Efforts by States To Address DMC
Eleven states have completed the identification and assessment phases and are implementing the intervention phase: Arizona Florida Hawaii Illinois
Iowa Maryland Massachusetts‡ Nebraska
Texas Utah Wisconsin
One state became a participating state in the Formula Grants Program in 1999. It has completed the identification phase and is conducting an assessment study: Kentucky‡ Two states in which the minority juvenile population recently exceeded 1 percent of the total juvenile population, which requires them now to comply with the DMC requirement, have partially completed the identification phase: Maine Vermont Four territories have completed the identification phase, which revealed that minority juveniles were not being disproportionately detained: American Samoa Guam Northern Marianas Virgin Islands One territory has been exempted by the U.S. Census Bureau from reporting racial statistics and, therefore, is exempt from complying with the DMC requirement: Puerto Rico Two states are under a drawdown restriction of 25 percent of the FY 2002 Formula Grant allocation pending submission of required information: New Hampshire Rhode Island Two states did not participate in the FY 2002 Formula Grants Program: South Dakota Wyoming *
Began to receive intensive DMC technical assistance in January 2002 to further enhance DMC efforts.
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Received intensive DMC technical assistance from November 2000 to July 2001 to further enhance DMC efforts.
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Received intensive DMC technical assistance since November 2000 to further enhance their DMC efforts.
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