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34 U.S.C. § 10401 — Program authorized
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**(a) In general** The Attorney General is authorized to provide grants to States, for use by States and units of local government, and in certain cases directly to specially qualified units.
**(b) Authorized activities** Amounts paid to a State or a unit of local government under this subchapter shall be used by the State or unit of local government for the purpose of strengthening the juvenile justice system, which includes—
(1) developing, implementing, and administering graduated sanctions for juvenile offenders;
(2) building, expanding, renovating, or operating temporary or permanent juvenile correction, detention, or community corrections facilities;
(3) hiring juvenile court judges, probation officers, and court-appointed defenders and special advocates, and funding pretrial services (including mental health screening and assessment) for juvenile offenders, to promote the effective and expeditious administration of the juvenile justice system;
(4) hiring additional prosecutors, so that more cases involving violent juvenile offenders can be prosecuted and case backlogs reduced;
(5) providing funding to enable prosecutors to address drug, gang, and youth violence problems more effectively and for technology, equipment, and training to assist prosecutors in identifying and expediting the prosecution of violent juvenile offenders;
(6) establishing and maintaining training programs for law enforcement and other court personnel with respect to preventing and controlling juvenile crime;
(7) establishing juvenile gun courts for the prosecution and adjudication of juvenile firearms offenders;
(8) establishing drug court programs for juvenile offenders that provide continuing judicial supervision over juvenile offenders with substance abuse problems and the integr
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**(a) In general** The Attorney General is authorized to provide grants to States, for use by States and units of local government, and in certain cases directly to specially qualified units.
**(b) Authorized activities** Amounts paid to a State or a unit of local government under this subchapter shall be used by the State or unit of local government for the purpose of strengthening the juvenile justice system, which includes—
(1) developing, implementing, and administering graduated sanctions for juvenile offenders;
(2) building, expanding, renovating, or operating temporary or permanent juvenile correction, detention, or community corrections facilities;
(3) hiring juvenile court judges, probation officers, and court-appointed defenders and special advocates, and funding pretrial services (including mental health screening and assessment) for juvenile offenders, to promote the effective and expeditious administration of the juvenile justice system;
(4) hiring additional prosecutors, so that more cases involving violent juvenile offenders can be prosecuted and case backlogs reduced;
(5) providing funding to enable prosecutors to address drug, gang, and youth violence problems more effectively and for technology, equipment, and training to assist prosecutors in identifying and expediting the prosecution of violent juvenile offenders;
(6) establishing and maintaining training programs for law enforcement and other court personnel with respect to preventing and controlling juvenile crime;
(7) establishing juvenile gun courts for the prosecution and adjudication of juvenile firearms offenders;
(8) establishing drug court programs for juvenile offenders that provide continuing judicial supervision over juvenile offenders with substance abuse problems and the integrated administration of other sanctions and services for such offenders;
(9) establishing and maintaining a system of juvenile records designed to promote public safety;
(10) establishing and maintaining interagency information-sharing programs that enable the juvenile and criminal justice systems, schools, and social services agencies to make more informed decisions regarding the early identification, control, supervision, and treatment of juveniles who repeatedly commit serious delinquent or criminal acts;
(11) establishing and maintaining accountability-based programs designed to reduce recidivism among juveniles who are referred by law enforcement personnel or agencies;
(12) establishing and maintaining programs to conduct risk and need assessments of juvenile offenders that facilitate the effective early intervention and the provision of comprehensive services, including mental health screening and treatment and substance abuse testing and treatment to such offenders;
(13) establishing and maintaining accountability-based programs that are designed to enhance school safety, which programs may include research-based bullying, cyberbullying, and gang prevention programs;
(14) establishing and maintaining restorative justice programs;
(15) establishing and maintaining programs to enable juvenile courts and juvenile probation officers to be more effective and efficient in holding juvenile offenders accountable and reducing recidivism;
(16) hiring detention and corrections personnel, and establishing and maintaining training programs for such personnel to improve facility practices and programming; or
(17) establishing, improving, and coordinating pre-release and post-release systems and programs to facilitate the successful reentry of juvenile offenders from State or local custody in the community.
**(c) Definition** In this section the term “restorative justice program” means a program that emphasizes the moral accountability of an offender toward the victim and the affected community and may include community reparations boards, restitution (in the form of monetary payment or service to the victim or, where no victim can be identified, service to the affected community), and mediation between victim and offender.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 3796dd–7 was editorially reclassified as [section 10388 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10388&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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**(a) Continuing status until otherwise affected**
(1) All orders, determinations, rules, regulations, and instructions of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration which are in effect on December 27, 1979, shall continue in effect according to their terms until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked by the President or the Attorney General, the Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics or the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, or the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration with respect to their functions under this chapter or by operation of law.
(2) All orders, determinations, rules, regulations, and instructions issued under this chapter which are in effect on October 12, 1984, shall continue in effect according to their terms until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked by the President, the Attorney General, the Assistant Attorney General, the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Director of the National Institute of Justice, the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, or the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance with respect to their functions under this chapter or by operation of law.
