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TN Code § 37-3-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 1 - Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth Act of 1988|§ 37-3-107. References to Predecessors — Prior Contracts, Rules, Etc

 References to the commission on children and youth, the office of child development, the children's services commission, and the juvenile justice commission appearing elsewhere in Tennessee Code Annotated are deemed to be references to the commission on children and youth. All contracts and leases entered into by the children's services commission and by the juvenile justice commission shall continue in full force and effect as to all essential provisions in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract in existence on July 1, 1988, unless and until such contracts or leases expire or are duly amended or modified by the parties thereto. All rules, orders, and decisions promulgated or issued by the children's services commission or the juvenile justice commission prior to, and in effect on July 1, 1988, shall remain in force and effect and shall be administered and enforced by the commission on children and youth until duly amended, repealed, expired, modified or superseded.
TN Code § 37-3-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 1 - Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth Act of 1988|§ 37-3-109. Transfer of Functions

  The provisions of § 4-29-114 shall not apply to this part.   All staff, staff positions, offices, equipment, supplies, property, funds and other resources of the children's services commission and the juvenile justice commission shall be transferred to the commission on children and youth.   The commission on children and youth shall be subject to the provisions of § 4-29-118(a).
TN Code § 37-3-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 1 - Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth Act of 1988|§ 37-3-110. Definitions for §§ 37-3-110 — 37-3-115

 As used in this section and in §§ 37-3-111 — 37-3-115, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Child-centered” means a system in which the needs of the child are at its core and that integrates services and programs offered by various departments of state government, units of local government and public and private agencies to support and serve the child;   “Commission” means the commission on children and youth;   “Council” means the council on children's mental health care;   “Culturally competent” means a system that has the ability to deliver and ensure access to services in a manner that effectively responds to the values and practices present in the various cultures of children;   “Demonstration sites” means certain geographic areas throughout the state where children's mental health care is in keeping with the principles set out in § 37-3-112(b);   “Family” means:  The members of a household living, on a full-time or a part-time basis, in one (1) house, condominium, apartment or other dwelling;   People related by blood or ancestry, marriage, or adoption;   Any person who is held out to the public as being a family member of a child;   Foster parents and foster children;   Stepparents and stepchildren; and   Any other group that the council determines by policy or rule to constitute a family for purposes of this part;     “Family-driven” means a system in which the needs of the family are at its core and that integrates services and programs offered by various departments of state government, units of local government and public and private agencies to support and serve the family;   “Linguistically competent” means a system that has the ability to deliver and ensure access to services in a manner that effectively responds to the languages present in the various cultures of children;   “Mental health care” means all services and programs offered by various departments of state government, units of local government and public and private agencies that support and serve the mental health needs of children and their families; and   “Mental health needs” means any significant behavioral problem or emotional disorder, whether the problem or disorder is biologically-based or due to environmental factors, including, but not limited to, any psychiatric disorder, alcohol or substance abuse, depression or suicide, hyperactivity or attention-deficit disorder.
TN Code § 37-3-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 1 - Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth Act of 1988|§ 37-3-113. Duties of Council

 In addition to other duties imposed by law, the council shall also perform the following duties:   Facilitate interagency coordination and collaboration in the planning, funding, delivery and evaluation of a statewide system of mental health care for children;   Define accountability standards among all agencies and organizations that provide services and support relative to the mental health needs of children and their families;   Encourage the matching of federal funds required by federal grants for children's mental health initiatives;   Serve as an advocate within government and in the community for children's mental health care in this state;   Stimulate more effective use of existing resources and services for children, and develop programs, opportunities and services that are not otherwise provided for children, with the aim of developing a comprehensive and coordinated system for the delivery of mental health services to children in the state;   Assist the department of mental health and substance abuse services in the development of interagency agreements on services and supports for children; and   Determine, in consultation with appropriate research experts, which programs that are currently being used to serve or support children's mental health needs in the state are evidence-based, as defined by § 37-5-121, research-based, as defined by § 37-5-121 and theory-based, as defined by § 37-5-121. The council shall provide such findings in its annual report submitted in accordance with § 37-1-115, including an explanation of the support for those findings.
TN Code § 37-3-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 1 - Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth Act of 1988|§ 37-3-114. Additional Duties of Council

