Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-7-704: Eligibility for contracts - Contract criteria -

Duties of recipients.

A. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall establish procedures

and criteria for selecting and implementing program models and

awarding contracts. The Board of Juvenile Affairs shall promulgate

rules as necessary for the implementation of the Delinquency and

Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act.

B. In order to be eligible for a contract in an at-risk

neighborhood or community, as defined by Section 2-7-702 of this

title, pursuant to the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and

Prevention Act the contract shall, at minimum:

1. Be made by an individual or organization, a neighborhood or

community organization, a municipality or county or a municipal or

county agency from the at-risk neighborhood or community. If a

school or local law enforcement agency is not a participant in the

contract, the contract shall document and describe the active

participation in and support of either the local school or local law

enforcement agency in the program and activities for which the

contract is submitted;

2. Be a program or activity for children at highest risk of

involvement in gangs or delinquent behaviors, as defined by Section

2-7-702 of this title, and their family members;

3. Describe the respective roles and responsibilities for the

administration and operation of the program and activities,

including but not limited to the designation of the entity

responsible for the receipt and expenditure of any funds awarded

pursuant to the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and

Prevention Act;

4. Specifically identify the at-risk neighborhood or community

where the programs and activities will be implemented and provide

either statistical information concerning the at-risk area or a

letter of support from a local school or local law enforcement

agency;

5. Describe how the program will coordinate and cooperate with

programs and services administered by the Office of Juvenile

Affairs, the Department of Human Services, the State Department of

Education, and other state or local agencies, such as law

enforcement, courts and other agencies within the juvenile, children

and youth service system; and

6. Provide the program and activities on-site in a school,

community center, or other similar location within the identified

at-risk neighborhood or community.

C. In order to be eligible for training or continuing education

contracts or any other contracts pursuant to the Delinquency and

Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act, the contract shall, at a

minimum:

1. Describe the respective roles and responsibilities for the

administration and operation of the training or activity, including

but not limited to, the designation of the entity responsible for

the receipt and expenditure of any funds awarded pursuant to the

Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act; and

2. Describe how the training or activity will coordinate and

cooperate with existing programs and services administered by the

Office of Juvenile Affairs, the Department of Human Services, the

State Department of Education, and other state or local agencies,

such as law enforcement, courts and other agencies within the

juvenile, children and youth service system.

D. Each entity receiving a contract pursuant to the Delinquency

and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act shall work with local

community leaders, neighborhood associations, direct service

providers, local school officials, law enforcement and other

stakeholders to create a local youth and gang violence coordinating

council to help facilitate the implementation of the program. The

entity shall also submit an annual evaluation report to the Office

of Juvenile Affairs, by a date subsequent to the end of the contract

period as established by the Office, documenting the extent to which

the program objectives were met and any other information required

rs to create a local youth and gang violence coordinating

council to help facilitate the implementation of the program. The

entity shall also submit an annual evaluation report to the Office

of Juvenile Affairs, by a date subsequent to the end of the contract

period as established by the Office, documenting the extent to which

the program objectives were met and any other information required

by the Office.