STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 52nd Legislature (2009)

SENATE BILL 435	By:	Eason McIntyre

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to children; amending 10 O.S. 2001, Sections 7302-7.3, as last amended by Section 10, Chapter 421, O.S.L. 2004 and 7302-7.4, as last amended by Section 3, Chapter 266, O.S.L. 2007 (10 O.S. Supp. 2008, Sections 7302-7.3 and 7302-7.4), which relate to the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act; permitting the Office of Juvenile Affairs to enter into certain agreements; modifying language; deleting language permitting certain grants; deleting language authorizing the Office to issue certain grants; directing the Office to award certain contracts; deleting language specifying certain joint proposal; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     10 O.S. 2001, Section 7302-7.3, as last amended by Section 10, Chapter 421, O.S.L. 2004 (10 O.S. Supp. 2008, Section 7302-7.3), is amended to read as follows:
Section 7302-7.3  A.  From funds appropriated for the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act or otherwise available for that purpose, the Office of Juvenile Affairs through its Department of Juvenile Justice shall:
1.  Issue requests for proposals or enter into agreements pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act and contract with eligible entities for delinquency and gang intervention and prevention programs for children and their family members who live in at-risk neighborhoods and communities, as defined by Section 7302-7.2 of this title;
2.  Provide information and technical assistance to individuals and entities receiving grants or contracts pursuant to the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act, schools, neighborhood and community organizations, and agencies within the children and youth service system, as that term is defined by the Serious and Habitual Juvenile Offender Act, for the purpose of assisting such agencies in making application for federal, state and private grants for delinquency and gang intervention and prevention programs; and
3.  Coordinate efforts among the Office of Juvenile Affairs, Department of Human Services, State Department of Education, State Department of Health, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, State Oklahoma Arts Council, Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, 4-H Clubs, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service and other organizations identified by the Department of Juvenile Justice that provide services to children and youth on the creation of an out-of-school resource center subject to the availability of funds.
B.  The Department of Juvenile Justice, with the assistance of and information provided by the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, shall establish criteria and procedures for:
1.  Identifying at-risk neighborhoods and communities, as defined by Section 7302-7.2 of this title, for the purposes of determining eligibility for any grants for at-risk areas available pursuant to the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act; and
2.  Determining eligibility of individuals and other organizations seeking other grants pursuant to the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act.
The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall provide the Department of Juvenile Justice with information and assistance, as requested by the Department, for the purpose of establishing the criteria required by this section.
SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     10 O.S. 2001, Section 7302-7.4, as last amended by Section 3, Chapter 266, O.S.L. 2007 (10 O.S. Supp. 2008, Section 7302-7.4), is amended to read as follows:
Section 7302-7.4  A.  The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall establish procedures and criteria for selecting and implementing program models and issuing and submitting grant proposals awarding contracts.  The Board of Juvenile Affairs shall promulgate rules as necessary for the implementation of the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act.
B.  In order to be eligible for a grant or contract in an at-risk neighborhood or community, as defined by Section 7302-7.2 of this title, pursuant to the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act the proposal shall, at minimum:
1.  Be a joint proposal made by an individual or organization, a neighborhood or community organization, a municipality or county or a municipal or county agency from the at-risk neighborhood or community, and one or more agencies or organizations within the children and youth service system.  If a school or local law enforcement agency is not a joint participant in the proposal contract, the proposal contract shall document and describe the active participation in and support of either the local school or local law enforcement agency in the program and activities for which the proposal contract is submitted;
2.  Be a program or activity for children at highest risk of involvement in gangs or delinquent behaviors, as defined by Section 7302-7.2 of this title, and their family members;
3.  Describe the respective roles and responsibilities for the administration and operation of the program and activities, including but not limited to the designation of the entity responsible for the receipt and expenditure of any funds awarded pursuant to the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act;
4.  Specifically identify the at-risk neighborhood or community where the programs and activities will be implemented and provide either statistical information concerning the at-risk area or a letter of support from a local school or local law enforcement agency;
5.  Describe how the program will coordinate and cooperate with programs and services administered by the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Human Services, the State Department of Education, and other state or local agencies, such as law enforcement, courts and other agencies within the juvenile, children and youth service system; and
6.  Provide the program and activities on-site in a school, community center, or other similar location within the identified at-risk neighborhood or community.
C.  In order to be eligible for training or continuing education grants contracts or any other contract contracts pursuant to the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act, the proposal contract shall, at a minimum:
1.  Describe the respective roles and responsibilities for the administration and operation of the training or activity, including but not limited to, the designation of the entity responsible for the receipt and expenditure of any funds awarded pursuant to the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act; and
2.  Describe how the training or activity will coordinate and cooperate with existing programs and services administered by the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Human Services, the State Department of Education, and other state or local agencies, such as law enforcement, courts and other agencies within the juvenile, children and youth service system.
D.  Each entity receiving a grant or contract pursuant to the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act shall work with local community leaders, neighborhood associations, direct service providers, local school officials, law enforcement and other stakeholders to create a local youth and gang violence coordinating council to help facilitate the implementation of the program.  The entity shall also submit an annual evaluation report to the Department of Juvenile Justice, by a date subsequent to the end of the contract period as established by the Department, documenting the extent to which the program objectives were met and any other information required by the Department.
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2009.

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