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State juvenile advisory group details $18M in grants, compliance duties and local priorities
Summary
Stephanie Mickelson, juvenile justice program director at the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, described the state advisory group’s membership, core JJDP compliance functions and the $18 million in grant funds the group oversees, and answered questions about program eligibility and federal funding risk.
Stephanie Mickelson, juvenile justice program director at the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC), told the House Judiciary Juvenile Committee the juvenile justice state advisory group (SAG) oversees grant funding, JJDP compliance, technical assistance and strategic planning to support local juvenile-justice programming across Georgia.
Mickelson said the SAG is a 19-member, governor-appointed body required by federal and state statute; CJCC staff handle grant administration while the SAG provides advisory recommendations. "We have 19 members right now," she said, adding the panel includes mental-health representatives, DJJ officials, juvenile-court judges, locally elected officials and others including Chairwoman Ballenger as an appointed member.
She told the committee the advisory group oversees roughly $18,000,000 in grant funds…
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