As part of the Act 4 Juvenile Justice Campaign (Act4JJ), On April 3rd, 2017 the ACLU sent a letter to the House Commerce, Justice & Science Appropriations Subcommittee, urging Members to include adequate funding for critical juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs in the final FY17 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill and in the upcoming FY18 proposal. The ACLU believes that federal investments play an essential role in state juvenile justice efforts to protect youth and promote safe communities. Considering federal support of juvenile justice programs has now declined to the lowest levels in more than a decade, we encourage the Subcommittee to restore some of the funding that has been lost and, at a minimum, maintain FY17 levels included in the current Continuing Resolution for the balance of FY17 and for FY18.