90th Congress, S. 3456 An Act To provide that the prosecution of the offenses of disorderly conduct and lewd, indecent, or obscene acts shall be conducted in the name of and for the benefit of the District of Columbia. 82 STAT. 460 Disorderly and obscene acts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand- D. C. ing section 932 of the Act approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1340), as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 23-101), prosecutions for violations of sections 5 and 6 of the Act approved July 29, 1892 (27 Stat. 323), as amended by the Act approved July 8, 1898 (30 Stat. 723), and section 210 of the Act approved June 29, 1953 (67 Stat. 97; D.C. Code, sec. 22-1107), relating to disorderly conduct, and for violations of section. 9 of such Act approved July 29, 1892, as amended by section 202 of such Act approved June 29, 1953 (67 Stat. 92; D.C. Code, sec. 22-1112), relating to lewd, indecent, or obscene acts, shall be conducted in the name of the District of Columbia by the Corporation Counsel or his assistants. Approved July 30, 1968. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 1737 (Comm. on the District of Columbia). July 8: Considered and passed Senate. To assist the courts, correctional systems, community agencies, and primary and secondary public school systems to prevent, treat, and control Juvenile delinquency; to support research and training efforts in the prevention, treatment, and control of juvenile delinquency; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control Act of 1968". FINDINGS AND PURPOSE SEC. 2. The Congress finds that delinquency among youths constitutes a national problem which can be met by assisting and coordinating the efforts of public and private agencies engaged in combating the problem, and by increasing the number and extent of the services available for preventing and combating juvenile delinquency. It is, therefore, the purpose of this Act to help State and local communities strengthen their juvenile justice and juvenile aid systems, including courts, correctional systems, police agencies, and law enforcement and other agencies which deal with juveniles, and to assist communities in providing diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitative, and preventive services to youths who are delinquent or in danger of becoming delinquent, to encourage the development of community-based rehabilitation and prevention programs to provide assistance in the training of personnel employed or preparing for employment in occupations involving the provision of such services, to provide support for comprehensive planning, development of improved techniques, and information services in the field of juvenile delinquency, and to provide technical assistance in such field. TITLE I-PLANNING AND PREVENTIVE AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES PART A-STATE AND LOCAL PLANNING AND STATE ASSISTANCE STATE AND LOCAL PLANNING SEC. 101. (a) In order to encourage States and localities to prepare and adopt comprehensive plans covering their respective jurisdictions, based on a thorough evaluation of problems of juvenile delinquency and youths in danger of becoming delinquent in the State, the Secretary is authorized to make grants to any State or local public agency to assist in preparing or revising such a plan. No such grant may exceed 90 per centum of the cost of the planning with respect to which such grant is made. (b) The Secretary may impose as a condition to any grants under this title within any State or locality that such planning be undertaken and that, where he deems it appropriate, a comprehensive plan or plans be prepared within a reasonable period. GRANTS FOR PLANNING PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS SEC. 102. The Secretary is authorized to make grants to any State, county, municipal, or other public agency or nonprofit private agency or organization to assist it in meeting the cost of planning any project or program for which a grant may be made under the other provisions of this title. No such grant may exceed 90 per centum of the cost of the planning with respect to which such grant is made. Juvenile Delinquenoy Pre vention and Control Act of 1968. 82 STAT. 462 82 STAT. 463 82 STAT. 463 82 STAT. 464 PART B-REHABILITATIVE SERVICES STATEMENT OF PURPOSE SEC. 111. The purpose of this part is to assist courts, correctional institutions, law enforcement agencies, and other agencies having responsibilities with respect to delinquent youths and youths in danger of becoming delinquent, including youths who are on parole or probation, to develop, improve, and make full use of State and community rehabilitation services for the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of such youths; to assist and encourage States to devote resources under other programs, in the fields of general and vocational education, job training, prevention and detection of crime, health, and welfare, to support programs for the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of delinquent youths and youths in danger of becoming delinquent, including support through the provision of assistance to establish linkage between the planning, conduct, and delivery of services under such other programs and programs under this act for delinquent youths and youths in danger of becoming delinquent; and to encourage the development in communities of new designs and new methods of care and treatment, including the operation of full-time or parttime community-based residential facilities for such youths requiring residential care, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS SEC. 112. The Secretary is authorized to make grants to meet not to exceed 60 per centum of the cost of projects or programs designed to carry out the purposes of this part. APPLICATIONS SEC. 113. (a) Grants under this part may be made only upon application, to a State agency or, in the case of direct grants under section 132, to the Secretary, by a State, county, municipality, or other public agency or combination thereof, which contains or is accompanied by satisfactory assurances that (1) such applicant agency will provide to the extent feasible for coordinating, on a continuing basís, its operations with the operations of public agencies and private nonprofit organizations furnishing welfare, education, health, mental health, recreation, job. training, job placement, correction, and other basic services in the community for youths; (2) such applicant agency will make reasonable efforts to secure or provide any of such services which are necessary for diagnosing, treating, and rehabilitating youths referred to in section 