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Office of Youth and Community Restoration details new juvenile-justice block grant formula, cites investments in less-restrictive programs
Summary
The Office of Youth and Community Restoration told the Assembly subcommittee the revised Juvenile Justice Realignment Block Grant formula shifts funding toward county capacity for less-restrictive programs and that OYCR has made $15 million in grants to 11 counties to build alternatives to long-term secure confinement.
Catherine Lucero, director of the Office of Youth and Community Restoration, told the California State Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 that the agency supports changes to the Juvenile Justice Realignment Block Grant (JJRBG) formula to move funding away from metrics tied to incarcerated populations and toward measures that support less-restrictive programs in the community.
"My name is Catherine Lucero. I'm a retired superior court judge and former prosecutor and the current director of the Office of Youth and Community Restoration," Lucero said when introducing OYCR's work. She said the office "is the only state governmental agency that focuses on the health and well-being of incarcerated children and youth, children and youth on…
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