Alabama Administrative Code › Title 950 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES › Chapter 950-1-5 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR DETENTION FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS › Section 950-1-5-.10 - Statutory Authority

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
Title 44,
Code of Ala. 1975
:
(1)
								§
								44-1-27(a) - "The Department of Youth Services is authorized and directed to establish and
			 promulgate reasonable minimum standards for the construction and operation of
			 detention facilities, programs for the prevention and correction of youth
			 delinquency, in-service training for probation officers, consultation from
			 local officials and subsidies to local delinquency projects. The said standards
			 shall include, but not be limited to, reasonable minimum standards for
			 detention facilities, foster care facilities, group homes, and correctional
			 institutions and aftercare services."
(2)
								§
								44-1-27(b) - "No county, or city in the state nor any public or private agency, group,
			 corporation, partnership, or individual shall establish, maintain, or operate
			 any detention facility or foster care facility for youths found delinquent or
			 in need of supervision by a juvenile court, without a license from the
			 Department. A license shall be required on an annual basis or as determined by
			 the Department. The Department shall revoke the license of any city, county, or
			 public or private agency, group, corporation, or individual conducting,
			 operating, or acting as a detention facility, or foster care facility caring
			 for children and youths alleged or adjudged to be delinquent or in need of
			 supervision, that fails to meet the standards prescribed by the Department. The
			 Department is authorized to visit and inspect any public or voluntary detention
			 facility, foster care facility or group homes as it deems necessary."
(3)
								§
								44-1-24 - The Department of Youth Services shall perform the following duties and
			 functions: (4) "License and subsidize foster care facilities or group homes for
			 youths alleged to be delinquent pending hearing before a juvenile court or
			 adjudged delinquent following hearing, including detention, examination, study,
			 care, treatment, and training." (6) "Make and enforce all rules and regulations
			 which are necessary and appropriate to the proper accomplishment of the duties
			 and functions vested in the Department by law with respect to youth services
			 and which do not conflict with or exceed the provisions of law vesting the
			 duties and functions in the Department."
(a)
									§
									44-1-28 - "The functions and facilities related to youth detention facilities, licensed
			 by the Department of Youth Services of each county or counties, acting together
			 may, upon the express written agreement of each such county or such counties
			 acting together and the department, receive funds from the department according
			 to formulas for disbursement established by the department and in accordance
			 with the terms of written agreements between each such county or such counties
			 acting together and the department, relative to detention care. Any county or
			 counties acting together shall retain control of such detention functions and
			 detention and shall continue to have financial responsibility for their
			 operation, unless otherwise provided for by the department. All detention
			 programs and facilities shall maintain standards prescribed by the department.
			 All funds expended by the department will be contingent upon the recipients of
			 said funds meeting the standards established by the department."
Author:
Alabama Department of Youth Services,
				Office of Licensing and Standards