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Children's Justice Centers seek $470,000 bridge while victim-services study finishes
Summary
The Children's Justice Center program told the Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee that federal grants and private donations have fallen and one-time state funds are expiring; program director Tracy Tabith and Rep. Ivory requested $470,000 one-time to keep staff at 16 centers while a statewide victim-services analysis completes.
Tracy Tabith, director of the Children's Justice Center (CJC) program in the Utah Attorney General's office, told the Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee that CJCs provide forensic interviews, medical exams, victim advocacy and trauma screening to children up to age 18 and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to improve case and family outcomes.
Tabith said the network has grown from three CJCs in 1994 to 25 centers serving 29 counties and that the program served 18,535 people in FY25, opening 6,643 new cases. She warned the committee…
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