(a) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall administer mentally ill offender crime reduction grants on a competitive basis to counties that expand or establish a continuum of timely and effective responses to reduce crime and criminal justice costs related to mentally ill offenders. The grants administered under this article by the board shall be divided equally between adult and juvenile mentally ill offender crime reduction grants in accordance with the funds appropriated for each type of grant. The grants shall support prevention, intervention, supervision, and incarceration-based services and strategies to reduce recidivism and to improve outcomes for mentally ill juvenile and adult offenders. (b) For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) âBoardâ means the Board of State and Community Corrections. (2) âMentally ill adult offendersâ means persons described in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 5600.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (3) âMentally ill juvenile offendersâ means persons described in subdivision (a) of Section 5600.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
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