panding’’ and inserting ‘‘programs to ex-
pand’’; 
(vi) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(G) through (S) as subparagraphs (H) 
through (T), respectively; 
(vii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(F), the following: 
‘‘(G) programs— 
‘‘(i) to ensure youth have access to 
appropriate legal representation; and 
‘‘(ii) to expand access to publicly sup-
ported, court-appointed legal counsel who 
are trained to represent juveniles in adju-
dication proceedings, 
except that the State may not use more than 2 
percent of the funds received under section 222 
for these purposes;’’; 
(viii) in subparagraph (H), as so re-
designated, by striking ‘‘State,’’ each place 
the term appears and inserting ‘‘State, 
tribal,’’; 
(ix) in subparagraph (M), as so redes-
ignated— 
(I) in clause (i)— 
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(aa) by inserting ‘‘pre-adju-
dication and’’ before ‘‘post-adju-
dication’’; 
(bb) by striking ‘‘restraints’’ 
and inserting ‘‘alternatives’’; and 
(cc) by inserting ‘‘specialized 
or problem-solving courts,’’ after 
‘‘(including’’; and 
(II) in clause (ii)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘by the pro-
vision by the Administrator’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘to States’’; 
(x) in subparagraph (N), as redesig-
nated— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘and reduce the 
risk of recidivism’’ after ‘‘families’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘so that such ju-
veniles may be retained in their 
homes’’; 
(xi) in subparagraph (S), as so redes-
ignated, by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(xii) in subparagraph (T), as so redes-
ignated— 
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(I) by inserting ‘‘or co-occurring 
disorder’’ after ‘‘mental health’’; 
(II) by inserting ‘‘court-involved 
or’’ before ‘‘incarcerated’’; 
(III) by striking ‘‘suspected to 
be’’; 
(IV) by striking ‘‘and discharge 
plans’’ and inserting ‘‘provision of 
treatment, and development of dis-
charge plans’’; and 
(V) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(xiii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(T) the following: 
‘‘(U) programs and projects designed— 
‘‘(i) to inform juveniles of the oppor-
tunity 
and 
process 
for 
sealing 
and 
expunging juvenile records; and 
‘‘(ii) to assist juveniles in pursuing ju-
venile record sealing and expungements for 
both adjudications and arrests not followed 
by adjudications, 
except that the State may not use more than 2 
percent of the funds received under section 222 
for these purposes; 
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‘‘(V) programs that address the needs of 
girls in or at risk of entering the juvenile justice 
system, including pregnant girls, young moth-
ers, victims of sexual abuse, survivors of com-
mercial sexual exploitation or domestic child sex 
trafficking, girls with disabilities, and girls of 
color, including girls who are members of an In-
dian tribe; and 
‘‘(W) monitoring for compliance with the 
core requirements and providing training and 
technical assistance on the core requirements to 
secure facilities;’’; 
(H) by striking paragraph (11) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(11)(A) in accordance with rules issued by the 
Administrator, provide that a juvenile shall not be 
placed in a secure detention facility or a secure cor-
rectional facility, if— 
‘‘(i) the juvenile is charged with or has 
committed an offense that would not be crimi-
nal if committed by an adult, excluding— 
‘‘(I) a juvenile who is charged with or 
has committed a violation of section 
922(x)(2) of title 18, United States Code, 
or of a similar State law; 
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‘‘(II) a juvenile who is charged with 
or has committed a violation of a valid 
court order issued and reviewed in accord-
ance with paragraph (23); and 
‘‘(III) a juvenile who is held in ac-
cordance with the Interstate Compact on 
Juveniles as enacted by the State; or 
‘‘(ii) the juvenile— 
‘‘(I) is not charged with any offense; 
and 
‘‘(II)(aa) is an alien; or 
‘‘(bb) is alleged to be dependent, ne-
glected, or abused; and 
‘‘(B) require that— 
‘‘(i) not later than 3 years after the date 
of enactment of the Juvenile Justice Reform 
Act of 2017, unless a court finds, after a hear-
ing and in writing, that it is in the interest of 
justice, juveniles awaiting trial or other legal 
process who are treated as adults for purposes 
of prosecution in criminal court and housed in 
a secure facility— 
‘‘(I) shall not have sight or sound con-
tact with adult inmates; and 
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‘‘(II) except as provided in paragraph 
(13), may not be held in any jail or lockup 
for adults; 
‘‘(ii) in determining under subparagraph 
(A) whether it is in the interest of justice to 
permit a juvenile to be held in any jail or lock-
up for adults, or have sight or sound contact 
with adult inmates, a court shall consider— 
‘‘(I) the age of the juvenile; 
‘‘(II) the physical and mental matu-
rity of the juvenile; 
‘‘(III) the present mental state of the 
juvenile, including whether the juvenile 
presents an imminent risk of harm to the 
juvenile; 
‘‘(IV) the nature and circumstances of 
the alleged offense; 
‘‘(V) the juvenile’s history of prior de-
linquent acts; 
‘‘(VI) the relative ability of the avail-
able adult and juvenile detention facilities 
to not only meet the specific needs of the 
juvenile but also to protect the safety of 
the public as well as other detained youth; 
and 
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‘‘(VII) any other relevant factor; and 
‘‘(iii) if a court determines under subpara-
graph (A) that it is in the interest of justice to 
permit a juvenile to be held in any jail or lock-
up for adults— 
‘‘(I) the court shall hold a hearing not 
less frequently than once every 30 days, or 
in the case of a rural jurisdiction, not less 
frequently than once every 45 days, to re-
view whether it is still in the interest of 
justice to permit the juvenile to be so held 
or have such sight or sound contact; and 
‘‘(II) the juvenile shall not be held in 
any jail or lockup for adults, or permitted 
to have sight or sound contact with adult 
inmates, for more than 180 days, unless 
the court, in writing, determines there is 
good cause for an extension or the juvenile 
expressly waives this limitation;’’. 
