This bill requires the administrative office of the courts ("AOC") in conjunction with the department of finance and administration's office of criminal justice programs to establish an extended pilot program for the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders to be administered by clerks of juvenile courts .
This bill requires juvenile court clerks that serve counties that do not have an existing juvenile offender rehabilitation program that provides recreational, educational, and mentoring opportunities for juvenile offenders to establish and administer such a program in those counties in accordance with standards established for the pilot program.
This bill creates the juvenile offender rehabilitation extended pilot program grant fund, which will be composed of the following:
(1) Funds appropriated by the general assembly for the fund; and
(2) Gifts, grants, and other donations received by the department of finance and administration or the administrative office of the courts for the fund.
This bill expresses the legislative intent that funding in the amount of $250 million be appropriated each fiscal year from 2023-2024 through 2032-2033 in an appropriations act for awarding grants from the fund.
Subject to the availability of funds, this bill requires the department of finance and administration via the AOC to allocate and disperse grants each fiscal year to juvenile court clerks to support the extended pilot program.
This bill authorizes the commissioner of finance and administration to promulgate rules to effectuate this bill's provisions.
This bill requires the AOC and the department of finance and administration to prepare an annual report to the general assembly regarding the funds received and payments made by the juvenile offender rehabilitation extended pilot program grant fund. The first report will be due by January 1, 2025.