(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. Part IV Services and Facilities for Youth Adjudicated Delinquent or Criminally Prosecuted Interstate Compact on Juveniles Findings; Execution
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