SECTIONS 2000-2001 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 2000-2001

2000. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Youth
Center and Youth Shelter Bond Act of 1988.

2001. For purposes of this chapter:
(a) "Acquiring" means obtaining ownership of an existing facility
in fee simple for use as a youth center or youth shelter.
(b) "Altering" or "renovating" means making modifications to an
existing facility which are necessary for cost-effective use as a
youth center or youth shelter, including restoration, repair,
expansion, and all related physical improvements.
(c) "Applicant" means any local agency or nonprofit private agency
or organization, and any joint venture of public and nonprofit
private agencies or organizations.
(d) "Constructing" means the purchase or building of a new
facility, including the costs of land acquisition and architectural
and engineering fees.
(e) "Department" means the Department of the Youth Authority.
(f) "Equipment" means tangible personal property having a useful
life of more than one year and an acquisition cost of three hundred
dollars ($300) or more.
(g) "Fund" means the 1988 County Correctional Facility Capital
Expenditure and Youth Facility Bond Fund, created pursuant to Section
4496.10 of the Penal Code.
(h) "Nonprofit" means an institution or organization which is
owned and operated by one or more corporations or associations with
no part of the net earnings benefiting any private shareholder or
individual.
(i) "Programs" means a variety of services and activities provided
in a youth center, including, but not limited to, recreation, health
and fitness, delinquency prevention such as antigang programs and
how-to resistance to peer group pressures, counseling for such
problems as drug and alcohol abuse and suicide, citizenship and
leadership development, and youth employment.
(j) "Services" means those services provided in youth shelters,
including, but not limited to, food, shelter, counseling, outreach,
basic health screening, referral and linkage to other services
offered by public and private agencies, and long-term planning for
reunification with the family or in a suitable home where family
reunification is not possible.
(k) "Youth center" means a facility where children, ages 6 to 17,
inclusive, come together for programs and activities.
(l) "Youth shelter" means a facility that provides a variety of
services to homeless minors living on the street to assist them with
their immediate survival needs and to help reunite them with their
parents or, as a last alternative, find a suitable home.