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PUBLIC LAW 93-415-SEPT. 7, 1974

[88 STAT.

(5) juvenile delinquency can be prevented through programs designed to keep students in elementary and secondary schools through the prevention of unwarranted and arbitrary suspensions and expulsions; (6) States and local communities which experience directly the devastating failures of the juvenile justice system do not presently have sufficient technical expertise or adequate resources to deal comprehensively with the problems of juvenile delinquency; and (7) existing Federal programs have not provided the direction, coordination, resources, and leadership required to meet the crisis of delinquency. (b) Congress finds further that the high incidence of delinquency in the United States today results in enormous annual cost and immeasurable loss of human life, personal security, and wasted human resources and that juvenile delinquency constitutes a growing threat to the national welfare requiring immediate and comprehensive action by the Federal Government to reduce and prevent delinquency. PURPOSE 42 USC 5602.

SEC. 102. (a) I t is the purpose of this Act— (1) to provide for the thorough and prompt evaluation of all federally assisted juvenile delinquency programs; (2) to provide technical assistance to public and private agencies, institutions, and individuals in developing and implementing juvenile delinquency programs; (3) to establish training programs for persons, including professionals, paraprofessionals, and volunteers, who work with delinquents or potential delinquents or whose work or activities relate to juvenile delinquency programs; (4) to establish a centralized research effort on the problems of juvenile delinquency, including an information clearinghouse to disseminate the findings of such research and all data related to juvenile delinquency; (5) to develop and encourage the implementation of national standards for the administration of juvenile justice, including recommendations for administrative, budgetary, and legislative action at the Federal, State, and local level to facilitate the adoption of such standards; (6) to assist States and local communities with resources to develop and implement programs to keep students in elementary and secondary schools and to prevent unwarranted and arbitrary suspensions and expulsions; and (7) to establish a Federal assistance program to deal with the problems of runaway youth. (b) I t is therefore the further declared policy of Congress to provide the necessary resources, leadership, and coordination (1) to

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