{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-7-301","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-7-301","heading":"Office of Juvenile Affairs - Responsibilities,","body":"offices, programs - Transfer of employees, powers, duties, etc.\n\nA. Effective July 1, 2006, in addition to other\n\nresponsibilities specified by law, the Office of Juvenile Affairs\n\nshall:\n\n1. Be the state planning and coordinating agency for statewide\n\njuvenile justice and delinquency prevention services; provided, it\n\nshall give full consideration to any recommendations of the Oklahoma\n\nAssociation of Youth Services regarding community-based facilities,\n\nprograms or services;\n\n2. Provide court intake, probation and parole for delinquent\n\nchildren; and\n\n3. Collect and disseminate information and engage in juvenile\n\njustice or delinquency prevention activities relating to the\n\nprovisions of the Oklahoma Juvenile Code.\n\nB. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall include the following:\n\n1. The Office of Advocate Defender;\n\n2. The Office of the Parole Board which shall consist of the\n\nParole Review and Hearing Board; and\n\n3. Such other offices prescribed by the Executive Director of\n\nthe Office of Juvenile Affairs or by law.\n\nC. 1. Effective July 1, 2006, the following programs are\n\nestablished within the Office of Juvenile Affairs:\n\na. programs for community intervention and diversion\n\nprojects to prevent juvenile delinquency,\n\nb. state programs for children who are potentially\n\ndelinquent and/or who are adjudicated delinquent,\n\nc. programs for community disciplinary projects,\n\nd. programs of juvenile crime restitution,\n\ne. the Juvenile Offender Tracking Program,\n\nf. regimented juvenile training programs,\n\ng. the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and\n\nPrevention Act, and\n\nh. such other programs prescribed by the Executive\n\nDirector of the Office of Juvenile Affairs or by law.\n\n2. Beginning July 1, 1995, the Office of Juvenile Affairs, in\n\ncooperation with the courts, shall develop programs which can be\n\nused directly by the Office of Juvenile Affairs or can be used in\n\ncommunities with the assistance of the Office of Juvenile Affairs to\n\ndivert juveniles at risk of becoming delinquent from the formal\n\ncourt process. Any such programs shall meet the requirements of\n\nSection 2-2-404 of this title.\n\nD. Beginning July 1, 1995, the Office of Juvenile Affairs, in\n\nits role as coordinator for delinquency prevention services, shall,\n\nafter full consideration of any recommendation of the Oklahoma\n\nAssociation of Youth Services:\n\n1. Establish guidelines for juvenile delinquency prevention and\n\ndiversion programs for use in community-based programs, including\n\nbut not limited to:\n\na. counseling programs,\n\nb. recreational programs,\n\nc. job skills workshops,\n\nd. community public improvement projects,\n\ne. mediation programs,\n\nf. programs to improve relationships between juveniles\n\nand law enforcement personnel,\n\ng. diagnostic evaluation services,\n\nh. substance abuse prevention programs,\n\ni. independent living skills and self-sufficiency\n\nplanning programs, and\n\nj. case management services; and\n\n2. Provide that personnel shall be available in each county of\n\nthe state to assist local communities in developing and implementing\n\ncommunity programs to prevent delinquency and to divert juveniles\n\nwho have committed delinquent acts from committing further\n\ndelinquent or criminal acts. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall\n\nprovide this service in each county either directly or by contract.\n\nE. 1. On July 1, 2006, the following programs or divisions,\n\nwhich were transferred from the Department of Human Services to the\n\nDepartment of Juvenile Justice on July 1, 1995, shall be\n\ntransferred, along with funding allocations, to the Office of\n\nJuvenile Affairs:\n\na. the Residential Services Unit of the Office of\n\nJuvenile Justice and all staff for the Unit,\n\nb. the Quality Assurance Monitoring Unit of the Office of\n\nJuvenile Justice and all staff for the Unit,\n\nc. the Contract Management/Youth Services Unit of the\nthe\n\nDepartment of Juvenile Justice on July 1, 1995, shall be\n\ntransferred, along with funding allocations, to the Office of\n\nJuvenile Affairs:\n\na. the Residential Services Unit of the Office of\n\nJuvenile Justice and all staff for the Unit,\n\nb. the Quality Assurance Monitoring Unit of the Office of\n\nJuvenile Justice and all staff for the Unit,\n\nc. the Contract Management/Youth Services Unit of the\n\nOffice of Juvenile Justice and all staff for the Unit,\n\nd. the Psychological Unit of the Office of Juvenile\n\nJustice and all staff for the Unit,\n\ne. the Juvenile Services Unit and all field and\n\nsupervisory staff for the Unit,\n\nf. all institutional staff for institutions transferred\n\nfrom the Department of Human Services to the Office of\n\nJuvenile Affairs,\n\ng. all staff assigned to the community residential\n\nprograms of the Office of Juvenile Justice,\n\nh. the Management Services Unit of the Office of Juvenile\n\nJustice,\n\ni. the Programs Unit of the Office of Juvenile Justice,\n\nj. all staff of the business office of the Office of\n\nJuvenile Justice,\n\nk. the Planning and Information Unit of the Office of\n\nJuvenile Justice,\n\nl. all staff of the Office of Juvenile Justice assigned\n\nto serve as the liaison to the Federal Court Monitor\n\nof the Office of Juvenile Justice,\n\nm. the Parole Review and Hearing Board within the Office\n\nof the General Counsel of the Department of Human\n\nServices and all members of the Board and support\n\nstaff for the Board, and\n\nn. the Division Administrator for the Office of Juvenile\n\nJustice and administrative staff for the Division\n\nAdministrator.