111 and which are not otherwise being provided in the community, or if being provided are not adequate to meet its needs; (3) maximum use will be made under the program or project of other Federal, State, or local resources available for provision of such services; (4) financial resources will, in the case of grants for construction, be available for the non-Federal share of such construction and for continued operation of the facility constructed; and (5) public and private agencies and organizations (including courts, law enforcement and other agencies involved in the youth correction process) providing the services referred to in paragraph (1) will be consulted in the formulation by the applicant of the project or program, taking into account the services and exper ing such services to the better fulfillment of the purposes of this part. (b) Such application shall contain such information as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act, including— (1) a description of the services for youths described in section 111 which are available in the State or community; (2) a statement of the method or methods of linking the agencies and organizations, public and private, providing these and other services; and (3) a showing that the project or program is consistent with any comprehensive plan developed under any other Act which is related to the purpose of this Act. PART C-PREVENTIVE SERVICES STATEMENT OF PURPOSE SEC. 121. The purpose of this part is to promote the use of community-based services for the prevention of delinquency of youths; and to assist States and communities to establish special preventive services, including educational delinquency prevention programs in schools, for youths in danger of becoming delinquent, including youths who are on parole or probation. AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS SEC. 122. The Secretary is authorized to make grants to meet not to exceed 75 per centum of the cost of projects or programs designed to carry out the purposes of this part. APPLICATIONS SEC. 123. (a) Grants under this part may be made only upon application, to a State agency or, in the case of direct grants under section 132, to the Secretary, by a public agency or nonprofit private agency or organization, which contains or is accompanied by satisfactory assurances that (1) steps have been or will be taken toward provision, within a reasonable period of time, of a program of services in the area served which are necessary for the prevention of delinquency of youths, including diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of youths in danger of becoming delinquent; (2) such applicant agency or organization will make special efforts to assure that the services provided by the program or project will be available for youths with serious behavioral problems; (3) such applicant agency or organization will provide to the extent feasible for coordinating, on a continuing basis, its operations with the operations of public agencies and private nonprofit organizations furnishing welfare, education, health, mental health, recreation, job training, job placement, correction, and other basic services in the community for youths; (4) such applicant agency or organization will make reasonable efforts to secure or provide any of such services which are necessary for diagnosing, treating, and rehabilitating youths referred to in section 121 and which are not otherwise being provided in the community, or if being provided are not adequate to meet its 82 STAT. 464 82 STAT. 465 82 STAT, 465 82 STAT. 466 Information. 20 USC 821 note; 42 USC 1305,2571 (5) maximum use will be made under the program or project of other Federal, State, or local resources available for provision of such services; and (6) public and private agencies and organizations (including courts, law enforcement and other agencies involved in the youth correction process) providing the services referred to in paragraph (3) will be consulted in the formulation by the applicant of the project or program, taking into account the services and expertise of such agencies and organizations, and with a view to adapting such services to the better fulfillment of the purposes of this part. (b) Such application shall contain such information as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act, including— (1) a description of the services for youths described in section 121 which are available in the State or community; (2) a statement of the method or methods of linking the agencies and organizations, public and private, providing these and other services; and (3) a showing that the project or program is consistent with any comprehensive plan developed under any other Act which is related to the purpose of this Act. PART D-GENERAL PROVISIONS STATE PLAN SEC. 131. (a) Any State which desires to receive a grant under part B or C of this title in order to make program or project grants within such State shall, through a single State agency designated for the purposes of this title, submit to the Secretary a comprehensive juvenile delinquency plan in such detail as the Secretary deems necessary. (b) The Secretary shall approve a State plan or modification thereof for any fiscal year for purposes of this section if he determines that the plan for that fiscal year (1) provides that the grant to the State will be used solely (A) for projects and programs which are submitted to the State agency by a community, municipal, or other local public agency or local nonprofit private agency or organization, or combination thereof, which meet the requirements of section 113 or section 123, and which are approved by such State agency, and (B) for paying up to 75 per centum of the cost of administering the plan approved under this section; (2) (A) sets forth, on the basis of an analysis and survey of the needs in the State for assistance under part B or C, a method of distribution of funds under the plan, including establishment of priorities for locations and types of projects and programs, which gives emphasis to community based alternatives to programs of institutionalization and which conforms to criteria of the Secretary, and (B) provides for distribution of such funds, insofar as financial resources make possible, in accordance with such method; (3) provides for an appropriate balance of rehabilitation and preventive projects and programs; (4) provides for (A) effective coordination of plans and programs developed and conducted by the State in fields related to juvenile delinquency, including programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Social Security Act, the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, and pro |