Title 37, Juveniles

(a) The executive director, subject to the approval of the commission and the commissioner of finance and administration, shall employ other personnel as may be necessary for the performance of the duties as prescribed by this part. (b) All reimbursement for travel of commission …

(a) There shall be a regional council on children and youth organized by the commission in each of the nine (9) development districts of the state. The regional councils shall perform each of the following duties:(1) Provide for mutual exchange of information and networking among…

References to the commission on children and youth, the office of child development, the children's services commission, and the juvenile justice commission appearing elsewhere in this code are deemed to be references to the commission on children and youth. All contracts and lea…

(a) Section 4-29-114 shall not apply to this part. (b) All staff, staff positions, offices, equipment, supplies, property, funds and other resources of the children's services commission and the juvenile justice commission shall be transferred to the commission on children and yo…

(1) As used in this section and in §§ 37-3-111 — 37-3-115, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Child-centered” means a system in which the needs of the child are at its core and that integrates services and programs offered by various departments of state government, units…

(a) There shall be a council on children's mental health care organized by the commission that shall design a plan for a statewide system of mental health care for children. (b) The council shall be co-chaired by the executive director of the commission on children and youth and …

(a) The council shall develop a plan for a statewide system of care where children's mental health care is child-centered, family-driven, and culturally and linguistically competent and that provides a coordinated system of care for children's mental health needs in this state. (…

(1) In addition to other duties imposed by law, the council shall also perform the following duties:(1) Facilitate interagency coordination and collaboration in the planning, funding, delivery and evaluation of a statewide system of mental health care for children;(2) Define acco…

(1) The council may perform each of the following duties:(1) Promulgate bylaws to provide for the election of council officers, establishment of committees, meetings, and other matters relating to council functions;(2) Request and receive the cooperation of other state department…

(a) On or before June 30, 2026, and each June 30 thereafter, the council shall submit a report regarding the status of the statewide system of care for children's mental health and the service delivery system, as described in § 37-3-112, and the status of children's mental health…

(a) The commission shall design and oversee a resource mapping of all federal and state funding sources and funding streams that support the health, safety, permanence, growth, development and education of children in this state from conception through the age of majority or so l…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Youth Investment Act of 1970.”

There is created within the department of education, in the division of vocational rehabilitation, an office of community contact, which shall be headed by a director, appointed by the commissioner of education, to serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and at a salary to be f…

The office of community contact shall establish programs to provide guidance, training and rehabilitation for juveniles committed to correctional institutions who have been released from such institutions or who are under the care or custody of the juvenile court. The office shal…

(a) It is the duty of the director to:(1) Solicit volunteer citizens from throughout the state, using the aid of civic and church groups, at the director's discretion;(2) Work with the administrators of correctional institutions within the state and with state and local juvenile …

(1) It is the duty of the director to recruit volunteers who will:(1) Write the juvenile to whom the volunteer is assigned approximately one (1) time per week during the period the juvenile remains within a correctional institution;(2) Personally contact the juvenile approximatel…

The director is authorized pursuant to the requirements of § 4-4-116 to make application for and to receive federal funds and funds from any public or private source.

(a) There shall be created, within the Nashville office of the department of health, the Tennessee informational clearinghouse on teenage pregnancy. (b) The department shall obtain and operate a toll-free telephone line for the express purpose of receiving and encouraging inquiri…

(a) The department shall collect and maintain, within the clearinghouse, current information on publicly and privately supported programs and services within the state that address problems associated with teenage pregnancy. Each such program or service shall be engaged in one (1…

(a) The department shall also collect and maintain, within the clearinghouse, statistical and other research information concerning teenage pregnancy, and related problems, in the state as a whole and in its cities, counties and regions. (b) Furthermore, copies of all Tennessee s…

The department shall also collect and maintain, within the clearinghouse, pertinent information on pending conferences, workshops, public hearings and other meetings concerning teenage pregnancy and related problems.