\n\n2. The Office of Juvenile Affairs and the Department of Human\n\nServices may enter into an agreement for the transfer of personnel\n\non July 1, 1995, from the Department of Human Services to the Office\n\nof Juvenile Affairs. No selected employee shall be transferred to\n\nthe Office of Juvenile Affairs, except on the freely given written\n\nconsent of the employee.\n\n3. The classified and unclassified employees who are\n\ntransferred pursuant to paragraph 1 or 2 of this subsection from the\n\nDepartment of Human Services to the Office of Juvenile Affairs on\n\nJuly 1, 1995, shall be subject to the following provisions:\n\na. classified employees shall remain subject to the\n\nprovisions of the Merit System of Personnel\n\nAdministration as provided in the Oklahoma Personnel\n\nAct except that such employees shall be exempt from\n\nthe provisions of the Merit System pertaining to\n\nclassification until October 1, 1995. Effective\n\nOctober 1, 1995, such employees shall be given status\n\nin the class to which the position occupied by the\n\nemployee on October 1, 1995, is allocated by the\n\nOffice of Personnel Management. The salary of such an\n\nemployee shall not be reduced as a result of such\n\nposition allocation, and if the employee's salary is\n\nbelow the minimum rate of pay for the class to which\n\nthe position occupied by the employee on October 1,\n\n1995, is allocated, the employee's salary shall be\n\nadjusted up to the minimum rate of pay; provided, if\n\nsuch allocation is a promotion, the minimum rate shall\n\nbe determined as provided in 530:10-7-14 of the\n\nOklahoma Administrative Code,\n\nb. unclassified employees shall remain in the\n\nunclassified service and shall serve at the pleasure\n\nof the Executive Director. Effective October 1, 1995,\n\nsuch employees who occupy positions that are subject\n\nto the Merit System of Personnel Administration shall\n\nbecome classified and subject to the provisions of the\n\nMerit System of Personnel Administration pursuant to\n\nSection 840-4.1 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nUnclassified employees who, on October 1, 1995, occupy\n\npositions that remain in the unclassified service\n\npursuant to law, shall remain in the unclassified\n\nservice and shall continue to serve at the pleasure of\n\nthe Executive Director,\nf Personnel Administration pursuant to\n\nSection 840-4.1 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nUnclassified employees who, on October 1, 1995, occupy\n\npositions that remain in the unclassified service\n\npursuant to law, shall remain in the unclassified\n\nservice and shall continue to serve at the pleasure of\n\nthe Executive Director,\n\nc. all employees who are transferred to the Office of\n\nJuvenile Affairs shall retain leave, sick and annual\n\ntime earned and any retirement and longevity benefits\n\nwhich have accrued during their tenure with the agency\n\nfrom which transferred. The salaries of employees who\n\nare transferred shall not be reduced as a direct and\n\nimmediate result of the transfer. The transfer of\n\npersonnel among the state agencies shall be\n\ncoordinated with the Office of Personnel Management,\n\nand\n\nd. if the Office of Juvenile Affairs should implement a\n\nreduction in force, all employees transferred from the\n\nDepartment of Human Services to the Office of Juvenile\n\nAffairs on July 1, 1995, shall be credited for the\n\ntime they were employed by the Department of Human\n\nServices. The Office of Juvenile Affairs may enter\n\ninto a contract for professional services for any\n\ncontract that was in effect at the time of the posting\n\nof the reduction in force with a person who has been\n\nseparated from service with the Office of Juvenile\n\nAffairs as a result of the reduction in force.\n\nF. Effective July 1, 1995, custody, care and supervision of\n\njuveniles adjudicated to be delinquent or in need of supervision and\n\nany monies and funds received on behalf of such juveniles are hereby\n\ntransferred from the Department of Human Services to the Office of\n\nJuvenile Affairs. Records in the custody of the Department of Human\n\nServices on the transfer date relating to delinquent juveniles and\n\njuveniles in need of supervision shall be transferred to the\n\nDepartment of Juvenile Justice. Effective July 1, 2006, records in\n\nthe custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice relating to\n\ndelinquent juveniles and juveniles in need of supervision shall be\n\ntransferred to the Office of Juvenile Affairs.\n\nG. Effective July 1, 1995, all powers, duties, records,\n\nproperty, assets, monies and funds of the Office of Juvenile Justice\n\nshall be transferred to the Office of Juvenile Affairs. Effective\n\nJuly 1, 1995, liabilities of the Office of Juvenile Justice shall be\n\ntransferred to the Office of Juvenile Affairs as provided for in the\n\nappropriation process of the Legislature. Any additional\n\nadministrative support or costs incurred by the Office of Juvenile\n\nAffairs as a result of the transfer required by this section shall\n\nbe borne by the Office of Juvenile Affairs.\n\nH. The Office of Juvenile Justice shall be abolished by the\n\nCommission for Human Services after such transfer has been\n\ncompleted.\n\nI. The Director of State Finance is hereby directed to\n\ncoordinate the transfer of assets, funds, allotments, purchase\n\norders, liabilities, outstanding financial obligations or\n\nencumbrances provided for in this section. The Department of\n\nCentral Services is hereby directed to coordinate the transfer of\n\nproperty and records provided for in this section.","path":["OK Code","Title 10A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os10A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"3e8eae3c08a89c63d9b91a25c1b1b638c37a5a6757722cd82e4679147f0e352f","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-7-204","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-7-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}