(a) The Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services, through the Youth Justice Reform Board, no later than July 1, 2016, shall establish a method to calculate state costs saved from the avoidance of and reductions in youthful offender commitments by each judicial district.
(b) The division shall include in its annual report a summary of the data and method used to calculate savings generated from a reduction in commitments, the total amount of savings generated, and the impact of such reduction on public safety and youth outcomes.
(c) The General Assembly shall consider the summary of savings in making appropriations to the division to allow for the support and expansion of proven effective community-based alternatives to secure confinement for youths who otherwise would have been committed to the division.
Section: Previous 9-28-1202 9-28-1203Last modified: November 15, 2016