Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Restricted Account.

1. Law
2. Utah Code
3. Utah Juvenile Code
4. Juvenile Justice Services
5. Funds and Accounts
6. Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Restricted Account.

• (1) There is created in the General Fund a restricted account known as the "Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Restricted Account."

• (2) The account shall be funded by savings calculated from General Fund appropriations by the Division of Finance as described in Subsection (3).

• (3) At the end of the fiscal year, the Division of Finance shall:
  • (a) use the formula established in Subsection 80-5-202(1)(c) to calculate the savings from General Fund appropriations; and
  • (b) lapse the calculated savings into the account.

• (4) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department may expend funds from the account:
  • (a) for the statewide expansion of nonresidential community-based programs, including:
    • (i) receiving centers;
    • (ii) mobile crisis outreach teams;
    • (iii) youth courts under Title 80, Chapter 6, Part 9, Youth Court; and
    • (iv) victim-offender mediation under Section 80-6-304 and Subsection 80-6-710(7);
  • (b) for nonresidential evidence-based programs and practices in cognitive, behavioral, and family therapy;
  • (c) to implement:
    • (i) nonresidential diagnostic assessment; and
    • (ii) nonresidential early intervention programs, including family strengthening programs, family wraparound services, and truancy interventions; or
  • (d) for infrastructure in nonresidential evidence-based juvenile justice programs, including staffing and transportation.

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