Establishes the Office of Youth Health and Safety within the Health and Human Services Commission.
The Office of Youth Health and Safety aims to promote trauma-responsive and culturally informed services for children engaging in delinquent conduct and ensure they become responsible, thriving, and engaged members of their communities. The office will develop a plan to improve the juvenile justice system, including ending commitments of children to post-adjudication secure correctional facilities and reducing the population of children in such facilities. The office will also study the feasibility of closing all post-adjudication secure correctional facilities.
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