 or more 

20 of the activities described in subsection (b); 

21 ‘‘(B) if any of the funds provided under 

22 the grant would be used for evidence-based or 

23 promising prevention or intervention programs, 

24 include a detailed description of the studies, 

25 findings, or practice knowledge that support the 


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1 assertion that such programs qualify as evi2 dence-based or promising; 

3 ‘‘(C) for any program for which funds pro4 vided under the grant would be used that is not 

5 evidence-based or promising, include a detailed 

6 description of any studies, findings, or practice 

7 knowledge which support the effectiveness of 

8 the program; 

9 ‘‘(D) if the funds provided under the grant 

10 will be used for an activity described in sub11 section (b)(1)(D), include a certification that 

12 the State or unit of local government— 

13 ‘‘(i) will work with public or private 

14 entities in the area to administer the train15 ing funded under subsection (b)(1)(D), to 

16 ensure that such training is comprehensive, 

17 constructive, linguistically and culturally 

18 competent, and of a high quality; 

19 ‘‘(ii) is committed to a goal of increas20 ing the diversion of juveniles coming under 

21 its jurisdiction into appropriate home22 based or community-based care when the 

23 interest of the juvenile and public safety 

24 allow; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) intends to use amounts provided 

2 under a grant under this section for an ac3 tivity described in subsection (b)(1)(D) to 

4 further such goal; and 

5 ‘‘(iv) has a plan to demonstrate, using 

6 appropriate benchmarks, the progress of 

7 the agency in meeting such goal; and 

8 ‘‘(E) if the funds provided under the grant 

9 will be used for an activity described in sub10 section (b)(1)(D), include a certification that 

11 not less than 25 percent of the total cost of the 

12 training described in subsection (b)(1)(D) that 

13 is conducted with the grant under this section 

14 will be contributed by non-Federal sources. 

15 ‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS TO ESTABLISH

16 PARTNERSHIPS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) MANDATORY REPORTING.—A State or unit 

18 of local government receiving a grant for an activity 

19 described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall keep records 

20 of the incidence and types of mental health and sub21 stance abuse disorders in the juvenile justice popu22 lation of the State or unit of local government, the 

23 range and scope of services provided, and barriers to 

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1 submit an analysis of this information yearly to the 

2 Administrator. 

3 ‘‘(2) STAFF RATIOS FOR CORRECTIONAL FA4 CILITIES.—A State or unit of local government re5 ceiving a grant for an activity described in sub6 section (b)(1)(C) shall require that a secure correc7 tional facility operated by or on behalf of that State 

8 or unit of local government— 

9 ‘‘(A) has a minimum ratio of not fewer 

10 than 1 mental health and substance abuse 

11 counselor for every 50 juveniles, who shall be 

12 professionally trained and certified or licensed; 

13 ‘‘(B) has a minimum ratio of not fewer 

14 than 1 clinical psychologist for every 100 juve15 niles; and 

16 ‘‘(C) has a minimum ratio of not fewer 

17 than 1 licensed psychiatrist for every 100 juve18 niles receiving psychiatric care. 

19 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON ISOLATION.—A State or 

20 unit of local government receiving a grant for an ac21 tivity described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall require 

22 that— 

23 ‘‘(A) isolation is used only for immediate 

24 and short-term security or safety reasons; 


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1 ‘‘(B) no juvenile is placed in isolation with2 out approval of the facility superintendent or 

3 chief medical officer or their official staff des4 ignee; 

5 ‘‘(C) all instances in which a juvenile is 

6 placed in isolation are documented in the file of 

7 the juvenile along with the justification; 

8 ‘‘(D) a juvenile is in isolation only the 

9 amount of time necessary to achieve the secu10 rity and safety of the juvenile and staff; 

11 ‘‘(E) staff monitor each juvenile in isola12 tion once every 15 minutes and conduct a pro13 fessional review of the need for isolation at least 

14 every 4 hours; and 

15 ‘‘(F) any juvenile held in isolation for 24 

16 hours is examined by a physician or licensed 

17 psychologist. 

