delinquency prevention program
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
the term "delinquency prevention program" means a delinquency prevention program that is evidence-based or promising and that may include—
(A) alcohol and substance abuse prevention or treatment services;
(B) tutoring and remedial education, especially in reading and mathematics;
(C) child and adolescent health and mental health services;
(D) recreation services;
(E) leadership and youth development activities;
(F) the teaching that individuals are and should be held accountable for their actions;
(G) assistance in the development of job training skills;
(H) youth mentoring programs;
(I) after-school programs;
(J) coordination of a continuum of services that may include—
(i) early childhood development services;
(ii) voluntary home visiting programs;
(iii) nurse-family partnership programs;
(iv) parenting skills training;
(v) child abuse prevention programs;
(vi) family stabilization programs;
(vii) child welfare services;
(viii) family violence intervention programs;
(ix) adoption assistance programs;
(x) emergency, transitional and permanent housing assistance;
(xi) job placement and retention training;
(xii) summer jobs programs;
(xiii) alternative school resources for youth who have dropped out of school or demonstrate chronic truancy;
(xiv) conflict resolution skill training;
(xv) restorative justice programs;
(xvi) mentoring programs;
(xvii) targeted gang prevention, intervention and exit services;
(xviii) training and education programs for pregnant teens and teen parents; and
(xix) pre-release, post-release, and reentry services to assist detained and incarcerated youth with transitioning back into and reentering the community; and
(K) other data-driven evidence-based or promising prevention programs;
Source
- 2018–present34 U.S.C. § 11311Crime Control and Law Enforcement · Definitions · in this subchapter