The purpose of the County Grants for Community Intervention Services is to plan for and implement community-based programs designed to accomplish the following:

1. (1) to reduce the average daily institutional population within the Department of Correction (DOC) Youth Services facilities by 120 youth,
2. (2) to keep youth close to home and community,
3. (3) to assist counties in developing programs designed to provide dispositional alternatives for juvenile courts,
4. (4) to support initiatives by communities to provide local services to their own youth.

Authority: T.C.A. §§4-3-603 and 4-3-606. Administrative History: Original rule filed October 28, 1986; effective January 27, 1987. Amendment filed April 27, 1987; effective July 29, 1987.