(a)A community board may:
(i)Receive funds from any source;
(ii)Employ staff using any available funds;
(iii)Expend funds to provide directly, or to
contract for, juvenile services.
(b)Subject to this act, a community board or a board of
county commissioners which has appointed an advisory board in
accordance with W.S. 14-9-105(b) shall:
(i)Review existing community juvenile services
within its jurisdiction;
(ii)Develop a community juvenile services strategic
plan to accomplish the following purposes:
(A)Use of a uniform screening instrument;
(B)Assessments of referred children by licensed
professionals who may include medical, mental health, social
service and educational personnel;
(C)Procedures to facilitate referrals of youth
and families of youth needing services by:
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(a) A community board may:
(i) Receive funds from any source;
(ii) Employ staff using any available funds;
(iii) Expend funds to provide directly, or to
contract for, juvenile services.
(b) Subject to this act, a community board or a board of
county commissioners which has appointed an advisory board in
accordance with W.S. 14-9-105(b) shall:
(i) Review existing community juvenile services
within its jurisdiction;
(ii) Develop a community juvenile services strategic
plan to accomplish the following purposes:
(A) Use of a uniform screening instrument;
(B) Assessments of referred children by licensed
professionals who may include medical, mental health, social
service and educational personnel;
(C) Procedures to facilitate referrals of youth
and families of youth needing services by:
(I) School districts;
(II) Law enforcement;
(III) Licensed mental health care
providers;
(IV) Licensed health care providers;
(V) A court;
(VI) The department of family services;
(VII) Community youth organizations;
(VIII) Families of youth needing services;
(IX) Self-referred youth.
(D) Periodic review of the strategic plan.
(iii) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 20, § 2.
(iv) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 20, § 2.
(v) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 57, § 2.
(c) A juvenile services advisory board shall provide
advice to the board of county commissioners concerning the
availability and need for juvenile services within the county
and the expenditure of any funds received by the county pursuant
to this act. The advisory board may also assist the board of
county commissioners, or the appropriate county official as
directed by the county commissioners, in preparing the strategic
plan required by this section and the grant application required
under W.S. 14-9-108.
(d) The community board shall not provide any services to
any child without first obtaining written consent from the
child's parent or guardian unless participation in the program
or service offered by the community board is a condition of
court ordered probation or suspension of sentence. A court of
limited jurisdiction may authorize the community board to
provide services to a child if, after a hearing, the court finds
that the child's parent or guardian unreasonably refused to
provide written consent for the child to receive services.