Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 421 - Human Rights Department › Chapter 31 - Juvenile Justice Youth Development Program › Rule 421-31.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Administrator"
means the administrator of the
				division of criminal and juvenile justice planning within the department of
				human rights.
"Applicant"
means a city, county, judicial
				district or other designated eligible entity preparing and submitting an
				application for funding through this program.
"Application"
means a request to the division
				for funding that complies with federal and state requirements.
"Decategorization,"
as established in Iowa
				Code section
				232.188,
				means the department of human services' program whereby approved counties are
				permitted to pool their allocations of designated state and federal child
				welfare and juvenile justice funding streams, establish local planning and
				governance structures, and design and implement service systems that are more
				effective in meeting local needs.
"Decategorization governance board"
means the
				board required to provide direction and governance for a decategorization
				project, pursuant to Iowa Code section
				232.188.
"Division"
means the division of criminal and
				juvenile justice planning within the department of human rights.
"Formula-based allocation"
means a process
				that uses a formula to determine funding amounts to units of government or
				local public planning entities on a statewide basis.
"Grant review committee"
means a committee
				established by the JJAC, the councils, or the division to review and rank
				applications for funding. Individuals who are not members of the JJAC or the
				councils may serve on this committee.
"Justice Research and Statistics Association"
or
"JRSA"
is a national nonprofit organization that provides a
				clearinghouse of current information on state criminal justice research,
				programs, and publications.
"Juvenile justice advisory council"
or
"JJAC"
means the state advisory group described in P.L.
				93-415, Section
				223(a)(3), and established through executive
				memorandum to oversee the administration of the JJDPA formula grants in
				Iowa.
"Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
				Act"
or
"JJDPA"
means the federal Act, P.L.
				93-415.
"Law enforcement expenditures"
means the
				expenditures associated with police, prosecutorial, legal, and judicial
				services, and corrections as reported by the units of local government to the
				U.S. Census Bureau during the census of governments.
"Local public planning entities"
means
				entities that have a local governance structure to plan, develop and coordinate
				services for children and families, and provide for implementation of services
				for children and families. Examples of local public planning entities include,
				but are not limited to, units of local government such as cities or counties,
				decategorization governance boards, community empowerment area boards, and
				school districts.
"Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
				Prevention"
or
"OJJDP"
means the federal office
				within the U.S. Department of Justice that administers the JJDPA and other
				discretionary grants.
"Subgrantee"
means any applicant receiving
				funds through the juvenile justice youth development program from the
				division.
"Unit of local government"
means a county,
				township, city, or political subdivision of a county, township, or city that is
				a unit of local government as determined by the Secretary of Commerce for
				general statistical purposes, and the recognized governing body of an Indian
				tribe that carries out substantial governmental duties and
				powers.