As used in this part 28, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. (1) Area of high need means:

   1. (a) A city or zip code with rates of youth arrest or citation that are higher than the surrounding county average, based on available data; or
   2. (b) A city or zip code in a rural or urban community where there is a disparity between the racial or ethnic composition of the arrested or cited youth population and the racial or ethnic composition of the surrounding county population.
2. (2) Deflection means an extrajudicial response to a youth's conduct that is designed to prevent the youth's formal involvement or further involvement in the justice system.
3. (3) Deflection program means a program that promotes positive youth development by relying on deflection and aims to divert youth from justice system involvement at the earliest possible point.
4. (4) Eligible applicant means an eligible tribal government, tribal organization, or nonprofit community-based organization that meets the requirements of section 24-33.5-2805.
5. (5) Grant program means the deflection and community investment grant program created in section 24-33.5-2803.
6. (6) Grant recipient means an eligible applicant that the office selects to receive money through the grant program.
7. (7) Mixed-delivery system means a system of adolescent development and education support services delivered through a combination of programs, providers, and settings that include partnerships between community-based nonprofit organizations and public agencies and that is supported with a combination of public and private funds.
8. (8) Nonprofit organization means a tax-exempt charitable or social welfare organization operating pursuant to 26 U.S.C. sec. 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
9. (9) Office means the office within the division of criminal justice that focuses on adult and juvenile justice assistance.
10. (10) Referring agency means an organization, agency, or department that refers youth to deflection programs, including, but not limited to, an education, law enforcement, behavioral health, or public health entity.
11. (11) Trauma-informed means an approach that involves an understanding of adverse childhood experiences and that responds to symptoms of chronic interpersonal trauma and traumatic stress across the lifespan of an individual.

12. (12) Youth means a child, as defined in section 19-2.5-102, who is subject to:

    1. (a) A juvenile court's jurisdiction pursuant to section 19-2.5-103;
    2. (b) A county court's concurrent jurisdiction pursuant to section 19-2.5-103;
    3. (c) A county court's jurisdiction for a traffic offense; or
    4. (d) A municipal court's jurisdiction.

Source: L. 2025: Entire part added, (HB 25-1146), ch. 358, p. 1938, § 8, effective July 1.