(1) The State Commission on Children and Families is responsible for coordinating statewide planning for delivery of services to runaway and homeless youth and their families.
(2) The State Commission on Children and Families shall lead a process that will allow the state commission, the Juvenile Crime Prevention Advisory Committee, the Employment Department, the Department of Human Services, the Housing and Community Services Department, the Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development, the Department of Education and the Oregon Youth Authority to develop a comprehensive and coordinated approach for services and support for runaway and homeless youth and their families. The approach shall include an assessment of service needs, the integration of existing services and the identification and tracking of a statewide high-level outcome related to runaway and homeless youth and their families.
(3) Through the process, the agencies and other persons and entities involved in the process shall:
(a) Recommend funding mechanisms, financial resources and policy changes that will support a continuum of services and that will ensure integration of services among state agencies that provide services to runaway and homeless youth and their families;
(b) Identify means of service delivery that are culturally competent, gender specific and evidence based and that reflect differences in approaches for urban and rural runaway and homeless youth and their families;
(c) Develop urban and rural demonstration sites to test effective service delivery models for the urban and rural populations;
(d) Recommend policies and services that specifically address the needs and responsibilities of parents of runaway and homeless youth;
(e) Review existing state laws regarding parental accountability to determine recommended enforcement levels and examine new strategies to encourage parents to be accountable for positive development of their children; and
(f) Recommend policies that integrate a system of services for runaway and homeless youth into the state’s continuum of care for children who are 0 through 18 years of age.
(4) In addition to the state agencies listed in subsection (2) of this section, the state commission shall include representatives of youth, nonprofit organizations and statewide coalitions related to runaway and homeless youth services and supports in the joint process described in subsection (2) of this section. [2005 c.495 §2]
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