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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1977

PUBLIC LAW 95-115—OCT. 3, 1977 (6)(A) Section 223(a) (10) of the Act is amended— (i) by striking out the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "provide that not less than 75 per centum of the funds available to such State under section 222, other than funds made available to the State advisory group under section 222(e), whether expended directly by the State, by the unit of general local government or combination thereof, or through grants and contracts with public or private agencies, shall be used for advanced techniques in developing, maintaining, and expanding programs and services designed to prevent juvenile delinquency, to divert juveniles from the juvenile justice system, to provide connnunity-based alternatives to juvenile detention and correctional facilities, to encourage a diversity of alternatives within the juvenile justice system, and to establish and adopt juvenile justice standards. These advanced techniques include—"; (ii) in subparagraph (A) thereof, by inserting after "health services," the following: "twenty-four hour intake screening, volunteer and crisis home programs, day treatment, and home probation,"; (iii) in subparagraph (C) thereof, by striking out "youth in danger of becoming delinquent" and inserting in lieu thereof "other youth to help prevent delinquency"; (iv) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as follows: "(D) projects designed to develop and implement programs stressing advocacy activities aimed at improving services for and protecting the rights of youth impacted by the juvenile justice system;"; (v) in subparagraph (G) thereof, by inserting "traditional youth" immediately after "reached by"; (vi) in subparagraph (H) thereof, by striking out "that may include but are not limited to programs designed to" and inserting in lieu thereof "are designed to"; and (vii) by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: " (I) programs and activities to establish and adopt, based on the recommendations of the Advisory Committee, standards for the improvement of juvenile justice within the State;". (B) Effective October 1, 1978, section 223(a) (10) of the Act, as iimended by subparagraph (A), is amended by striking out "section 222(e)" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 222(d)". (7) Section 223(a) (12) of the Act is amended to read as follows: "(12)(A) provide within three years after submission of the initial plan that juveniles who are charged with or who have committed offenses that would not be criminal if committed by an adult, or such nonoffenders as dependent or neglected children, shall not be placed in juvenile detention or correctional facilities; and "(B) provide that the State shall submit annual reports to the Associate Administrator containing a review of the progress made by the State to achieve the deinstitutionalization of juveniles described in subparagraph (A) and a review of the progress made by the State to provide that such juveniles, if placed in facili-

91 STAT. 105c 42 USC 5633.

42 USC 5632. Ante, p. 1051.

Effective date. Supra. Deinstitutionalization of juveniles.

Annual reports, submittal to Associate Administrator.