The Racial and Ethnic Disparities subcommittee is a subcommittee of the Juvenile Justice Advisory Council. (JJAC). The JJAC serves as Iowa’s State Advisory Group for administration of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act . The R/ED subcommittee exists to address a core requirement of the JJDPAct Section 223(a)(22): “Requires states to address juvenile delinquency prevention efforts and system improvement efforts designed to reduce, without establishing or requiring numerical standards or quotas, the disproportionate number of juvenile members of minority groups, who come into contact with the juvenile justice system.”