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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICEVOLUNTEER SERVICES PROGRAMA. Historical SummaryJUVENILE JUSTICE IN FLORIDAThe historical information in this section is intended to provide you with a brief summaryof events related to the juvenile justice system in Florida. The information included isrelevant to the evolution and environment of the current juvenile justice system.The juvenile justice system in Florida was for many years, a part of the Children, Youthand Families Program within the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services.During the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, the juvenile justice system suffered aloss of beds when delinquency programs were de-institutionalized. The only juvenilejustice serious habitual offender program, the Lancaster Youth Facility, was transferredto the Department of Corrections, which operates it as a prison today. In 1985, theLegislature closed the Alice B. McPherson School in Ocala, eliminating beds for girlsand younger boys.The “Bobby M.” consent decree, signed in 1987, mandated a number of changes,including a reduction in training school populations, improved living conditions andprogramming, appropriate assessment and placement, and implementation of anadequate continuum of community-based programs and services for committed youth.Training school populations were reduced from nearly 900 beds per school to just 100per school. The combination of the reduction in commitment beds and the increasedreferrals to the system resulted in long waiting lists for placement in residentialcommitment programs. Monitoring by the federal court continued until 1996, when thesanctions were lifted following satisfactory compliance by the state.In the 10-year period 1983 to 1993, the number of referrals for delinquency increased 95percent. During this same period, the system’s commitment capacity increased by only39 percent. As a result of this situation, some of the youth entering the juvenile justicesystem during this period:• were placed in the few existing community-based programs;• were transferred to adult court at an accelerated rate;• had reduced lengths of stay so more youth could move through the system;• were inappropriately placed in other programs; or• were placed on community control or released to their parents.Juvenile Justice was only one program area under the large organizational structure ofthe Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS), with its 45,000 employeesand hundreds of social services programs,. As the incidence of youth crime grew andmore public attention was focused on the issue, the Legislature recognized the need totake action.Chapter 8Page 1 of 34/22/2010
JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM ACT OF 1990Recommendations came from the Juvenile Justice System Review Task Force(established by 1989 Legislature) to review the Juvenile Justice system. Some of theserecommendations:Emphasized prevention, diversion and early intervention programs for bothdelinquent and dependent Youth.Funded alcohol, drug abuse and mental health (ADM) beds for youth.Called for reduced caseloads and increased use of alternatives to secure detention.Expanded community-based commitment programs to serve youth in their homecommunities.Additionally:1992The planned cost of full implementation was estimated at $100 million.Economic downturns experienced that same year greatly reduced funds available toimplement this act.Actual appropriations totaled $52 million for more than 1,000 juvenile justice beds,400 alcohol and drug abuse beds and 500 delinquency case managers.Commitment waiting lists grew while expansions of programs came to a halt.The Assistant Secretary for Delinquency Services within HRS was established.1993 HOUSE BILL 1927Juvenile Justice Services as a separate division within HRS, headed by a DeputySecretary with direct line authority over the juvenile justice continuum, including 15districts headed by newly create juvenile justice managers.Strengthened system capacity and program diversity.Allocated $67 million to help fund effective remedial services for delinquent youth.Created juvenile justice county councils and district boards charged with assessingand planning their local system, making recommendations for changes, and workingwith the department to implement the changes.Created the Community Juvenile Justice Partnership Grant Program to fundcommunity-based delinquency prevention, intervention and school safety projects.Chapter 8Page 2 of 34/22/2010
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