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Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill TextTo enhance public safety by improving the reintegration of youth offenders into the families and communities to which they are returning. 1/29/2008--Introduced. 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; [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Children, College costs, Community service (Punishment), Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Criminal statistics, Education, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Ex-offenders, Federal aid to law enforcement, Health policy, Higher education, Job training, Juvenile delinquency, Labor, Medicaid, Medical care, Rehabilitation of criminals, Social services, Victims of crimes, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Youth employment, Youth services
Latest Action: 12/11/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to enhance public safety by improving the reintegration of youth offenders into the families and communities to which they are returning. 12/11/2007--Introduced. First Step Forward Act of 2007 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to: (1) require information on the number of juveniles (under age 21) 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) require states seeking juvenile justice grants to adopt procedures to assure the availability of post-release programs and services for juvenile offenders; and (3) require 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 21 and to help such juveniles [...] show full description
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Also tagged in: Budgets, Children, College costs, Community service (Punishment), Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Criminal statistics, Education, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Ex-offenders, Federal aid to law enforcement, Health policy, Higher education, Job training, Juvenile delinquency, Labor, Medicaid, Medical care, Rehabilitation of criminals, Social services, Victims of crimes, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Youth employment, Youth services
Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill TextTo enhance public safety by improving the reintegration of youth offenders into the families and communities to which they are returning. 1/29/2008--Introduced. 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; [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Children, College costs, Community service (Punishment), Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Criminal statistics, Education, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Ex-offenders, Federal aid to law enforcement, Health policy, Higher education, Job training, Juvenile delinquency, Labor, Medicaid, Medical care, Rehabilitation of criminals, Social services, Victims of crimes, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Youth employment, Youth services
Latest Action: 12/11/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to enhance public safety by improving the reintegration of youth offenders into the families and communities to which they are returning. 12/11/2007--Introduced. First Step Forward Act of 2007 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to: (1) require information on the number of juveniles (under age 21) 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) require states seeking juvenile justice grants to adopt procedures to assure the availability of post-release programs and services for juvenile offenders; and (3) require 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 21 and to help such juveniles [...] show full description
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