(I) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking ‘‘con-
tact’’ and inserting ‘‘sight or sound contact’’; 
(J) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘con-
tact’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘sight 
or sound contact’’; 
(K) in paragraph (14)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘adequate system’’ and 
inserting ‘‘effective system’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘lock-ups,’’ after 
‘‘monitoring jails,’’; 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘deten-
tion facilities,’’; 
(iv) by striking ‘‘, and non-secure fa-
cilities’’; 
(v) by striking ‘‘insure’’ and inserting 
‘‘ensure’’; 
(vi) by striking ‘‘requirements of 
paragraphs (11), (12), and (13)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘core requirements’’; and 
(vii) by striking ‘‘, in the opinion of 
the Administrator,’’; 
(L) by striking paragraphs (22) and (27); 
(M) by redesignating paragraph (28) as 
paragraph (27); 
(N) by redesignating paragraphs (15) 
through (21) as paragraphs (16) through (22), 
respectively; 
(O) by inserting after paragraph (14) the 
following: 
‘‘(15) implement policy, practice, and system 
improvement strategies at the State, territorial, 
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local, and tribal levels, as applicable, to identify and 
reduce racial and ethnic disparities among youth 
who come into contact with the juvenile justice sys-
tem, without establishing or requiring numerical 
standards or quotas, by— 
‘‘(A) establishing or designating existing 
coordinating bodies, composed of juvenile jus-
tice stakeholders, (including representatives of 
the educational system) at the State, local, or 
tribal levels, to advise efforts by States, units of 
local government, and Indian tribes to reduce 
racial and ethnic disparities; 
‘‘(B) identifying and analyzing data on 
race and ethnicity at all decision points in 
State, local, or tribal juvenile justice systems to 
determine which key points create racial and 
ethnic disparities among youth who come into 
contact with the juvenile justice system; and 
‘‘(C) developing and implementing a work 
plan that includes measurable objectives for pol-
icy, practice, or other system changes, based on 
the needs identified in the data collection and 
analysis under subparagraph (B);’’; 
(P) in paragraph (16), as so redesignated, 
by inserting ‘‘ethnicity,’’ after ‘‘race,’’; 
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(Q) in paragraph (21), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘local,’’ each place the term appears 
and inserting ‘‘local, tribal,’’; 
(R) in paragraph (23)— 
(i) in subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
(C), by striking ‘‘juvenile’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘status offender’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) in clause (i), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(II) in clause (ii), by adding 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(iii) if such court determines the sta-
tus offender should be placed in a secure 
detention facility or correctional facility for 
violating such order— 
‘‘(I) the court shall issue a writ-
ten order that— 
‘‘(aa) identifies the valid 
court order that has been vio-
lated; 
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‘‘(bb) specifies the factual 
basis for determining that there 
is reasonable cause to believe 
that the status offender has vio-
lated such order; 
‘‘(cc) includes findings of 
fact to support a determination 
that there is no appropriate less 
restrictive alternative available to 
placing the status offender in 
such a facility, with due consider-
ation to the best interest of the 
juvenile; 
‘‘(dd) specifies the length of 
time, not to exceed 7 days, that 
the status offender may remain 
in a secure detention facility or 
correctional facility, and includes 
a plan for the status offender’s 
release from such facility; and 
‘‘(ee) may not be renewed or 
extended; and 
‘‘(II) the court may not issue a 
second or subsequent order described 
in subclause (I) relating to a status 
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offender unless the status offender 
violates a valid court order after the 
date on which the court issues an 
order described in subclause (I);’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) there are procedures in place to en-
sure that any status offender held in a secure 
detention facility or correctional facility pursu-
ant to a court order described in this paragraph 
does not remain in custody longer than 7 days 
or the length of time authorized by the court, 
whichever is shorter; and 
‘‘(E) not later than September 30, 2020 
(with a 1-year extension for each additional fis-
cal year that a State can demonstrate hardship, 
as determined by the State, and submits in 
writing evidence of such hardship to the Admin-
istrator which shall be considered approved un-
less the Administrator justifies to the State in 
writing that the hardship does not qualify for 
an exemption), the State will eliminate the use 
of valid court orders to provide secure confine-
ment of status offenders, except that juveniles 
may be held in secure confinement in accord-
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ance with the Interstate Compact for Juveniles 
if the judge issues a written order that— 
‘‘(i) specifies the factual basis to be-
lieve that the State has the authority to 
detain the juvenile under the terms of the 
