16.1-309.7 - Determination of payment. - Virginia Statutes

§ 16.1-309.7. Determination of payment.

A. The Commonwealth shall provide financial assistance to localities whoseplans have been approved pursuant to subsection D of § 16.1-309.3 inquarterly payments based on the annual calculated costs which shall bedetermined as follows:

1. For community diversion services, one-half of the calculated costs asdetermined by the following factors: (i) the statewide daily average costsfor predispositional nonresidential services and (ii) the total number ofchildren in need of services and children in need of supervision complaintsdiverted at intake by the locality in the previous year.

2. For predispositional community-based services, three-quarters of thecalculated costs as determined by the following factors: (i) the statewidedaily average cost evenly divided for predispositional community-basedresidential and nonresidential services and (ii) the number of arrests ofjuveniles based on the locality's most recent year available Uniform CrimeReports for (a) one-third of all Part 1 crimes against property, (b)one-third of all drug offenses and (c) all remaining Part 2 arrests.

3. For postdispositional community-based services for adjudicated juveniles,one-half of the calculated costs as determined by the following factors: (i)the statewide average daily costs for postdispositional community-basednonresidential services and (ii) the locality's total number of juveniles,who, in the previous year, were adjudicated delinquent for the first time.

4. For postdispositional community-based services for juveniles adjudicateddelinquent for a second or subsequent offense, one-half of the calculatedcosts as determined by the following factors: (i) the statewide average dailycosts evenly divided for postdispositional community-based residential andnonresidential services and (ii) the locality's total number of courtdispositions which, in the previous year, adjudicated juveniles as (a)delinquent for a second or subsequent offense, (b) children in need ofservices, or (c) children in need of supervision, less those juvenilesreceiving services under the provisions of §§ 16.1-285.1 and 16.1-286.

B. Any moneys distributed by the Commonwealth under this article which areunexpended at the end of each fiscal year within a biennium shall be retainedby the county, city or combination thereof and subsequently expended foroperating expenses of Juvenile Community Crime Control Act programs. Anysurplus funds remaining at the end of a biennium shall be returned to thestate treasury.

(1995, cc. 698, 840; 1996, cc. 820, 970.)