SD21 - Division of Youth Services
Executive Summary: INTRODUCTION The Joint Subcommittee was established by Senate Joint Resolution No. 29, agreed to during the 1988 Session of the General Assembly as result of the carry-over of Senate Bill No. 278, which called for the Division of Youth Services to be separated from the Department of Corrections. Such problems as the expanding services provided by the Division, the increasing priority by the Department of Corrections on adult corrections, and the fact that adequately supervised and coordinated youth programs have been shown to reduce the number of persons who enter the adult correctional system were cited as rationales for the study of such separation prior to the passage of a bill which would accomplish such reorganization. A copy of Senate Joint Resolution No. 29 is contained in Appendix A of this report. RECOMMENDATIONS The Joint Subcommittee agreed to the following recommendations: The subcommittee endorses legislation which would effect the separation of the Division of Youth Services from the Department of Corrections in the following manner: • That the name be the Department of Youth Services to accurately reflect the statewide scope and authority of the new department. • That a board empowered with policy-making authority be created effective July 1, 1989, to provide transition for the transfer of authority from the Department of Corrections and to develop policy. and direction for the new Department of Youth Services. • That a director for the new Department of Youth Services be appointed by the Governor prior to July 1, 1990. • That the new Department of Youth Services become an independent agency apart from the Department of Corrections effective July 1, 1990. • That $150,000 be appropriated to the Division of Youth Services to effect this transition. A copy of this legislation is contained in Appendix B. |
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