The Department of the Youth Authority shall, in the implementation of this article, do all of the following:

(a) Determine county eligibility for partnership funding.

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 1820.2

  • County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.

(b) Distribute partnership funds to qualified counties quarterly based on the average daily population of the county’s juvenile ranches, camps, and forestry camps for the previous fiscal quarter.

(c) Monitor county compliance with eligibility requirements.

(d) Provide technical assistance to counties to prevent unnecessary commitments to the Department of the Youth Authority and to expand the capacity of the counties to confine, discipline, and treat juvenile offenders in a manner consistent with public safety.

(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 157, Sec. 2. Effective July 21, 1993.)