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These services may include, but are not limited to, diversion, community service, restitution, house arrest, intensive juvenile supervision, substance abuse assessment and testing, first-time offender programs, intensive individual and family treatment, structured day treatment and structured residential programs, aftercare\/parole community supervision, and residential and nonresidential services for juveniles who have been screened for needing community diversion or community-based services using an evidence-based assessment protocol or juvenile offenders who are before intake on complaints or the court on petitions alleging that the juvenile is delinquent, in need of services, or in need of supervision but shall not include secure detention for the purposes of this article. Such community-based systems shall be based on an annual review of court-related data and an objective assessment of the need for services and programs for juveniles who have been screened for needing community diversion or community-based services using an evidence-based assessment protocol or juvenile offenders who are before intake on complaints or the court on petitions alleging that the juvenile is a child in need of services, in need of supervision, or delinquent. The community-based system shall be developed after consultation with the judge or judges of the juvenile and domestic relations district court, the director of the court services unit, the community policy and management team established under § 2.2-5205, and, if applicable, the director of any program established pursuant to § 66-26.B\n\nCommunity-based services instituted pursuant to this article shall be administered by a county, city, or combination thereof and may be administered through a community policy and management team established under § 2.2-5204 or a commission established under § 16.1-315. Such programs and services may be provided by qualified public or private agencies, pursuant to appropriate contracts. Any commission established under § 16.1-315 providing predispositional and postdispositional services prior to the enactment of this article which serves the City of Chesapeake or the City of Hampton shall directly receive the proportion of funds calculated under § 16.1-309.7 on behalf of the owner localities. The funds received shall be allocated directly to the member localities. Any member locality which elects to withdraw from the commission shall be entitled to its full allocation as provided in §§ 16.1-309.6 and 16.1-309.7. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall provide technical assistance to localities, upon request, for establishing or expanding programs or services pursuant to this article.C\n\nFunds provided to implement the provisions of this article shall not be used to supplant funds established as the state pool of funds under § 2.2-5211.D\n\nAny county, city, or combination thereof which establishes a community-based system pursuant to this article shall biennially submit to the State Board for approval a local plan for the development, implementation, and operation of such services, programs, and facilities pursuant to this article. The plan shall provide (i) the projected number of juveniles served by alternatives to secure detention and (ii) any reduction in secure detention rates and commitments to state care as a result of programs funded pursuant to this article. The State Board shall solicit written comments on the plan from the judge or judges of the juvenile and domestic relations court, the director of the court services unit, and, if applicable, the director of programs established pursuant to § 66-26. Prior to the initiation of any new services, the plan shall also include a cost comparison for the private operation of such services.E\n\nEach locality shall report quarterly to the Director the data required by the Department to measure progress on stated objectives and to evaluate programs and services within such locality’s plan.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":241039,"text":"Any county, city, or combination thereof may establish a community-based system pursuant to this article, which shall provide, or arrange to have accessible, a variety of predispositional and postdispositional services. 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The community-based system shall be developed after consultation with the judge or judges of the juvenile and domestic relations district court, the director of the court services unit, the community policy and management team established under § 2.2-5205, and, if applicable, the director of any program established pursuant to § 66-26.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":241040,"text":"Community-based services instituted pursuant to this article shall be administered by a county, city, or combination thereof and may be administered through a community policy and management team established under § 2.2-5204 or a commission established under § 16.1-315. Such programs and services may be provided by qualified public or private agencies, pursuant to appropriate contracts. Any commission established under § 16.1-315 providing predispositional and postdispositional services prior to the enactment of this article which serves the City of Chesapeake or the City of Hampton shall directly receive the proportion of funds calculated under § 16.1-309.7 on behalf of the owner localities. The funds received shall be allocated directly to the member localities. Any member locality which elects to withdraw from the commission shall be entitled to its full allocation as provided in §§ 16.1-309.6 and 16.1-309.7. 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The plan shall provide (i) the projected number of juveniles served by alternatives to secure detention and (ii) any reduction in secure detention rates and commitments to state care as a result of programs funded pursuant to this article. The State Board shall solicit written comments on the plan from the judge or judges of the juvenile and domestic relations court, the director of the court services unit, and, if applicable, the director of programs established pursuant to § 66-26. 