| JUVENILE
ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANT
The Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant
(JAIBG) federal grants program was established in 1998, as a new
block grant program designed to promote greater accountability in
the juvenile justice system. On April 2, 1998 the State Advisory
Council on Juvenile Justice (SACJJ) agreed to serve as the State
oversight for Wyoming’s JAIBG allocation.
Wyoming has received the following allocations since
1998:
1998 - $1,482,600
1999 - $1,476,800
2000 - $1,399,100
2001 - $1,453,900
2002 - $1,216,500
2003 -
$937,400.00
2004 -
$308,700.00
2005 -
$280,500.00
JAIBG eligible applicants are local units of government.
Some programs that have been sponsored by JAIBG:
Probation Officers, Electronic Monitoring, Juvenile Diversion Officers,
Community Service Programs
Funds are available for the following sixteen program
purpose areas:
1) Graduated sanctions: Developing, implementing, and administering graduated sanctions for juvenile offenders
2) Corrections/detention facilities. Building, expanding, renovating, or operating temporary or permanent juvenile corrections or detention facilities, including training of personnel.
3) Court staffing and pretrial services: Hiring juvenile court judges, probation officers, and court-appointed defenders and special advocates, and funding pretrial services (including mental health screening and assessment) for juvenile offenders, to promote the effective and expeditious administration of the juvenile justice system.
4) Prosecutors (staffing): Hiring additional prosecutors so that more cases involving violent juvenile offenders can be prosecuted and backlogs reduced.
5) Prosecutors (funding): Providing funding to enable prosecutors to address drug, gang, and youth violence problems more effectively and for technology, equipment, and training to assist prosecutors in identifying and expediting the prosecution of violent juvenile offenders.
6) Training for law enforcement and court personnel: Establishing and maintaining training programs for law enforcement and other court personnel with respect to preventing and controlling juvenile crime.
7) Juvenile gun courts: Establishing juvenile gun courts for the prosecution and adjudication of juvenile firearms offenders.
8) Juvenile drug courts: Establishing drug court programs to provide continuing judicial supervision over juvenile offenders with substance abuse problems and to integrate administration of other sanctions and services for such offenders.
9) Juvenile records system: Establishing and maintaining a system of juvenile records designed to promote public safety.
10) Information sharing: Establishing and maintaining interagency information-sharing programs that enable the juvenile and criminal justice systems, schools, and social services agencies to make more informed decisions regarding the early identification, control, supervision, and treatment of juveniles who repeatedly commit serious delinquent or criminal acts.
11) Accountability: Establishing and maintaining accountability-based programs designed to reduce recidivism among juveniles who are referred by law enforcement personnel or agencies.
12) Risk and needs assessment: Establishing and maintaining programs to conduct risk and needs assessments of juvenile offenders that facilitate effective early intervention and the provision of comprehensive services, including mental health screening and treatment and substance abuse testing and treatment, to such offenders.
13) School safety: Establishing and maintaining accountability-based programs that are designed to enhance school safety.
14) Restorative justice: Establishing and maintaining restorative justice programs.
15) Juvenile courts and probation: Establishing and maintaining programs to enable juvenile courts and juvenile probation officers to be more effective and efficient in holding juvenile offenders accountable and reducing recidivism.
16) Detention/corrections personnel: Hiring detention and corrections personnel and establishing and maintaining training programs for such personnel, to improve facility practices and programming.
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Total 2000
JAIBG award - $1,399,100.00
Total 2000 JAIBG allocations to local governments
- $1,049,325.00
ALBANY
COUNTY
Contact:
John Fanning
Award ($18,984) Cash Match ($2,109)
Purpose Areas: 2
Service Summary:
Educational services to juveniles in detention/incarceration
BIG HORN COUNTY, TOWN OF GREYBULL, AND TOWN OF BASIN
Contact: Sharon Altermatt
Award ($16,382) Cash Match ($1,820)
Purpose Areas: 2, 3, 7, 10 ,11 & 12
Service Summary:
Alternative diversion program
CAMPBELL COUNTY And CITY OF GILLETTE
Contact: Susan Cahill
Award ($99,788) Cash Match ($11,088)
Purpose Areas: 10, 11 & 12
Service Summary:
Hiring a diversion officer
Hiring a part-time data clerk
Purchase computer and software
CITY OF CASPER
