71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 1558
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2330
                   Ordered by the House May 10
             Including House Amendments dated May 10
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on
  Health and Human Services)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Requires State Commission on Children and Families to make
available grants for   { - youth investment and family
preservation.  Modifies - }   { + family support and system
development initiatives, community-based programs for children
who are newborn through eight years of age and local planning and
capacity building.  Requires + } use of   { - children's
services - }  grants as determined by local commissions on
children and families.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to grants for children's services; amending ORS 417.790.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 417.790 is amended to read:
  417.790. The State Commission on Children and Families shall:
    { - (1) Make Student Retention Initiative grants to fund
student retention initiatives designed to identify youths in
danger of leaving school before graduation and to assist them in
completing their education. - }
   { +  (1) Make grants to fund family support and system
development initiatives. The state commission shall assist
counties in the implementation and operation of strategies to
enhance the development of a comprehensive and holistic family
system. Family support and system development initiative grants
shall be used to fund community strategies as determined at the
local level, according to a county's local coordinated
comprehensive plan, by local commissions on children and
families. + }
  (2) Make Great Start grants   { - with the goal of having
children reach the first grade with good physical, social,
emotional and language development. The state commission shall
assist counties in the implementation and operation of Great
Start programs for children who are newborn to six years of age
including parent support programs, child care and child
development services, physical and mental health promotion and
access to services. - }   { + to fund community-based programs
for children who are newborn through eight years of age. A county
or region shall use Great Start grant funds to provide
research-based early childhood programs in community settings and
to provide services that have proven to be successful and that
meet the needs of the community as determined at the local level,
according to a county's local coordinated comprehensive plan, by
local commissions on children and families. + }
    { - (3) Make juvenile services grants to fund juvenile
delinquent programs for diversion, delinquency prevention,
detention, shelter care, probation, restitution, family support
services and community centers for the care and treatment of
juveniles in need of services, for the purpose of reducing the
rate of juvenile delinquency. - }
   { +  (3) Make grants to support and sustain the capacity of
counties and local communities to conduct coordinated and
comprehensive planning activities, to promote service
coordination and integration, and to develop and mobilize
communities. The local planning and capacity building grants
shall be used to fund community strategies as determined at the
local level, according to a county's local coordinated
comprehensive plan, by local commissions on children and
families. + }
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