{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-7-305","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-7-305","heading":"Agreements to establish or maintain community-based","body":"youth service programs, shelters and community intervention centers.\n\nA. The Office of Juvenile Affairs is authorized to enter into\n\ncontracts to establish or maintain community-based youth service\n\nprograms, shelters and community intervention centers out of local,\n\nstate and federal monies.\n\nB. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall take all necessary\n\nsteps to develop and implement a diversity of community services and\n\ncommunity-based residential care as needed to provide for adequate\n\nand appropriate community-based care, treatment and rehabilitation\n\nof children in the care, custody, and supervision of the Office of\n\nJuvenile Affairs. Such community services and residential care\n\nshall be consistent with the treatment needs of the child and the\n\nprotection of the public.\n\n1. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall, to the extent\n\nreasonable and practicable, provide community-based services,\n\ncommunity residential care and community intervention centers to\n\nchildren in the custody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs through\n\nfinancial agreements, as authorized in Sections 2-7-303 and 2-7-304\n\nof this title.\n\n2. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall establish procedures\n\nfor the letting of grants or contracts, and the conditions and\n\nrequirements for the receipt of such grants or contracts, for\n\ncommunity-based services, community residential care and community\n\nintervention centers. A copy of such procedures shall be made\n\navailable to any member of the general public upon request.\n\nC. Any state agency letting grants or contracts for the\n\nestablishment of community residential care or treatment facilities\n\nfor children shall require, as a condition for receipt of such\n\ngrants or contracts, documented assurance from the agency or\n\norganization establishing such facility that appropriate\n\narrangements have been made for providing the educational services\n\nto which residents of the facility are entitled pursuant to state\n\nand federal law.\n\nD. 1. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall certify community\n\nintervention centers that are established by one or more\n\nmunicipalities or one or more counties or juvenile bureaus pursuant\n\nto rules promulgated by the Board of Juvenile Affairs. The\n\nmunicipality, county or juvenile bureau may enter into contracts or\n\nsubcontracts with one or more service providers. The service\n\nprovider, whether a municipality, county or other entity, must have\n\naccess to the management information system provided for in Section\n\n2-7-308 of this title and must employ qualified staff, as determined\n\nby the Office of Juvenile Affairs.\n\n2. The community intervention center shall serve as a short-\n\nterm reception facility to receive and hold juveniles who have been\n\ntaken into custody by law enforcement agencies for the alleged\n\nviolation of a municipal ordinance or state law or who are alleged\n\nto be in need of supervision and for whom detention is inappropriate\n\nor unavailable. The community intervention center may receive and\n\nhold juveniles for whom detention is appropriate and available\n\npending transportation by law enforcement to a detention facility;\n\nprovided, custody by law enforcement shall not be relinquished to\n\nthe community intervention center until detention eligibility and\n\nbed availability are determined by the designated detention screener\n\nand an order for detention is issued. The community intervention\n\ncenter may be a secure facility. Juveniles held in the community\n\nintervention facility shall not be isolated from common areas other\n\nthan for short-term protective holding for combative or self-\n\ndestructive behavior, as defined by the Office of Juvenile Affairs.\n\n3. Juveniles shall not be held in a community intervention\n\ncenter for more than twenty-four (24) hours.\n\n4. The community intervention center shall perform the\n\nfollowing functions:\n\na. enter demographic information into the management\nolated from common areas other\n\nthan for short-term protective holding for combative or self-\n\ndestructive behavior, as defined by the Office of Juvenile Affairs.\n\n3. Juveniles shall not be held in a community intervention\n\ncenter for more than twenty-four (24) hours.\n\n4. The community intervention center shall perform the\n\nfollowing functions:\n\na. enter demographic information into the management\n\ninformation system provided for in Section 2-7-308 of\n\nthis title,\n\nb. immediately notify the parents or parent, guardian, or\n\nother person legally responsible for the juvenile's\n\ncare, or if such legally responsible person is\n\nunavailable the adult with whom the juvenile resides,\n\nthat the juvenile has been taken into custody and to\n\npick up the juvenile,\n\nc. hold juveniles until they can be released to a parent,\n\nguardian, or other responsible adult or until a\n\ntemporary placement can be secured, but in no event\n\nfor longer than twenty-four (24) hours, and\n\nd. ensure that a written promise is executed by the\n\nparent, guardian or other responsible adult to bring\n\nthe child to court at any time if a petition is to be\n\nfiled.\n\n5. The community intervention center may perform the following\n\nfunctions:\n\na. gather information to determine if the juvenile is in\n\nneed of immediate medical attention,\n\nb. conduct an initial assessment pursuant to rules\n\npromulgated by the Board. Such initial assessment may\n\nbe given without parental consent if the juvenile\n\nagrees to participate in the assessment, and\n\nc. conduct an assessment pursuant to a Problem Behavior\n\nInventory or a Mental Status Checklist or an\n\nequivalent assessment instrument authorized by rules\n\npromulgated by the Board, if written permission to do\n\nso is obtained from the parent, guardian or other\n\nperson legally responsible for the care of the\n\njuvenile. Such person and the juvenile may review the\n\nassessment instrument prior to the assessment process,\n\nmust be informed that participation in the assessment\n\nis voluntary and that refusal to participate shall not\n\nresult in any penalty, and must sign a written\n\nacknowledgment that they were given an opportunity to\n\nreview the assessment instrument. The assessment\n\nshall be used to develop recommendations to correct\n\nthe behavior of the juvenile, to divert the\n\nprogression of the juvenile into the juvenile justice\n\nsystem, to determine if the juvenile is in need of\n\nnonemergency medical treatment, and to determine if\n\nthe juvenile is the victim of violence. Information\n\nderived from the assessment shall not be made\n\navailable to prosecutors or the court prior to\n\nadjudication of the alleged offense, and shall not be\n\nused in any phase of prosecution but may be used by\n\nthe court following adjudication for the dispositional\n\norder and may be used for referrals to social\n\nservices.\n\n6. A juvenile alleged to have committed an offense which would\n\nbe a felony if committed by an adult may be fingerprinted at a\n\ncommunity intervention center. No other juveniles shall be\n\nfingerprinted at community intervention centers.\n\n7. Community intervention centers shall be certified pursuant\n\nto standards established by the Office of Juvenile Affairs and rules\n\npromulgated by the Board.","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":"17b3906b74bcdf88577b6491b356d42b3abc57c4364d1f9246f98fd3dccfad40","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-7-304","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-7-306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}