Youth Reentry Improvement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5178
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: College costs
Community service (Punishment)
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal statistics
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational vouchers
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Ex-offenders
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Health
Higher education
Juvenile delinquency
Labor and Employment
Medicaid
Rehabilitation of criminals
Social Welfare
Victims of crimes
Welfare eligibility
Youth employment
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: 
Youth Reentry Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require: (1) information on the number of juveniles released from prison and their living arrangements upon release in the annual report of the Administrator of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office; (2) states seeking juvenile justice grants to adopt procedures to assure the availability of post-release programs and services for juvenile offenders; and (3) research and evaluation on outcomes for juvenile offenders who have been released from custody and reintegrated into communities. 

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) award grants to states to establish programs to identify juveniles likely to be released before attaining age 25 and to help such juveniles attain self-sufficiency; (2) develop outcome measures to assess the performance of states in operating juvenile offender reentry programs and track services provided to such offenders; and (3) conduct evaluations of state juvenile offender reentry programs. 

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to continue health care benefits for juvenile offenders after release from incarceration. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2008-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House