FY 2016 Appropriation

Rural Programs includes short-term detention services, secure care, case management, observation and assessment services, community-based alternatives, home detention, work programs, shelters, receiving centers, and early intervention services all designed to meet the needs of youth offenders in rural areas of the state. These services are typically bundled together into a "multi-use" facility and are budgeted separately from the same programs and services located along, what is considered, the Wasatch Front. The Wasatch Front services are tracked in the Early Intervention program.

Funding History
Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $23,654,900 from all sources for Rural Programs. This is a 0.1 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $22,326,000 from the General/Education Funds, a reduction of 0.2 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Staff Analysis

During the 2013 General Session, the Legislature appropriated $750,000 in nonlapsing balances from the Department of Corrections to DJJS. This $750,000 is reflected as a General Fund one-time appropriation for FY 2014 in the table below and its purpose is to fund the receiving centers in Blanding and Cedar City at their current funding levels for FY 2014.

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DJJS Administration does not currently provide program specific performance measures for the Rural Programs program. Instead, the results of the services and programs in Rural Programs are rolled up into those measures found in the Early Intervention, Community Programs, and Correctional Facilities programs.

Statute

This program operates under authority derived from sections found at UCA 62A-7. The program provides a combination of services found in each of the other DJJS programs but specifically focuses on rural parts of the state.

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 19

Under Section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided for the Division of Juvenile Justice Services not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015. The use of any non-lapsing funds is limited to expenditures for data processing and technology based expenditures; facility repairs, maintenance, and improvements; other charges and pass through expenditures; and, short-term projects and studies that promote efficiency and service improvement.


HB0003: Item 19

The Legislature intends that in order to decrease recidivism and more effectively utilize state resources, that private providers that contract with the Division of Juvenile Justice Services for residential, community-based services, including both family-based and group home services, will adhere to evidence-based practices proven to reduce recidivism as directed by the Division of Juvenile Justice Services.


SB0002: Item 15

The Legislature intends that in order to decrease recidivism and more effectively utilize state resources, that private providers that contract with the Division of Juvenile Justice Services for residential, community-based services, including both family-based and group home services, will adhere to evidence-based practices proven to reduce recidivism as directed by the Division of Juvenile Justice Services.


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