State Commission on Juvenile Justice

The State Commission on Juvenile Justice was developed to provide comprehensive oversight, planning and coordination of efforts, which enhance the partnership and performance of state and local agencies in effectively preventing and responding to juvenile crime.

The Commission is charged with developing a Juvenile Justice Operational Master Plan, by
January 1, 2009, pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code §1960.5. This plan will include the following strategies, which will be outlined and made available for implementation by the counties:

1. Risk and needs assessment tools to evaluate the programming and security needs of all youthful offenders and at-risk youth.
   
   
2. Juvenile Justice universal data collection elements, which shall be common to all counties.
   
   
3. Criteria and strategies to promote a continuum of evidence-based responses to youthful offenders.
   
   

In drafting the Juvenile Justice Operational Master Plan, the Commission shall take into consideration the following:

1. Evidence-based programs and risk and needs assessment tools currently in use by the counties.
   
   
2. Cost of implementation.

The Commission is composed of 12 members and shall remain in effect until January 1, 2009, unless a later enacted statute deletes or extends that date.