Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 2-7-309
Establishment of Planning Process
Effective Jul 1, 1995Added by Laws 1991, HJR 1038, § 2, emerg. eff. May 28, 1991; Amended by Laws 1995, HB 1978, c. 352, § 85, emerg. eff. July 1, 1995; Renumbered from 10 O.S. § 603.2 by Laws 1995, HB 1978, c. 352, § 199, emerg. eff. July 1, 1995.
A. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall establish a planning process for the Department that provides for collaborative ongoing planning for the development of divisional and agency goals and priorities for services to children and youth. Said planning process of the Department shall be developed with the assistance of the Policy Analysis Division or equivalent division within the Department and the division directors and shall provide for identification and assessment of needs, establishment of goals and priorities, and program implementation and monitoring, in a manner that actively involves all divisions and units within divisions.
- 1. The Department shall develop a three- to five-year plan for children and youth services provided by the agency. The plan should be regularly reviewed and modified as necessary.
- 2. The Deputy Director of the Department shall hold each division director accountable for the performance of the division in engaging collaboratively in the agency and in interagency planning for programs and services for children and youth.
- 3. The administrator of each division of the Department shall actively participate and require the collaborative participation of division workers in interagency planning and coordination for children and youth services.
- 4. The administrator for each division shall hold the administrator of each unit within the division responsible for the collaborative development and implementation of agency and division goals and priorities related to children and youth.
- B. The unit, division and agency budget recommendations of the Department for services to children and youth shall be based upon documented needs, and the development of budget recommendations and priorities shall be closely integrated with agency and interagency program planning and management.
- C. As a part of the Department's program planning and monitoring processes, the Department shall examine its programs and services to children and youth to ensure that the practices within them do not operate to the detriment of minority children and youth.
Added by Laws 1991, HJR 1038, § 2, emerg. eff. May 28, 1991; Amended by Laws 1995, HB 1978, c. 352, § 85, emerg. eff. July 1, 1995; Renumbered from 10 O.S. § 603.2 by Laws 1995, HB 1978, c. 352, § 199, emerg. eff. July 1, 1995.