{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-7-306","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-7-306","heading":"Designation of organizations as Youth Services","body":"Agencies - Termination of designation - Contract administration.\n\nA. Funds specifically appropriated to the Office of Juvenile\n\nAffairs for designated Youth Services Agency programs for both the\n\nOffice of Juvenile Affairs and the Department of Human Services or\n\nfunds allocated by the Department of Human Services for designated\n\nYouth Services programs and provided to the Office of Juvenile\n\nAffairs by interagency agreement shall be made available through\n\ncontracts negotiated by the Office of Juvenile Affairs to\n\norganizations designated by the Board of Juvenile Affairs as \"Youth\n\nServices Agencies\". All core community-based programs and services\n\nto be performed by a Youth Services Agency during a contract period\n\nshall be included in one contract or contract extension for that\n\nperiod. Designations of Youth Services Agencies by the Board shall\n\nbe granted based on community needs, as indicated in the State Plan\n\nfor Youth Services Agencies which shall be adopted by rule by the\n\nBoard. The State Plan for Youth Services Agencies shall be adopted\n\nin accordance with criteria approved by the Board of Juvenile\n\nAffairs after full consideration of any recommendations of the\n\nDepartment of Human Services and the Oklahoma Association of Youth\n\nServices. The criteria and plan adopted by the Board shall\n\ndesignate community-based Youth Services Agency Service Areas that\n\nwill serve as the primary catchment area for each Youth Services\n\nAgency. Until the criteria is established by the Board, the\n\ncriteria established by the Commission for Human Services shall\n\nremain in effect. The criteria for designation of Youth Services\n\nAgencies shall include but shall not be limited to:\n\n1. Capability to deliver all or part of the compensable\n\nservices enumerated in Section 2-7-303 of this title, if the Youth\n\nServices Agency is to provide such services;\n\n2. Capability to deliver all or part of the compensable\n\nchildren's services that the Department of Human Services is\n\nauthorized to provide for by contract with a private agency, if the\n\nYouth Services Agency is to provide such services;\n\n3. Adequate and qualified staff who are available as needed,\n\nwithin a reasonable time after being contacted for services in each\n\ncounty served by the agency;\n\n4. Adequate services in the Youth Services Agency Area served\n\nby the agency;\n\n5. Financial viability;\n\n6. A documented need for the local services to be offered as\n\ndetermined by a local needs assessment for the Youth Services Agency\n\nService Area that shall be reviewed and approved or modified by the\n\nBoard and included in the State Plan for Youth Services Agencies;\n\nand\n\n7. Any negative impact on the ability to provide services or\n\nthe financial viability of an existing Youth Services Agency.\n\nAs used in this section, \"financial viability\" means the ability\n\nof a Youth Services Agency to continue to achieve its operating\n\nobjectives and fulfill its mission over the long term. When\n\ndetermining the financial viability of a Youth Services Agency, the\n\nOffice of Juvenile Affairs shall develop an analysis that takes into\n\nconsideration the three (3) previous fiscal years' financial audits,\n\nif available; the previous fiscal year program audits, if available;\n\nthe current fiscal year financial position; and one-year future\n\nrevenue and expenditure projection.\n\nB. The criteria for designation of Youth Services Agencies also\n\nmay include:\n\n1. Successful completion of an initial peer review by the\n\nOklahoma Association of Youth Services or another Oklahoma nonprofit\n\ncorporation whose membership consists solely of Youth Services\n\nAgencies and of whom at least a majority of Youth Services Agencies\n\nare members; and\n\n2. Such other criteria as the Board of Juvenile Affairs\n\ndetermines appropriate.\n\nC. Each Youth Services Agency receiving, by grant or contract\n\nfrom the Department of Human Services on June 30, 1995, state funds\nvices or another Oklahoma nonprofit\n\ncorporation whose membership consists solely of Youth Services\n\nAgencies and of whom at least a majority of Youth Services Agencies\n\nare members; and\n\n2. Such other criteria as the Board of Juvenile Affairs\n\ndetermines appropriate.\n\nC. Each Youth Services Agency receiving, by grant or contract\n\nfrom the Department of Human Services on June 30, 1995, state funds\n\nspecifically appropriated for community-based youth services\n\nprograms, is hereby automatically designated a \"Youth Services\n\nAgency\".