2018 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code
§10A-2-7-705. Responsibility for implementation and evaluation of act – Contracts with eligible entities – Outcome-based performance reports.

A. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall have the responsibility for implementation and evaluation of the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act and any modifications thereto.

B. Any contract executed by the Office of Juvenile Affairs with an eligible entity on and after the effective date of this act for delinquency prevention and early intervention programs, subject to the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act, shall require the eligible entity to prepare and submit to the Office, in a manner prescribed by the Office, an outcome-based performance report including, but not limited to, the following:

1. A description of the target population, service eligibility criteria, and risk factors;

2. A description of program services, the number of clients referred each year, the number of clients served each year, and the number of clients discharged each year;

3. The average cost per client participating in program services each year; and

4. Performance measures referencing service completion and recidivism which employ uniform definitions developed by the Office.

C. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Governor by January 15 of each year, an annual report, including a summary detailing the following information derived from the outcome-based performance reports submitted by the eligible entities pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this section and other information available to the Office:

1. Total amount of funds per state fiscal year expended for the delinquency prevention programs subject to the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act;

2. Average expenditures per juvenile during the most recent state fiscal year;

3. Analyses of the nature and effectiveness of gang-related delinquency prevention and early intervention programs provided by eligible entities pursuant to contracts;

4. Effectiveness of each of the programs provided by the eligible entities;

5. Recommendations regarding distribution of the funds based upon the effectiveness of the programs provided by the eligible entities; and

6. Any other information or recommendations deemed necessary by the Board of Juvenile Affairs.

Added by Laws 1994, c. 290, § 17, eff. July 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 106, eff. July 1, 1995. Renumbered from § 1507.14 of Title 10 by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 199, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 421, § 12, emerg. eff. June 4, 2004; Laws 2009, c. 234, § 32, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Renumbered from § 7302-7.5 of Title 10 by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 175, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.