Each board will have as many as 21 members, representing a cross section of the judicial district. The board, which will be an incorporated entity or will designate a purchasing entity that will contract for funds, will determine the needed services, the organizations that will provide the services, and the amount of money to be awarded. The services will be provided to delinquents, families in need of services and at risk juveniles. DYS, not the judge, determines where the juvenile is placed, what services are rendered, and when the juvenile is released. Similarly, in the case of a juvenile who is in a family in need of services, the judge orders specified services, but DYS determines where the juvenile will go for the services.
Judges are to avoid the appearance of impropriety in all their activities.
Canon 2 of the Code of Judicial Conduct. Judges are to avoid extra-judicial activities that would cast reasonable doubt on the judge's capacity to act impartially as a judge. However, judges may serves as officers and advisors of organizations or governmental agencies devoted to the legal system or the administration of justice. As constituted, the Policy and Planning Board is such a quasi-governmental agency that is devoted to the administration of justice. The Policy and Planning Board will have a role in determining services.