Select Delinquency Prevention and Intervention
State Enactments Summaries (1994-2000)
Legislative responses to delinquency prevention are multifaceted and involve several systems including education, juvenile justice, mental health and health. This compilation presents examples of recent state enactments and is not inclusive of all legislative actions, such as budget appropriations. For information on specific issues, such as school uniforms, guns, or other justice system responses contact NCSL's Denver office at 303/364-7700.
1998 Ala. Acts, H 92 Establishes the Children First Trust Fund to provide resources to multiple agencies serving at-risk youth. Provides state juvenile justice coordinating council with management and administration of the fund which is contingent on receipt of tobacco litigation revenues. Allocates funds to the department of the public health for the Children's Health Insurance Program and for prevention, treatment, education, rehabilitation, and punishment programs for children.
1994 Ala. Acts, Act 94-99 Extends the deadline for the Youth Gang Violence Commission to report to the Legislature. Increases commission membership.
2000 Ariz. Sess. Laws, Chap 245 Appropriates $100,000 to relocate the Project Challenge youth intervention program's physical facilities.
1997 Ariz. Sess. Laws, Chap. 0220 Sec. 105- Appropriates $1 million from general fund to assist Department of Education in implementing the safe schools program.
Sec. 78- Eliminates joint legislative committee on school safety and creates a school safety program oversight committee charged with reviewing plans submitted by applicants for participation in the program and (charged with) providing a proactive approach to prevent juvenile referrals and incarceration. Requires the Department of Education to fund the cost of assigning a peace officer to each school in a county that participates in the safe schools program and the cost of juvenile probation officers that may be assigned.
1999 Ark. Acts, Act 628 Establishes a state program to provide mediation services and training assistance to youth.
1999 Arkansas HB 1555 Creates the Arkansas Youth Mediation Program to operate pilot projects that offer mediation services for school disputes involving youth, juvenile delinquency cases, and FINS cases. The programs also will provide training and technical assistance for elementary and secondary schools and for juvenile courts to mediate juvenile delinquency and FINS cases.
1999 Ark. Acts, HCR 1027 Requests the legislature to conduct a study to determine the need and availability of mental health services for juveniles who have entered or are at risk of entering the juvenile justice system.
1997 Ark. Acts, Act 0745 Sec. 1- Continues the Common Ground Program to provide services to prevent high-risk behaviors. Directs collaboration among government agencies, private entities, and citizens.
1997 Ark. Acts, Act 1346 Sec. 1- Requires the Department of Education to create a Safe Schools Committee and specifies certain responsibilities.
1995 Ark. Acts, Act 712 Creates the Intervention/Prevention Grant Program to provide grants to local community partnerships for programs that enhance educational attainment for students who are at risk of school failure or delinquency.
1995 Ark. Acts, Act 1203 Establishes the Common Ground Program to prevent high-risk behaviors. Directs collaboration among government agencies, private entities and citizens.
2000 Cal. Stats., A 1913 Provides for equal allocation of money spent on law enforcement and prevention. To receive funding, a program must show effectiveness and requires evaluation after funding.
1999 Cal. Stats., Chap. 68 Designates August 1999 as Neighborhood Watch Month to help teach children respect for the law.
1999 Cal. Stats., Chap. 108 Authorizes programs established under the School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods Partnerships Program to be conducted upon the grounds of a community park or recreational area if the park or recreational area is adjacent to the school site.
1999 Cal. Stats., Chap. 233 Extends from 60 days to 90 days the period after which unclaimed property of less than $500 can be given from local law enforcement agencies to local welfare agency or delinquency prevention programs.
1998 Cal. Stats., A 1420 Creates a pilot "community district attorney" program in Los Angeles and San Francisco as a crime prevention strategy that proactively combines efforts of prosecutors, police and communities. Establishes an objective of a 5 percent decrease in drug trafficking, gang activity and juvenile crime and delinquency.
1998 Cal. Stats., Chap. 319 Establishes the After School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods Partnerships Programs to create incentives for establishing after school enrichment programs for pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 6, inclusive, at participating school sites.
