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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-690—NOV. 18, 1988

102 STAT. 4443

establishment, funding, operation, and evaluation of juvenile delinquency programs;'. SEC. 7263. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO PARTS B AND C OF TITLE II.

(a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is amended— (1) in part B— (A) by striking the heading for subpart I, and (B) by striking subpart II, and 42 USC (2) in part C— 5634-5639. (A) by striking the heading for such part and inserting the following: "PART C—NATIONAL PROGRAMS",

(B) by inserting after the heading for part C the following: "Subpart I—National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention", (C) by striking sections 245 and 246, (D) in section 249— (i) in subsection (a) by striking "section 248" and inserting "section 245", (ii) in subsection (b) by striking "section 248(b)" and inserting "section 245(b)', and (iii) in subsection (c) by striking "section 246" and inserting "section 245", (E) by redesignating sections 247, 248, and 249 as sections 245, 246, and 247, respectively, and (F) by adding at the end the following:

42 USC 5656, 5657.

42 USC 5659-5661.

"Subpart II—Special Emphasis Prevention and Treatment Programs "AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

"SEC. 261. (a) The Administrator shall, by making grants to and entering into contracts with public and private nonprofit agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals provide for each of the following during each fiscal year: "(1) Establishing or maintaining community-based alternatives to traditional forms of institutionalization of juvenile offenders. "(2) EJstablishing or implementing effective means of diverting juveniles from the traditional juvenile justice and correctional system, including restitution and reconciliation projects which test and validate selected arbitration models, such as neighborhood courts or panels, and increase victim satisfaction while providing alternatives to incarceration for detained or adjudicated delinquents.

  • (3) Establishing or supporting programs stressing advocacy

activities aimed at improving services to juveniles impacted by the juvenile justice system, including services which encourage the improvement of due process available to juveniles in the juvenile justice system, which improve the quality of legal

42 USC 5665.