**(b) Obligation by Director of National Institute of Justice of previously appropriated unused or reversionary funds for continuation of research and development projects or purposes of this chapter** The Director of the National Institute of Justice may award new grants, enter into new contracts or cooperative agreements, or otherwise obligate previously appropriated unused or reversionary funds for the continuation of research and development projects in accordance with the provisions of this chapter as
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There is hereby established an Office of Justice Programs within the Department of Justice under the general authority of the Attorney General. The Office of Justice Programs (hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the “Office”) shall be headed by an Assistant Attorney General (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Assistant Attorney General”) appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
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**(a) State allocation**
(1) **In general** — In accordance with regulations promulgated pursuant to this subchapter and except as provided in paragraph (3), the Attorney General shall allocate—
(A) 0.50 percent for each State; and
(B) of the total funds remaining after the allocation under subparagraph (A), to each State, an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount of remaining funds described in this subparagraph as the population of people under the age of 18 living in such State for the most recent calendar year in which such data is available bears to the population of people under the age of 18 of all the States for such fiscal year.
(2) **Prohibition** — No funds allocated to a State under this subsection or received by a State for distribution under subsection (b) may be distributed by the Attorney General or by the State involved for any program other than a program contained in an approved application.
**(b) Local distribution**
(1) **In general** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), each State which receives funds under subsection (a)(1) in a fiscal year shall distribute among units of local government, for the purposes specified in [section 10401 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10401&num=0&edition=prelim), not less than 75 percent of such amounts received.
(2) **Waiver** — If a State submits to the Attorney General an application for waiver that demonstrates and certifies to the Attorney General that—
(A) the State’s juvenile justice expenditures in the fiscal year preceding the date in which an application is submitted under this subchapter (the “State percentage”) is more than 25 percent of the aggregate amount of juvenile justice expenditures by the State and its eligible un
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**(a)** The Congress finds the following:
(1) Although the juvenile violent crime arrest rate in 1999 was the lowest in the decade, there remains a consensus that the number of crimes and the rate of offending by juveniles nationwide is still too high.
(2) According to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, allowing 1 youth to leave school for a life of crime and of drug abuse costs society $1,700,000 to $2,300,000 annually.
(3) One in every 6 individuals (16.2 percent) arrested for committing violent crime in 1999 was less than 18 years of age. In 1999, juveniles accounted for 9 percent of murder arrests, 17 percent of forcible rape arrests, 25 percent of robbery arrest, 14 percent of aggravated assault arrests, and 24 percent of weapons arrests.
(4) More than ½ of juvenile murder victims are killed with firearms. Of the nearly 1,800 murder victims less than 18 years of age, 17 percent of the victims less than 13 years of age were murdered with a firearm, and 81 percent of the victims 13 years of age or older were killed with a firearm.
(5) Juveniles accounted for 13 percent of all drug abuse violation arrests in 1999. Between 1990 and 1999, juvenile arrests for drug abuse violations rose 132 percent.
(6) Over the last 3 decades, youth gang problems have increased nationwide. In the 1970’s, 19 States reported youth gang problems. By the late 1990’s, all 50 States and the District of Columbia reported gang problems. For the same period, the number of cities reporting youth gang problems grew 843 percent, and the number of counties reporting gang problems increased more than 1,000 percent.
(7) According to a national crime survey of individuals 12 years of age or older during 1999, those 12 to 19 years old are victims of violent crime at higher
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In this subchapter—
(1) the term “at-risk” has the meaning given that term in [section 6472 of title 20](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6472&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) the term “eligible entity” means—
(A) a unit of local government that is in compliance with the requirements of part B of subchapter II; or
(B) a nonprofit organization in partnership with a unit of local government described in subparagraph (A);
(3) the term “delinquency prevention program” means a delinquency prevention program that is evidence-based or promising and that may include—
(A) alcohol and substance abuse prevention or treatment services;
(B) tutoring and remedial education, especially in reading and mathematics;
(C) child and adolescent health and mental health services;
(D) recreation services;
(E) leadership and youth development activities;
(F) the teaching that individuals are and should be held accountable for their actions;
(G) assistance in the development of job training skills;
(H) youth mentoring programs;
(I) after-school programs;
(J) coordination of a continuum of services that may include—
(i) early childhood development services;
(ii) voluntary home visiting programs;
(iii) nurse-family partnership programs;
(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 permanent housing assistance;
(xi) job placement and retention training;
(xii) summer jobs programs;
(xiii) alternative school resources for youth who have dropped out of school or d
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 3796ee was editorially reclassified as [section 10401 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10401&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
§ 10401
(B) to develop or expand crime prevention
efforts for students;
(C) to educate likely school-age victims in
crime prevention and safety;
(D) to develop or expand community jus-
tice initiatives for students;
(E) to train students in conflict resolution,
restorative justice, and crime awareness;
(F) to assist in the identification of phys-
ical changes in the environment that may
reduce crime in or around the school; and
(G) to assist in developing school policy
that addresses crime and to recommend pro-
cedural changes.
(5) ‘‘commercial sex act’’ has the meaning
given the term in section 7102 of title 22.
(6) ‘‘minor’’ means an individual who has not
attained the age of 18 years.
(7) ‘‘severe form of trafficking in persons’’
has the meaning given the term in section 7102
of title 22.
(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1709, as added Pub. L.
103–322, title I, § 10003(a)(3), Sept. 13, 1994, 108
Stat. 1813; amended Pub. L. 105–302, § 1(2), Oct.
27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2841; Pub. L. 114–22, title VI,
§ 601(2), May 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 259.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, referred
to in par. (3), is Pub. L. 92–203, § 2, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat.
688, which is classified generally to chapter 33 (§ 1601 et
seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classifica-
tion of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
out under section 1601 of Title 43 and Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 3796dd–8 of
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi-
torial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
AMENDMENTS
2015—Pub. L. 114–22 added pars. (5) to (7).
1998—Pub. L. 105–302 designated first three undesig-
nated par
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