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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 698<\/a> and 840<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1996, chapters 671<\/a> and 682<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 347<\/a>; in 2000, chapters 195<\/a> and 806<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 813<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 105<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72236,"section_number":"16.1-309.4","catch_line":"Statewide plan for juvenile services","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-309.4\/"},{"id":66785,"section_number":"16.1-309.7","catch_line":"Determination of payment","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-309.7\/"},{"id":68602,"section_number":"2.2-5206","catch_line":"Community policy and management teams; powers and duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-5206\/"},{"id":70260,"section_number":"37.2-408.1","catch_line":"Background check required; children's residential facilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-408.1\/"},{"id":80180,"section_number":"63.2-1726","catch_line":"Background check required; children's residential facilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1726\/"},{"id":62339,"section_number":"66-35","catch_line":"Responsibilities of local programs","order_by":null,"url":"\/66-35\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":59126,"section_number":"16.1-309.6","catch_line":"How state appropriations for operating costs of Juvenile Community Crime Control Act programs determined; notice of financial aid","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-309.6\/"},{"id":66785,"section_number":"16.1-309.7","catch_line":"Determination of payment","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-309.7\/"},{"id":59677,"section_number":"16.1-315","catch_line":"Joint or regional citizen detention commissions authorized","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-315\/"},{"id":69913,"section_number":"2.2-5204","catch_line":"Community policy and management team; appointment; fiscal agent","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-5204\/"},{"id":70138,"section_number":"2.2-5205","catch_line":"Community policy and management teams; membership; immunity from liability","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-5205\/"},{"id":60017,"section_number":"66-26","catch_line":"Delinquency prevention and youth development programs; agents","order_by":null,"url":"\/66-26\/"}],"permalink":{"id":161105,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66406,"identifier":"16.1-309.3","token":"16.1\/11\/12.1\/16.1-309.3","url":"\/16.1-309.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-309.3\/","token":"16.1\/11\/12.1\/16.1-309.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment of a community-based system of services; biennial local plan; quarterly report","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-309.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any county, city, or combination thereof may establish a community-based system pursuant to this article, which shall provide, or arrange to have accessible, a variety of predispositional and postdispositional services. These services may include, but are not limited to, diversion<\/span>, community service<\/span>, restitution<\/span>, house arrest<\/span>, intensive juvenile supervision, substance abuse assessment and testing, first-time offender programs, intensive individual and family treatment, structured day treatment and structured residential programs, aftercare\/parole<\/span> community supervision, and residential and nonresidential services for juveniles who have been screened for needing community diversion<\/span> or community-based services using an evidence<\/span>-based assessment protocol or juvenile offenders who are before intake on complaints or the court<\/span> on petitions<\/span> alleging that the juvenile is delinquent, in need of services, or in need of supervision but shall not include secure detention for the purposes of this article. Such community-based systems shall be based on an annual review of court-related data and an objective assessment of the need for services and programs for juveniles who have been screened for needing community diversion<\/span> or community-based services using an evidence<\/span>-based assessment protocol or juvenile offenders who are before intake on complaints or the court<\/span> on petitions<\/span> alleging that the juvenile is a child in need of services<\/span>, in need of supervision, or delinquent. The community-based system shall be developed after consultation with the judge<\/span> or judges<\/span> of the juvenile and domestic relations district court, the director<\/span> of the court<\/span> services unit, the community policy and management team established under § 2.2-5205<\/a>, and, if applicable, the director<\/span> of any program established pursuant to § 66-26<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Community-based services instituted pursuant to this article shall be administered by a county, city, or combination thereof and may be administered through a community policy and management team established under § 2.2-5204<\/a> or a commission established under § 16.1-315<\/a>. Such programs and services may be provided by qualified public or private agencies, pursuant to appropriate contracts<\/span>. Any commission established under § 16.1-315<\/a> providing predispositional and postdispositional services prior to the enactment of this article which serves the City of Chesapeake or the City of Hampton shall directly receive the proportion of funds calculated under § 16.1-309.7<\/a> on behalf of the owner localities. The funds received shall be allocated directly to the member localities. Any member locality which elects to withdraw from the commission shall be entitled to its full allocation as provided in §§ 16.1-309.6<\/a> and 16.1-309.7<\/a>. The Department<\/span> of Juvenile Justice shall provide technical assistance to localities, upon