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HB 584 Original 2025 Regular Session Lyons
Abstract: Provides relative to the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program.
Present law (R.S. 15:827.3) provides for savings attributable to criminal justice reforms.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law (R.S. 15:827.3(A)) provides that at the end of each fiscal year, the Dept. of Public Safety
and Corrections (DPS&C) shall calculate the annual savings realized as a result of criminal justice
reinvestment legislation enacted in the 2017 R.S. of the Legislature and thereafter.
Present law further provides that each fiscal year, the annual savings shall be allocated as follows:
(1)15% shall be allocated to the DPS&C to award incentive grants to parishes, judicial districts,
and nonprofit community partner organizations to expand evidence-backed prison
alternatives and reduce admissions to the state prison system.
(2)10% shall be allocated to the La. Comm. on Law Enforcement and the Administration of
Criminal Justice to award competitive grants for victim services, including but not limited
to victim safety assessments and safety planning, trauma-informed treatment and services for
victims and survivors, shelters and transitional housing for domestic violence victims and
their children, batterers' intervention programming, and victim-focused education and
training for justice system professionals.
(3)45% shall be allocated to the La. Community and Technical College System for targeted
investments in educational and vocational training aimed at recidivism reduction
programming for adult and juvenile offenders. Further provides that such funds shall be
utilized in connection with any other available sources of federal or state aid or training
funds.
Proposed law amends present law to change the allocation of the annual savings to the DPS&C from
15% to 12%.
Proposed law allocates 2% of the annual savings to the La. Children's Trust Fund Board to
administer and operate the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program as provided in present law (R.S.
15:951). Present law (R.S. 15:951) provides for the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law (R.S. 15:951(C)) provides that the program shall be administered by selected nonprofit
groups as well as the DPS&C, the Dept. of Children and Family Services, the Dept. of Education,
and the La. Workforce Commission.
Proposed law retains present law and adds the La. Children's Trust Fund Board as an administering
entity.
Proposed law provides that the La. Children's Trust Fund Board is hereby named as the intermediary
of the program with the authority to manage or administer funds and address any changes in program
funding as needed.
Present law (R.S. 15:951(E)) defines the term "youth or youths" as a person who has not attained 18
years of age.
Proposed law amends present law to define the term "youth or youths" as a person who has attained
at least 16 years of age and not more than 24 years of age.
(Amends R.S. 15:827.3(A)(2)(a) and 951(C) and (E); Adds R.S. 15:827.3(A)(2)(d))