\n\nD. The Board of Juvenile Affairs, on recommendation of the\n\nOffice of Juvenile Affairs, may terminate the designation of a Youth\n\nServices Agency that:\n\n1. Is seriously deficient in the administration of its program;\n\n2. Loses financial viability; or\n\n3. Fails to successfully complete the annual peer review\n\nprocess by the Oklahoma Association of Youth Services or another\n\nOklahoma nonprofit corporation whose membership consists solely of\n\nYouth Services Agencies and of whom at least a majority of Youth\n\nServices Agencies are members.\n\nBefore the Board of Juvenile Affairs terminates the designation\n\nof a Youth Services Agency, the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall\n\ncomplete a report documenting its reasons for the termination. The\n\nreport shall be submitted to the Board for review. The report shall\n\ncontain an analysis of the program administration, financial\n\nviability and most recent peer review report of the Youth Services\n\nAgency. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall also develop a plan to\n\nensure that services provided by the Youth Services Agency whose\n\ndesignation is being terminated shall continue to be provided by\n\nanother Youth Services Agency or agencies. In developing the plan,\n\nthe Office of Juvenile Affairs shall give full consideration to any\n\nrecommendations of the Oklahoma Association of Youth Services. The\n\nplan shall be submitted to the Board as part of the report\n\ndocumenting the reasons for termination of the Youth Services Agency\n\nby the Office of Juvenile Affairs.\n\nAny applicant organization denied designation as a Youth\n\nServices Agency or any Youth Services Agency whose designation as a\n\nYouth Services Agency is being terminated, is entitled to an\n\nindividual proceeding as provided in Article II of the\n\nAdministrative Procedures Act.\n\nE. No Youth Services Agency shall be eligible to receive\n\nfunding until the beginning of the fiscal year after it receives its\n\ndesignation as a Youth Services Agency unless it is replacing a\n\nYouth Services Agency whose designation has been terminated. No\n\nYouth Services Agency shall receive funding for the first time if\n\nsuch funding will result in lowering the contract amount from the\n\nprevious fiscal year for any existing Youth Services Agency.\n\nF. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall be the sole\n\nadministrator of Youth Services Agency contracts. Any contracting\n\nprocedure shall include a procedure for converting all contracts to\n\na system of payment which will be structured in a manner that will\n\nallow for the receipt of all available federal funds. Provided, the\n\nOffice of Juvenile Affairs shall make no requirement that would\n\nrequire a juvenile to be inappropriately diagnosed for the purpose\n\nof receiving federal reimbursement for services.\n\nG. The Office of Juvenile Affairs and the Department of Human\n\nServices shall enter into a cooperative agreement that establishes\n\nprocedures to ensure the continuation of services provided for in\n\nparagraph 2 of subsection A of this section by Youth Services\n\nAgencies. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall consult with the\n\nDepartment of Human Services when assessing the capability of a\n\nYouth Services Agency to deliver services pursuant to paragraph 2 of\n\nsubsection A of this section.\n\nH. Funds for the support of Youth Services Agencies shall be\nion A of this section by Youth Services\n\nAgencies. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall consult with the\n\nDepartment of Human Services when assessing the capability of a\n\nYouth Services Agency to deliver services pursuant to paragraph 2 of\n\nsubsection A of this section.\n\nH. Funds for the support of Youth Services Agencies shall be\n\nauthorized by the Office of Juvenile Affairs only on the basis of\n\ncost reimbursement performance contracts or fee-for-service\n\ncontracts. If a Youth Services Agency provides some services on a\n\nfee-for-services basis and some services on a cost reimbursement\n\nbasis, no cost which has been included as part of the rate for\n\nservices provided on a fee-for-service basis shall be reimbursable\n\nunder the cost reimbursement portion of the contract. Fees charged\n\nfor annual peer reviews shall be reimbursable.\n\nI. The Board may establish a fixed and uniform rate for any\n\ncommunity-based prevention service, including services to\n\nindividuals, groups, and community relations directed toward the\n\nlarger community, so long as the segment of the larger community or\n\ntarget audience of persons to benefit is identified and the specific\n\nprevention activities to be performed are described in the rate.