Improving the Juvenile Justice System for Girls Act of 2016

Summary

Improving the Juvenile Justice System for Girls Act of 2016 This bill amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to include gender-responsive services in the grant program for juvenile delinquency prevention. The bill defines "gender-responsive services" as practices and evidence-based services, including trauma-informed services and trauma-specific interventions, that comprehensively address the unique challenges that girls face in the juvenile justice system. The bill adds, as requirements for delinquency prevention grant eligibility, that a unit of general local government provide statements of how funds will increase the effectiveness of plans and activities to be carried out under them.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 16 June 2016

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 16 June 2016

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 16 June 2016

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