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Administration of Justice Bulletin No. 98/03 December 1998
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<br />Fund in the Office of State Budget and Management.
<br />The General Assembly appropriated more than $17.3
<br />rCa[lion for the fund and provided for specific alloca-
<br />tions. Some of these are described above in relation to
<br />the directives they support. Others include the
<br />following.
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<br /> Division of Youth Services of the
<br /> Department of Health and Human Services
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<br /> The Budget Act includes the following nonrecur-
<br />ring allocations to the Division of Youth Services of
<br />the Department of Health and Human Services.
<br />(Effective laauary, 1. 1999, these and other funds of the
<br />Division of Youth Services will be transferred to the
<br />new Office of Juvenile Justice.)
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<br /> · $1 million, to plan and design 208 new trait-
<br /> lng school beds and related support facilities.
<br /> · $4.8 million~ for two 24-bed detention units.
<br /> The division must consider renovation of ex-
<br /> isting GPAC units. Any funds remaining a~ter
<br /> the allocation of funds for construction or
<br /> renovation of units are to be used for planning
<br /> and designing an additional 24-bed detention
<br /> unit. for which the General Assembly intends
<br /> to appropriate construction funds. Site
<br /> selection for detention beds must be based on
<br /> the need for additional beds in particular areas
<br /> of the state. The division (after January
<br /> 1999. the Office of Juvenile Justice) must
<br /> port to the Joint Legislative Commission on
<br /> Governmental Operations before making final
<br /> site selections for training school beds and
<br /> detention beds.
<br /> · $700.000, to construct a new modular Eckerd
<br /> Wilderness Camp.
<br /> · $100.000, to study the At-Risk Assessment
<br /> System.
<br /> · $50,000, for the Substance Abuse Prevention
<br /> Plan.
<br /> In addition~ S.L. 1998-202 allocates to the Divi-
<br />sion of Youth Services the following.
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<br /> · $517.000. in recurring funds, to contract for
<br /> the construction or lease and operation of up
<br /> to four new eight-bed multi-purpose juvenile
<br /> homes, effective April 1, 1999.
<br /> · $32,980 nonrecurring and $484,444 recurring,
<br /> to make permanent 32 beds at Umstead De-
<br /> tention Center, effective January 1, 1999.
<br /> · $3,688,548 nonrecurring and $1,823,442
<br /> recumng, for local grants.
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<br />In awarding grants from these funds, the division must
<br />give priori ,ty to local substance abuse-related services.
<br />/ocaI home-based family services programs, and
<br />juvemle day reporting centers. Funds appropriated for
<br />local grants do not revert. The Office of J'uvenile
<br />Justice, on or before May 1, 1999, must submit to the
<br />Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental
<br />Operations, the House and Senate Appropriations
<br />cormmttees, and the Fiscal Research Division a list of
<br />recipients of grants awarded from the Juvenile Justice
<br />Reserve Fund. The list must include for each recipient
<br />the amount of the grant, the membersb, ip of the local
<br />comnuttee or council administering the funds locally,
<br />and a description of the local services, programs, or
<br />projects that will receive fimds.
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<br /> Juvenile Services Division of the
<br /> Administrative Office of the Courts
<br /> Allocations to the Juvenile Services Division of
<br />the Administrative Office of the Courts include the
<br />following. (Effective January 1, 1999, these and other
<br />funds of the Juvenile Services Division will be trans-
<br />ferred to the new Office of luvenile Justice.)
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<br /> · $100,000 recurring, to lease field monitoriag
<br /> units for electronic house arrest.
<br /> · $563,298 nonrecurring and $930,427 recur-
<br /> ring, for 100 court counselors, six court coun-
<br /> selor supervisors, and 20 juvenile court
<br /> secretaxies. Positions for 50 counselors, three
<br /> supervisors, and 10 secretar3' positions be-
<br /> come effective April 1, 1999. The remaining
<br /> positions become effective June 1, 1999.
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<br /> Department of Public Instruction
<br /> The Budget Act allocates to the Department of
<br />Public Instruction $70.0,000 nonrecurring for the
<br />CommUmties ia Schools Program, a public-private
<br />partnership working with at-risk students.
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<br /> Center for the Prevention of School
<br /> V~olence
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<br /> The Budget Act allocates to the Board of Gover-
<br />nors of The University of North Carolina $500,000
<br />nonrecurring, for operating support for the Center for
<br />the Prevention of School Violence--a research, uala-
<br />ing, and iaformation center at North Carolina State
<br />University.
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