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Youth Reentry Improvement Act of 2008

Introduced: January 29, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Apr 17, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Feb 4, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 29, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 29, 2008
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 29, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Youth Reentry Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require: (1) information on the number of juveniles released from prison and their living arrangements upon release in the annual report of the Administrator of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office; (2) states seeking juvenile justice grants to adopt procedures to assure the availability of post-release programs and services for juvenile offenders; and (3) research and evaluation on outcomes for juvenile offenders who have been released from custody and reintegrated into communities.

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) award grants to states to establish programs to identify juveniles likely to be released before attaining age 25 and to help such juveniles attain self-sufficiency; (2) develop outcome measures to assess the performance of states in operating juvenile offender reentry programs and track services provided to such offenders; and (3) conduct evaluations of state juvenile offender reentry programs.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to continue health care benefits for juvenile offenders after release from incarceration.

What's happening now April 17, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2451 Related bill First Step Forward Act of 2007
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 13, 2008
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Feb 6, 2008
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jan 29, 2008
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jan 29, 2008
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jan 29, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5178: Youth Reentry Improvement Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5178/
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"H.R. 5178: Youth Reentry Improvement Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5178/.
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