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AB-1488 County juvenile transition centers.(2017-2018)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 1988) is added to Division 2.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:

CHAPTER  1.7. County Juvenile Transition Centers
1988.
 (a) Each county shall convene a workgroup with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, community organizations, law enforcement, health officials, and juveniles who have been released from juvenile correctional facilities and their families, to discuss and assess the resources that are needed for the creation or support of a juvenile transition center in the county. The transition center shall provide housing and services to youth upon release from juvenile correctional facilities.
(b) County juvenile transition centers shall provide temporary transitional housing to participants. Centers shall also provide participants with services, including, but not limited to, assisting with education, work training, health and mental health services, family and social services, and legal services.
(c) Counties shall work with other county, local, and state programs, as well as nonprofit organizations, to provide services and to coordinate services to the maximum extent possible.
1989.
 Residential and other services shall be made available to all eligible juveniles, but release, parole, or probation shall not be made conditional upon residing at, or receiving services from, a center.
1990.
 Counties are only required to implement this chapter to the extent that funds are available from the state or from other sources.
SEC. 2.
 This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order for juveniles in the community to receive the services and support they need at the earliest time after release from the juvenile justice system, in order to reclaim their lives and avoid the cycle of recidivism, it is necessary for this measure to take effect immediately.