18 ‘‘(4) MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH EMER19 GENCIES.—A State or unit of local government re20 ceiving a grant for an activity described in sub21 section (b)(1)(C) shall require that a correctional fa22 cility operated by or on behalf of that State or unit 

23 of local government has written policies and proce24 dures on suicide prevention. All staff working in a 

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1 State or unit of local government receiving a grant 

2 for an activity described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall 

3 be trained and certified annually in suicide preven4 tion. A correctional facility operated by or on behalf 

5 of a State or unit of local government receiving a 

6 grant for an activity described in subsection 

7 (b)(1)(C) shall have a written arrangement with a 

8 hospital or other facility for providing emergency 

9 medical and mental health care. Physical and mental 

10 health services shall be available to an incarcerated 

11 juvenile 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. 

12 ‘‘(5) IDEA AND REHABILITATION ACT.—A 

13 State or unit of local government receiving a grant 

14 for an activity described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall 

15 require that all juvenile facilities operated by or on 

16 behalf of the State or unit of local government abide 

17 by all mandatory requirements and timelines set 

18 forth under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu19 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) and section 504 

20 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794). 

21 ‘‘(6) FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.—A State or unit 

22 of local government receiving a grant for an activity 

23 described in subsection (b)(1)(C) shall provide for 

24 such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures 

25 as may be necessary to ensure prudent use, proper 


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1 disbursement, and accurate accounting of funds re2 ceived under this section that are used for an activ3 ity described in subsection (b)(1)(C).’’. 

4 SEC. 211. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY. 

5 Section 299A(e) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin6 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5672(e)) is 

7 amended by striking ‘‘requirements described in para8 graphs (11), (12), and (13) of section 223(a)’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘core requirements’’. 

10 SEC. 212. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

11 The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act 

12 of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) is amended— 

13 (1) in section 204(b)(6) (42 U.S.C. 

14 5614(b)(6)), by striking ‘‘section 223(a)(15)’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘section 223(a)(14)’’; 

16 (2) in section 246(a)(2)(D) (42 U.S.C. 

17 5656(a)(2)(D)), by striking ‘‘section 222(c)’’ and in18 serting ‘‘section 222(d)’’; and 

19 (3) in section 299D(b) (42 U.S.C. 5675(b)), by 

20 striking ‘‘section 222(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

21 222(d)’’. 


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1 TITLE III—INCENTIVE GRANTS 

2 FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY 

3 PREVENTION PROGRAMS 

4 SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. 

5 Section 502 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin6 quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

7 5781) is amended— 

8 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘DEFI9 NITION’’ and inserting ‘‘DEFINITIONS’’; and 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘this title, the term’’ and insert11 ing the following: ‘‘this title— 

12 ‘‘(1) the term ‘mentoring’ means matching 1 

13 adult with 1 or more youths (not to exceed 4 youths) 

14 for the purpose of providing guidance, support, and 

15 encouragement aimed at developing the character of 

16 the youths, where the adult and youths meet regu17 larly for not less than 4 hours each month for not 

18 less than a 9-month period; and 

19 ‘‘(2) the term’’. 

20 SEC. 302. GRANTS FOR DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PRO21 GRAMS. 

22 Section 504(a) of the Incentive Grants for Local De23 linquency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 

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1 (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

2 end; 

3 (2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 

4 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(9) mentoring programs.’’. 

7 SEC. 303. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 

8 The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act 

9 of 1974 is amended by striking title V, as added by the 

10 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

11 (Public Law 93–415; 88 Stat. 1133) (relating to miscella12 neous and conforming amendments). 

