Sec. 47.14.040. - Authority to maintain and operate home, work camp, or facility. - Alaska Statutes

(a) A city may maintain and operate a juvenile detention facility, and a city or a nonprofit corporation may maintain and operate a juvenile detention home or a juvenile work camp.

(b) The city or nonprofit corporation may receive grants-in-aid from the state for costs of operation of the homes, work camps, or facilities maintained and operated under (a) of this section.