request, for establishing or expanding programs or services pursuant to this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Funds provided to implement the provisions of this article shall not be used to supplant funds established as the state pool of funds under § 2.2-5211<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Any county, city, or combination thereof which establishes a community-based system pursuant to this article shall biennially submit to the State Board<\/span> for approval a local plan for the development, implementation, and operation of such services, programs, and facilities pursuant to this article. The plan shall provide (i) the projected number of juveniles served by alternatives to secure detention and (ii) any reduction in secure detention rates and commitments to state care as a result of programs funded pursuant to this article. The State Board<\/span> shall solicit written comments on the plan from the judge<\/span> or judges<\/span> of the juvenile and domestic relations court<\/span>, the director<\/span> of the court<\/span> services unit, and, if applicable, the director<\/span> of programs established pursuant to § 66-26<\/a>. Prior to the initiation of any new services, the plan shall also include a cost comparison for the private operation of such services. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> Each locality shall report quarterly to the Director<\/span> the data required by the Department<\/span> to measure progress on stated objectives and to evaluate programs and services within such locality’s plan. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY-BASED SYSTEM OF SERVICES; BIENNIAL LOCAL PLAN;\nQUARTERLY REPORT (\u00a7 16.1-309.3)\n\nA. Any county, city, or combination thereof may establish a community-based\nsystem pursuant to this article, which shall provide, or arrange to have\naccessible, a variety of predispositional and postdispositional services. These\nservices may include, but are not limited to, diversion, community service,\nrestitution, house arrest, intensive juvenile supervision, substance abuse\nassessment and testing, first-time offender programs, intensive individual and\nfamily treatment, structured day treatment and structured residential programs,\naftercare\/parole community supervision, and residential and nonresidential\nservices for juveniles who have been screened for needing community diversion or\ncommunity-based services using an evidence-based assessment protocol or juvenile\noffenders who are before intake on complaints or the court on petitions alleging\nthat the juvenile is delinquent, in need of services, or in need of supervision\nbut shall not include secure detention for the purposes of this article. Such\ncommunity-based systems shall be based on an annual review of court-related data\nand an objective assessment of the need for services and programs for juveniles\nwho have been screened for needing community diversion or community-based\nservices using an evidence-based assessment protocol or juvenile offenders who\nare before intake on complaints or the court on petitions alleging that the\njuvenile is a child in need of services, in need of supervision, or delinquent.\nThe community-based system shall be developed after consultation with the judge\nor judges of the juvenile and domestic relations district court, the director of\nthe court services unit, the community policy and management team established\nunder § 2.2-5205, and, if applicable, the director of any program\nestablished pursuant to § 66-26.\n\nB. Community-based services instituted pursuant to this article shall be\nadministered by a county, city, or combination thereof and may be administered\nthrough a community policy and management team established under § 2.2-5204\nor a commission established under § 16.1-315. Such programs and services\nmay be provided by qualified public or private agencies, pursuant to appropriate\ncontracts. Any commission established under § 16.1-315 providing\npredispositional and postdispositional services prior to the enactment of this\narticle which serves the City of Chesapeake or the City of Hampton shall\ndirectly receive the proportion of funds calculated under § 16.1-309.7 on\nbehalf of the owner localities. The funds received shall be allocated directly\nto the member localities. Any member locality which elects to withdraw from the\ncommission shall be entitled to its full allocation as provided in §§\n16.1-309.6 and 16.1-309.7. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall provide\ntechnical assistance to localities, upon request, for establishing or expanding\nprograms or services pursuant to this article.\n\nC. Funds provided to implement the provisions of this article shall not be used\nto supplant funds established as the state pool of funds under § 2.2-5211.\n\nD. Any county, city, or combination thereof which establishes a community-based\nsystem pursuant to this article shall biennially submit to the State Board for\napproval a local plan for the development, implementation, and operation of such\nservices, programs, and facilities pursuant to this article. The plan shall\nprovide (i) the projected number of juveniles served by alternatives to secure\ndetention and (ii) any reduction in secure detention rates and commitments to\nstate care as a result of programs funded pursuant to this article. The State\nBoard shall solicit written comments on the plan from the judge or judges of the\njuvenile and domestic relations court, the director of the court services unit,\nand, if applicable, the director of programs established pursuant to §\n66-26. Prior to the initiation of any new services, the plan shall also include\na cost comparison for the private operation of such services.\n\nE. Each locality shall report quarterly to the Director the data required by the\nDepartment to measure progress on stated objectives and to evaluate programs and\nservices within such locality’s plan.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, cc. 698, 840; 1996, cc. 671, 682; 1997, c. 347; 2000, cc. 195,\n806; 2007, c. 813; 2019, c. 105.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}