Interstate Compact for Juveniles; 
‘‘(ii) includes findings of fact to sup-
port a determination that there is no ap-
propriate less restrictive alternative avail-
able to placing the juvenile in such a facil-
ity, with due consideration to the best in-
terest of the juvenile; 
‘‘(iii) specifies the length of time a ju-
venile may remain in secure confinement, 
not to exceed 15 days, and includes a plan 
for the return of the juvenile to the home 
State of the juvenile; and 
‘‘(iv) may not be renewed or ex-
tended;’’; 
(S) in paragraph (26)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and in accordance 
with confidentiality concerns,’’ after ‘‘max-
imum extent practicable,’’; and 
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(ii) by striking the semicolon at the 
end and inserting the following: ‘‘, so as to 
provide for— 
‘‘(A) data in child abuse or neglect reports 
relating to juveniles entering the juvenile justice 
system with a prior reported history of arrest, 
court intake, probation and parole, juvenile de-
tention, and corrections; and 
‘‘(B) a plan to use the data described in 
subparagraph (A) to provide necessary services 
for the treatment of such victims of child abuse 
or neglect;’’; 
(T) in paragraph (27), as so redesignated, 
by striking the period at the end and inserting 
a semicolon; and 
(U) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(28) provide for the coordinated use of funds 
provided under this title with other Federal and 
State funds directed at juvenile delinquency preven-
tion and intervention programs; 
‘‘(29) describe the policies, procedures, and 
training in effect for the staff of juvenile State cor-
rectional facilities to eliminate the use of dangerous 
practices, unreasonable restraints, and unreasonable 
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isolation, including by developing effective behavior 
management techniques; 
‘‘(30) describe— 
‘‘(A) the evidence-based methods that will 
be used to conduct mental health and substance 
abuse screening, assessment, referral, and 
treatment for juveniles who— 
‘‘(i) request a screening; 
‘‘(ii) show signs of needing a screen-
ing; or 
‘‘(iii) are held for a period of more 
than 24 hours in a secure facility that pro-
vides for an initial screening; and 
‘‘(B) how the State will seek, to the extent 
practicable, to provide or arrange for mental 
health and substance abuse disorder treatment 
for juveniles determined to be in need of such 
treatment; 
‘‘(31) describe how reentry planning by the 
State for juveniles will include— 
‘‘(A) a written case plan based on an as-
sessment of needs that includes— 
‘‘(i) the pre-release and post-release 
plans for the juveniles; 
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‘‘(ii) the living arrangement to which 
the juveniles are to be discharged; and 
‘‘(iii) any other plans developed for 
the juveniles based on an individualized as-
sessment; and 
‘‘(B) review processes; 
‘‘(32) provide an assurance that the agency of 
the State receiving funds under this title collaborates 
with the State educational agency receiving assist-
ance under part A of title I of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 
et seq.) to develop and implement a plan to ensure 
that, in order to support educational progress— 
‘‘(A) the student records of adjudicated ju-
veniles, including electronic records if available, 
are transferred in a timely manner from the 
educational program in the juvenile detention or 
secure treatment facility to the educational or 
training program into which the juveniles will 
enroll; 
‘‘(B) the credits of adjudicated juveniles 
are transferred; and 
‘‘(C) adjudicated juveniles receive full or 
partial credit toward high school graduation for 
secondary school coursework satisfactorily com-
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pleted before and during the period of time dur-
ing which the juveniles are held in custody, re-
gardless of the local educational agency or enti-
ty from which the credits were earned; and 
‘‘(33) describe policies and procedures to— 
‘‘(A) screen for, identify, and document in 
records of the State the identification of victims 
of domestic human trafficking, or those at risk 
of such trafficking, upon intake; and 
‘‘(B) divert youth described in subpara-
graph (A) to appropriate programs or services, 
to the extent practicable.’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c)(1) If a State fails to comply with any of the core 
requirements in any fiscal year, then— 
‘‘(A) subject to subparagraph (B), the amount 
allocated to such State under section 222 for the 
subsequent fiscal year shall be reduced by not less 
than 20 percent for each core requirement with re-
spect to which the failure occurs; and 
‘‘(B) the State shall be ineligible to receive any 
allocation under such section for such fiscal year un-
less— 
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‘‘(i) the State agrees to expend 50 percent 
of the amount allocated to the State for such 
fiscal year to achieve compliance with any such 
core requirement with respect to which the 
State is in noncompliance; or 
‘‘(ii) the Administrator determines that the 
State— 
‘‘(I) has achieved substantial compli-
ance with such applicable requirements 
with respect to which the State was not in 
compliance; and 
‘‘(II) has made, through appropriate 
executive or legislative action, an unequivo-
cal commitment to achieving full compli-
ance with such applicable requirements 
within a reasonable time. 
