SECTIONS 18986.50-18986.53 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 18986.50-18986.53

18986.50. (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting
this chapter, to encourage the development of programs and services,
in keeping with Chapter 12.8 (commencing with Section 18986) and
Chapter 12.9 (commencing with Section 18986.40), that enhance the
successful development of children and reduce the incidence of
juvenile crime and delinquency in the community.
(2) The San Bernardino County Youth Justice Center shall provide
all available evaluative and operational studies related to its
program to any county that requests that information in order to
replicate the model or implement a similar program.
(b) This chapter is intended to augment existing interagency
collaborative efforts by proposing an additional model.
(c) Nothing in this chapter is intended to supersede or duplicate
existing programs, services, or interagency agreements.

18986.53. (a) Any county may implement an interagency day care
program for multiple needs youths who are either being served by, or
are at risk of being served by, the juvenile justice system pursuant
to Article 14 (commencing with Section 600) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of
Division 2. This program shall be based on the San Bernardino County
Youth Justice Center model.
(b) The program shall include, but need not be limited to, all of
the following:
(1) A day treatment center, for the provision of support services
for juveniles referred by any of the interagency coordination council
members, without the removal of the juvenile from his or her home.
(2) Case management services, coordinating the provision of
support services by the participating agencies, including county
agencies that provide probation services, health services, mental
health services, social services, and educational services.
(3) Family support and preservation services, including support
services for the parents and siblings of the juvenile and for the
juvenile.
(4) A goal of positive community readjustment and personal
responsibility for the juveniles and their families.
(5) A process for conflict resolution among agencies.
(6) An evaluation component, to track the outcome of treatment
under this section and to evaluate effectiveness and cost
effectiveness of the program in savings in the costs of incarceration
of the juveniles, the costs of out-of-home placement, and other
measures determined by the evaluator to be useful in the evaluation
of the effectiveness of the program.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any county may
consolidate the functions of the coordinating body implementing the
coordination of services for purposes of this chapter into a single
body that also includes all of the following:
(1) The interagency placement committee meeting the requirements
of Section 4096.
(2) The interagency case management council established in
compliance with Section 5866.
(3) The children's multidisciplinary services team defined in
subdivision (b) of Section 18986.40.
(d) If a county develops, or is in the process of developing, an
evaluation component to identify outcome, cost, and other measures to
determine the effectiveness of the program and its
cost-effectiveness in providing interagency services for children and
adolescents, the evaluation requirements of this chapter shall be
integrated with existing evaluation capabilities.
(e) The local agency or the department shall seek private funding
for the program, particularly money to be used to augment the
operation of the program and the support of the affected youth
service agencies.