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12/11/2007--Introduced.<br/>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 attain self-sufficiency; (2) develop outcome measures to assess the performance of states in operating juvenile offender reentry programs and track services provided to such offenders; and (3) conduct evaluations of state juvenile offender reentry programs. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to continue health care benefits for juvenile offenders after release from incarceration.

1197349200 2007-12-11 Fri Nov 07 17:23:44 -0600 2008 introduced 47854 'bill':2 'youth':12 'enhanc':4 'famili':16 'improv':8 'offend':13 'public':5 'return':23 'safeti':6 'reintegr':10 'communiti':18 55424 false official introduced 47854 'act':4 '2007':6 'step':2 'first':1 'forward':3 56731 false short introduced 47854 1197349200 Tue Dec 11 00:00:00 -0600 2007 139617 S000148 1950-11-23 15008 313 Hart Senate Office Building http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/contact.cfm 202-228-3027 Charles 'd':4 'ny':5 'sen':1 'charl':2,6,8 'schumer':3,7,9 M 300087 Schumer Charles_Schumer E. Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] 7782 N00001093 20763 Democrat 202-224-6542 Jewish NY Chuck Charles Schumer 2.2 http://schumer.senate.gov/ senatorschumer introduced 47854 1197349200 Tue Dec 11 00:00:00 -0600 2007 139617 action 47854 1197349200 Tue Dec 11 00:00:00 -0600 2007 139618 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.