1998 Cal. Stats., Chap. 325 Reduces to $25 million funds available for Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Accountability Challenge Grant Program and revises criteria and evaluation for awarding counties such grants. Requires Board of Corrections to evaluate this program and report findings by March 1, 2003.
1998 Cal. Stats., Chap. 327 Established the Repeat Offender Prevention Project as a three-year demonstration in selected counties to provide a comprehensive intervention program to reduce juvenile recidivism rates.
1998 Cal. Stats., Chap. 502 Appropriates $50 million to supplement Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Accountability Challenge Grant Program (see 1998 Cal. Stats., Chap. 325) and for implementation of better strategies to curb juvenile crime.
1997 Cal. Stats., A 1193 Requires and makes appropriation for grants-in-aid Kinship Support Services Program. Funds start-up and expansion of family support services for caregivers of children placed by the juvenile court who are at risk of dependency or delinquency.
1997 Cal. Stats., S 1095 Establishes and makes appropriation for High-Risk Education and Public Safety Program to assist school districts, county offices with prevention and early intervention strategies for youths seriously at risk of becoming chronic, repeat offenders. Includes a special component for high-risk, first-time offenders.
1997 Cal. Stats., Chap. 0909 Allows counties to establish the at-risk early intervention program, including youth referral centers. Appropriates funds to San Diego County. Appropriates fund for children at 10 years or older who are at risk of becoming a ward of the state.
1997 Cal. Stats., Chap. 0885 Requires the Department of Justice to administer the California Gang Crime and Violence Prevention Partnership Program. Appropriates funds.
1996 Cal. Stats., Chap. 1049 Appropriates funds and expands the repeat offender prevention project. Requires programs to provide intervention strategies to develop parenting skills and parent-child relationships. Requires each county to promote partnerships between public and private agencies to develop individualized intervention strategies.
1993 Cal. Stats., Chap. 571 Appropriates $1.6 million for the development of alternatives to gangs for youth in the Los Angeles area.
1993 Cal. Stats., Chap. 970 Authorizes counties to implement an interagency day care program for multiple needs youth who are served by, or at-risk of being served by, the juvenile justice system. Requires an assessment of using the San Bernardino County Justice Center as a statewide model. Provides for state reimbursement.
2000 Colo. Sess. Laws, Chap. 153 Renames the Youth Crime Prevention and Intervention Program Board to the Tony Grampsas Youth Services Program to provide state funding for community-based programs that target youth and their families for intervention services in an effort to reduce incidents of youth crime and violence, and to promote prevention and education programs that reduce child abuse and neglect.
1996 Colo. Sess. Laws, Chap. 230 Sec. 1-4- Requires the state auditor to conduct programmatic reviews and evaluations of all state prevention and intervention programs and specifies procedures for reporting to appropriate legislative committees, state agencies, and the governor.
1996 Colo. Sess. Laws, Chap. 84 (Colo. Rev. Stat. 24-82-2801(2); 2802 Requires that at least 20 percent of the appropriation for youth crime prevention be designated for children under age 9, and that one or more members of the youth crime prevention and intervention board be knowledgeable about early childhood care and education.
1994 Colo. Sess. Laws, Chap. 228 Appropriates $3.6 million for the youth crime prevention and intervention program. Establishes criteria for disbursing grants.
1994 Conn. Acts, P.A. 6, (May Special Session) Establishes new grants to priority school districts for extended school hours for academic enrichment and recreation. Creates neighborhood youth center grant program, directed at youths between 12 and 17 years of age, to provide cultural and recreational opportunities, skills training and preventive and intervention services for youth and their families.
1994 Conn. P.A. 94-221 Encourages teachers to complete a school violence prevention and conflict resolution program.
1993 D.C. Law 10-7 Authorizes grants to be issued by the mayor's Youth Initiatives Office to community-based organizations for youth-oriented programs.
1999 Fla. Laws, Chap. 267 Permits law enforcement agencies or school districts to create a prearrest diversion programs. Allows a youth's driver's license to be suspended for failure to successfully complete this program.
