§ 1-9-111. Management, operation, and use of children's shelters
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 10A. Children and Juvenile Code
10A Okl.St.Ann. § 1-9-111
§ 1-9-111. Management, operation, and use of children's shelters
A. 1. The Department of Human Services is authorized to manage and operate and may contract with designated youth services agencies or designated child-placing agencies for the management and operation of the children's shelter located in Oklahoma City, known and designated as the Pauline Mayer Children's Shelter, and the children's shelter located in Tulsa, known and designated as the Laura Dester Children's Shelter. The Department shall implement a plan to transition the use of shelters from a placement for children taken into custody into an alternative purpose to be determined by the Department. Kinship care homes and emergency foster care homes shall be utilized for the care of children instead of a shelter whenever possible. The Department shall monitor and report to the Legislature and Governor on a monthly basis the daily average shelter population and the number of kinship care homes utilized and the total number of emergency foster care homes available by county.
3. The Department is authorized to manage and operate, to the extent of funds available, and may contract with designated youth services agencies or child-placing agencies for the management and operation of such group homes as may be necessary to provide a diversity of placement alternatives for children adjudicated deprived and placed in the custody of the Department. The Department shall, prior to awarding a contract to a facility for the purposes of this paragraph, ensure that such facility provides continuing education to its employees in the area of cultural competency. Such continuing education shall include, at a minimum, instruction on the problems of race and gender-based disparities faced by youths in group homes.
B. The Commission for Human Services shall establish and maintain methods of administration, including those necessary to establish and maintain a merit system of personnel administration, and shall prescribe rules necessary for the efficient and effective operation of the children's facilities operated by the Department.
D. 1. It shall be the duty of the State Fire Marshal and the State Commissioner of Health to cause annual unannounced inspections of children's facilities operated by the Department, utilizing adequately trained and qualified inspection personnel, to determine and evaluate conditions in their respective areas of agency jurisdiction.
Credits
Laws 1968, c. 282, § 403, eff. Jan. 13, 1969; Laws 1982, c. 312, § 33, operative July 1, 1982. Renumbered from Title 10, § 1403 and amended by Laws 1995, c. 352, §§ 52, 199, eff. July 1, 1995. Renumbered from Title 10, § 7004-3.1 and amended by Laws 2009, c. 233, §§ 67, 303, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Laws 2009, c. 338, § 9, eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2012, c. 353, § 6, emerg. eff. June 8, 2012; Laws 2014, c. 137, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
10A Okl. St. Ann. § 1-9-111, OK ST T. 10A § 1-9-111
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 257 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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