Prawo i regulacje · 10.12.1996

Formula Grants

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) of the U.S. Department of Justice is publishing the final revision of the existing Formula Grants Regulation, which implements part B of Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act of 1974, as amended by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Amendments of 1992. This final regulation is a further clarification and modification of the regulations issued in March and April of 1995. It offers greater flexibility to States and local units of government in carrying out the Formula Grants Program requirements of the JJDP Act, while reinforcing the importance of complying with those underlying legal requirements and the policy objectives from which they stem. The Department of Justice remains firmly committed to the core requirements of the JJDP Act, such as the obligation to maintain sight and sound separation between juveniles and adults. With that in mind, this regulation is expected to assist jurisdictions that are working diligently to comply with statutory and regulatory obligations by expressly providing such flexibility as State authorized transfers of delinquents who have reached