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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Swisstack
DATE TYPED 2/25/2005 HB 525
SHORT TITLE Regional Juvenile Services Act Grants
SB
ANALYST Dunbar
APPROPRIATION
Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY05
FY06
FY05
FY06
See Narrative
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Children Youth and Families Department (CYFD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 525 revises the criteria for grant applications under the Regional Juvenile Services
Act.
Significant Issues
The bill revises portions of the Regional Juvenile Services Act to increase from one regional sys-
tem to eight systems. Tribal governments will be encouraged to join in with the state, counties
and municipalities to provide juvenile services.
The bill revises the grant application process to require the formal identification and organization
of the regions in order for funding under the grant. The bill also increases the amount of funding
from sixty percent of the total annual cost to ninety percent of the annual cost for the project.
Local match of project costs would be required under the revised language. Local match may
include cash, land, equipment or in-kind services. The amount of the local match was not identi-
fied.