‘‘(2) Of the total amount of funds not allocated for 
a fiscal year under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) 50 percent of the unallocated funds shall 
be reallocated under section 222 to States that have 
not failed to comply with the core requirements; and 
‘‘(B) 50 percent of the unallocated funds shall 
be used by the Administrator to provide additional 
training and technical assistance to States for the 
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purpose of promoting compliance with the core re-
quirements.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘described in paragraphs 
(11), (12), (13), and (22) of subsection (a)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘described in the core require-
ments’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the requirements under 
paragraphs (11), (12), (13), and (22) of sub-
section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘the core require-
ments’’; 
(4) in subsection (f)(2)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A); and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
through (E) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), 
respectively; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, the 
Administrator shall make a determination regarding 
whether each State receiving a grant under this title 
is in compliance or out of compliance with respect to 
each of the core requirements. 
‘‘(2) REPORTING.—The Administrator shall— 
‘‘(A) issue an annual public report— 
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SEC. 206. REPEAL OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVEN-
TION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 
Part C of title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5651 et seq.) 
is repealed. 
SEC. 207. RESEARCH AND EVALUATION; STATISTICAL 
ANALYSES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION. 
Section 251 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5661) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘plan and identify’’ and inserting ‘‘annu-
ally publish a plan to identify’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by striking clause (iii) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(iii) successful efforts to prevent status 
offenders and first-time minor offenders from 
subsequent involvement with the juvenile justice 
and criminal justice systems;’’; 
(II) by striking clause (vii) and 
inserting the following: 
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‘‘(vii) the prevalence and duration of be-
havioral health needs (including mental health, 
substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders) 
among juveniles pre-placement and post-place-
ment in the juvenile justice system, including 
an examination of the effects of secure confine-
ment;’’; 
(III) by redesignating clauses 
(ix), (x), and (xi) as clauses (xvi), 
(xvii), and (xviii), respectively; and 
(IV) by inserting after clause 
(viii) the following: 
‘‘(ix) training efforts and reforms that 
have produced reductions in or elimination of 
the use of dangerous practices; 
‘‘(x) methods to improve the recruitment, 
selection, training, and retention of professional 
personnel who are focused on the prevention, 
identification, and treatment of delinquency; 
‘‘(xi) methods to improve the identification 
and response to victims of domestic child sex 
trafficking within the juvenile justice system; 
‘‘(xii) identifying positive outcome meas-
ures, such as attainment of employment and 
educational degrees, that States and units of 
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local government should use to evaluate the 
success of programs aimed at reducing recidi-
vism of youth who have come in contact with 
the juvenile justice system or criminal justice 
system; 
‘‘(xiii) evaluating the impact and outcomes 
of the prosecution and sentencing of juveniles 
as adults; 
‘‘(xiv) evaluating the impact of fines, fees, 
and other costs assessed by the juvenile justice 
system on the long-term disposition of status 
offenders and other juveniles; 
‘‘(xv) successful and cost-effective efforts 
by States and units of local government to re-
duce recidivism through policies that provide for 
consideration of appropriate alternative sanc-
tions to incarceration of youth facing nonviolent 
charges, while ensuring that public safety is 
preserved;’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘date of enact-
ment of this paragraph, the’’ and in-
serting ‘‘date of enactment of the Ju-
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venile Justice Reform Act of 2017, 
the’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘in accordance 
with relevant confidentiality require-
ments’’ after ‘‘wards of the State’’; 
and 
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 
‘‘and Indian tribes’’ after ‘‘State’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(iv) in subparagraph (G), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting a semi-
colon; and 
(v) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) a description of the best practices in dis-
charge planning; and 
‘‘(I) an assessment of living arrangements for 
juveniles who, upon release from confinement in a 
State correctional facility, cannot return to the resi-
dence they occupied prior to such confinement.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(f) NATIONAL RECIDIVISM MEASURE.—The Admin-
istrator, in accordance with applicable confidentiality re-
quirements and in consultation with experts in the field 
of juvenile justice research, recidivism, and data collection, 
shall— 
‘‘(1) establish a uniform method of data collec-
tion and technology that States may use to evaluate 
data on juvenile recidivism on an annual basis; 
‘‘(2) establish a common national juvenile re-
cidivism measurement system; and 
‘‘(3) make cumulative juvenile recidivism data 
that is collected from States available to the pub-
lic.’’. 
