NCJ Number
188021
Date Published
2001
Length
242 pages
Annotation
After discussing the work of Washington State's Governor's Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee (GJJAC) under the Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDP), this report for the year 2000 describes how the GJJAC selects projects to fund, profiles the projects funded in 2000, presents data on minority youth in the juvenile justice system, summarizes the State's Juvenile Justice Code, provides data analysis, and assesses the State's compliance with the JJDP Act.
Abstract
The GJJAC is responsible for developing and implementing Washington State's juvenile justice plan, which involves setting priorities for awarding Federal and State funds, as well as for monitoring the State's compliance with the JJDP Act. In developing priority program areas for funding, the GJJAC considers the juvenile crime data and risk factors that may lead to delinquency. In 1999 Washington State experienced its sixth consecutive year of a decline in the rate of juvenile arrests for violent offenses. The Federal State Challenge Activities Grant Program provides funds to States to develop, adopt, and improve policies and programs in one or more of 10 program areas specified by Congress. The GJJAC selected the Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders Challenge Activity area, with a focus on examining current statewide policies and practices to identify needed changes and gaps in services for status offenders, nonoffenders, and other youth who first come to the attention of the court as a status offender. The GJJAC also administers the Federal Byrne Youth Violence Prevention and Intervention Grant Program, which provides Federal funds for community-based youth violence prevention and intervention projects based on a public health model of reducing risks. The data presented in this report focus on the youth population in the State, minority youth in the State's juvenile population, referrals to Child Protective Services, and data on status offenses, delinquency offenses, juvenile arrests, the demographics of juvenile offenders, and the case dispositions of youth. 87 tables