LFOs
This term refers to money that a court orders someone to pay, and can include fines, fees, or restitution
What are legal financial obligations (LFOs)?
This is when Washington eliminated fines and fees from juvenile court
When is 2023 and 2024?
This is who decides how much restitution a young person owes
Who is the judge?
This would be a program funded by the state that repays people who have expenses because they were harmed by a young person
What is the Community Compensation Program?
This is money meant to restore/repay someone for a financial loss
What is restitution?
This is how often juvenile court judges order young people to pay restitution
What is every 1 in 10 juvenile court cases?
During a juvenile case, this is when a judge decides to order restitution (beginning, middle, end)
What is the end?
This is who would be eligible to receive money from the Community Compensation Program
Who is a someone who was harmed by a young person in Washington?
These are the different types of legal financial obligations (LFOs)
What are fines, fees, and restitution?
If we add up all of the restitution that judges order young people to pay, this is the percentage that actually gets paid to the people who it's owed to
What is 10%?
If a judge orders a young person to pay you restitution, but they don't have the money to pay it, this is what you get
What is nothing?
This is when PCJJ (the Partnership Council on Juvenile Justice) is submitting its recommendations to the legislature
When is October 2024?
This/these are the types of LFOs that youth in Washington can be charged
What is restitution?
Bonus answer: Washington eliminated fines and fees from juvenile court in 2023 and erased the debt in 2024 thanks to work by advocates including youth!
This is the average amount of restitution that a Washington judge orders a young person to pay
What is $970?
This is who could receive restitution payments from young people
Who are individual people, businesses, governments, the Washington State Crime Victims Compensation Program, and insurance companies?
This is when the legislature could consider a bill that would create the Community Compensation Program
When is the 2025 legislative session (January 2025)?