985.601 Administering the juvenile justice continuum.— (1) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall plan, develop, and coordinate comprehensive services and programs statewide for the prevention, early intervention, control, and rehabilitative treatment of delinquent behavior. (2) The department shall develop and implement an appropriate continuum of care that provides individualized, multidisciplinary assessments, objective evaluations of relative risks, and the […]
985.6015 Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund.— (1) The Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund is created within the department. (2) The fund is established for use as a depository for funds to be used for the costs of juvenile detention. Moneys credited to the trust fund shall consist of funds from the counties’ share of the costs […]
985.614 Children locked out of the home; interagency cooperation.—The department and the Department of Children and Families shall encourage interagency cooperation within each circuit and shall develop comprehensive agreements between the staff and providers for each department in order to coordinate the services provided to children who are locked out of the home and the families […]
985.618 Educational and career-related programs.— (1)(a) It is the finding of the Legislature that the educational and career-related programs of the Department of Juvenile Justice are uniquely different from other programs operated or conducted by other departments in that it is essential to the state that these programs provide juveniles with useful information and activities that can […]
985.622 Multiagency plan for career and professional education (CAPE).— (1) The Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Education shall, in consultation with the statewide Workforce Development Youth Council, school districts, providers, and others, jointly develop a multiagency plan for career and professional education (CAPE) that establishes the curriculum, goals, and outcome measures for CAPE programs […]
985.625 Literacy programs for juvenile offenders.— (1) INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature that mandatory literacy programs for juvenile offenders committed by the court and placed in residential commitment programs be established. Juvenile offenders shall have the opportunity to achieve reading and writing skills as a means to further their educational and vocational needs and to […]
985.629 Contracts for the transfer of Florida children in federal custody.—To the extent that maintenance costs are borne entirely from federal funds, the department is empowered to contract with federal authorities for the return of Florida children who are in the custody of a federal court or a federal correctional institution for violation of federal law. […]
985.632 Quality improvement and cost-effectiveness; Comprehensive Accountability Report.— (1) INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature that the department establish a performance accountability system for each provider who contracts with the department for the delivery of services to children. The contract shall include both output measures, such as the number of children served, and outcome measures, including […]
985.64 Rulemaking.— (1) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter. Such rules may not conflict with the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure. All rules and policies must conform to accepted standards of care and treatment. (2) The department shall adopt rules to ensure the effective provision of […]
985.644 Departmental contracting powers; personnel standards and investigation.— (1) The department may contract with the Federal Government, other state departments and agencies, county and municipal governments and agencies, public and private agencies, and private individuals and corporations in carrying out the purposes of, and the responsibilities established in, this chapter. (a) Each contract entered into by the department […]
985.6441 Health care services.— (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Health care provider” means: 1. A hospital licensed under chapter 395. 2. A physician or physician assistant licensed under chapter 458. 3. An osteopathic physician or physician assistant licensed under chapter 459. 4. A podiatric physician licensed under chapter 461. 5. A health maintenance organization certificated under part I of […]
985.645 Protective action response.— (1) For purposes of this section, the term: (a) “Direct care” means direct contact with youth for the purpose of providing care, supervision, custody, or control of youth in a detention facility, delinquency program, or commitment program within any restrictiveness level, which is operated by the department or by a provider under contract with […]
985.648 Consultants.—The department may hire consultants to advise and confer with the judges of the circuit courts upon request of any such court and for the purpose of advising the department on programs, facilities, institutions, care, supervision, and all other services and treatment for children committed to the department’s care under this chapter. History.—s. 5, ch. […]
985.652 Participation of certain programs in the State Risk Management Trust Fund.—Pursuant to s. 284.30, the Division of Risk Management of the Department of Financial Services is authorized to insure a private agency, individual, or corporation operating a state-owned training school under a contract to carry out the purposes and responsibilities of any program of the […]
985.66 Juvenile justice training; staff development and training; Juvenile Justice Training Trust Fund.— (1) LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE.—In order to enable the state to provide a systematic approach to staff development and training for judges, state attorneys, public defenders, law enforcement officers, school district personnel, and juvenile justice program staff that will meet the needs of such persons in […]
985.664 Juvenile justice circuit advisory boards.— (1) There is authorized a juvenile justice circuit advisory board to be established in each of the 20 judicial circuits. Except in single-county circuits, each juvenile justice circuit advisory board shall have a county organization representing each of the counties in the circuit. The county organization shall report directly to the […]
985.668 Innovation zones.—The department shall encourage each of the juvenile justice circuit boards to propose at least one innovation zone within the circuit for the purpose of implementing any experimental, pilot, or demonstration project that furthers the legislatively established goals of the department. An innovation zone is a defined geographic area such as a circuit, commitment […]
985.672 Direct-support organization; definition; use of property; board of directors; audit.— (1) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term “direct-support organization” means an organization whose sole purpose is to support the juvenile justice system and which is: (a) A corporation not-for-profit incorporated under chapter 617 and which is approved by the Department of State; (b) Organized and operated to […]
985.676 Community juvenile justice partnership grants.— (1) GRANTS; CRITERIA.— (a) In order to encourage the development of a circuit juvenile justice plan and the development and implementation of circuit interagency agreements under s. 985.664, the community juvenile justice partnership grant program is established and shall be administered by the department. (b) In awarding these grants, the department shall consider […]
985.682 Siting of facilities; criteria.— (1) When the department or a contracted provider proposes a site for a juvenile justice facility, the department or provider shall request that the local government having jurisdiction over such proposed site determine whether or not the proposed site is appropriate for public use under local government comprehensive plans, local land use […]
