HB 1246-S - DIGEST |
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE) |
Revises the juvenile justice act of 1977. |
Includes a referred and diverted youth, as well as adjudicated juvenile offenders, when establishing guidelines for a community juvenile accountability program. |
Requires the department of children, youth, and families to: (1) Provide an annual report to the appropriate legislative committees that includes a county by county description of the youth served by the funded programs; and |
(2) Implement a stop loss policy when allocating funding under RCW 13.40.510 (section 1 of this act). |
Requires the block grant oversight committee to establish a minimum base level of funding for juvenile courts with lower numbers of at-risk youth from ten to seventeen years old. |