SEC. 208. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 252 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5662) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘may’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ before ‘‘de-
velop and carry out projects’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon; 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
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(i) by inserting ‘‘may’’ before ‘‘make 
grants to and contracts with’’; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) shall provide periodic training for States 
regarding implementation of the core requirements, 
current protocols and best practices for achieving 
and monitoring compliance, and information sharing 
regarding relevant Office resources on evidence- 
based and promising programs or practices that pro-
mote the purposes of this Act.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘may’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘shall’’ before ‘‘de-
velop and implement projects’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, including compli-
ance with the core requirements’’ after 
‘‘this title’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘may’’ before ‘‘make 
grants to and contracts with’’; and 
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(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) shall provide technical assistance to States 
and units of local government on achieving compli-
ance with the amendments to the core requirements 
and State Plans made by the Juvenile Justice Re-
form Act of 2017, including training and technical 
assistance and, when appropriate, pilot or dem-
onstration projects intended to develop and replicate 
best practices for achieving sight and sound separa-
tion in facilities or portions of facilities that are 
open and available to the general public and that 
may or may not contain a jail or a lock-up; and 
‘‘(4) shall provide technical assistance to States 
in support of efforts to establish partnerships be-
tween a State and a university, institution of higher 
education, or research center designed to improve 
the recruitment, selection, training, and retention of 
professional personnel in the fields of medicine, law 
enforcement, the judiciary, juvenile justice, social 
work and child protection, education, and other rel-
evant fields who are engaged in, or intend to work 
in, the field of prevention, identification, and treat-
ment of delinquency.’’; 
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(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘prosecutors,’’ after ‘‘pub-
lic defenders,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘status offenders and’’ 
after ‘‘needs of’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) BEST PRACTICES REGARDING LEGAL REP-
RESENTATION OF CHILDREN.—In consultation with ex-
perts in the field of juvenile defense, the Administrator 
shall— 
‘‘(1) share best practices, which may include 
sharing standards of practice developed by recog-
nized entities in the profession, for attorneys rep-
resenting children; and 
‘‘(2) provide a State, if it so requests, technical 
assistance to implement any of the best practices 
shared under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(e) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR 
LOCAL AND STATE JUVENILE DETENTION AND CORREC-
TIONS PERSONNEL.—The Administrator shall coordinate 
training and technical assistance programs with juvenile 
detention and corrections personnel of States and units 
of local government— 
‘‘(1) to promote methods for improving condi-
tions of juvenile confinement, including methods that 
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are designed to minimize the use of dangerous prac-
tices, unreasonable restraints, and isolation and 
methods responsive to cultural differences; and 
‘‘(2) to encourage alternative behavior manage-
ment techniques based on positive youth develop-
ment approaches, which may include policies and 
procedures to train personnel to be culturally com-
petent. 
‘‘(f) TRAINING
AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 
SUPPORT
MENTAL
HEALTH
OR
SUBSTANCE
ABUSE 
TREATMENT INCLUDING HOME-BASED OR COMMUNITY- 
BASED CARE.—The Administrator shall provide training 
and technical assistance, in conjunction with the appro-
priate public agencies, to individuals involved in making 
decisions regarding the disposition and management of 
cases for youth who enter the juvenile justice system about 
the appropriate services and placement for youth with 
mental health or substance abuse needs, including— 
‘‘(1) juvenile justice intake personnel; 
‘‘(2) probation officers; 
‘‘(3) juvenile court judges and court services 
personnel; 
‘‘(4) prosecutors and court-appointed counsel; 
and 
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‘‘(5) family members of juveniles and family ad-
vocates. 
‘‘(g) TRAINING
AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 
SUPPORT JUVENILE COURT JUDGES AND PERSONNEL.— 
The Attorney General, acting through the Office of Juve-
nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Office 
of Justice Programs, shall provide training and technical 
assistance, in conjunction with the appropriate public 
agencies, to enhance the capacity of State and local courts, 
judges, and related judicial personnel to— 
‘‘(1) improve the lives of children currently in-
volved in or at risk of being involved in the juvenile 
court system; and 
‘‘(2) carry out the requirements of this Act. 
‘‘(h) FREE AND REDUCED PRICE SCHOOL LUNCHES 
FOR INCARCERATED JUVENILES.—The Attorney General, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall 
provide guidance to States relating to existing options for 
school food authorities in the States to apply for reim-
bursement for free or reduced price lunches under the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1751 et seq.) for juveniles who are incarcerated and 
would, if not incarcerated, be eligible for free or reduced 
price lunches under that Act.’’. 
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SEC. 209. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 299 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (b) and (c), and re-
designating subsection (d) as subsection (b); 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘(EXCLUD-
ING PARTS C AND E)’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this title— 
‘‘(A) $76,125,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(B) $76,125,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(C) $77,266,875 for fiscal year 2020; 
‘‘(D) $78,425,878 for fiscal year 2021; and 
‘‘(E) $79,602,266 for fiscal year 2022.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘(other than parts 
C and E)’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘part D’’ and inserting ‘‘parts D and E’’. 
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SEC. 210. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY. 
Section 299A of the Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5672) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Admin-
istrator’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘, after appropriate con-
sultation with representatives of States and 
units of local government,’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘guidance,’’ after ‘‘regula-
tions,’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In 
developing guidance and procedures, the Ad-
ministrator shall consult with representatives of 
States and units of local government, including 
those individuals responsible for administration 
of this Act and compliance with the core re-
quirements. 
‘‘(2) The Administrator shall ensure that— 
‘‘(A) reporting, compliance reporting, State 
plan requirements, and other similar documentation 
as may be required from States is requested in a 
manner that respects confidentiality, encourages effi-
ciency and reduces the duplication of reporting ef-
forts; and 
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‘‘(B) States meeting all the core requirements 
are encouraged to experiment with offering innova-
tive, data-driven programs designed to further im-
prove the juvenile justice system.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘requirements 
described in paragraphs (11), (12), and (13) of sec-
tion 223(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘core requirements’’. 
