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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 698<\/a> and 840<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1996, chapters 820<\/a> and 970<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 105<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62824,"section_number":"16.1-278.8","catch_line":"Delinquent juveniles","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-278.8\/"},{"id":66406,"section_number":"16.1-309.3","catch_line":"Establishment of a community-based system of services; biennial local plan; quarterly report","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-309.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75164,"section_number":"16.1-285.1","catch_line":"Commitment of serious offenders","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-285.1\/"},{"id":66406,"section_number":"16.1-309.3","catch_line":"Establishment of a community-based system of services; biennial local plan; quarterly report","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-309.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":161121,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66785,"identifier":"16.1-309.7","token":"16.1\/11\/12.1\/16.1-309.7","url":"\/16.1-309.7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-309.7\/","token":"16.1\/11\/12.1\/16.1-309.7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Determination of payment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-309.7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commonwealth shall provide financial assistance to localities whose plans have been approved pursuant to subsection D of \u00a7 16.1-309.3<\/a> in quarterly payments based on the annual calculated costs which shall be determined as follows: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> For community diversion<\/span> services, one-half of the calculated costs as determined by the following factors: (i) the statewide daily average costs for predispositional nonresidential services and (ii) the total number of children in need of services and children in need of supervision complaints diverted at intake by the locality in the previous year and the total number of children who have been screened for needing community diversion<\/span> or community-based services using an evidence<\/span>-based assessment protocol. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> For predispositional community-based services, three-quarters of the calculated costs as determined by the following factors: (i) the statewide daily average cost evenly divided for predispositional community-based residential and nonresidential services and (ii) the number of arrests<\/span> of juveniles based on the locality’s most recent year available Uniform Crime<\/span> Reports for (a) one-third of all Part 1 crimes<\/span> against property, (b) one-third of all drug offenses<\/span> and (c) all remaining Part 2 arrests<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> 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-based nonresidential services and (ii) the locality’s total number of juveniles, who, in the previous year, were adjudicated delinquent for the first time. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> For postdispositional community-based services for juveniles adjudicated delinquent for a second or subsequent offense<\/span>, one-half of the calculated costs as determined by the following factors: (i) the statewide average daily costs evenly divided for postdispositional community-based residential and nonresidential services and (ii) the locality’s total number of court<\/span> dispositions<\/span> which, in the previous year, adjudicated juveniles as (a) delinquent for a second or subsequent offense<\/span>, (b) children in need of services, or (c) children in need of supervision, less those juveniles receiving services under the provisions of §§ 16.1-285.1<\/a> and 16.1-286<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any moneys distributed by the Commonwealth under this article which are unexpended at the end of each fiscal year within a biennium shall be retained by the county, city or combination thereof and subsequently expended for operating expenses of Juvenile Community Crime<\/span> Control Act programs. Any surplus funds remaining at the end of a biennium shall be returned to the state treasury. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDETERMINATION OF PAYMENT (\u00a7 16.1-309.7)\n\nA. The Commonwealth shall provide financial assistance to localities whose plans\nhave been approved pursuant to subsection D of \u00a7 16.1-309.3 in quarterly\npayments based on the annual calculated costs which shall be determined as\nfollows:\n\n 1. For community diversion services, one-half of the calculated costs as\n determined by the following factors: (i) the statewide daily average costs for\n predispositional nonresidential services and (ii) the total number of children\n in need of services and children in need of supervision complaints diverted at\n intake by the locality in the previous year and the total number of children\n who have been screened for needing community diversion or community-based\n services using an evidence-based assessment protocol.\n\n 2. For predispositional community-based services, three-quarters of the\n calculated costs as determined by the following factors: (i) the statewide\n daily average cost evenly divided for predispositional community-based\n residential and nonresidential services and (ii) the number of arrests of\n juveniles based on the locality’s most recent year available Uniform\n Crime Reports for (a) one-third of all Part 1 crimes against property, (b)\n one-third of all drug offenses and (c) all remaining Part 2 arrests.\n\n 3. For postdispositional community-based services for adjudicated juveniles,\n one-half of the calculated costs as determined by the following factors: (i)\n the statewide average daily costs for postdispositional community-based\n nonresidential services and (ii) the locality’s total number of\n juveniles, who, in the previous year, were adjudicated delinquent for the\n first time.\n\n 4. For postdispositional community-based services for juveniles adjudicated\n delinquent for a second or subsequent offense, one-half of the calculated\n costs as determined by the following factors: (i) the statewide average daily\n costs evenly divided for postdispositional community-based residential and\n nonresidential services and (ii) the locality’s total number of court\n dispositions which, in the previous year, adjudicated juveniles as (a)\n delinquent for a second or subsequent offense, (b) children in need of\n services, or (c) children in need of supervision, less those juveniles\n receiving services under the provisions of §§ 16.1-285.1 and\n 16.1-286.\n\nB. Any moneys distributed by the Commonwealth under this article which are\nunexpended at the end of each fiscal year within a biennium shall be retained by\nthe county, city or combination thereof and subsequently expended for operating\nexpenses of Juvenile Community Crime Control Act programs. Any surplus funds\nremaining at the end of a biennium shall be returned to the state treasury.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, cc. 698, 840; 1996, cc. 820, 970; 2019, c. 105.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}