Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2009, $2,159,000)
The Formula Grants Program is authorized under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act of 2002. The purpose of this program is to support State and local delinquency prevention and intervention efforts and juvenile justice system improvements. Program areas may include: Planning and administration; State Advisory Group allocation; compliance monitoring; juvenile justice issues for American Indian tribes; prevention of substance abuse by juveniles; prevention of serious and violent crimes by juveniles; prevention of juvenile gang involvement and illegal youth gang activities; prevention of delinquent acts and identification of youth at risk of delinquency; and improvement of juvenile justice system operations, policies, and procedures including establishing a system of graduated sanctions, treatment programs, and aftercare.
The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) is the designated State agency to receive Title II funds in the State of Pennsylvania. In addition to Planning and Administration and State Advisory Group allocations, PCDD plans to fund activities that support compliance monitoring as well as strategies to reduce Disproportionate Minority Contact. Other grant funded activities will focus on the following Program Areas: (1) Aftercare/Reentry, (2) Alternatives to Detention, (8) Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders, (9) Delinquency Prevention, (11) Diversion, (13) Gender-Specific Services; (17) Jail Removal, (19) Juvenile Justice System Improvement, (20) Mental Health Services, (24) Probation, (28) Separation of Juveniles from Adult Inmates; and (32) Substance Abuse.