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| Bush Would Cut $650 Million in Juvenile-Justice, After-School Grants |
| By Join Together Online |
| Published: 03/13/2003 |
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Join Together Online President Bush's FY2004 budget proposal would eliminate a $250 million block grant for juvenile-justice programs and $400 million for after-school programs for at-risk children, the New York Times reported March 9. Bush touted a $150-million mentoring initiative in his State of the Union address, but failed to mention the cuts to other programs aimed at troubled youth. Eliminating the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant program would kill programs like Portland, Ore.'s New Avenues for Youth, which diverts youth drug offenders to assessment and treatment rather than prison. And the cuts to after-school funding would eliminate programs serving 500,000 youth. A White House spokesperson said the programs are being eliminated because an Office of Management and Budget review found that they were either ineffective or that their effectiveness could not be measured. |
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