1996 Fla. Laws, Chap. 382 Sec. 2- Allows a county that has a teen court to adopt a delinquency prevention fine.
1998 Ga. Laws, Act 0956 Caps grants for after-school, at-risk student programs and sets eligibility at a minimum of three school districts joint together.
1997 Ga. Laws, SB 0050 Sec. 1- Requires the education department to provide enrichment activities to middle school age children during non-school hours to try to reduce juvenile crime and other delinquent activities.
1994 Ga. Laws, Act 858 Allows the court to establish community-based risk reduction programs in cases of delinquency, deprivation or unruliness. Provides for multiagency involvement in developing and implementing case plans.
2000 Idaho Sess. Laws, Chap. 306 Establishes a county sheriff's youth program fund for use in prevention and early intervention programs for at-risk youth in the county. Proceeds from the fee generated by purchase of Idaho youth license plates will be deposited into the fund.
1999 Idaho Sess. Laws, Chap. 77 Provides that a portion of the youth license plate fee is used to provide prevention and early intervention programs for at-risk youth.
1994 Idaho Sess. Laws, Chap. 384 Appropriates funds to the governor's office for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.
2000 Ill. Laws, PA 91-284 Adds five members to the state Violence Prevention Authority, including the chair or designee of the Authority's Youth Advisory Board, and sets terms.
1999 Ill. Laws, PA 10 Creates Safe to Learn Program for support and funding of school-based safety and violence prevention programs. Funds demonstration, technical assistance and evaluation of three pilot prekindergarten through 12th grade school-based violence prevention programs.
1999 Ill. Laws, PA 665 Gives Serious Habitual Offender Comprehensive Action Program (SHOCAP) committee members access to student school records to identify serious habitual juvenile offenders and match those people with community resources.
1997 Ill. Laws, H 2147 The Youth Crime Prevention Consortium Act authorizes collaboration of universities, colleges to develop youth crime prevention educational curriculum and offer one or more courses for academic credit.
1999 Ind. Acts, PL 101 Authorizes Project IMPACT USA Inc. to develop programs for provision of delinquency prevention services in five sites throughout the state. Specifies objectives of programs.
1997 Ind. Acts, SEA 0400 Sec. 24- Requires each county to develop a community services plan for early intervention to provide services targeted to CHINS or at risk CHINS. Requires each county to establish a team to develop a plan. Requires the juvenile court and local child protection services to consider and use any available services described in an early intervention plan.
1994 Iowa Acts, Chap. 1172 Authorizes early intervention programs targeted at adjudicated delinquent youth who pose a low or moderate risk to the community.
1999 Kan. Sess. Laws, Chaps. 132,160 Appropriates funds for the new Experimental Wraparound Kansas Project administered by the State Board of Education. Requires the state board to make awards to applicant school districts in collaboration with community mental health centers to implement mental health support services in the school setting that focus on violence prevention.
1997 Kan. Sess. Laws, Chap. 0156 Sec. 94- Establishes the Kansas advisory group on juvenile justice and delinquency prevention to review grant applications and make recommendations.
1996 Kan. Sess. Laws, Chap. 229 Sec. 134 (h)- Creates a youth endowment fund for prevention programs.
1996 Kan. Sess. Laws, Chap. 234 Creates the youth trust fund for grants on juvenile justice reform including prevention and treatment and to promote state local partnerships.
1995 Kan. Sess. Laws, Chap. 259 Requires the newly created youth authority to consult with the schools on delinquency prevention.
1998 Ky. Acts, H 455 Authorizes department of juvenile justice or approved local organization to form local juvenile delinquency prevention councils for the purpose of encouraging inter-agency collaboration and planning to address juvenile crime and status offenders.
1996 Ky. Acts, Chap. 358 Sec. 1- Requires the Department of Juvenile Justice to develop and administer programs regarding youthful offenders and children at risk.
2000 La. Acts, Act 1372 Establishes truancy assessment centers as a pilot program to intervene with troubled youth and prevent juvenile crime. Requires collaboration among schools, child welfare agencies and law enforcement agencies.
