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TN Code § 37-5-127 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-5-127. License, Certification or Registration — Notifications — Prerequisites — Web Site — Electronic Notices

  The department and each board, commission, agency or other governmental entity created pursuant to this title shall notify each applicant for a professional or occupational license, certification or registration from the department, board, commission, agency or other governmental entity where to obtain a copy of any statutes, rules, guidelines, and policies setting forth the prerequisites for the license, certification or registration and shall, upon request, make available to the applicant a copy of the statutes, rules, guidelines, and policies.   The department and each board, commission, agency or other governmental entity created pursuant to this title shall notify each holder of a professional or occupational license, certification or registration from the board, commission, agency or other governmental entity of changes in state law that impact the holder and are implemented or enforced by the entity, including newly promulgated or amended statutes, rules, policies, and guidelines, upon the issuance and upon each renewal of a holder's license, certification or registration.   The department and each board, commission, agency or other governmental entity created pursuant to this title shall establish and maintain a link or links on the entity's web site to the statutes, rules, policies, and guidelines that are implemented or enforced by the entity and that impact an applicant for, or a holder of, a professional or occupational license, certification, or registration from the entity.    The department and each board, commission, agency, or other governmental entity created pursuant to this title shall allow each holder of a professional or occupational license, certification or registration from the department, board, commission, agency or other governmental entity to have the option of being notified by electronic mail of:  Renewals of the holder's license, certification or registration;   Any fee increases;   Any changes in state law that impact the holder and are implemented or enforced by the entity, including newly promulgated or amended statutes, rules, policies and guidelines; and   Any meeting where changes in rules or fees are on the agenda. For purposes of this subdivision (d)(1)(D), the electronic notice shall be at least forty-five (45) days in advance of the meeting, unless it is an emergency meeting then the notice shall be sent as soon as is practicable.     The department and each board, commission, agency or other governmental entity created pursuant to this title shall notify each holder of a license, certification or registration of the availability of receiving electronic notices pursuant to subdivision (d)(1) upon issuance or renewal of the holder's license, certification or registration.
TN Code § 37-5-128 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-5-128. Review of Department Policies and Attached Protocol and Procedures That Affect Children the Department Serves — Uniformity of Applicability

 Before March 1 of each year, the department shall appear before the judiciary committee of the senate and the judiciary committee of the house of representatives for a review of the policies of the department and attached protocol and procedures for these policies and any provisions that affect the children the department serves. During the review, the committees shall consider the uniformity of applicability across the state of the department's policies and attached protocol and procedures for these policies and any provisions that affect the children the department serves.
TN Code § 37-5-129 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-5-129. Review of New Departmental Policies

 The department shall submit for review by the judiciary committee of the senate and the committee of the house of representatives having oversight over children and families any new departmental policies within sixty (60) days of adoption of the policies.
TN Code § 37-5-130 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-5-130. Cessation of Operations — Permanent Education Records

 In the event that a department of children's services provider agency school ceases operations, or the department no longer contracts with the provider agency, the permanent educational records for students who have been in state custody shall be forwarded to the department by the contract agency or provider. Such records shall be maintained in accordance with department policies and procedures as to educational records, and may be released to appropriate individuals or entities in accordance with department policy.
TN Code § 37-5-131 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-5-131. Education of Youth in Juvenile Detention Facilities of the Department of Children's Services or Other Facilities for Youth at Risk

  This section shall apply to the following facilities:  Juvenile detention facilities approved, certified or licensed by the department of children's services; and   Facilities for children who are not in the custody of the department of children's services that provide community-based alternative educational programs whose purposes are prevention of delinquency, rehabilitation of delinquent youth or otherwise addressing unruly behavior that places youth at risk educationally or at risk of coming into state custody.     Each facility shall report no later than August 31, 2010, to the department of education the number of youth detained or served, as well as relevant demographic and service delivery information as specified by the department of education, including, but not limited to, date of entry and date of exit from the facility for the time period of July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2010.   On or before January 15, 2011, the department of education shall provide a report containing a compilation of the data and a detailed analysis of the findings to the chair of the judiciary committee of the senate, the chair of the children and family affairs committee of the house of representatives, the executive director of the commission on children and youth, the chairs of the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives and the commissioner of children's services. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the following recommendations:  A process to properly determine and direct the allocation of BEP funding for the purpose of education of youth in these facilities; and   A process to ensure grades and attendance records are transferable between local education agencies and these facilities.     The state board of education, in consultation with the department of children's services and the department of education, shall develop or modify curriculum-based standards, as necessary, for the education of children in these facilities consistent with those applicable to all other school systems.
TN Code § 37-5-132 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 37-5-132. Case Managers — Caseloads — Maximum Caseload Ratios

  The department shall maintain staffing levels of case managers so that each region has enough case managers to allow caseloads not to exceed an average of:  Twenty (20) active cases relating to initial assessments, including investigations of an allegation of child abuse or neglect; or   Twenty (20) children monitored and supervised in active cases relating to ongoing services.     The department shall comply with the maximum caseload ratios described in subsection (a).
TN Code § 37-5-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 2 - Youth Development Centers|§ 37-5-201. Establishment — Coeducational Programs

