United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-08-13 monographic deposited born digital 49 p. GA 1.13:GGD-96-147 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-96-147 P0b002ee1803763ff f:gg96147 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GGD-96-147 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-96-147 GGD-96-147 Juvenile status offenders Juvenile delinquency Grants to states Grants to local governments Discretionary grants Crime prevention Minors Juvenile offender rehabilitation Rehabilitation programs OJJDP Formula Grant OJJDP Safe Futures Program Letter Report GGD

Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Amendments Act's Title V incentive grant program for local delinquency prevention, focusing on: (1) the program's status and what types of projects are being funded; (2) the number of states and local governments that applied for Title V funds; (3) the amount of 1994 and 1995 grants that have been awarded as of December 31, 1995; (4) the sources and amounts of matching funds committed to local delinquency prevention projects; (5) whether eligibility requirements have affected Title V participation; and (6) other types of funding that has supported local delinquency prevention activities.<p/>GAO found that: (1) as of March 1996, $29.6 of the $33 million in 1994 and 1995 Title V grants had been awarded to 54 jurisdictions and an additional $1 million was awarded for 6 grants to local jurisdictions under the Safe Futures Program; (2) of the 51 jurisdictions reviewed, 45 awarded $18.9 million in Title V subgrants to local governments to support 277 delinquency prevention projects; (3) these subgrantees spent about $3.6 million of their funds as of December 1995; (4) 44 jurisdictions received $17.2 million in Title V matching funds for 1994 and 1995; (5) 7 jurisdictions did not award subgrants; (6) the 2-year total funding for the 277 local delinquency prevention projects was about $36 million; (7) most of these projects addressed delinquency affecting youth in early or middle adolescence; (8) over 75 percent of the projects emphasized the prevention of delinquent activity, attempted to reduce delinquent behavior and recidivism, and addressed multiple risk factors; (9) most projects used community-based outreach intervention programs and services as well as some sort of parent training in conflict resolution and after-school program; (10) local governments generally reported that act's core requirements were not a barrier to local government participation in Title V program activities; (11) while 19 jurisdictions devoted $319 million in funds to support delinquency prevention activities in 1995, 31 jurisdictions did not know how much local or private funding was devoted to these activities; and (12) in 1995, nine other federal agencies reportedly spent $4.3 billion to support juvenile delinquency prevention, juvenile justice, or youth-related programs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-96-147/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-96-147.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-96-147/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-96-147.pdf GAO/GGD-96-147 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-96-147 Letter Report GAO/GGD-96-147; Juvenile Justice: Status of Delinquency Prevention Program and Description of Local Projects; Juvenile status offenders Juvenile delinquency Grants to states Grants to local governments Discretionary grants Crime prevention Minors Juvenile offender rehabilitation Rehabilitation programs OJJDP Formula Grant OJJDP Safe Futures Program Title 42 Section 5601 Title 42 Section 5781 Title 42 Section 5781note 42 U.S.C. 5601 42 U.S.C. 5781 42 U.S.C. 5781note Public Law 93-415 Public Law 102-586