1994 La. Acts 148 Appropriates funds for an in-school intervention program.
1994 La. Acts, Act 35 Creates an in-school intervention pilot program with truancy officers and conflict resolution instruction.
1994 La. Acts, Act 47 Authorizes all schools to offer violence prevention and peer meditation instruction.
1999 Me. Public Laws, Chap. 781 Requires the Department of Education to provide technical assistance to school districts in providing violence prevention and intervention training programs for teachers, school staff and students. Requires such assistance to emphasize conflict resolution education, peer mediation, and early identification of and early response to signs of violence.
1997 Me. Public Laws, Chap. 0119 Creates a school violence commission to study several issues including: occurrences of student disruption and violent events; effective prevention efforts; suggested conduct and responsibility standards; and a notification system for staff of a student's violent behavioral history.
2000 Md. Laws, H 155 Extends the Vehicle Theft Prevention Fund, which provides money for programs designed to reduce the incidence of juvenile theft and recidivism.
1999 Mass. Acts, Chap. 422 Requires elementary and high schools to implement violence prevention programs.
1998 Mass. Acts, H 2077 Requires elementary and high schools to implement violence prevention programs to inform students of the harmful effects of teenage violence, weapons and illegal drug use and to promote community and social responsibility.
1999 Mich. Pub. Acts, Act 135 Requires the Department of Child and Family Services to expend a portion of the federal Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant to better address and protect students from gang, drug and youth violence.
2000 Minn. Laws, HF 2830 Instructs the commissioner of public safety and the executive director of the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board to study and recommend ways in which law enforcement personnel can better combat juvenile prostitution.
1999 Minn. Laws, Chap. 216 Art. 1, Sec. 13, subd. 3 and 4 Provides $1 million over two years for Asian-American juvenile crime intervention and prevention grants.
1997 Minn. Laws, Chap. 0162 Sec. 2- Authorizes family service collaborative pilot programs to serve neighborhoods with a range of educational, child care, health, and crime prevention services.
1997 Minn. Laws, Chap. 0239 Sec. 3- Authorizes the corrections commissioner to develop and administer a gang intervention pilot grant program.
1996 Minn. Laws, Chap. 408 Sec. 8- Specifies a one-time appropriation for violence prevention education grants.
Sec. 10- Specifies an appropriation for grants on curfew enforcement, truancy prevention, and pretrial diversion.
Sec. 5 Art. 2- Expands the community crime prevention grant program to permit funding of youth neighborhood centers; truancy programs; at-risk programs; and various school-based programs.
Sec. 8 Art. 2 (Minn. Stat. §126.78)- Requires the corrections commissioner to establish at least four community intensive monitoring pilot programs for at risk juveniles of juveniles who have committed delinquent acts or status offenses. Specifies a one-time appropriation for violence prevention grants.
1995 Minn. Laws, Chap. 226, Art. 3 Sec. 50, 52- Authorizes a pilot project to create a juvenile justice prevention and enforcement unit.
Sec. 58- Establishes a pilot project on early intervention for young children at risk of becoming sex offenders.
Sec. 62- Authorizes a multi-agency demonstration project to address the needs of young children whose behaviors indicate they are at high-risk for delinquency.
1994 Minn. Laws, Chap. 576 Expands the Community Crime Reduction Grant Program to include community-based programs for juvenile at-risk of delinquency, truancy and dropping-out, and programs that increase high school graduation and college attendance rates. Creates a pilot project for a program of early intervention initiatives designed to serve juvenile offenders and probationers. Authorizes a demonstration project to provide effective intervention and treatment for children under the age of 10 who commit unlawful acts. Requires the Institute for Child and Adolescent Sexual Health to implement two early intervention projects for children who are at-risk of becoming sex offenders.
2000 Miss. Laws, Chap. 513 Establishes Municipal Crime Prevention Fund and defines uses for such funds.
1998 Miss. Laws, Chap. 695 Encourages the creation and continued existence of community intervention programs.
1997 Miss. Laws, SB 1236 Sec. 1- Allows the education department to conduct a pilot program with the use of video camera equipment as part of the school violence prevention grant program.
