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State official says new juvenile justice block‑grant formula shifts funding toward less‑restrictive youth programs
Summary
Catherine Lucero, director of the Office of Youth and Community Restoration, told the Assembly subcommittee that the JJRBG formula was revised to fund counties for youth counts and less‑restrictive placements rather than a 2018 incarceration baseline.
Catherine Lucero, director of the Office of Youth and Community Restoration, told the California State Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 that a recent revision of the Juvenile Justice Realignment Block Grant (JJRBG) formula moves funding away from a measure tied to the 2018 Division of Juvenile Justice population and toward factors that support less‑restrictive programs for youth.
The revised formula, Lucero said, funds counties based on the number of youth ages 10–17, the number of adjudicated 707(b) violent‑offense cases, the number of youth committed to secure youth treatment facilities (SYTFs), and the number of youth who spend part of their commitment in…
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