2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 46:2609 — Establishment of the louisiana children, youth and families investment fund

§2609.  Establishment of the Louisiana Children, Youth and Families Investment Fund

A.  There is hereby established in the state treasury the Louisiana Children, Youth and Families Investment Fund, hereinafter referred to as the fund.  The fund shall be administered by the division of administration in collaboration with the cabinet until such time as a single state agency is created pursuant to R.S. 46:2757, at which time the fund shall be administered by said entity.

B.  The fund may be comprised of monies from the following sources: savings from the reduction of youth in secure facilities, receipt of funds from private foundations and trusts, savings from restructuring executive branch departments as provided in R.S. 46:2757, matching funds provided by regional, local governmental, and private service providers, and funding from specific legislative appropriations.  After compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, and prior to monies being placed in the state general fund, an amount equal to that deposited as required in this Subsection and monies appropriated by the legislature shall be credited to the fund.  The monies in this fund shall be used solely as provided in Subsection C of this Section and only in the amounts appropriated by the legislature.  All unexpended and unencumbered monies in this fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund.  The monies in this fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund, and interest earned on the investment of these monies shall be credited to this fund, again following compliance with the requirement of  Article VII, Section 9(B), relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.

C.  Subject to annual appropriation by the legislature, monies in the fund may be used in accordance with procedures and guidelines which may be developed by the single state entity created pursuant to R.S. 46:2757, including but not limited to the following purposes:

(1)  Prevention and early intervention, including school-based, community-based, and regionally based programs to prevent or to intervene early to address child abuse and neglect, predelinquency, delinquency, and domestic abuse.

(2)  Alternative sanctions, including funding of  alternatives to incarceration and detention for youth adjudicated to be predelinquent or delinquent, as provided for in R.S. 46:2610.

(3)  Consultation, training, and technical assistance to provide resources for training, especially cross training, and technical assistance to judges, other court personnel, agency case workers, probation workers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement officers, and other personnel involved in prevention, treatment, or other services relating to child abuse and neglect, domestic abuse, predelinquency, and delinquency.

(4)  Supplemental compensation of prosecutors and indigent defenders.

Acts 2003, No. 1225, §6.