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Program Assessment
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Program
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Juvenile Justice Programs
The Juvenile Justice Programs provide assistance to help States/localities prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and crime. Funds are provided for formula grant and demonstration programs, research and evaluation, and training and technical assistance.
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Rating
What This Rating Means |
PERFORMING Adequate
This rating describes a program that needs to set more ambitious goals, achieve better results, improve accountability or strengthen its management practices.
- The programs have developed a number of resources, including an online registry of effective programs, for states and localities to promote the implementation of effective practices and program models.
- While additional efforts are needed to make program performance data transparent and available to the public, the programs still compare favorably with other programs focusing on juveniles, delinquency, and crime.
- Budget requests for the programs do not adequately link resources to expected results.
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Improvement Plan
About Improvement Plans |
We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:
- Making Juvenile Justice Programs' performance results available to the public through program publications and the internet.
- Including performance information in budget submissions to better link resources requested to program performance goals.
- Developing a comprehensive evaluation plan for the Juvenile Justice Programs to obtain better information on the programs' impacts.
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