\n\nJ. Contracts for the support of, or for services by, Youth\n\nServices Agencies shall be negotiated in the following manner:\n\n1. The local board of the Youth Services Agency, based upon its\n\nknowledge and assessment of the needs of the community, shall\n\nprepare and present to the Office of Juvenile Affairs a proposal to\n\nprovide community-based services to juveniles and families in the\n\nyouth services service area in which it is located. The proposal\n\nshall be specific in terms of its program objectives and goals and\n\nthe services the Youth Services Agency proposes to render;\n\n2. Upon receipt of the proposal of the Youth Services Agency,\n\nthe Office of Juvenile Affairs shall determine if the proposal meets\n\nthe criteria adopted by the Board of Juvenile Affairs in the State\n\nPlan for Youth Services Agencies and, within the resources\n\navailable, meets the need for community-based services in the youth\n\nservices service area. If no State Plan for Youth Services exists,\n\nthe proposal shall be deemed to meet the need for community-based\n\nservices in the youth services area;\n\n3. Contracts shall require performance of a specific service or\n\nservices to be performed. Where the services cannot be broken down\n\ninto units, specifically measurable and reviewable services shall be\n\nstated. Contracts may contain requirements of performance based\n\nupon measurable quality outcome indicators. Documentation required\n\nfor monitoring and evaluation of the contract shall be consistent\n\nwith the terms of the contract, shall be in accordance with\n\ngenerally accepted governmental accounting practices, and so far as\n\npossible, sufficient for the Office of Juvenile Affairs to monitor\n\nthe performance of the contract without being overly burdensome to\n\nthe Youth Services Agency. The documentation to be required is the\n\nproper subject of negotiation as part of the contracts, and the\n\nparties may rely on the Office of Management and Enterprise Services\n\nfor assistance if they are unable to reach agreement;\n\n4. The Office of Juvenile Affairs and the Youth Services Agency\n\nshall negotiate the final terms and enter into the contract. Youth\n\nServices Agencies may authorize the Oklahoma Association of Youth\n\nServices or another Oklahoma nonprofit corporation, whose membership\n\nconsists solely of Youth Services Agencies and of whom at least a\n\nmajority of Youth Services Agencies are members, to negotiate on\n\ntheir behalf; and\n\n5. The Office of Juvenile Affairs and a Youth Services Agency\n\nmay agree to extend their fiscal year 2006 contracts for a period\nmay authorize the Oklahoma Association of Youth\n\nServices or another Oklahoma nonprofit corporation, whose membership\n\nconsists solely of Youth Services Agencies and of whom at least a\n\nmajority of Youth Services Agencies are members, to negotiate on\n\ntheir behalf; and\n\n5. The Office of Juvenile Affairs and a Youth Services Agency\n\nmay agree to extend their fiscal year 2006 contracts for a period\n\nnot to exceed one (1) year in order to implement the provisions of\n\nthis subsection. The amount of money in the contracts may be\n\namended to reflect any change in the money appropriated for fiscal\n\nyear 2007 for community-based service agencies.\n\nK. Contracts with Youth Services Agencies for community-based\n\nservices shall be for a period of twelve (12) months, beginning at\n\nthe first of each fiscal year, and renewable on an annual basis.\n\nContracts shall be considered during the third and fourth quarter of\n\nthe fiscal year for contracting the following year. Consideration\n\nfor renewal shall include a review of the performance of the current\n\ncontract including the annual peer review. If the Office of\n\nJuvenile Affairs determines the contractual relationship shall be\n\nrenewed, it shall be in a new contract for the upcoming fiscal year\n\nand may or may not contain the same terms, conditions, form and\n\nformat as the previous contract. Any change from the contract of\n\nthe previous year that is proposed by the Youth Services Agency or\n\nthe Office of Juvenile Affairs shall be the subject of negotiation\n\nat the request of either party.\n\nL. The Oklahoma Association of Youth Services, or another\n\nOklahoma nonprofit corporation whose membership consists solely of\n\nYouth Services Agencies and of whom at least a majority of Youth\n\nServices Agencies are members may provide technical assistance to\n\nthe Youth Services Agencies in the preparation and presentation of\n\ntheir proposals or negotiations as requested by a Youth Services\n\nAgency.\n\nM. The Office of Juvenile Affairs is authorized to contract\n\nwith the Oklahoma Association of Youth Services or another Oklahoma\n\nnonprofit corporation whose membership consists solely of Youth\n\nServices Agencies and of whom at least a majority of Youth Services\n\nAgencies are members for evaluation, training and program materials\n\nand for statewide office support, including rental of office space\n\nand general technical assistance for Youth Services Agencies with\n\nwhich the Office of Juvenile Affairs has contracts.","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":"1d4b6323a8935573d69497afc6c91b47be0d82ca1e09cecf64bc7a18350974db","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-7-305","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-7-307"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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