Contact: Mike Moore
Award ($90,008) Cash Match ($10,001)
Purpose Areas: 10 & 11
Service Summary:
Alternative to school suspension program
CITY OF CHEYENNE
Contact: Ronn Jeffrey
Award ($68,851) Cash Match ($7,650)
Purpose Areas: 2, 3 & 10
Service Summary:
Pre-court diversion and sentencing service
Electronic monitoring
Employ a juvenile judge and youth service coordinator/counselor
EASTERN SHOSHONE
Contact: Bernadette Oberly
Award ($4,799) Cash Match ($533)
Purpose Areas: 3
Services Summary:
Probation officer
TOWN OF EVANSVILLE
Contact: Zachary Gentile
Award (Pending) ($4,040) Cash Match ($449)
Purpose Areas: 11
Project Summary:
Early Education Programs
FREMONT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Contact: Charles Kratz
Award ($32,180) Cash Match ($3,576)
Purpose Areas: 3
Project Summary:
Juvenile probation officer
Probation services
GOSHEN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS And CITY OF TORRINGTON
Contact: Robert Mayor
Award ($21,458) Cash Match ($2,384)
Purpose Areas: 2 & 10
Service Summary:
Probation supervision
Community service work program
Diversion groups
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY AND TOWN OF THERMOPOLIS
Contact: Marilyn Braaten
Award ($12,292) Cash Match ($1,365)
Purpose Areas: 2 & 10
Service Summary:
READY services
Anger management classes
JOHNSON COUNTY, CITY OF BUFFALO AND CITY OF KAYCEE
Contact: Ryan Araas
Award ($13,034) Cash Match ($1,448)
Purpose Areas: 10 & 11
Service Summary:
Truancy officer
Truancy services
CITY OF KEMMERER AND TOWN OF DIAMONDVILLE
Contact: Jay Phillips
Award ($8,213) Cash Match ($913)
Purpose Areas: 10 & 11
Service Summary:
Services of a youth officer
CITY OF LANDER
Contact: Charles Kratz
Award ($12,454) Cash Match ($1,384)
Purpose Areas: 2
Service Summary:
Juvenile intensive probation supervision
Electronic monitoring
Work alternatives
LARAMIE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Contact: John Kluever
Award ($61,446) Cash Match ($6,827)
Purpose Areas: 7, 9 & 12
Serivce Summary:
Electronic monitoring
Chemical testing
In patient facility placements
CITY OF LARAMIE
Contact: Jim Kyritsis/Tamie S. Wicks
Award ($41,285) Cash Match ($4,587)
Purpose Areas: 3
Service Summary:
Youth officer
NATRONA COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Contact: Dennis Royal
Award ($46,307) Cash Match ($5,145)
Purpose Areas: 3
Service Summary:
Mentor program
Assessment for educations neglect petitions
Intake & assessment of CHINS
NIOBRARA COUNTY AND TOWN OF LUSK
Contact: Donna Ruffing
Award ($6,725) Cash Match ($738)
Purpose Areas: 10 & 11
Service Summary:
Data collection & analysis
Alternative education program
Mental health assessment/evaluation
NORTHERN ARAPAHO BUSINESS COUNCIL
Contact: George Moss
Award (Pending) ($4,799) Cash Match ($533)
Purpose Areas: 3
Service Summary:
Probation services
PARK COUNTY, CITY OF CODY, AND CITY OF
POWELL
Contact: Kelly Rankin
Award ($41,858) Cash Match ($4,651)
Purpose Areas: 2 & 9
Service Summary:
Juvenile drug court
PLATTE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Contact: Candy Wright
Award ($15,308) Cash Match ($1,702)
Purpose Areas: 2 & 11
Service Summary:
Offender assessment
Electronic monitoring
Staff development for supervised probation
CITY OF RIVERTON
Contact: Charles Kratz
Award ($18,116) Cash Match ($2,013)
Purpose Areas: 2
Service Summary:
Alternative diversion services
SHERIDAN COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SHERIDAN
Contact: Debby Lynch
Award ($40,995) Cash Match ($4,555)
Purpose areas: 2 & 3
Service Summary:
Juvenile holdover program
Placements of drug court
SUBLETTE COUNTY, TOWNS OF BIG PINEY, MARBLETON, AND PINEDALE
Contact: Henry Schmidt
Award ($17,302) Cash Match ($1,922)
Purpose Areas: 1, 2 & 11
Service Summary:
Non-secure holding/waiting room for status offenders
Electronic monitoring
SWEETWATER COUNTY, CITIES OF GREEN RIVER AND ROCK SPRINGS
Contact: Krisena Marchal
Award ($110,693) Cash Match ($12,299)
Purpose Areas: 2 & 10
Service Summary:
Employment of part-time juvenile services coordinator
Establish an information sharing program
Part-time truancy agent
Probation truancy officers
TETON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND TOWN OF JACKSON
Contact: Jan Friedlund
Award ($44,276) Cash Match ($4,920)
Purpose Areas: 2 & 10
Service Summary:
Employ a youth risk assessment specialist
Enhancing education programs
Tracking juveniles returned to the community
UINTA COUNTY, CITY OF EVANSTON, TOWN OF LYMAN, AND TOWN OF MT.
VIEW
Contact: Jim Hissong
Award ($50,648) Cash Match ($5,627)
Purpose Ares: 2, 3, 7, 9, 10 & 12
Service Summary:
Juvenile diversion program
Teen drug court
CITY OF WORLAND AND WASHAKIE COUNTY
Contact: Ginger Largent
Award ($20,251) Cash Match ($2,251)
Purpose Areas: 2, 6 & 11
Service Summary:
Continuation of juvenile programs
Graduated sanctions
Accountability
for juveniles in lieu of incarceration
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