Bill Text: CA AB1488 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: County juvenile transition centers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-08-16 - In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. [AB1488 Detail]
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 1488 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Thurmond |
February 17, 2017 |
An act to add Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 1988) to Division 2.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juvenile parole, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1488, as amended, Thurmond.
County juvenile transition centers.
Existing law provides for the supervision of persons discharged from the Division of Juvenile Facilities and from county juvenile facilities by county probation departments and provides funds to the counties for that purpose.
This bill would require every county, after consultation county to convene a working group with stakeholders, to establish at least one discuss and assess what resources are needed for the creation or support of a juvenile transition center in
the county that would provide housing and services to youth upon release from juvenile correctional facilities. The bill would require the centers to provide temporary transitional housing and other specified services to participants. The bill would require counties to implement the program only to the extent that funds are available from the state or other sources.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Digest Key
Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 1988) is added to Division 2.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:CHAPTER 1.7. County Juvenile Transition Centers
1988.
(a) Each county(b) County juvenile transition centers shall provide temporary transitional housing to participants. Centers shall also provide participants with services, including, but not limited to, assisting with education, work training, health and mental health services, family and social services, and legal services.
(c) Counties shall work with other county, local, and state programs, as well as nonprofit organizations, to provide services and to coordinate services to the maximum extent possible.
1989.
Residential and other services shall be made available to all eligible juveniles, but release, parole, or probation shall not be made conditional upon residing at, or receiving services from, a center.1990.
Counties are only required to implement this chapter to the extent that funds are available from the state or from other sources.SEC. 2.
This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:In order for juveniles in the community to receive the services and support they need at the earliest time after release from the juvenile justice system, in order to reclaim their lives and avoid the cycle of recidivism, it is necessary for this measure to take effect immediately.
