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Mickelson said the SAG focuses on strategic priorities identified through a state community-response survey (responses from more than 600 stakeholders across 100+ counties) and that the committee this year prioritized supporting CHINS (children in need of services) partners, increasing community-appropriate programming, and improving system compliance and partnerships. “We have 19 members right now,” Mickelson said, describing the SAG’s multidisciplinary membership that includes mental-health experts, DJJ representatives, juvenile court officials, local elected officials and law enforcement.

Mickelson described CJCC’s role in grant administration and monitoring. She told the committee the advisory group oversees about $18,000,000 in juvenile-justice funding across several programs; roughly 90 percent of that amount goes to subawards at the local level, with small percentages covering staff and oversight. She identified four open grant programs: a juvenile-justice incentive grant, two delinquency-prevention grants, and an intervention-and-prevention grant aimed at violence reduction and mental-health supports in schools; she also noted a competitively awarded Stop School Violence grant recently closed after a multi-year award.

On compliance, Mickelson explained key JJDP core requirements CJCC monitors: deinstitutionalization of status offenders (DSO), limitations on secure custody of status offenders and sight-and-sound separation for juveniles in adult facilities. She said the state has not experienced a federal funding deduction for noncompliance during her tenure and that staff conduct regular monitoring and technical assistance to local grantees. Mickelson said some grants are competitive and others route through juvenile courts; local governments and nonprofits can apply depending on the program. When asked about federal executive actions or guidance affecting funding, she said CJCC was awaiting federal direction and had not received specific changes to alter current grant activity.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Judiciary Juvenile 02.05.25","oneSentenceSummary","Stephanie Mickelson, juvenile justice program director at the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, briefed the committee on the State Advisory Group (SAG), its statutory role, membership, monitoring responsibilities under the JJDP Act, and roughly $18 million in grant funds the council administers for juvenile programs.","taxTitle","Judiciary, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committees, Legislative, Georgia","taxId",17225,"location","Georgia","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_46":81,"_48":82,"_50":83,"_52":84,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":85,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":86,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6680062,"Court Improvement Program director outlines Georgia’s Justice for Children projects and data efforts",794,1138000,1932000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2228606-04ac80c5c0f06aa01ecb61fbb9e8b5b0&start=1138&end=1932","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2228606-04ac80c5c0f06aa01ecb61fbb9e8b5b0/thumbnail_1138000.jpg","/articles/6680062/Georgia/Court-Improvement-Program-director-outlines-Georgias-Justice-for-Children-projects-and-data-efforts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6680062-7d8437032930cc95f90e52d88c0c21b3/orig.mp4?Expires=1776626293&Signature=jCdLj6j4tKKKXDPkhKTfqbpNCxYRGFGYDRPmf~VHCTOtx1S1DXyU8v8sYtgSVGEfOO~iQTEsZ92gAk4eI031KMEJf32US9y-G3TRlI8dezrSZdY-Ky-wrX9S234Sx71BC9-kc6EtSfw1fdDj9QyerknMFdlieHA~BCMkqqJh2BUBnXDTEhcg-COVeZElB-Fq8vPHoKwBNV0wFWmhVloIdcnnyE4dfzBmYolDpX6LXzJa4M0wOL2Wnh5BXfWtE3amjsI8kYqN~1Mir85g7YXVo8Wffzo4YhcWV36KSZyevxgjZF5w9mOEU7-M8Mg1ki7yzRefgtD1ufACYOU9kxQKbw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Diane Roo Johnson, Court Improvement Program Director for the State of Georgia, told the House Judiciary Juvenile Committee that the Supreme Court’s Committee on Justice for Children (J4C) and the Court Improvement Program (CIP) run multiple projects aimed at improving outcomes for children involved in the child-welfare and juvenile-court systems.

“J4C is a multi-disciplinary task force that supports and advises Georgia's Court Improvement Program,” Johnson said, describing J4C’s history (formed in 1995) and its role in advising and supporting court improvements. She listed ongoing projects that include a rewrite of the child-welfare attorney trial notebook, a data collection project called Judicial Court and Attorney Measures of Performance (JCamp) to gather juvenile-court data, a joint initiative with DFACS to shorten time from removal to reunification, and a Foster Care Cold Case Project that re-examines cases of children at risk of aging out without permanency.

Johnson said the federal Court Improvement Program grants, administered through the Children's Bureau, fund CIP work and generally operate on a reimbursement basis; she told the committee the grant was \"on for now\" but that the program was watching possible changes to the Department of Health and Human Services. Committee members asked about local data and trends. Johnson said Georgia’s size and the independence of 159 counties mean that trends vary by locality; she said juvenile courts are increasingly interested in child-welfare outcome data and in comparing county performance.

Committee members also raised workforce concerns. A committee member reported a turnover rate of 43.5 percent and said that figure had been presented to the Appropriations Subcommittee; Johnson said turnover shows up in court data as a factor in continuances when case managers are unavailable or new to cases.

Johnson closed by noting J4C meets quarterly, supports judge education and scholarships, administers a court process reporting system for near-real-time data exchange between DFACS and courts, and offers the annual Justice Harris Hines Award for exemplary child-welfare workers.","Diane Roo Johnson, director of Georgia's Court Improvement Program, told the House Judiciary Juvenile Committee about J4C’s work to collect judicial data, shorten time to reunification, and support foster-care permanency programs.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_46":93,"_48":94,"_50":95,"_52":96,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":97,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":98,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6680067,"House Judiciary Juvenile Committee adopts 2025-26 rules",82,1047000,1129000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2228606-04ac80c5c0f06aa01ecb61fbb9e8b5b0&start=1047&end=1129","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2228606-04ac80c5c0f06aa01ecb61fbb9e8b5b0/thumbnail_1047000.jpg","/articles/6680067/Georgia/House-Judiciary-Juvenile-Committee-adopts-2025-26-rules","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6680067-b06971adfed1a7f466eb20306636fa68/orig.mp4?Expires=1776626293&Signature=m4lF1Gfpt9z3h9nT9FMakPFE7vZBifPyqB9-mAjiWKYNopVIuQqILoKDgtX8Q5dg~n5nv2ZvkwxwT66fsaraANEbD9PZDW6qQVV1L8GayAXejGrR1rshJYn7ptYLhwOMLD0mTrfsjxKu9rtzslu8MJp98AXdur2CGBegcn817AzhUswG1A2Wk71qBjArMWMVjkRYd4TZ3WwY7NJ6ztyVbSgaYG5u9ZmDV37YMS1a5fobG-wEHpgTGf1OW77zvCYc6VzuhYkKrkPP1GhAysTshhHLeDrTPY0y-0IfoYWe8zS2pk3wnB4LQfvrxjuwtq7gFnyu91WGWUYbOdNqrrUZiA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Judiciary Juvenile Committee voted to adopt its 2025–2026 committee rules during the opening minutes of the meeting. Chairwoman (name not specified) called for a motion to approve the rules; a second was made and members approved the rules by voice vote.

The chair said, “All those in favor of the 2025, 2026 House Judiciary Juvenile Committee rules, please signify by saying aye,” and members responded. After asking if there were any opposed, the chair declared, “Motion carries. We now have official rules.”

No roll-call tally or individual mover/seconder names were recorded in the meeting transcript; the approval was completed by a routine voice vote and the committee proceeded to scheduled presentations.","The House Judiciary Juvenile Committee voted unanimously by voice vote to adopt its 2025–2026 committee rules at the start of the meeting.","actionData","errors"]

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Criminal Justice Coordinating Council outlines juvenile-justice advisory group, $18 million in grants and program priorities

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