3.0.0 2451 2023-01-11T13:15:25Z 2023-01-11T13:15:25Z Senate S S 2007-12-11 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-12-11T23:58:18Z Youth Reentry Improvement Act of 2008 110 5178 HR 2008-04-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Related bill CRS 2007-12-11 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-12-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N Crime and Law Enforcement College costs Community service (Punishment) Congress Congressional reporting requirements Criminal statistics Economics and Public Finance Education Educational vouchers Evaluation research (Social action programs) Ex-offenders Families Federal aid to law enforcement Health Higher education Juvenile delinquency Labor and Employment Medicaid Rehabilitation of criminals Social Welfare Victims of crimes Welfare eligibility Youth employment Youth services Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2007-12-11 Introduced in Senate 2008-01-25T22:57:24Z First Step Forward Act of 2007 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to: (1) require information on the number of juveniles (under age 21) released from prison and their living arrangements upon release in the annual report of the Administrator of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office; (2) require states seeking juvenile justice grants to adopt procedures to assure the availability of post-release programs and services for juvenile offenders; and (3) require research and evaluation on outcomes for juvenile offenders who have been released from custody and reintegrated into communities.

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) award grants to states to establish programs to identify juveniles likely to be released before attaining age 21 and to help such juveniles attain self-sufficiency; (2) develop outcome measures to assess the performance of states in operating juvenile offender reentry programs and track services provided to such offenders; and (3) conduct evaluations of state juvenile offender reentry programs.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to continue health care benefits for juvenile offenders after release from incarceration.

]]> First Step Forward Act of 2007 Display Title First Step Forward Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced First Step Forward Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance public safety by improving the reintegration of youth offenders into the families and communities to which they are returning. Introduced in Senate 2007-12-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2451is/xml/BILLS-110s2451is.xml 2007-12-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.