TITLE III—INCENTIVE GRANTS 
FOR 
LOCAL 
DELINQUENCY 
PREVENTION PROGRAMS 
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 
Section 501 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin-
quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 5601 
note) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘Youth Promise’’ before ‘‘In-
centive Grants’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 502 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin-
quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
5781) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 502. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title— 
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‘‘(1) the term ‘at-risk’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 1432 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6472); 
‘‘(2) the term ‘eligible entity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a unit of local government that is in 
compliance with the requirements of part B of 
title II; or 
‘‘(B) a nonprofit organization in partner-
ship with a unit of local government described 
in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(3) the term ‘juvenile delinquency program’ 
means a juvenile delinquency program that is evi-
dence-based or promising and that may include— 
‘‘(A) alcohol and substance abuse preven-
tion services; 
‘‘(B) tutoring and remedial education, es-
pecially in reading and mathematics; 
‘‘(C) child and adolescent health and men-
tal health services; 
‘‘(D) recreation services; 
‘‘(E) leadership and youth development ac-
tivities; 
‘‘(F) the teaching that individuals are and 
should be held accountable for their actions; 
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‘‘(G) assistance in the development of job 
training skills; 
‘‘(H) youth mentoring programs; 
‘‘(I) after-school programs; 
‘‘(J) coordination of a continuum of serv-
ices, which may include— 
‘‘(i) early childhood development serv-
ices; 
‘‘(ii) voluntary home visiting pro-
grams; 
‘‘(iii) nurse-family partnership pro-
grams; 
‘‘(iv) parenting skills training; 
‘‘(v) child abuse prevention programs; 
‘‘(vi) family stabilization programs; 
‘‘(vii) child welfare services; 
‘‘(viii) family violence intervention 
programs; 
‘‘(ix) adoption assistance programs; 
‘‘(x) emergency, transitional and per-
manent housing assistance; 
‘‘(xi) job placement and retention 
training; 
‘‘(xii) summer jobs programs; 
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‘‘(xiii) alternative school resources for 
youth who have dropped out of school or 
demonstrate chronic truancy; 
‘‘(xiv) conflict resolution skill training; 
‘‘(xv) restorative justice programs; 
‘‘(xvi) mentoring programs; 
‘‘(xvii) 
targeted 
gang 
prevention, 
intervention and exit services; 
‘‘(xviii) training and education pro-
grams for pregnant teens and teen par-
ents; and 
‘‘(xix) pre-release, post-release, and 
reentry services to assist detained and in-
carcerated youth with transitioning back 
into and reentering the community; and 
‘‘(K) other data-driven evidence-based or 
promising prevention programs; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘local policy board’, when used 
with respect to an eligible entity, means a policy 
board that the eligible entity will engage in the de-
velopment of the eligible entity’s plan described in 
section 504(e)(5), and that includes— 
‘‘(A) not fewer than 15 and not more than 
21 members; 
‘‘(B) a balanced representation of— 
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‘‘(i) public agencies and private non-
profit organizations serving juveniles and 
their families; and 
‘‘(ii) business and industry; 
‘‘(C) at least one representative of the 
faith community, one adjudicated youth, and 
one parent of an adjudicated youth; and 
‘‘(D) in the case of an eligible entity de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(B), a representative of 
the nonprofit organization of the eligible entity; 
‘‘(5) the term ‘mentoring’ means matching 1 
adult with 1 or more youths for the purpose of pro-
viding 
guidance, 
support, 
and 
encouragement 
through regularly scheduled meetings for not less 
than 9 months; 
‘‘(6) the term ‘State advisory group’ means the 
advisory group appointed by the chief executive offi-
cer of a State under a plan described in section 
223(a); and 
‘‘(7) the term ‘State entity’ means the State 
agency designated under section 223(a)(1) or the en-
tity receiving funds under section 223(d).’’. 
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SEC. 303. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINIS-
TRATOR. 
Section 503 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin-
quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
5782) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(4) as paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively. 
SEC. 304. GRANTS FOR DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PRO-
GRAMS. 
Section 504 of the Incentive Grants for Local Delin-
quency Prevention Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 5781 
et seq.) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 504. GRANTS FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY PREVEN-
TION PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en-
able local communities to address the unmet needs of at- 
risk or delinquent youth, including through a continuum 
of delinquency prevention programs for juveniles who have 
had contact with the juvenile justice system or who are 
likely to have contact with the juvenile justice system. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Administrator 
shall— 
‘‘(1) for each fiscal year for which less than 
$25,000,000 is appropriated under section 506, 
award grants to not fewer than 3 State entities, but 
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not more than 5 State entities, that apply under 
subsection (c) and meet the requirements of sub-
section (d); or 
‘‘(2) for each fiscal year for which $25,000,000 
or more is appropriated under section 506, award 
grants to not fewer than 5 State entities that apply 
under subsection (c) and meet the requirements of 
subsection (d). 
