In the past, the Children's Justice Division has provided local prosecutors and investigators with expertise and training in child abuse prosecution. Attorneys in this program often act as co-counsel with local prosecutors on complex and multi-jurisdictional child abuse cases. The Attorney General's office continues to provide these services, but the Division has been consolidated into the new "Justice" Division, with this as part of the functions of this new division. The Justice Division is part of the "Criminal Prosecution" Program.
The division also prosecutes criminal non-support cases and provides legal assistance and training against elder abuse and domestic violence.
The division is also responsible for coordination of the Children's Justice Centers system (funding for the centers is budgeted in a separate line item), and provides support staff for the State Advisory Board on Children's Justice.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $449,000 from all sources for Children's Justice. This is a 0.1 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $149,900 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 0.3 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
Amount of child support non-payment recovered through criminal prosecution
In severe cases of non-payment of child support, after all other means have been exhausted, criminal prosecution is sometimes necessary to get non-custodial parents to provide required support. One indication of the success of these efforts is the amount of suport/restitution that results from these actions.
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Number of cases handled by the Children's Justice Division
The Children's Justice Division prosecutes criminal non-support, and provides expertise, training and assistance in handling child abuse, elderly abuse, and domestic violence cases. This measure tracks the total number of cases handled each year by the Children's Justice Division.
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Number of Utah citizens served by the Children's Justice Division
This measure tracks the total number of Utah citizens served by the various parts of the Children's Justice Division, either through the Children's Justice Centers, through prosecution of crimes against children, or through collection of child support.
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The new Justice Division continues to prosecute criminal non-support cases and provides legal assistance and training against elder abuse and domestic violence. The new Justice Division also has, as part of its responsibilities, the coordination of the Children's Justice Centers system (funding for the centers is budgeted in a separate line item), and provides support staff for the State Advisory Board on Children's Justice.
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.