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Cornyn Announces $2.9 Million Grant For Texas Criminal Justice Division
Funding will aim to reduce juvenile offending
Monday, July 21, 2008
WASHINGTON—The Texas Criminal Justice Division will receive $2,903,000 from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to reduce juvenile offending through accountability-based programs, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn announced Monday. The grant, a Juvenile Accountability Block Grant, was awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).
“We must do all we can to prevent juvenile violence, which increasingly hurts communities in big cities and small towns across Texas,” said Sen. Cornyn, a member of the Judiciary Committee. “The proper tools to thwart juvenile crime are critical to keeping our communities safe, so funding for this important initiative is a step forward in our efforts to end violence wherever it exists.”
The Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program’s objective is to ensure that states are addressing the specified program purpose areas and receiving information on the best practices from OJJDP. The efforts focus on both the juvenile offender and the juvenile justice system, with the basis that swift and appropriate punishment is an effective way to combat future crime committed by youth.
Sen. Cornyn serves on the Armed Services, Judiciary and Budget Committees. In addition, he is Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and the Senate Select Committee on Ethics. He serves as the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee’s Immigration, Border Security and Refugees subcommittee and the Armed Services Committee’s Airland subcommittee. He served previously as Texas Attorney General, Texas Supreme Court Justice, and Bexar County District Judge.
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