13 TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 

14 PROVISIONS 

15 SEC. 401. EVALUATION BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY 

16 OFFICE. 

17 (a) EVALUATION.—Not later than October 1, 2015, 

18 the Comptroller General of the United States shall— 

19 (1) conduct a comprehensive analysis and eval20 uation regarding the performance of the Office of 

21 Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention (re22 ferred to in this section as ‘‘the agency’’), its func23 tions, its programs, and its grants; 

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1 grantees (as determined by the Comptroller General) 

2 that receive Federal funds under grant programs ad3 ministered by the Office of Juvenile Justice Delin4 quency and Prevention including a review of internal 

5 controls to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse of funds 

6 by grantees; and 

7 (3) submit a report in accordance with sub8 section (d). 

9 (b) CONSIDERATIONS FOR EVALUATION.—In con10 ducting the analysis and evaluation under subsection 

11 (a)(1), and in order to document the efficiency and public 

12 benefit of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven13 tion Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), excluding the 

14 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et 

15 seq.) and the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 

16 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.), the Comptroller General shall take 

17 into consideration— 

18 (1) the extent to which the jurisdiction of, and 

19 the programs administered by, the agency duplicate 

20 or conflict with the jurisdiction and programs of 

21 other agencies; 

22 (2) the potential benefits of consolidating pro23 grams administered by the agency with similar or 

24 duplicative programs of other agencies, and the po25 tential for consolidating those programs; 


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1 (3) whether present functions or operations are 

2 impeded or enhanced by existing statutes, rules, and 

3 procedures; 

4 (4) the number and types of beneficiaries or 

5 persons served by programs carried out by the agen6 cy; 

7 (5) the manner with which the agency seeks 

8 public input and input from State and local govern9 ments on the performance of the functions of the 

10 agency; 

11 (6) the extent to which the agency complies 

12 with section 552 of title 5, United States Code (com13 monly known as the Freedom of Information Act); 

14 (7) whether greater oversight is needed of pro15 grams developed with grants made by the agency; 

16 and 

17 (8) the extent to which changes are necessary 

18 in the authorizing statutes of the agency in order for 

19 the functions of the agency to be performed in a 

20 more efficient and effective manner. 

21 (c) CONSIDERATIONS FOR AUDITS.—In conducting 

22 the audit and evaluation under subsection (a)(2), and in 

23 order to document the efficiency and public benefit of the 

24 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

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1 Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) and the 

2 Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et 

3 seq.), the Comptroller General shall take into consider4 ation— 

5 (1) whether grantees timely file Financial Sta6 tus Reports; 

7 (2) whether grantees have sufficient internal 

8 controls to ensure adequate oversight of grant fund 

9 received; 

10 (3) whether disbursements were accompanied 

11 with adequate supporting documentation (including 

12 invoices and receipts); 

13 (4) whether expenditures were authorized; 

14 (5) whether subrecipients of grant funds were 

15 complying with program requirements; 

16 (6) whether salaries and fringe benefits of per17 sonnel were adequately supported by documentation; 

18 (7) whether contracts were bid in accordance 

19 with program guidelines; and 

20 (8) whether grant funds were spent in accord21 ance with program goals and guidelines. 

22 (d) REPORT.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 

24 the United States shall submit a report regarding 

25 the evaluation conducted under subsection (a) and 


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1 audit under subsection (b), together with supporting 

2 materials, to the Speaker of the House of Represent3 atives and the President pro tempore of the Senate, 

4 and be made available to the public, not later than 

5 October 1, 2011. 

6 (2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted in ac7 cordance with paragraph (1) shall include all audit 

8 findings determined by the selected, statistically sig9 nificant sample of grantees as required by subsection 

10 (a)(2) and shall include the name and location of 

11 any selected grantee as well as any findings required 

12 by subsection (a)(2). 

13 SEC. 402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Juvenile Justice and Delin15 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) 

16 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘TITLE VI—AUTHORIZATION OF 

18 APPROPRIATIONS; ACCOUNT19 ABILITY AND OVERSIGHT 

20 ‘‘SEC. 601. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap22 propriated to carry out this Act— 

23 ‘‘(1) $159,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; 

24 ‘‘(2) $162,180,000 for fiscal year 2016; 

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1 ‘‘(4) $168,732,072 for fiscal year 2018; and 

2 ‘‘(5) $172,106,713 for fiscal year 2019. 