  For the detention, treatment, rehabilitation and education of children found to be delinquent, there shall be youth development centers. Such centers shall be under the supervision and control of the commissioner of children's services.   Nothing in this chapter shall be construed so as to restrict or prohibit coeducational programs in any youth center for delinquent children.   The youth development center located in Fayette County is hereby renamed “The John S. Wilder Youth Development Center.”
TN Code § 37-5-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 2 - Youth Development Centers|§ 37-5-202. Superintendents

 There shall be a superintendent of each youth center to be appointed by the commissioner of children's services.
TN Code § 37-5-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 2 - Youth Development Centers|§ 37-5-203. Powers and Duties of Superintendent

  The superintendent has charge, control and supervision of the youth center, its employees and students.   Such superintendent has authority to make recommendations to the commissioner of children's services for the release of children placed in the center.
TN Code § 37-5-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 2 - Youth Development Centers|§ 37-5-204. Education — Character Development — Work Programs

  The superintendents of such centers shall have the authority, subject to the approval of the commissioner of children's services, to introduce any branch of educational pursuit that they may deem to be in the best interest of the children, and they shall use their utmost efforts for the moral, physical and mental development of the children, so that they may be molded into good men and women and useful citizens.   Any superintendent may, subject to the approval of the commissioner, establish a work opportunity program for children sixteen (16) years of age or older.   The superintendent shall, before any child is permitted to take employment, ensure that the prospective employment meets all requirements of the department of labor and workforce development pertaining to the employment of children.   The superintendent will ascertain the availability of transportation to and from the place of work and the cooperation of the employer or supervisors with supervision requirements. Hours of release for involvement of the work opportunity program will be the responsibility of the superintendent in keeping with departmental consideration for the good of the child and the welfare of the department.   All moneys earned by the child in the work opportunity program shall be posted to the child's trust fund account. Expenditures under this program from the child's earnings should be limited to transportation, special clothing, tools or lunch and other casual expenses with the approval of the superintendent.
TN Code § 37-5-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 2 - Youth Development Centers|§ 37-5-205. Transfer and Commitment of Children

  Fees that are allowed by law for carrying prisoners to the penitentiary shall be allowed to the sheriffs for taking children found to have committed offenses punishable in the penitentiary to such youth centers.   The state shall only be responsible for the transfer of such children as have been found to have committed offenses punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary. The expense of transporting delinquent children not found to have committed offenses punishable in the penitentiary shall be paid by the counties from which committed.   When any female child is to be transported to such youth centers, the sheriff shall deputize a suitable woman of good moral character to convey such child. In the event the sheriff shall not find such a woman in the county, the department shall provide a proper and suitable escort for the child, and this escort shall be paid from the allowance provided for the sheriff. The expense of the woman so deputized shall be paid from the allowance for the sheriff.
TN Code § 37-5-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 2 - Youth Development Centers|§ 37-5-206. Retention of Children Committed for Penitentiary Offenses — Transfer to Penitentiary — Prosecution for Escape

  Any child committed to the department for an offense punishable by confinement in the penitentiary may be retained in a youth center until such child's nineteenth birthday, or at any time after the child's eighteenth birthday, when found to be incorrigible by the superintendent, subject to agreement between the commissioner of correction and the commissioner of children's services, may be transferred to the penitentiary. The authority for transferring such children eighteen (18) years of age or older shall be upon warrant issued by the commissioner, such warrant to contain the name of the child, age at conviction and at the transfer, and the offense for which committed. The superintendent shall furnish to the warden of the penitentiary the original commitment papers in the case.   Any child or inmate sixteen (16) years of age or over, confined in a youth center and who escapes therefrom commits a Class A misdemeanor. The superintendent of the youth center, with the approval of the commissioner, may certify to the district attorney general in the district in which the escape was effected, that such escape has occurred and the facts relating thereto. The child or inmate thus certified as having escaped may be prosecuted as an adult in the court having jurisdiction of the offense, as if the child or inmate were an adult.
TN Code § 37-5-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 2 - Youth Development Centers|§ 37-5-207. Commitment for Federal Offense

 Authority is given to the department for commitment of children who may be convicted of any offense against the United States in any district court of the United States within the state and sentenced by such court to the department, and to that end, the commissioner may enter into a contract with the attorney general of the United States for their detention, subsistence and proper employment of such juvenile offenders and the rate of compensation to be paid for the use of the institution by the United States.
TN Code § 37-5-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 2 - Youth Development Centers|§ 37-5-208. Procedure for Commitment — Form

  A judge committing a child under eighteen (18) years of age to the department shall make out and sign a commitment on a form provided by the department and certified to by the clerk under the seal of the court.   Such commitment form, together with information of a social nature, shall be forwarded with the child.
TN Code § 37-5-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 2 - Youth Development Centers|§ 37-5-209. Records and Accounts — Sale of Unneeded Property — Reports

