Welf. & Inst. Code, § 1960.5 · Article 2. Performance and Accountability
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 1960.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The State Commission on Juvenile Justice, pursuant to Section 1798.5, shall develop a Juvenile Justice Operational Master Plan. On or before January 1, 2009, the commission shall develop and make available for implementation by the counties the following strategies:
(1) Risk and needs assessment tools to evaluate the programming and security needs of all youthful offenders and at-risk youth.
(2) Juvenile justice universal data collection elements, which shall be common to all counties.
(3) Criteria and strategies to promote a continuum of evidence-based responses to youthful offenders.
(b) In drafting the Juvenile Justice Operational Master Plan, the commission shall take into consideration both of the following:
(1) Evidence-based programs and risk and needs assessment tools currently in use by the counties.
(2) The costs of implementing these strategies.
(c) On or before May 1, 2008, the commission shall provide an interim report to the Legislature, which shall include the status of the work of the commission and the strategies it has identified to date.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 175, Sec. 30. Effective August 24, 2007. Operative September 1, 2007, by Sec. 37 of Ch. 175.
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