For example, the president's budget states that the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program (JABG) was rated ineffective, as an analysis found that the program "had no long-term objectives or annual performance goals." Further, the president's budget states that funding criteria for JABG "are minimal, there are competing definitions of 'accountability,' and there is no clear standard of performance through which the department can hold grantees accountable.
In addition, as indicated above, the JABG program is also in jeopardy.