§ 24-33.5-2802 — Definitions

Colorado § 24-33.5-2802

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Public Safety

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As used in this part 28, unless the context
otherwise requires:

(1) Area of high need means:

(a) A city or zip code with rates of youth arrest or citation that are higher
than the surrounding county average, based on available data; or

(b) A city or zip code in a rural or urban community where there is a disparity
between the racial or ethnic composition of the arrested or cited youth population
and the racial or ethnic composition of the surrounding county population.

(2) Deflection means an extrajudicial response to a youth's conduct that is
designed to prevent the youth's formal involvement or further involvement in the
justice system.

(3) Deflection program means a program that promotes positive youth
development by relying on deflection and aims to divert youth from justice system
involvement at the earliest possible point.

(4) Eligible applicant means an eligible tribal government, tribal
organization, or nonprofit community-based organization that meets the
requirements of section 24-33.5-2805.

(5) Grant program means the deflection and community investment grant
program created in section 24-33.5-2803.

(6) Grant recipient means an eligible applicant that the office selects to
receive money through the grant program.

(7) Mixed-delivery system means a system of adolescent development and
education support services delivered through a combination of programs, providers,
and settings that include partnerships between community-based nonprofit
organizations and public agencies and that is supported with a combination of
public and private funds.

(8) Nonprofit organization means a tax-exempt charitable or social welfare
organization operating pursuant to 26 U.S.C. sec. 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the
federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

(9) Office means the office within the division of criminal justice that
focuses on adult and juvenile justice assistance.

(10) Referring agency means an organization, agency, or department that
refers youth to deflection programs, including, but not limited to, an education, law
enforcement, behavioral health, or public health entity.

(11) Trauma-informed means an approach that involves an understanding of
adverse childhood experiences and that responds to symptoms of chronic
interpersonal trauma and traumatic stress across the lifespan of an individual.

(12) Youth means a child, as defined in section 19-2.5-102, who is subject to:

(a) A juvenile court's jurisdiction pursuant to section 19-2.5-103;

(b) A county court's concurrent jurisdiction pursuant to section 19-2.5-103;

(c) A county court's jurisdiction for a traffic offense; or

(d) A municipal court's jurisdiction.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2025: Entire part added, (HB 25-1146), ch. 358, p. 1938, � 8, effective July 1.