Juvenile Crime Reduction Act

To improve the treatment of juveniles with mental health or substance abuse disorders by establishing new grant programs for increased training, technical assistance, and coordination of service providers, and for other purposes.

8/3/2007--Introduced.
Juvenile Crime Reduction Act - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to allow the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to public agencies to:
(1) provide training to in more...dividuals involved in making decisions regarding the disposition of cases involving youth who enter the juvenile justice system; and
(2) develop a plan to address the service needs of juveniles with mental health or substance abuse disorders who come into contact with, or are at risk of coming into contact with, the justice system. Requires the Administrator to award matching grants to public agencies to implement such plan.
Authorizes the Administrator to award grants for the establishment of four regional research, training, and technical assistance centers.
Requires the Administrator to award grants to public agencies to reform their mental health and substance abuse policies with respect to juveniles who come into contact with the juvenile justice system.
Requires states receiving juvenile justice grants to include in their state plan information regarding screening, assessment, and treatment of juveniles with mental health and substance abuse disorders. Requires the Administrator to:
(1) distribute evidence-based practice bonuses to grant recipients if certain requirements are met; and
(2) include in the Office's annual report to Congress information regarding the prevalence of mental health disorders among juveniles.
Requires the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to examine and report on evidence-based practices for decreasing delinquency and recidivism among juveniles with mental health or substance abuse disorders.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that a portion of grants awarded under programs to divert individuals with a mental illness from the criminal justice system specifically target juveniles if appropriations for such grants exceed a specified amount.

Sponsor

• Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
• and 9 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
  • Rep. Julia Carson [D, IN-7]
  • Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
  • Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 3 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Education and Labor
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3411

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
August 03, 2007

Related Issue Areas:

• Science policy
• Research centers
• Rehabilitation of criminals
• Recidivists
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• Prison alternatives
• Mental illness
• Mental health services
• Medicine
• Medical tests
• Medical screening
• Medical care
• Juvenile delinquency
• Job training
• Health policy
• Federal aid to law enforcement
• Employee training
• Drug abuse treatment
• Drug abuse
• Crime prevention
• Corrections
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Congress
• Children
• Child health
• Budgets
• Criminal justice

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