Delaware § 5113 Re-entry programs

Delaware Statutes

§ 5113 — Re-entry programs

Delaware § 5113

Title31

PartServices and Facilities for Youth Adjudicated Delinquent or Criminally Prosecuted

Ch. 51Services for Justice-Involved Youth

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Del. Code tit. 31, § 5113 (2026).

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(a)There is hereby established a fund for the provision of juvenile re-entry services ( “Juvenile Re-Entry Services Fund” ). This fund shall be overseen and administered by the Department, and shall be used exclusively for the provision of re-entry services to minors who have been adjudicated delinquent or convicted of a crime and detained in a secure facility as a result of that adjudication.

(b)As used in this section, “re-entry services” means services provided to a juvenile after release from a secure facility that have the specific purpose of reducing the risk that the juvenile will commit a future criminal offense or act of delinquency. This includes continuing services for up to 1 year after release, even if the juvenile turns 18 during confinement or after release.

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(a) There is hereby established a fund for the provision of juvenile re-entry services ( “Juvenile Re-Entry Services Fund” ). This fund shall be overseen and administered by the Department, and shall be used exclusively for the provision of re-entry services to minors who have been adjudicated delinquent or convicted of a crime and detained in a secure facility as a result of that adjudication.

(b) As used in this section, “re-entry services” means services provided to a juvenile after release from a secure facility that have the specific purpose of reducing the risk that the juvenile will commit a future criminal offense or act of delinquency. This includes continuing services for up to 1 year after release, even if the juvenile turns 18 during confinement or after release.

(c) Funds appropriated to the Juvenile Re-Entry Services Fund shall be awarded by the Department to public or private third parties on a competitive basis for the provision of re-entry services. Up to 5% of appropriated funds may be retained by the Department for administration of funds and monitoring of services provided under this section.

(d) Funds from the Juvenile Re-Entry Services Fund may not be awarded in a manner that supplants funding from any other public source.

(e) The Department shall report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1 of each year all expenditures made from the Juvenile Re-Entry Services Fund, the results of all monitoring of grants made from the Juvenile Re-Entry Services Fund, and its funding priorities for grants to be made in the following calendar year.