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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 2223

    Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Merchant offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, line 30 through page 4, line 20

15  remove from the bill:  all of said lines

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         Section 3.  Eligibility for funding and accountability

19  standards for juvenile delinquency prevention

20  services.--Funding for juvenile delinquency prevention

21  services shall be as provided through legislative

22  appropriations.

23         (1)  Each agency or entity that receives or uses state

24  appropriations to fund juvenile delinquency prevention

25  services shall collect outcome data relative to the

26  performance of a juvenile delinquency prevention service or

27  services funded through the agency or entity.  At a minimum,

28  each state-funded juvenile delinquency prevention service

29  provider shall track and submit data to the Office of

30  Statewide Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Coordination that

31  will enable the Office to determine the following:

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 1         (a)  The number of youth served by the prevention

 2  service;

 3         (b)  The number of youth who complete the prevention

 4  service;

 5         (c)  The number and percentage of youth participating

 6  in the service who were referred for delinquency while

 7  receiving the juvenile prevention service; and

 8         (d)  The number and percentage of youth participating

 9  in the service who were referred for delinquency within 6

10  months after completing the juvenile delinquency prevention

11  service.

12         (2)  Each state-funded juvenile delinquency prevention

13  service shall be operated to target risk factors associated

14  with entering or reentering the juvenile justice system.  Risk

15  factors associated with entering or reentering the juvenile

16  justice system include poor school attendance, unsupervised

17  after-school activities, propensity for violence, substance

18  use or abuse, and unemployment.  In addition to the data

19  specified in subsection (1), each state funded juvenile

20  delinquency prevention service provider shall also submit to

21  the Office of Statewide Juvenile Delinquency Prevention

22  Coordination sufficient information to enable the Office to

23  document outcome data for one or more of the following:

24         (a)  For programs operated to encourage school

25  attendance, which may include special assistance and tutoring

26  to address identified deficiencies in academic performance,

27  the number of days participants attended school during

28  participation in the program.

29         (b)  For programs operated to engage at-risk youth in

30  productive and wholesome activities during nonschool hours,

31  the number of arrests during after-school hours by program

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 1  participants.

 2         (c)  For programs operated to help youth avoid engaging

 3  in substance use or abuse, the number of program participants

 4  arrested for substance use or abuse crimes.

 5         (d)  For programs operated to help youth avoid engaging

 6  in violent activities, the number of program participants

 7  arrested for violent crimes.

 8         (e)  For programs operated to help youth acquire the

 9  skills they need to find meaningful employment, which may

10  include assistance in finding a suitable employer for youth,

11  the number of program participants who obtain and maintain

12  employment for at least 180 days.

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16  And the title is amended as follows:

17         On page 1, line 22

18  remove from the title of the bill:  track and collect

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21         submit

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