‘‘(c) STATE APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, a State entity shall submit an 
application to the Administrator, which includes the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) An assurance the State entity will use— 
‘‘(A) not more than 10 percent of such 
grant, in the aggregate— 
‘‘(i) for the costs incurred by the 
State entity to carry out this section, ex-
cept that not more than 3 percent of such 
grant may be used for such costs; and 
‘‘(ii) to provide technical assistance to 
eligible entities receiving a subgrant under 
subsection (e) in carrying out juvenile de-
linquency programs under the subgrant; 
and 
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‘‘(B) the remainder of such grant to award 
subgrants to eligible entities under subsection 
(e). 
‘‘(2) An assurance that such grant will supple-
ment, and not supplant, State and local efforts to 
prevent juvenile delinquency. 
‘‘(3) An assurance the State entity will evaluate 
the capacity of eligible entities receiving a subgrant 
under subsection (e) to fulfill the requirements 
under such subsection. 
‘‘(4) An assurance that such application was 
prepared after consultation with, and participation 
by, the State advisory group, units of local govern-
ment, community-based organizations, and organiza-
tions that carry out programs, projects, or activities 
to prevent juvenile delinquency in the local juvenile 
justice system served by the State entity. 
‘‘(d) APPROVAL
OF
STATE
APPLICATIONS.—In 
awarding grants under this section for a fiscal year, the 
Administrator may not award a grant to a State entity 
for a fiscal year unless— 
‘‘(1)(A) the State that will be served by the 
State entity submitted a plan under section 223 for 
such fiscal year; and 
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‘‘(B) such plan is approved by the Adminis-
trator for such fiscal year; or 
‘‘(2) after finding good cause for a waiver, the 
Administrator waives the plan required under sub-
paragraph (A) for such State for such fiscal year. 
‘‘(e) SUBGRANT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State entity re-
ceiving a grant under this section shall award 
subgrants to eligible entities in accordance with 
this subsection. 
‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In awarding subgrants 
under this subsection, the State entity shall give 
priority to eligible entities that demonstrate 
ability in— 
‘‘(i) plans for service and agency co-
ordination and collaboration including the 
collocation of services; 
‘‘(ii) innovative ways to involve the 
private nonprofit and business sector in de-
linquency prevention activities; 
‘‘(iii) developing data-driven preven-
tion plans, employing evidence-based pre-
vention strategies, and conducting program 
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evaluations to determine impact and effec-
tiveness; 
‘‘(iv) identifying under the plan sub-
mitted under paragraph (5) potential sav-
ings and efficiencies associated with suc-
cessful implementation of such plan; and 
‘‘(v) describing how such savings and 
efficiencies may be used to carry out delin-
quency prevention programs and be rein-
vested in the continuing implementation of 
such programs after the end of the 
subgrant period. 
‘‘(C) SUBGRANT PROGRAM PERIOD AND DI-
VERSITY OF PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(i) PROGRAM PERIOD.—A subgrant 
awarded to an eligible entity by a State en-
tity under this section shall be for a period 
of not more than 5 years, of which the eli-
gible entity— 
‘‘(I) may use not more than 18 
months for completing the plan sub-
mitted by the eligible entity under 
paragraph (5); and 
‘‘(II) shall use the remainder of 
the subgrant period, after planning 
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period described in subclause (I), for 
the implementation of such plan. 
‘‘(ii) DIVERSITY
OF
PROJECTS.—In 
awarding subgrants under this subsection, 
a State entity shall ensure, to the extent 
practicable and applicable, that such sub-
grants are distributed throughout different 
areas, including urban, suburban, and 
rural areas. 
‘‘(2) LOCAL APPLICATION.—An eligible entity 
that desires a subgrant under this subsection shall 
submit an application to the State entity in the 
State of the eligible entity, at such time and in such 
manner as determined by the State entity, and that 
includes— 
‘‘(A) a description of— 
‘‘(i) the local policy board and local 
partners the eligible entity will engage in 
the development of the plan described in 
paragraph (5); 
‘‘(ii) the unmet needs of at-risk or de-
linquent youth in the community; 
‘‘(iii) available resources in the com-
munity to meet the unmet needs identified 
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in the needs assessment described in para-
graph (5)(A); and 
‘‘(iv) potential costs to the community 
if the unmet needs are not addressed; 
‘‘(B) a specific time period for the plan-
ning and subsequent implementation of its con-
tinuum of local delinquency prevention pro-
grams; 
‘‘(C) the steps the eligible entity will take 
to implement the plan under subparagraph (A); 
and 
‘‘(D) a plan to continue the grant activity 
with non-Federal funds, if proven successful ac-
cording to the performance evaluation process 
under paragraph (5)(D), after the grant period. 
‘‘(3) MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—An eligible 
entity desiring a subgrant under this subsection 
shall agree to provide a 50-percent match of the 
amount of the subgrant, which may include the 
value of in-kind contributions. 
‘‘(4) SUBGRANT REVIEW.— 
‘‘(A) REVIEW.—Not later than the end of 
the second year of a subgrant period for a 
subgrant awarded to an eligible entity under 
this subsection and before awarding the remain-
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ing amount of the subgrant to the eligible enti-
ty, the State entity shall— 
‘‘(i) ensure that the eligible entity has 
completed the plan submitted under para-
graph (2) and that the plan meets the re-
quirements of such paragraph; and 
‘‘(ii) verify that the eligible entity will 
begin the implementation of its plan upon 
receiving the next installment of its 
subgrant award. 
