N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-820
State subsidy to county detention facilities
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Current — April 1, 2022
As of June 1, 2021
The Section shall administer a State subsidy program to pay a county that provides juvenile detention services and meets State standards a certain per diem per juvenile. In general, this per diem should be fifty percent (50%) of the total cost of caring for a juvenile from within the county and one hundred percent (100%) of the total cost of caring for a juvenile from another county. Any county placing a juvenile in a detention facility in another county shall pay fifty percent (50%) of the total cost of caring for the juvenile to the Section. The Section may vary the exact funding formulas to operate within existing State appropriations or other funds that may be available to pay for juvenile detention care.
The Section shall administer a State subsidy program to pay a county that provides juvenile detention services and meets State standards a certain per diem per juvenile. In general, this per diem should be fifty percent (50%) of the total cost of caring for a juvenile from within the county and one hundred percent (100%) of the total cost of caring for a juvenile from another county. Any county placing a juvenile in a detention facility in another county shall pay fifty percent (50%) of the total cost of caring for the juvenile to the Section. The Section may vary the exact funding formulas to operate within existing State appropriations or other funds that may be available to pay for juvenile detention care.
History
(1998-202, ss. 1(b), 2(f); 1998-217, s. 57(3); 2000-137, s. 1(b); 2011-145, s. 19.1( l ), (t); 2017-186, s. 1(t6).)
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