 The council may perform each of the following duties:   Promulgate bylaws to provide for the election of council officers, establishment of committees, meetings, and other matters relating to council functions;   Request and receive the cooperation of other state departments and agencies in carrying out the policies and objectives of this part;   Enter into such contracts and make such grants within the limits of appropriated funds as are necessary or appropriate under this section, and in a manner consistent with state or federal law;   Advise the governor and the heads of state departments and agencies regarding policies, programs, services, allocation of funds and children's mental health needs in this state and make recommendations for legislative action to the governor and to the general assembly;   Hold hearings, conduct research and other appropriate activities to determine the mental health needs of children in the state, including particularly, but not limited to, their needs for health and social services, and to determine the existing services and facilities, private and public, available to meet those needs; and   Review data, reports and outcomes of local, state and national system of care implementation, as well as other relevant data or research.
TN Code § 37-3-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 1 - Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth Act of 1988|§ 37-3-115. Report, Plan and Budget

   No later than February 1, 2009, the council shall submit a report regarding the status of the development of a plan for a statewide system of care for children's mental health. The report shall include, but not be limited to:  The timeline for development of the overall plan;   Barriers to implementation of such a plan, if any;   A list of all programs currently in place to serve and support children's mental health needs and whether those programs are evidence-based, research-based or theory-based;   The status of interagency cooperation relative to a system of children's mental health care throughout the state; and   A financial resource map of all current federal and state funded programs that support or serve children with mental health needs in the state.     The report shall also include cost analysis information produced in accordance with § 37-3-112(d) and shall provide recommendations for improving efficiency in the use of existing state and federal funds by increasing coordination of children's mental health care with other child-focused service delivery systems.     No later than July 1, 2010, the council shall submit a plan prepared in accordance with § 37-3-112 and a budget for implementing the plan. The plan shall provide for demonstration sites in at least three (3) areas of the state, with at least one (1) area to be in each grand division. If the plan submitted by July 1, 2010, is approved and funded by the legislature no later than July 1, 2012, the council shall submit a plan and budget for extending the demonstration sites to a total of no less than ten (10) areas of the state selected by the council. If the plan submitted by July 1, 2012, is approved and funded by the legislature, no later than July 1, 2013, the council shall submit a plan that will accomplish implementation of the system of children's mental health care statewide. The council shall create and submit with each plan current financial resource maps and cost analysis, and the information shall be required to accompany any recommendations the council makes regarding the continued development of a statewide system of children's mental health care.   The plan, budget and report required by subsections (a) and (b) shall be submitted to the governor, the judiciary, education, and health and welfare committees of the senate and the judiciary, education, and health committees of the house of representatives.
TN Code § 37-3-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 1 - Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth Act of 1988|§ 37-3-116. Resource Mapping of Funding Sources — Report

