Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2025

This bill renews funding through 2030 for federal programs that deal with juvenile justice and preventing youth crime. It lets states use some of their grant money for new purposes, like addressing racial and ethnic differences in the justice system, collecting information about the economic background of youth in the system, steering young people away from the justice system, and meeting key program rules. The bill also changes rules about locking up young people who commit offenses that wouldn't be crimes if they were adults, like skipping school. Starting in 2029, states would generally no longer be allowed to detain these young people for violating a court order unless certain conditions are met.

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