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[CITE: 42USC5654]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 72--JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
 
                   SUBCHAPTER II--PROGRAMS AND OFFICES
 
                        Part C--National Programs
 
   subpart i--national institute for juvenile justice and delinquency 
                               prevention
 
Sec. 5654. Technical assistance and training functions

    The Administrator, acting through the National Institute for 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention \1\ is authorized to--
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        (1) provide technical assistance and training assistance to 
    Federal, State, and local governments and to courts, public and 
    private agencies, institutions, and individuals in the planning, 
    establishment, funding, operation, and evaluation of juvenile 
    delinquency programs;
        (2) develop, conduct, and provide for training programs for the 
    training of professional, paraprofessional, and volunteer personnel, 
    and other persons who are working with or preparing to work with 
    juveniles, juvenile offenders (including juveniles who commit hate 
    crimes), and their families;
        (3) develop, conduct, and provide for seminars, workshops, and 
    training programs in the latest proven effective techniques and 
    methods of preventing and treating juvenile delinquency for law 
    enforcement officers, juvenile judges \1\ prosecutors and defense 
    attorneys,,\2\ and other court personnel, probation officers, 
    correctional personnel, and other Federal, State, and local 
    government personnel who are engaged in work relating to juvenile 
    delinquency;
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        (4) develop technical training teams to aid in the development 
    of training programs in the States and to assist State and local 
    agencies which work directly with juveniles and juvenile offenders; 
    and
        (5) provide technical assistance and training to assist States 
    and units of local government to adopt the model standards issued 
    under section 5614(b)(7) of this title.

(Pub. L. 93-415, title II, Sec. 244, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1127; Pub. 
L. 95-115, Sec. 5(f), Oct. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 1057; Pub. L. 96-509, 
Sec. 19(k), Dec. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 2765; Pub. L. 98-473, title II, 
Sec. 633, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2119; Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, 
Sec. 7262, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4442; Pub. L. 102-586, Sec. 2(g)(3), 
Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 4996; Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(b) 
[title I, Sec. 129(a)(2)(D)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-50, 2681-
76.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Par. (5). Pub. L. 105-277 substituted ``units of local 
government'' for ``units of general local government''.
    1992--Par. (2). Pub. L. 102-586, Sec. 2(g)(3)(A), inserted 
``(including juveniles who commit hate crimes)'' after ``offenders''.
    Par. (3). Pub. L. 102-586, Sec. 2(g)(3)(B)(i), inserted 
``prosecutors and defense attorneys,'' after ``judges''.
    Par. (5). Pub. L. 102-586, Sec. 2(g)(3)(B)(ii), (C), (D), added par. 
(5).
    1988--Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7262(1), amended section catchline 
generally, substituting ``Technical assistance and training functions'' 
for ``Training function of Institute''.
    Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7262(2), substituted ``Administrator, acting 
through the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention'' for ``National Institute for Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention''.
    Par. (1). Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7262(6), added par. (1). Former par. 
(1) redesignated (2).
    Par. (2). Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7262(5), redesignated par. (1) as 
(2). Former par. (2) redesignated (3).
    Par. (3). Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7262(3)-(5), redesignated par. (2) 
as (3), inserted ``and'' at end, and struck out former par. (3) which 
authorized the Institute to devise and conduct a training program, in 
accordance with the provisions of sections 5659, 5660, and 5661 of this 
title, of short-term instruction in the latest proven-effective methods 
of prevention, control, and treatment of juvenile delinquency for 
correctional and law enforcement personnel, teachers and special 
education personnel, family counselors, child welfare workers, juvenile 
judges and judicial personnel, probation personnel (including volunteer 
lay personnel), persons associated with law-related education, youth 
workers, and organizations with specific experience in the prevention 
and treatment of juvenile delinquency.
    1984--Par. (1). Pub. L. 98-473, Sec. 633(1), substituted ``working 
with or'' for ``or who are'' and ``juvenile offenders, and their 
families'' for ``and juvenile offenders''.
    Par. (2). Pub. L. 98-473, Sec. 633(2), substituted ``workshops'' for 
``workshop''.
    Par. (3). Pub. L. 98-473, Sec. 633(3), substituted ``teachers and 
special education personnel, family counselors, child welfare workers, 
juvenile judges and judicial personnel, probation personnel (including 
volunteer lay personnel), persons associated with law-related education, 
youth workers, and organizations with specific experience in the 
prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency'' for ``teachers and 
other educational personnel, juvenile welfare workers, juvenile judges 
and judicial personnel, probation officers, and other persons (including 
lay personnel, including persons associated with law-related education 
programs, youth workers, and representatives of private youth agencies 
and organizations) connected with the prevention and treatment of 
juvenile delinquency''.
    1980--Par. (3). Pub. L. 96-509 substituted ``sections 248, 249, and 
250'' for ``sections 249, 250, and 251'' which for purposes of 
codification already had been translated as ``sections 5659, 5660, and 
5661 of this title'', thereby necessitating no further change in text.
    1977--Par. (3). Pub. L. 95-115 inserted provisions expanding scope 
of lay personnel to include persons associated with law-related 
education programs, etc.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-690 effective Oct. 1, 1988, see section 
7296(a) of Pub. L. 100-690, set out as a note under section 5601 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-473 effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 
670(a) of Pub. L. 98-473, set out as a note under section 5601 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-115 effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 
263(c) of Pub. L. 93-415, as added by Pub. L. 95-115, set out as a note 
under section 5601 of this title.
