OAR 416-410-0030: Diversion Contracts

(1) When the legislature appropriates funds to OYA expressly for distribution to counties in support of programs to divert youth from close custody, such funds are allocated based on each county's percentage of the state’s population of persons 17 years of age and under. (a) A county or region of counties that chooses to accept funds to divert youth from close-custody facilities must agree in intergovernmental agreements with OYA not to exceed its allocated funding. (b) The intergovernmental agreement is based on the county's or region's plan developed in accordance with Oregon statutes and approved by OYA. The plan must contain: (A) The method for providing evaluation, including education, diagnostic, and placement services; (B) A process for providing a hearings officer for preliminary parole revocation hearings; (C) A plan for providing detention backup, and backup to community programs; and (D) The type of programs the county or region will use in order not to exceed its DBA. (2) OYA must have a plan to prevent the close-custody population limit from exceeding the DBA in the counties that choose not to accept diversion funds. The OYA plan must contain: (a) The method for providing evaluation, including education, diagnostic, and placement services; (b) A process for providing a hearings officer for preliminary parole revocation hearings; (c) A plan for providing detention backup, and backup to community programs; and (d) The type of programs the county or region will use in order not to exceed its close-custody allocation limit.