3 ‘‘(b) MENTORING PROGRAMS.—Not more than 20 

4 percent of the amount authorized to be appropriated 

5 under subsection (a) for a fiscal year may be used for 

6 mentoring programs.’’. 

7 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

8 The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

9 1974 is amended by striking— 

10 (1) section 299 (42 U.S.C. 5671); 

11 (2) section 388 (42 U.S.C. 5751); 

12 (3) section 408 (42 U.S.C. 5777); and 

13 (4) section 505 (42 U.S.C. 5784). 

14 SEC. 403. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VI of the Juvenile Justice 

16 and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as added by this 

17 Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 602. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT. 

19 ‘‘All grants awarded by the Attorney General under 

20 this Act shall be subject to the following accountability 

21 provisions: 

22 ‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

23 ‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the term ‘Inspector General’ 

2 means the Inspector General of the De3 partment of Justice; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘unresolved audit find5 ing’ means a finding in the final audit re6 port of the Inspector General— 

7 ‘‘(I) that the audited grantee has 

8 used grant funds for an unauthorized 

9 expenditure or otherwise unallowable 

10 cost; and 

11 ‘‘(II) that is not closed or re12 solved during the 12-month period be13 ginning on the date on which the final 

14 audit report is issued. 

15 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—Beginning in the 

16 first fiscal year beginning after the date of en17 actment of this Act, and in each fiscal year 

18 thereafter, the Inspector General shall conduct 

19 audits of recipients of grants under this Act to 

20 prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 

21 grantees. 

22 ‘‘(C) NUMBER OF GRANTEES TO BE AU23 DITED.—The Inspector General shall determine 

24 the appropriate number of grantees to be au25 dited under subparagraph (B) each fiscal year. 


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1 ‘‘(D) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipi2 ent of grant funds under this Act that is found 

3 to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be 

4 eligible to receive grant funds under this Act 

5 during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after 

6 the 12-month period described in subparagraph 

7 (A)(ii)(II). 

8 ‘‘(E) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 

9 under this Act, the Attorney General shall give 

10 priority an eligible entity that did not have an 

11 unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 

12 years prior to the date on which the eligible en13 tity submits an application for a grant under 

14 this Act. 

15 ‘‘(F) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 

16 awarded grant funds under this Act during the 

17 2-fiscal-year period in which the entity is barred 

18 from receiving grants under subparagraph (D), 

19 the Attorney General shall— 

20 ‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the 

21 amount of the grant funds that were im22 properly awarded to the grantee into the 

23 General Fund of the Treasury; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the 

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1 clause (i) from the grantee that was erro2 neously awarded grant funds. 

3 ‘‘(2) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIRE4 MENTS.— 

5 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 

6 paragraph and the grant programs described in 

7 this Act, the term ‘nonprofit organization’ 

8 means an organization that is described in sec9 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

10 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 

11 501(a) of such Code. 

12 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney Gen13 eral may not award a grant under any grant 

14 program described in this Act to a nonprofit or15 ganization that holds money in offshore ac16 counts for the purpose of avoiding paying the 

17 tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal 

18 Revenue Code of 1986. 

19 ‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE.— 

20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Each nonprofit or21 ganization that is awarded a grant under 

22 a grant program described in this Act and 

23 uses the procedures prescribed in regula24 tions to create a rebuttable presumption of 

25 reasonableness for the compensation of its 


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1 officers, directors, trustees, and key em2 ployees, shall disclose to the Attorney Gen3 eral, in the application for the grant, the 

4 process for determining such compensa5 tion, including— 

6 ‘‘(I) the independent persons in7 volved in reviewing and approving 

8 such compensation; 

9 ‘‘(II) the comparability data 

10 used; and 

11 ‘‘(III) contemporaneous substan12 tiation of the deliberation and deci13 sion. 

