A. Each community partnership board shall, with the assistance of the Office of Planning and Coordination for Services to Children and Youth, prepare and implement a community plan for children and youth services and for the development and coordination of such services within the community. The community plans shall be transmitted to the Office of Planning and Coordination. Systemic issues shall be collected annually and submitted to the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth for use in the preparation of the State Plan for Services to Children and Youth.

B. Each community partnership board shall develop a written statement clearly identifying its operating procedures, purpose, overall responsibilities and method of meeting those responsibilities.

C. The community plan shall address the needs of children, youth and families as they relate to education, health, mental health, economic security, safety and human services issues, and shall contain:

1. Identified goals, intended outcomes, and priorities for serving children and families;

2. A description of specific needs to be addressed by the plan, as well as services and other support available through public, private, and community-based organizations;

3. A description of the resources needed to implement the local plan;

4. Recommendations for proposed policy or program changes and alternative funding strategies for meeting identified needs;

5. An implementation strategy and time line; and

6. A description of the resources, types of assistance or training needed to implement the plan.

Added by Laws 1990, c. 288, § 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 302, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2004, c. 421, § 3, emerg. eff. June 4, 2004; Laws 2007, c. 8, § 4, eff. July 1, 2007.