Population: Youth
Legal Features: Funding
Law Type: Statute
Excerpt of Relevant Text:
(a) The purpose of the juvenile diversion grant program is as follows:
(1) Prevent further involvement of the child in the formal legal system.
(2) Provide eligible children with alternatives to adjudication that require the least amount of supervision and conditions necessary consistent with the protection of the community and the child’s risk of reoffending, as determined by a risk screening tool.
(3) Emphasize the use of restorative justice practices.
(4) Reduce recidivism and improve positive outcomes for a child through the provision of research based services, if warranted, that address the child’s needs.