  The commission shall design and oversee a resource mapping of all federal and state funding sources and funding streams that support the health, safety, permanence, growth, development and education of children in this state from conception through the age of majority or so long as they may remain in the custody of the state. The resource mapping shall include, but not be limited to:  An inventory of all federal and state funding sources that support children in this state;   An inventory of all state, federal or government subsidized services and programs offered to children in this state, set out by program, target population, geographical region, agency or any other grouping that would assist the general assembly in determining whether there are overlapping programs that lead to duplication within the state, gaps in service delivery and any administrative inefficiencies generally;   A description of the manner in which the funds are being used within the agencies or organizations, the performance measures in place to assess the use of such funding and the intended outcomes of the programs and services;   Government mandates for the use of the funds, if any; and   An inventory of the funds for which the state may be eligible, but is currently not receiving or using, and the reasons why the funds are not being used.     The commission shall update the report each year and shall subsequently assure that the resource map is periodically and timely updated, so as to maintain a current resource map of the funds used to support children in the state.   The comptroller of the treasury and each department of state government or agency in this state shall provide assistance upon request to the commission in effectuating the purpose of this section.   On or before February 15, 2009, a preliminary report shall be provided by the commission; and on or before April 15, 2010, and each successive year thereafter, the commission shall provide a full report to the judiciary, education, and health and welfare committees of the senate, the education and health committees of the house of representatives, and the committee of the house of representatives having oversight over children and families. The full report shall include, but not be limited to, the resource map and any recommendations, including proposed legislation, for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of programs offered to children in this state.
TN Code § 37-3-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 4 - Youth Investment Act of 1970|§ 37-3-401. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Youth Investment Act of 1970.”
TN Code § 37-3-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 4 - Youth Investment Act of 1970|§ 37-3-402. Office of Community Contact — Creation — Director — Personnel

 There is created within the department of education, in the division of vocational rehabilitation, an office of community contact, which shall be headed by a director, appointed by the commissioner of education, to serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and at a salary to be fixed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall employ such stenographic assistants as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this part, and shall fix stenographers' salaries.
TN Code § 37-3-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 4 - Youth Investment Act of 1970|§ 37-3-403. Duties of Office

 The office of community contact shall establish programs to provide guidance, training and rehabilitation for juveniles committed to correctional institutions who have been released from such institutions or who are under the care or custody of the juvenile court. The office shall carry out such programs enlisting the use of volunteer citizens, who shall receive no compensation for their services. The director is authorized to recruit and train such volunteer citizens and to administer the programs authorized by this part.
TN Code § 37-3-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 4 - Youth Investment Act of 1970|§ 37-3-404. Duties of Director

  It is the duty of the director to:  Solicit volunteer citizens from throughout the state, using the aid of civic and church groups, at the director's discretion;   Work with the administrators of correctional institutions within the state and with state and local juvenile authorities;   Evaluate prospective volunteer citizens and establish screening procedures to make the final determination of which volunteers will be used in the contact program;   Coordinate and control the contact program and conduct training sessions for the volunteer citizens; and   Formulate rules, regulations and procedures for the implementation of this part.     The director may appoint volunteer citizens as the director thinks advisable to aid in these programs.
TN Code § 37-3-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 4 - Youth Investment Act of 1970|§ 37-3-405. Volunteers' Duties

 It is the duty of the director to recruit volunteers who will:   Write the juvenile to whom the volunteer is assigned approximately one (1) time per week during the period the juvenile remains within a correctional institution;   Personally contact the juvenile approximately one (1) time per week after the juvenile's release from the correctional institution and until the juvenile reaches twenty-one (21) years of age; and   Prepare periodic reports as required, which shall be submitted to the director, evaluating the progress of the juvenile to whom the volunteer is assigned.
TN Code § 37-3-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 4 - Youth Investment Act of 1970|§ 37-3-406. Application for Funds — Authorization

 The director is authorized to make application for and to receive federal funds and funds from any public or private source.
TN Code § 37-3-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 5 - Teenage Pregnancy|§ 37-3-501. Informational Clearinghouse — Toll-Free Telephone Service for Inquiries — Promotional Activities — Annual Report

