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This program supports states and localities in developing and implementing strategies to ensure that youth involved with the juvenile justice system have fair and equal access to quality legal representation; ensure that offenders involved with the juvenile justice system have resources that address the collateral consequences of justice system involvement; and/or provide training for the juvenile indigent defense bar, including public defenders and court-appointed counsel working on behalf of juvenile indigent defendants. The objective of this program is to enhance the capacity to deliver high-quality, fair, and comprehensive legal services to youth who have come into contact with the juvenile justice system- by . (1) developing and implementing specialized training for staff and stakeholders involved with assisting juvenile offenders within the juvenile justice system; (2) improving juvenile courts’ data collection and reporting capacity, specifically relating to youth and their legal representation, and access to services pre- and post-adjudication; (3) analyzing the juvenile defense delivery system(s) with respect to juvenile offenders’ access to services by identifying critical program, practice, and policy needs and gaps; areas for improvement; and aspects that are working and may be replicable and/or scalable across jurisdictions; and (4) addressing an identified need or gap within the applicant’s juvenile justice system related to providing juvenile offenders with plenary access to high-quality juvenile defense services. The performance measures associated with these objectives are: PM 1: Percentage of a justice system’s decision points informed by the results of data analysis PM 2: Number of juvenile defense attorneys who completed training on topics pertinent to juvenile defense PM3:Percentage of a justice system’s decision points informed by the results of data analysis
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
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In FY 2016, funding supported implementation of juvenile indigent defense reform efforts to the recipients of the the FY 2015 Enhancing Youth Access to Justice Initiative: Category 1 State Reform Planning Grants
In FY 2017, the Enhancing Youth Access to Justice Initiative funding supported one grant award under Category 1: Juvenile Defense Training and Technical Assistance; two grant awards under Category 2: Regional Juvenile Defender Resource Centers; and eight grants under Category 3: Second Chance Act Juvenile Reentry Legal Services.
In FY 2018, the State System Enhancements for Youth Offenders funding supported four grant awards. This program provided funding to states and localities to enhance juvenile defense in one or more of the following areas: (1) training of staff, (2) data collection and analysis, (3) juvenile defense delivery system analysis, and/or (4) addressing a specific need(s) identified by the state or locality related to providing juvenile defense services to youth offenders.
• The District Attorney General, 30th Judicial District in Shelby County, Tennessee, is working to reduce opioid addiction by developing a better understanding of the county’s opioid problem by effectively connecting addicts to treatment, effectively identifying and prosecuting traffickers and distributors, and by capitalizing on existing programs and services to provide more effective community education, prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts.
The National Juvenile Defender Center provides technical assistance to juvenile defenders and juvenile defense agencies across the country; conducts juvenile-specific trainings for public defenders and court appointed special counsel; supports the creation of specialized juvenile defender units; and develops tools, training and resources specific to identified regional, state, and local needs.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