To the extent that, during the course of implementing this part, it comes to the attention of the commission that two (2) or more significantly similar programs or services are being operated within the state, the commission shall ensure that the persons or organizations administ…

(a) The Tennessee informational clearinghouse on teenage pregnancy is created strictly for the purpose of providing the people of this state with an accurate, accessible, and centralized repository of information concerning teenage pregnancy and related problems as well as availa…

(a) The executive director of the commission on children and youth, and the commissioners of education, labor and workforce development, health, and children's services shall jointly develop and administer a plan to ensure that every teen parent, participating in the assistance p…

(a) This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Safe Families and Family Preservation Act.” (b) The family support services and time-limited family reunification services authorized pursuant to this part shall be subject to the funds appropriated to the department by the Te…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Family preservation services” mean short-term, highly intensive, services designed to protect, treat, and support a family, with a child at imminent risk of placement, by enabling the family to remain intact and…

(a) The department of children's services shall develop, coordinate and implement a program to provide family services to each family with a child at imminent risk of placement; provided, that delivery of family preservation services shall be limited to those families and situati…

Beginning with fiscal year 1994-1995, the departments of children's services, mental health and substance abuse services, and disability and aging shall jointly implement the program of family preservation services at a level sufficient to meet the need for such services across t…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Early Childhood Development Act of 1994.”

(a) The general assembly finds that success in early childhood requires each child to have:(1) A healthy start through access to adequate prenatal and well-child care;(2) A well-functioning family that is prepared to assume the responsibilities of parenthood and childbearing;(3) …

(a) The state of Tennessee shall develop, coordinate, and implement a healthy start pilot project within ten (10) or more counties of the state. The healthy start pilot project shall be based upon the nationally recognized model, shall focus on home visitation and counseling serv…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Second Look Commission.”

(1) For purposes of this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Appropriate sampling” means cases of a second or subsequent incident of severe child abuse selected by the commission from all profiled cases submitted by the department of children's services;(2) “Child ab…

(a) There is created the Tennessee second look commission. The commission shall review an appropriate sampling of cases involving a second or subsequent incident of severe child abuse in order to provide recommendations and findings to the general assembly regarding whether or no…

(a) Members of the commission shall be as follows:(1) The director of the Tennessee bureau of investigation or the director's designee;(2) The executive director of the commission on children and youth or the director's designee;(3) The executive director of Tennessee's chapter o…

(a) The commission shall be administratively attached to the Tennessee commission on children and youth, but for all purposes other than administration, shall be an independent commission. (b) The Tennessee commission on children and youth shall be responsible for:(1) Scheduling …

(a) The department of children's services shall, no later than October 1, 2010, provide the commission with a table, detailing profiled cases from the previous fiscal year; thereafter, the department shall provide such table no later than October 1, 2011, and by October 1 annuall…

(a) All members of the commission shall be voting members. (b) The members of the commission shall receive no salary; provided that members of the commission shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in accordance with the state's comprehensive travel regulations promulgat…

The commission shall meet as necessary to transact business; provided, that meetings shall be held at least quarterly, and the first meeting shall be no later than November 1, 2010. The commission shall meet at such time and place as determined by the co-chairs of the commission …

(1) The child advocacy center directors or their designees, the department of children's services, the district attorney general of each judicial district, the district public defender of each judicial district, the administrative office of the courts, any law enforcement agency,…

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commission may access information made confidential pursuant to chapter 1 of this title. (b) (1) Except as provided in subsection (c), investigatory meetings of the commission shall not be subject to title 8, chapter 44, part 1 and…

To the extent that funds are available, the commission may hire additional staff or consultants to assist the commission in completing its duties.

Any person acting in good faith in compliance with this part shall be immune from civil and criminal liability arising from such action.

Nothing in this part shall preclude any investigations or reviews to the extent authorized by other laws.

If, during the course of the commission's duties under this part, the commission becomes aware of any violations of the criminal laws of this state by any person or agency, the co-chairs of the commission shall share such information with appropriate officials charged with invest…

The commission shall adopt and implement a policy related to conflicts of interest, to ensure that all members avoid any situation that creates an actual or perceived conflict of interest related to the work of the commission.