14 ‘‘(ii) PUBLIC INSPECTION UPON RE15 QUEST.—Upon request, the Attorney Gen16 eral shall make the information disclosed 

17 under clause (i) available for public inspec18 tion. 

19 ‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

20 ‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts author21 ized to be appropriated to the Department of 

22 Justice under this Act may be used by the At23 torney General, or by any individual or organi24 zation awarded discretionary funds through a 

25 cooperative agreement under this Act, to host 


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1 or support any expenditure for conferences that 

2 uses more than $20,000 in funds made avail3 able to the Department of Justice, unless the 

4 Deputy Attorney General or such Assistant At5 torney Generals, Directors, or principal deputies 

6 as the Deputy Attorney General may designate, 

7 provides prior written authorization that the 

8 funds may be expended to host a conference. 

9 ‘‘(B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written ap10 proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 

11 written estimate of all costs associated with the 

12 conference, including the cost of all food and 

13 beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for 

14 speakers, and entertainment. 

15 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen16 eral shall submit an annual report to the Com17 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

18 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

19 Representatives on all conference expenditures 

20 approved under this paragraph. 

21 ‘‘(4) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITY.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized 

23 to be appropriated under this Act may not be 

24 utilized by any recipient of a grant made using 

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1 ‘‘(i) lobby any representative of the 

2 Department of Justice regarding the 

3 award of grant funding; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) lobby any representative of a 

5 Federal, State, local, or tribal government 

6 regarding the award of grant funding. 

7 ‘‘(B) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General 

8 determines that any recipient of a grant made 

9 using amounts authorized to be appropriated 

10 under this Act has violated subparagraph (A), 

11 the Attorney General shall— 

12 ‘‘(i) require the grant recipient to 

13 repay the grant in full; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) prohibit the grant recipient from 

15 receiving another grant under this Act for 

16 not less than 5 years. 

17 ‘‘(5) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in 

18 the first fiscal year beginning after the date of en19 actment of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

20 Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2014, the Attor21 ney General shall submit, to the Committee on the 

22 Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of 

23 the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and 

24 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

25 Representatives, an annual certification that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) all audits issued by the Office of the 

2 Inspector General of the Department of Justice 

3 under paragraph (1) have been completed and 

4 reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney 

5 General or Director; 

6 ‘‘(B) all mandatory exclusions required 

7 under paragraph (1)(D) have been issued; 

8 ‘‘(C) all reimbursements required under 

9 paragraph (1)(F)(i) have been made; and 

10 ‘‘(D) includes a list of any grant recipients 

11 excluded under paragraph (1)(D) during the 

12 preceding fiscal year.’’. 

13 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Juvenile Justice and 

15 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 is amended by 

16 striking section 407 (42 U.S.C. 5776a). 

17 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

18 by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the first day 

19 of the first fiscal year beginning after the date of en20 actment of this Act. 

21 (3) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—In the case of an entity 

22 that is barred from receiving grant funds under 

23 paragraph (2) or (7)(B)(ii) of section 407 of the Ju24 venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 

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1 paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not affect the 

2 applicability to the entity, or to the Attorney Gen3 eral with respect to the entity, of paragraph (2), (3), 

4 or (7) of such section 407, as in effect on the day 

5 before the effective date under paragraph (2) of this 

6 subsection. 

7 TITLE V—JUVENILE ACCOUNT8 ABILITY BLOCK GRANTS 

9 SEC. 501. GRANT ELIGIBILITY. 

10 Section 1802(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con11 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee– 

12 2(a)) is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

14 end; 

15 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

16 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(3) assurances that the State agrees to comply 

19 with the core requirements, as defined in section 103 

20 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

21 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5603), applicable to the de22 tention and confinement of juveniles.’’. 

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