JIS Funding
The
Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant
program is based on Title III of H. R. 3, The
Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants Act. The appropriations
act directs the Attorney
General to establish guidelines, in consultation with Congress,
to assist states in determining whether they may certify
eligibility for JAIBG funds.
Congress authorized the Attorney
General to provide grants under the JAIBG program for use by the
States and units of local government to promote greater
accountability in the juvenile justice system. The Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), one of five
program bureaus in the Office
of Justice Programs (OJP), has been delegated the authority
to administer the JAIBG program.
The
JAIBG program will be managed by the State Relations and
Assistance Division (SRAD). As one of OJJDP's organizational
components, SRAD is tasked with managing the Formula Grants
program under Part B of the Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act of 1974, as
amended; the State Challenge Activities program under Part E of
the JJDP Act and the Community Prevention Grants program,
established under Title V of the JJDP Act. Working with the
Juvenile Justice Specialist in each State's administering agency
and the Supervisory Board/State Advisory Group, SRAD assists
States and territories in the prevention and control of
delinquency and the improvement of their juvenile justice
systems.
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