Juvenile accountability

"Accountability in juvenile justice," according to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, "means assuring that as a result of their wrongdoing, juvenile offenders face individualized consequences that make them aware of and answerable for the loss, damage, or injury perpetrated upon the victim." OJJDP administers Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants (JAIBG) to develop programs in 12 program areas as authorized by the 105th Congress.

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Alaska
JAIBG programs funded in Alaska have included projects by the Emmonak Elders' Group and the Wasilla-based nonprofit Kids Are People.

Emmonak Elders' Group

• Emmonak Elders' Group Juvenile Accountability Project (A JAIBG Project) (JC 0009). N.E. Schafer. Bureau of Justice Statistics. 1999-2000.
• Evaluation of a JAIBG-Funded Project: Emmonak Elders Group by N.E. Schafer and Corey Knox. Report prepared under Grant No. 1999-JR-VX-K005 from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Anchorage: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, July 2001.
• "Emmonak Juveniles and the Elders’ Group". Alaska Justice Forum 18(2), Spring 2001.

Kids Are People Electronic Monitoring Program

• Evaluation of Kids Are People Electronic Monitoring Program (A JAIBG Project) (JC 0010). N.E. Schafer. Bureau of Justice Statistics. 1999-2000.
• Kids Are People. A Wasilla-based nonprofit charity providing prevention, intervention, and services to address the needs of youth at risk and their families in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

JAIBG grant information
Grants from the JAIBG program go to one state government agency in each state that has been selected by the governor to administer the JAIBG program. In Alaska, that agency is the Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice.

• Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The JAIBG program provides funds as block grants to states that have implemented, or are considering implementation of, legislation and/or programs promoting greater accountability in the juvenile justice system.