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The Department shall be responsible for the collection and dissemination of the required court data necessary for the development of the plan. The plan shall utilize the information provided by local plans submitted under \u00a7 16.1-309.3. The plan shall be submitted to the Board on or before July 1 in odd-numbered years. The plan shall include a biennial forecast with appropriate annual updates as may be required of future juvenile correctional center and detention home needs.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":260213,"text":"It shall be the duty of the Department of Juvenile Justice to devise, develop and promulgate a statewide plan for the establishment and maintenance of a range of institutional and community-based, diversion, predispositional and postdispositional services to be reasonably accessible to each court. The Department shall be responsible for the collection and dissemination of the required court data necessary for the development of the plan. 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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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1996, chapters 671<\/a>, 682<\/a>, 755<\/a>, and 914<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":54157,"section_number":"16.1-284.1","catch_line":"Placement in secure local facility","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-284.1\/"},{"id":84418,"section_number":"16.1-318","catch_line":"Powers of commission generally; supervision by Director of Department of Juvenile Justice","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-318\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66406,"section_number":"16.1-309.3","catch_line":"Establishment of a community-based system of services; biennial local plan; quarterly report","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-309.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":161109,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72236,"identifier":"16.1-309.4","token":"16.1\/11\/12.1\/16.1-309.4","url":"\/16.1-309.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-309.4\/","token":"16.1\/11\/12.1\/16.1-309.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Statewide plan for juvenile services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-309.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be the duty of the Department<\/span> of Juvenile Justice to devise, develop and promulgate a statewide plan for the establishment and maintenance of a range of institutional and community-based, diversion<\/span>, predispositional and postdispositional services to be reasonably accessible to each court<\/span>. The Department<\/span> shall be responsible for the collection and dissemination of the required court<\/span> data necessary for the development of the plan. The plan shall utilize the information provided by local plans submitted under \u00a7 16.1-309.3<\/a>. The plan shall be submitted to the Board on or before July 1 in odd-numbered years. The plan shall include a biennial forecast with appropriate annual updates as may be required of future juvenile correctional center and detention home<\/span> needs.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATEWIDE PLAN FOR JUVENILE SERVICES (\u00a7 16.1-309.4)\n\nIt shall be the duty of the Department of Juvenile Justice to devise, develop\nand promulgate a statewide plan for the establishment and maintenance of a range\nof institutional and community-based, diversion, predispositional and\npostdispositional services to be reasonably accessible to each court. The\nDepartment shall be responsible for the collection and dissemination of the\nrequired court data necessary for the development of the plan. The plan shall\nutilize the information provided by local plans submitted under \u00a7 16.1-309.3.\nThe plan shall be submitted to the Board on or before July 1 in odd-numbered\nyears. The plan shall include a biennial forecast with appropriate annual\nupdates as may be required of future juvenile correctional center and detention\nhome needs.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, cc. 698, 840; 1996, cc. 671, 682, 755, 914.","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}}