1997 Miss. Laws, SB 2510 Sec. 8- Requires the state to disclose all information regarding a previous youth court intake that alleges a child was delinquent, in need of supervision or special care, truant, abused or neglected.
1995 Miss. Laws, Chap. 609 Establishes a Support Our Students (SOS) grant program for community-based entities to provide quality after-school activities for school-age children. Specifies the goal of reducing juvenile crime. Outlines the application process. Requires local needs assessments and requires local three-year plans to include anticipated outcomes and goals. Prioritizes low-income, high-risk students. Requires an evaluation and interagency cooperation.
1996 Mo. Laws, HB1298 and 1301 Sec. 575.090- Requires the state to identify and adopt public school instruction on violence prevention including the negative consequences of gang membership. Requires teacher training on violence prevention and early identification of and intervention in violent behavior.
1995 Mo. Laws, HB 174, 325 and 326 Sec. 32.115, 135.460, 620.1100, .1103- Creates a youth opportunities and violence prevention fund and gives tax credits for individuals and corporations that contribute to certain programs including dropout prevention and drug and alcohol prevention.
Sec. 170.046- Requires the state to establish program materials on nonviolent conflict resolution and ethical decision making to be offered in schools and to the public.
Sec. 589.300, .310- Grants local government-school partnerships priority when applying for crime prevention funds.
1997 Mont. Laws, Chap. 0550 Sec. 73- Authorizes an intervention in delinquency pilot program including a study of youth placement costs.
1999 N.H. Laws, SB 163, Chap. 322 Creates commission to study methods for reducing gun incidents among children. Requires a report to the legislature.
1999 N.M. Laws, SM 3 Requests the departments of Public Education and Health to examine and recommend programs to identify troubled children through screening and assessment, to recommend intervention programs to address the problems identified, and to develop a plan to train teachers to deal with and refer troubled youth to appropriate support programs.
1999 N.C. Sess. Laws, Chap. 423 Sec. 15 Changes terms of appointment and frequency of meetings of the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council.
1994 N.C. Extra Sess. Laws, Chap. 24 Sec. 35- Creates outcome-based enhancement of the community-based alternatives program. Requires that counties annually review the needs of troubled juveniles and submit a written plan of action in order to receive grants.
Sec. 42- Appropriates $12 million to local school units to implement a coordinated and collaborative juvenile crime intervention and prevention grant program.
1997 Nev. Stats., File No. 0128 Urges school districts to develop and adopt policies for disciplining pupils to ensure a healthy and safe learning environment, free from violence and other criminal activity.
1995 Nev. Stats., Chap. 721 Requires the state to create family resource centers in at-risk neighborhoods to provide or refer people to several types of services including social services, mental health, childcare and educational programs.
2000 Ohio Laws, SB 9 Makes it a crime to commit an offense in the presence of a child. Requires the court to consider the offense more serious if it involves a family or household members or is committed within the vicinity of children. Allows the court to require counseling in those cases and to consider imprisonment for misdemeanors.
1996 Okla. Sess. Laws, HB 2692 Sec. 7302-3.5D.- Requires the Department of Juvenile Justice to implement a pilot program to establish community intervention centers.
1994 Okla. Sess. Laws, Chap. 290 Appropriates $2 million for an alternative school pilot for children with a high-risk of dropping out. Appropriates $400,000 for a vocational-technical school dropout recovery program.
1999 Or. Laws, S 555 Expands to additional localities the First Step violence prevention program for kindergarten children identified as at risk for conduct disorders. Creates the Juvenile Crime Prevention Advisory Committee to review and recommend juvenile crime prevention policies to the governor and legislature. Requires the committee to coordinate and implement federal grants for substance abuse and other preventive interventions for high-risk youth.
1999 Or. Laws, Chap. 964 Encourages school districts to form a safe school alliance composed of schools, law enforcement agencies, juvenile justice agencies and district attorneys to provide the safest possible school environment.
1999 Or. Laws, Chap. 992 Requires the state to establish a statewide child care provider training program to educate child care providers on the importance of healthy brain development in the first three years of life and identify potential risk and behavior factors in young children.
