§5781. Findings

The Congress finds that-

(1) approximately 700,000 youth enter the juvenile justice system every year;

(2) Federal, State, and local governments spend close to $2,000,000,000 a year confining many of those youth;

(3) it is more effective in both human and fiscal terms to prevent delinquency than to attempt to control or change it after the fact;

(4) half or more of all States are unable to spend any juvenile justice formula grant funds on delinquency prevention because of other priorities;

(5) few Federal resources are dedicated to delinquency prevention; and

(6) Federal incentives are needed to assist States and local communities in mobilizing delinquency prevention policies and programs.

(Pub. L. 93–415, title V, §502, as added Pub. L. 102–586, §5(a), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5027 .)

Short Title

For short title of title V of Pub. L. 93–415, which enacted this subchapter, as the "Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs Act", see section 501 of Pub. L. 93–415, as added by Pub. L. 102–586, set out as a note under section 5601 of this title.

Study

Section 5(b) of Pub. L. 102–586 provided that: "After the program established by subsection (a) [enacting this subchapter] has been funded for two years, the General Accounting Office shall prepare and submit to Congress a study of the effects of the program in encouraging States and units of general local government to comply with the requirements of part B of title II [probably means part B of title II of Pub. L. 93–415, 42 U.S.C. 5631 et seq.]."