‘‘(B) TERMINATION.—If the State entity 
finds through the review conducted under sub-
paragraph (A) that the eligible entity has not 
met the requirements of clause (i) of such sub-
paragraph, the State entity shall reallocate the 
amount remaining on the subgrant of the eligi-
ble entity to other eligible entities receiving a 
subgrant under this subsection or award the 
amount to an eligible entity during the next 
subgrant competition under this subsection. 
‘‘(5) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible enti-
ty that receives a subgrant under this subsection 
shall use the funds to implement a plan to carry out 
delinquency prevention programs in the community 
served by the eligible entity in a coordinated manner 
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with other delinquency prevention programs or enti-
ties serving such community, which includes— 
‘‘(A) an analysis of the unmet needs of at- 
risk or delinquent youth in the community— 
‘‘(i) which shall include— 
‘‘(I) the available resources in the 
community to meet the unmet needs; 
and 
‘‘(II) factors present in the com-
munity that may contribute to delin-
quency, such as homelessness, food in-
security, teen pregnancy, youth unem-
ployment, family instability, lack of 
educational opportunity; and 
‘‘(ii) may include an estimate— 
‘‘(I) for the most recent year for 
which reliable data is available, the 
amount expended by the community 
and other entities for delinquency ad-
judication for juveniles and the incar-
ceration of adult offenders for of-
fenses committed in such community; 
and 
‘‘(II) of potential savings and ef-
ficiencies 
that 
may 
be 
achieved 
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through the implementation of the 
plan; 
‘‘(B) a minimum 3-year comprehensive 
strategy to address the unmet needs and an es-
timate of the amount or percentage of non-Fed-
eral funds that are available to carry out the 
strategy; 
‘‘(C) a description of how delinquency pre-
vention programs under the plan will be coordi-
nated; 
‘‘(D) a description of the performance eval-
uation process of the delinquency prevention 
programs to be implemented under the plan, 
which shall include performance measures to 
assess efforts to address the unmet needs of 
youth in the community analyzed under sub-
paragraph (A); 
‘‘(E) the evidence or promising evaluation 
on which such delinquency prevention programs 
are based; and 
‘‘(F) if such delinquency prevention pro-
grams are proven successful according to the 
performance evaluation process under subpara-
graph (D), a strategy to continue such pro-
grams after the subgrant period with non-Fed-
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eral funds, including a description of how any 
estimated savings or efficiencies created by the 
implementation of the plan may be used to con-
tinue such programs.’’. 
SEC. 305. GRANTS FOR TRIBAL DELINQUENCY PREVENTION 
AND RESPONSE PROGRAMS. 
The Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Preven-
tion Programs Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 5781 et seq.) is 
amended by redesignating section 505 as section 506 and 
by inserting after section 504 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 505. GRANTS FOR TRIBAL DELINQUENCY PREVEN-
TION AND RESPONSE PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall make 
grants under this section, on a competitive basis, to eligi-
ble Indian tribes (or consortia of Indian tribes) as de-
scribed in subsection (b)— 
‘‘(1) to support and enhance— 
‘‘(A) tribal juvenile delinquency prevention 
services; and 
‘‘(B) the ability of Indian tribes to respond 
to, and care for, at-risk or delinquent youth 
upon release; and 
‘‘(2) to encourage accountability of Indian trib-
al governments with respect to preventing juvenile 
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delinquency, and responding to, and caring for, juve-
nile offenders. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIAN TRIBES.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this section, an Indian tribe or consor-
tium of Indian tribes shall submit to the Administrator 
an application in such form as the Administrator may re-
quire. 
‘‘(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In providing grants under 
this section, the Administrator shall take into consider-
ation, with respect to the Indian tribe to be served, the— 
‘‘(1) juvenile delinquency rates; 
‘‘(2) school dropout rates; and 
‘‘(3) number of youth at risk of delinquency. 
‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS.—Of the amount 
available for a fiscal year to carry out this title, 11 percent 
shall be available to carry out this section.’’. 
SEC. 306. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 506, as redesignated by section 305, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 506. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title— 
‘‘(1) $91,857,500 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(2) $91,857,500 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(3) $93,235,362 for fiscal year 2020; 
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the Administrator to enhance the in-
ternal controls of the agency and re-
coup funds that may have been ex-
pended in violation of law, regulations, 
or program requirements issued under 
titles II and V; and 
‘‘(III) a description of— 
‘‘(aa) the analysis conducted 
under clause (i); 
‘‘(bb) whether the funds 
awarded under titles II and V 
have been used in accordance 
with law, regulations, program 
guidance, and applicable plans; 
and 
‘‘(cc) the extent to which 
funds awarded to States and In-
dian tribes under titles II and V 
enhanced the ability of grantees 
to fulfill the core requirements. 
‘‘(C) REPORT
BY
THE
ATTORNEY
GEN-
ERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of the Juvenile Justice Reform 
Act of 2017, the Attorney General shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of the Congress 
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