Ind. Code § 31-40-6-0.1 "Commission"
Sec. 0.1. As used in this chapter, "commission" means the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana established by IC 2-5-36-3.
As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.245.
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in effectInd. Code § 31-40-6-0.3 "Fund"
Sec. 0.3. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant program fund established by section 5 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.246. Amended by P.L.122-2025, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 31-40-6-0.5 "Office"
Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "office" means the Indiana office of court services established by the supreme court.
As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.247.
Ind. Code § 31-40-6-0.7 "Oversight committee"
Sec. 0.7. As used in this chapter, "oversight committee" means the statewide juvenile justice oversight body established under IC 2-5-36-9.3(a).
As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.248.
Ind. Code § 31-40-6-1 "Program"
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant program established by section 2 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.32. Amended by P.L.122-2025, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 31-40-6-1.2 "Workgroup"
Sec. 1.2. As used in this chapter, "workgroup" refers to the grant process workgroup created by the oversight committee.
As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.249.
Ind. Code § 31-40-6-2 Establishment of competitive grant program
Sec. 2. (a) The juvenile behavioral health competitive grant program may be established, subject to available funding.
(b) The program shall be administered by the Indiana criminal justice institute (as described in IC 5-2-6).
As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.32. Amended by P.L.122-2025, SEC.9.
Ind. Code § 31-40-6-3 Purpose of competitive grant program; use of grant funds; performance measures
Sec. 3. (a) The purpose of the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant program is to support jurisdictions, particularly in rural areas, to evaluate a child's behavioral health needs and divert the child from formal court involvement and out-of-home placement into community or school based mental health treatment.
(b) Grant recipients shall use a validated mental health screening tool, and a full mental health assessment tool, if necessary, and may use the funds to conduct the following activities:
(1) Partnering with law enforcement to implement a program to divert a child from formal court proceedings.
(2) Creating crisis stabilization services and a mobile crisis unit.
(3) Providing comprehensive case management for a child or family in crisis.
(4) Identifying and strengthening community based intensive treatment and management services.
(5) Establishing telehealth services (as defined in IC 25-1-9.5-6) and programs.
(6) Supporting mental health evaluations, which include the use of telehealth services (as defined in IC 25-1-9.5-6).
(c) The Indiana criminal justice institute may consider those programs and activities identified for possible funding in the plan submitted to the commission by the oversight committee under IC 2-5-36-9.3(b), but may not rely exclusively on the plan in providing statewide funding under the program.
(d) The Indiana criminal justice institute shall adopt performance measures that apply to grantees under the program, taking into consideration the recommendations of the oversight committee.
As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.32. Amended by P.L.201-2023, SEC.250; P.L.122-2025, SEC.10.
Ind. Code § 31-40-6-3.5 Use of funds for grant management; annual report
Sec. 3.5. (a) The Indiana criminal justice institute may use available funds to strengthen the Indiana criminal justice institute's grant management capacity to:
(1) serve as an efficient pass through to grantees;
(2) provide quality assurance and technical assistance to grantees; and
(3) support and coordinate data collection.
(b) Not later than December 1 of each year, the Indiana criminal justice institute shall:
(1) prepare an annual report that details the performance measures collected and reported under IC 2-5-36-9.3(b)(4), including an analysis of the performance measures by race, ethnicity, gender, and other demographic factors; and
(2) submit the report to:
(A) the governor;
(B) the chief justice of Indiana;
(C) the legislative council; and
(D) the oversight committee.
The report submitted to the legislative council must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.122-2025, SEC.11.
Ind. Code § 31-40-6-4 Collaborative service planning; application solicitation process; informational and educational sessions; review of applications
Sec. 4. (a) A grantee participating in any program described in this chapter shall engage in collaborative service planning with the grantee's local or regional justice reinvestment advisory council (as described in IC 33-38-9.5-4), another local collaborative body that includes stakeholders across the juvenile justice system, or one (1) or more juvenile justice system entities affected by grant funded activities. Collaborative service planning shall:
(1) inform grant solicitation, with support for rural communities as a required funding priority;
(2) inform how funding and programming could be used more effectively; and
(3) consider efficiency that may be achieved by implementing the programming on a regional basis.
(b) The Indiana criminal justice institute shall coordinate with the oversight committee, workgroup, and office to develop a statewide solicitation process for applications for the grants from the fund and shall conduct outreach activities to inform all potential applicants of the grant opportunities available under this chapter.
(c) The Indiana criminal justice institute, in coordination with the commission, oversight committee, workgroup, and office, shall conduct informational and educational sessions for potential and actual applicants, including opportunities for questions and clarification.
(d) Subject to the Indiana criminal justice institute solicitation process developed under subsection (b), the oversight committee, or a subgroup of the oversight committee, shall review applications for grants under this chapter and make recommendations to the board of trustees of the Indiana criminal justice institute regarding funding decisions. The review of applications should be done in consultation with a representative from the department of child services, the department of correction, the division of mental health and addiction, the Indiana criminal justice institute, the office, and experienced practitioners in the mental and behavioral health profession.
As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.32. Amended by P.L.201-2023, SEC.251; P.L.122-2025, SEC.12.
Ind. Code § 31-40-6-4.5 Administration of grants
Sec. 4.5. (a) The Indiana criminal justice institute shall administer grants for the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant program in consultation with the oversight committee and the workgroup, taking into consideration the grant program report prepared and submitted to the commission by the oversight committee under IC 2-5-36-9.3(b).
(b) Advances from the fund may be awarded before July 1, 2027, for purposes of the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant program. An advance may not be awarded under this subsection after June 30, 2027. This subsection expires July 2, 2027.
As added by P.L.201-2023, SEC.252. Amended by P.L.144-2024, SEC.17; P.L.122-2025, SEC.13.
Ind. Code § 31-40-6-5 Competitive grant program fund; purpose of fund
Sec. 5. (a) The juvenile behavioral health competitive grant program fund is established to provide grants under this chapter. The fund shall be administered by the Indiana criminal justice institute (as described in IC 5-2-6).
(b) The fund consists of:
(1) money appropriated to the fund by the general assembly;
(2) money received from state or federal grants or programs that concern alternative detention and recidivism reduction for juveniles; and
(3) donations, gifts, and money received from any other source, including transfers from other funds or accounts.
(c) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds may be invested.
(d) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund but remains in the fund to be used exclusively for purposes of this chapter.
(e) Money in the fund is continuously appropriated for the purposes of this chapter.
As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.32. Amended by P.L.122-2025, SEC.14.
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