1999 Or. Laws, Chap. 1053 Sec. 1-47 Creates a comprehensive system for at-risk children. Requires local plans to provide a continuum of community-based supports for children.
Sec. 25 Requires the state to expand the First Step violence prevention program for children who are at risk for conduct disorders, their parents and teachers.
Sec. 36-45 Creates the Juvenile Crime Prevention Advisory Committee, composed of various agencies that deal with children. Outlines the relationship to coordinated, comprehensive local planning boards and requires local high-risk juvenile crime prevention plans to be based on risk factors. Creates a waiver process for counties to emphasize early intervention and work with younger children.
1996 Or. Laws, S. 1169 Directs the governor to submit a funding proposal to the legislature for youth crime prevention and early intervention programs.
1996 Puerto Rico Laws, PS 507 Establishes a consumer advisory committee to set up a voluntary television classification system to advise viewers of violence or other content that could negatively affect youth.
1999 R.I. Pub. Laws, Chap. 31 Creates the pilot After-School Alternative Program to reduce gang activity and drug-related crime in schools and communities. Requires local collaboration in developing prevention programs and prohibits activities from being provided at school sites. Establishes gang violence prevention advisory committee.
1999 R.I. Pub. Laws, SR 83 Requires schools to develop a mandatory violence prevention and alternative dispute resolution program for elementary school students.
1999 Tenn. Pub. Acts, HB 675, Chap. 129 Allows school resource officers to be employed with funds generated under the Safe Neighborhoods or federal universal hiring programs.
- 1999 Tenn. Pub. Acts, SB 346 §49-1-214
Requires the department of education to prepare and distribute guidelines to help educators reduce gang and individual violence and assist in drug and alcohol abuse prevention.
1996 Tenn. Pub. Acts, Chap. 814 Directs the state to establish a school safety center on behavior, discipline, and violence prevention. Requires the center to collect and analyze data on school-related violence, among other issues. Authorizes grants to local education agencies.
1996 Tenn. Pub. Acts, Chap. 1079 Sec. 14- Directs the state to have its youth development centers accredited by a regionally or nationally recognized entity.
Sec. 106- Creates a 24-hour-on-call intervention program to stabilize juvenile-family crises as an alternative to or in tandem with court intervention.
1994 Tenn. Pub. Acts, Chap. 1000 Creates five juvenile family crisis intervention pilot programs to stabilize family crisis and serve as an alternative to juvenile court.
1994 Tenn. Pub. Acts, Chap. 917 Establishes and funds several model after-school and summer programs for young adolescents at-risk of placement in state custody.
1994 Tenn. Pub. Acts, Chap. 793 Expands the model after-school, at-risk program.
1999 Tex. Gen. Laws, Chap. 489 Secs. 1, 2 Requires the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services to implement and manage programs that provide prevention and intervention services for at-risk youth. Establishes the Division of Prevention and Early Intervention Services under the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services to manage the delivery of services to at-risk youth.
1999 Texas SB 1574 Chap. 265 Requires the state to plan, develop, and administer a comprehensive and unified delivery system of prevention and early intervention services to at-risk children and families.
1997 Tex. Gen. Laws, Chap. 1394 Expands purposes of the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission to include promotion of delinquency prevention and intervention programs.
1995 Tex. Gen. Laws, Chap. 664 Requires training on violence prevention, including child abuse, for juvenile probation departments, boards and children in custody.
1999 Utah Laws, H 374 Requires the state to establish a juvenile assessment program to provide risk-needs assessments and evaluations for nonadjudicated youth.
1998 Utah Laws, HB 0133 Amends the duties of the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Commission to include efforts to significantly reduce crime and victimization in the state. Includes study, evaluation and report on the status of crime and effectiveness of criminal justice policies, programs; and coordination of criminal and juvenile justice agencies as related to reduction of crime.
1998 Utah Laws, HB 0239 Sec. 42- Adds to the list of counties in which the state shall establish an early intervention pilot program for juveniles. Extends the authorized time frame for such pilot programs.
