NCJ Number
251718
Date Published
May 2018
Length
12 pages
Annotation
The amounts in this report reflect only new funding made available at the start of the fiscal year; therefore, the amounts do not include any rescissions of unobligated or deobligated balances that may be counted as offsets to newly enacted appropriations. Each year, Congress and the Administration provide funding for a variety of grant programs through the DOJ. These programs provide support to state, local, and tribal governments and nonprofit organizations for a variety of criminal justice-related purposes. These programs are funded through five accounts in the annual Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations act. Congress and the Administration funded the five grant accounts at $2.820 billion for FY2018. The amounts of each of the five accounts are as follows: 1) Violence Against Women Programs ($492.0 million); 2) Research, Evaluation, and Statistics ($90.0 million); 3) State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance and Local Law Enforcement Assistance ($1.680 billion); 4) Juvenile Justice Programs ($282.5 million); and 5) Community Oriented Policing Services ($275.5 million). 5 tables
Abstract
Although the federal government has no juvenile justice system of its own since juvenile justice is administered by the states, the federal government influences states' juvenile justice systems through the administration of grant programs and the provision of funds. The federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), enacted in 1974, was the first comprehensive juvenile justice legislation enacted by Congress. Congress appropriates funding for programs authorized by the JJDPA, as well as for other non-JJDPA grant programs that are administered by OJJDP through the Juvenile Justice Programs account in the annual Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations act. After the restructuring of juvenile justice grant programs in 2002, the programs' total funding, which had typically been above $500 million, began to decline. This decline generally continued through FY2007, after which funding for these programs began to increase. For FY2010, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, provided $424 million for juvenile justice programs. This was the largest appropriation since FY2003. Juvenile justice funding then declined each fiscal year from FY2010 to FY2015; however, through the consolidated appropriations Act, 2016, Congress increased funding for juvenile justice programs to $270 million for FY2016. Through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Congress increased funding for juvenile justice programs to nearly $283 million, the largest appropriation since FY2010. 1 table and 1 figure