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HJ 38 Study; youth services.

Introduced by: Eric I. Cantor | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Study; Department of Youth and Family Services. Requests the Department of Youth and Family Services to undertake the following activities: (i) work with the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, with the input of local community service boards and court service unit directors, to develop a plan which will result in the increase of the provision of mental health services to court-involved youth; (ii) initiate the planning for a multi-use facility to serve the mentally ill juvenile offender; (iii) amend its standards to allow for the outfitting of selected public and private residential facilities to house low safety risk juveniles and runaways who are flight risks with a physically secure component to assure their availability to receive treatment services; (iv) develop and report on their statewide plan for services for at-risk and delinquent youth; and (v) assess the need for additional shelters for runaways. The Department is to report to the Commission on Youth by November 15, 1996, on the results of their activities in these areas and submit any necessary proposed legislation and budgetary requirements for consideration by the Commission.


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