  The superintendents shall:  Keep complete records of all children, their conduct, character and aptitudes;   Keep a set of account books in which all expenses of the youth center shall be entered, and shall sign all vouchers;   Keep a record of all products made or raised on the grounds of the youth center; and   Sell such products as are not used or needed by the youth center, and make reports of such sales to the commissioner of children's services.     Their books and accounts shall at all times be open to the inspection of any state auditor.   They shall give bond payable to the state, for the safekeeping of all money or property belonging to the state coming into their possession.   They shall make quarterly reports to the commissioner of the income and expenditures of their youth centers, the number of children, their terms, names, ages and conduct.
TN Code § 37-5-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 2 - Youth Development Centers|§ 37-5-210. Buildings and Equipment

 The commissioner shall be authorized, subject to the approval of the governor, to erect all buildings necessary for the proper maintenance of the children committed to the department of children's services, and to purchase all things for the proper equipment of the youth centers, under appropriations made from time to time.
TN Code § 37-5-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 2 - Youth Development Centers|§ 37-5-211. Products of Youth Centers — Expenditure of Receipts

  The commissioner shall keep an account of all products of the youth centers, and shall include a report of same in the commissioner's biennial report.   All money received from the operation of the youth centers shall be expended for the proper maintenance of the youth centers.
TN Code § 37-5-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 2 - Youth Development Centers|§ 37-5-212. Instruction in Art of Barbering

 The commissioner is hereby authorized to institute within the youth development centers a course of instruction in the art of barbering as encompassed within the provisions of title 62, chapter 3.
TN Code § 37-5-213 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 2 - Youth Development Centers|§ 37-5-213. Authorized Courses of Instruction

 The commissioner is authorized to institute within the youth development centers courses of instruction for:   GED(R) preparation; and   Vocational and occupational training.
TN Code § 37-5-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 3 - Community Services Agency Act of 1996|§ 37-5-301. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Community Services Agency Act of 1996.”
TN Code § 37-5-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 3 - Community Services Agency Act of 1996|§ 37-5-302. Purpose

 The purpose of this part is to provide a mechanism to facilitate the provision of services for children and other citizens in need of services in Tennessee through centralized agencies located throughout the state. The community services agencies may contract with any other agencies to provide assistance wherever needed.
TN Code § 37-5-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 3 - Community Services Agency Act of 1996|§ 37-5-303. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Agency” means the community services agency;   “Board” means the community services agency board;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of finance and administration, or the commissioner's designee, unless otherwise stated in this part;   “Department” means the department of finance and administration, unless otherwise stated in this part; and   “Executive director” means the chief administrative officer of a community service agency.
TN Code § 37-5-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 3 - Community Services Agency Act of 1996|§ 37-5-304. Agencies — Establishment — Public Function and Purpose

  The commissioner is authorized to establish community services agencies as provided in this part. These agencies shall provide coordination of funds or programs for the care of the citizens of the state.   The commissioner may establish one (1) community services agency in  the metropolitan area of Memphis and Shelby County.   The commissioner may establish multi-county community service agencies with such geographic boundary lines as may be deemed necessary.   The community services agency shall be a political subdivision and instrumentality of the state. As such, it shall be deemed to be acting in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state in the performance of essential public functions, and shall be deemed to be serving a public purpose through improving and otherwise promoting the well-being of the citizens of the state.
TN Code § 37-5-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 5 - Department of Children's Services|Part 3 - Community Services Agency Act of 1996|§ 37-5-306. Community Services Agency Board — Powers

 The board has the following powers and duties in addition to the powers and duties granted to or imposed upon it by other sections of this part to:   Adopt written policies, procedures or rules and regulations to govern its internal operations. If such rules and regulations are proposed, they must be submitted for prior approval to the commissioner;   Make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its duties and responsibilities under this part. All contracts pertaining to acquisitions and improvement of real property, pursuant to § 4-15-102, must be approved in advance by the commissioner and the state building commission. Contracts for services must be approved pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner;   Acquire or dispose of in the name of the board, real or personal property or any interest therein, including rights or easements, on either a temporary or long-term basis by gift, purchase, transfer, foreclosure, lease or otherwise, subject to subdivision (2);   Procure insurance in amounts and from insurers that it deems desirable to protect itself in carrying out its duties and responsibilities under this part;   Seek assistance from the commissioner of finance and administration, the comptroller of the treasury, the state treasurer and other state agencies;   Receive, administer, allocate and disburse funds made available under this part, funds and contributions from private or local public sources that may be used in support of a community services program, and funds made available under any federal or state assistance program for which an agency organized in accordance with this part may serve as grantee, contractor or sponsor of projects appropriate for inclusion in community services programs;   Perform other acts necessary or convenient to exercise the powers granted or reasonably implied in this part;   Procure goods, materials, supplies and equipment in accordance with applicable state or federal guidelines, and where practical, on a competitive basis; and   Contract with other state agencies to provide services to those agencies as deemed appropriate by the board.