New Directions in Youth Services: Experiences with State-level CoordinationU.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1984 - Child welfare - 150 pages |
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activities Advisory Committee Advisory Group agencies Alabama approach Board budget Child Welfare children and youth Children's Councils coordinating body coordination efforts coordination mechanisms coordination of youth created D&E Center Delinquency Prevention Department of Social Department of Youth detention Developmental Disabilities Director Division of Youth Education evaluation Executive facilities Federal fiscal focus foster foster care functions Governor group homes human services intake integrated departments involved issues Justice and Delinquency juvenile court juvenile delinquency Juvenile Services Administration legislation legislature major management information systems Maryland membership Mental Health Mental Retardation needs North Carolina Office for Children Office of Mental organizations Pensions and Security percent placement planning Positive Youth Development probation officers programs referrals reported residential responsible services for children Social Services specific staff statewide survey task force technical assistance training schools treatment Yes No Yes youth services system
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Page 9 - Bureaus — located if possible in comprehensive neighborhood community centers and receiving juveniles (delinquent and nondelinquent) referred by the police, the juvenile court, parents, schools, and other sources. These agencies would act as central coordinators of all community services for young people and would also provide services lacking in the community or neighborhood, especially ones designed for less seriously delinquent juveniles.
Page 1 - The plan shall be made available for review upon request. (d) Coordination with services under AFDC. There shall be coordination between child welfare services and services in AFDC with a view to provision of welfare and related services which will best promote the welfare of such children and their families.
Page 94 - Stuart O. Simms, Secretary Ext. 400 Juvenile justice in Maryland is the responsibility of the Circuit Court system, except in Montgomery County (a Washington, DO, suburb) where two juvenile judges serve in the District Court. Many juvenile cases elsewhere in the state are heard by hearing officers or masters rather than by judges. All adjudicated delinquents are referred by the courts to the Department of Juvenile Justice. The Department provides intake, detention, probation, and aftercare services...
Page 89 - The department is headed by an executive director who is appointed by, and serves at the pleasure of, the governor. The department has divisions of Personnel, Purchasing, Budget, and Accounts and Reports.
Page 55 - Hygiene into three separately administered agencies — the Office of Mental Health, the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, and the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.
Page 7 - ... greater priority than the achievement of the institution's explicit objectives, and much greater priority than achieving objectives only peripherally related to the institution's primary explicit aims. This situation would appear to have important implications for delinquency prevention. It would imply that the major impediment to effectiveness in this field relates more to the nature of relations among the various concerned institutions than to a lack of knowledge as to effective procedure.
Page 54 - ... administers and allocates federal and state funds for health programs serving families, including maternal and child health, immunization, WIC, family planning, school health, and HIV/AIDS prevention. Mental health services and substance abuse programs, are managed by three independent offices: the Office of Mental Health, Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, and the Office of Substance Abuse Services.
Page 119 - Governor, and five members of the House of Representatives, selected by the Speaker of the House of Representatives...
Page 17 - State and local level: (1) building interagency linkages is difficult, requires considerable political skill, and should be approached incrementally; (2) interagency linkages can improve service delivery but are unlikely to cut costs; and (3) future research and development efforts in interagency coordination should be designed more carefully.