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Juvenile Accountability Block Grants

The Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program provides states with funds to support accountability-based improvements in state and local juvenile justice systems. Grants are intended to make juvenile offenders more accountable for their actions and to make the justice system more accountable for juveniles' safety.

Rating

What This Rating Means

NOT PERFORMING
Ineffective

Programs receiving this rating are not using your tax dollars effectively. Ineffective programs have been unable to achieve results due to a lack of clarity regarding the program's purpose or goals, poor management, or some other significant weakness.
  • The program has been found ineffective and has not demonstrated a measurable impact on either juvenile crime or the juvenile justice system to date.
  • Because the funding criteria are extremely broad and the reporting criteria are minimal, the Department of Justice cannot target spending or determine how grantees will use the program funds.
  • Disparate goals and the lack of a consistent definition of "accountability"--grants can support up to 16 different purpose areas--have made it difficult for the Department to develop clear, outcome-based performance measures.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Developing outcome-oriented goals and performance measures and making them available to the public in a transparent and meaningful manner.
  • Tightening the grant funding criteria and reporting requirements to establish a link between program funding and performance.
  • Conducting an evaluation to determine the program's impact and addressing the evaluation findings.

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