  There shall be created, within the Nashville office of the department of health, the Tennessee informational clearinghouse on teenage pregnancy.   The department shall obtain and operate a toll-free telephone line for the express purpose of receiving and encouraging inquiries for informational services. The department shall assist callers by providing informational services needed to plan programs and presentations, to organize teen pregnancy prevention activities, to organize parenting education and assistance programs for teen parents, and to undertake other activities and programs to address problems associated with teenage pregnancy.   The department shall regularly undertake appropriate activities to inform and remind the citizens of this state of the services provided by the clearinghouse and of the availability of the toll-free telephone line. Such promotional activities shall regularly include, but not necessarily be limited to, press releases, posters, speeches, and public service announcements on radio and television. The department shall undertake special activities to improve public awareness of the clearinghouse within those counties and areas of the state in which teenage pregnancy rates are highest.   In preparing for and responding to requests for information collected and maintained within the clearinghouse, the department shall provide a level of service that is at least comparable to the level of service so provided by the children's services commission prior to July 1, 1988.   [Deleted by 2015 amendment]
TN Code § 37-3-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 5 - Teenage Pregnancy|§ 37-3-502. Information on Programs and Services — Bibliography of Resources

  The department shall collect and maintain, within the clearinghouse, current information on publicly and privately supported programs and services within the state that address problems associated with teenage pregnancy. Each such program or service shall be engaged in one (1) or more of the following activities: family life education; prevention of teenage pregnancy; counseling services for teenagers who are, or who may think they are, pregnant; prenatal care for teenage mothers; parenting skills education for teenagers; job training and placement for teenage parents; and educational or other support services for teenage parents. For each such program or service, the clearinghouse shall maintain the following information: a description of the program or service, the principal address of such program or service, general eligibility criteria for participation therein, funding sources, the name and telephone of a knowledgeable contact person, and such other information as would be useful to a person or organization in deciding whether to utilize or emulate the program or service.   The department shall also collect and maintain, within the clearinghouse, a current bibliography of books, abstracts, articles, films and other informational resources on the problems associated with teenage pregnancy and methods and techniques for effectively addressing such problems. In selecting items to be included within such bibliography, the commission shall strive to include only such items as are academically reliable and as are likely to prove beneficial to a person or organization wishing to address one (1) or more of the problems associated with teenage pregnancy.
TN Code § 37-3-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 5 - Teenage Pregnancy|§ 37-3-503. Statistical and Other Research Information — State Reports

  The department shall also collect and maintain, within the clearinghouse, statistical and other research information concerning teenage pregnancy, and related problems, in the state as a whole and in its cities, counties and regions.   Furthermore, copies of all Tennessee state government reports concerning teenage pregnancy and related problems shall be available, at cost, through the clearinghouse.
TN Code § 37-3-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 5 - Teenage Pregnancy|§ 37-3-504. Information Concerning Conferences, Workshops, Hearings, Meetings

 The department shall also collect and maintain, within the clearinghouse, pertinent information on pending conferences, workshops, public hearings and other meetings concerning teenage pregnancy and related problems.
TN Code § 37-3-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 5 - Teenage Pregnancy|§ 37-3-506. Similar Programs or Services Operating Within State

 To the extent that, during the course of implementing this part, it comes to the attention of the commission that two (2) or more significantly similar programs or services are being operated within the state, the commission shall ensure that the persons or organizations administering such programs and services are so informed.
TN Code § 37-3-507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 5 - Teenage Pregnancy|§ 37-3-507. Purpose of Informational Clearinghouse

  The Tennessee informational clearinghouse on teenage pregnancy is created strictly for the purpose of providing the people of this state with an accurate, accessible, and centralized repository of information concerning teenage pregnancy and related problems as well as available programs and services.   Nothing contained within this part shall be construed as authorizing or requiring the commission or the clearinghouse to certify or otherwise attest to the quality of any program or service for which it maintains information.   The clearinghouse shall not provide, and shall not be used for, counseling services.
TN Code § 37-3-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 3 - Administration of Children and Youth Services|Part 6 - Safe Families and Family Preservation Act|§ 37-3-601. Short Title — Funding

  This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Safe Families and Family Preservation Act.”   The family support services and time-limited family reunification services authorized pursuant to this part shall be subject to the funds appropriated to the department by the Tennessee general assembly.