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Juvenile court council pushes for better data via JCATs and raises questions about grant formula and backlog metrics
Summary
The Council of Juvenile Court Judges described how the state juvenile grants are calculated, said most circuits receive a $100,000 base grant under the statutory formula, and urged wider adoption of JCATs for consistent workload data and backlog measurement.
Kirsten Wallace, budget director for the Council of Juvenile Court Judges, explained to the subcommittee how juvenile court funding and county grants work and urged improved case-management reporting to measure workload and backlogs.
Wallace described two programs under the council: the council’s administrative budget, which supports judges and staff, and a grants-to-counties program. She said the grants formula, identified in statute as the basis for the distribution, gives every judicial circuit a $100,000 base grant and additional funding based on the number of superior court…
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