1998 Utah Laws, SR 4 Encourages parents to provide guidance in their children's television viewing habits.
1998 Utah Laws, HB 121 Appropriates $100,000 to Utah State University Extension for the establishment of the "Strengthening At-Risk Youth and Their Families" program, which provides services to youth with learning or behavioral problems at school or have court referrals for delinquency.
1998 Utah Laws, SR 1 Encourages parents to exercise increased responsibility to protect their children from films inappropriate for their age. Urges parent to work with theatre owners to ensure that policies on age-restricted films are enforced.
1997 Utah Laws, H. B. 0184 Sec. 1- Authorizes the state to provide grants for community-based prevention programs that assist parents and school-aged children and other prevention programs.
1996 Utah Laws, Chap. 136 Sec. 9- Requires written parental consent for a child to participate in prevention and early intervention programs.
1996 Utah Laws, H. 306 Creates the Healthy Communities Program to provide matching funds for early childhood services and school-aged youth, teens, and their families, including after-school and recreation programs, gang diversion, mentoring, and job placement.
1995 Utah Laws, Chap. 129 Appropriates money to the gang prevention and intervention program in the public schools.
1994 Utah Laws, Chap. 301 Appropriates $300,00 for Partnership with Troubled Youth program at Utah Valley State College.
2000 Va. Acts, Chap 519 Establishes the Center for School Safety and directs collaboration between state education and criminal justice agencies.
2000 Va. Acts, Chap. 277 Redefines annual reporting requirements for localities participating in Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act program.
1999 Va. Acts, Chap. 512 Establishes the School Resource Officer Grants Program and fund to employ uniformed school resource officers in secondary schools to help ensure safety to prevent violence in schools.
1999 Va. Acts, Chap. 350 Allows the court to require a juvenile found delinquent based on certain crimes to participate in a gang-activity prevention program.
1995 Va. Acts, Chap. 698 Appropriates funds and creates a new program through the Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act to aid localities in preventing juvenile delinquency.
1994 Va. Acts, Chap. 760 Extends the deadline for the Board of Education to create a comprehensive, coordinated and integrated youth-at-risk program, including cooperation from the State Boards of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services.
1994 Wash. Laws, Chap. 7 Sec. 303-308 (1st Special Session)- Creates local community networks to review local at-risk youth health data, prioritize risk factors and prevention efforts, develop long-term plans, distribute funds, and work with state agencies for implementation. Requires network plan approval by the Family Policy Council and outlines the Council's approval responsibilities.
Sec. 601-605 (1st Special Session)- Requires publication of a guide on violence prevention for educational service districts, school districts, teachers, staff, parents and others. Requires interagency coordination. Provides for contracting procedures and training requirements. Encourages community education programs. Allows community health and safety networks to include matching grants to schools for after-hours recreational opportunities and day care in school facilities as part of their comprehensive plan.
2000 Wis. Laws, Act 123 Changes funding for the children at risk statute to focus on programs to serve students that are at risk of not graduating from high school. Specifies that additional funding may be provided in the future, if selected programs meet measurable goals.
1998 Wis. Laws, A 351 Requires an amount equal to or greater than 1 percent of the total proposed department of corrections budget be requested as part of the department of health and family services biennial budget for child abuse prevention efforts.
1997 W. Va. Acts, Chap. 0053 Adds family-focused, community-based services to the goals of the state's child welfare system. Includes the rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents, a reduction in the rate of juvenile delinquency and the provision of services to prevent abuse and neglect and juvenile delinquency.
1993 Wis. Laws, Act 377 Appropriates funds to counties for capacity building for early and intensive juvenile intervention services.
2000 Wyo. Sess. Laws, H 42 Requires the state Department of Health to coordinate tobacco prevention services and resources with other state and local government entities that are responsible for addressing juvenile delinquency and violence.
1998 Wyo. Sess. Laws, Chap. 0008 Extends the development of a pilot under program for at-risk youth and CHINS.
1997 Wyo. Sess. Laws, SF 0063 Sec. 1- Creates a state advisory council on juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.
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