Sec. 265.005. STRATEGIC PLAN. (a) The department shall develop and implement a five-year strategic plan for prevention and early intervention services. Not later than September 1 of the last fiscal year in each five-year period, the department shall issue a new strategic plan for the next five fiscal years beginning with the following fiscal year.
(b) A strategic plan required under this section must:
(1) identify methods to leverage other sources of funding or provide support for existing community-based prevention efforts;
(2) include a needs assessment that identifies programs to best target the needs of the highest risk populations and geographic areas;
(3) identify the goals and priorities for the department's overall prevention efforts;
(4) report the results of previous prevention efforts using available information in the plan;
(5) identify additional methods of measuring program effectiveness and results or outcomes;
(6) identify methods to collaborate with other state agencies on prevention efforts; and
(7) identify specific strategies to implement the plan and to develop measures for reporting on the overall progress toward the plan's goals.
(c) The department shall coordinate with interested parties and communities in developing the strategic plan under this section.
(d) The department shall annually update the strategic plan developed under this section.
(e) The department shall post the strategic plan developed under this section and any update to the plan on its Internet website.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 62, eff. September 1, 2015.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1257 (H.B. 2630), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015.
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