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            A. The purpose of the commission shall be to assist and afford opportunities to pre-adjudicatory and post-adjudicatory children who enter the juvenile justice system, or who are children in need of care or supervision, to become productive, law-abiding citizens of the community, parish, and state by the establishment of rehabilitative programs within a structured environment and to provide physical facilities and related services including the housing, care, supervision, maintenance, and education of children under the age of eighteen years, and for individuals who were under eighteen years of age when they committed an alleged offense, throughout the district and in other participating parishes.

            B. In addition to any other authority and power granted by law, the board is authorized to enter into intergovernmental agreements or cooperative endeavor agreements with any other state, parish, or local agency, entity, or individual to provide for the establishment and maintenance of evidence-based or best practices juvenile services and programs, including but not limited to a district attorney’s early intervention program.

            C. In association with any such evidence-based or best practices services and programs, and other such qualified programs, the board is specifically authorized to expend any and all funds collected and to pay any and all negotiated costs and expenses for juvenile services and programs provided within the district or to other participating parishes.

            Acts 2023, No. 166, §1, eff. June 7, 2023.