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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62339</law_id><section_number>66-35</section_number><catch_line>Responsibilities of local programs</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="66">Juvenile Justice</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be the responsibility of the local programs to:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Prepare and update pursuant to <span class="dictionary">Department</span> guidelines a comprehensive plan based on an objective assessment of the community&#x2019;s youth development and delinquency prevention needs and resources; <a id="paragraph-227370" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/66-35/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Assist the locality in establishing and modifying programs and services to youth pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Establishment of a community-based system of services; biennial local plan; quarterly report" href="/16.1-309.3/">16.1-309.3</a> on the basis of an objective assessment of the community&#x2019;s needs and resources; <a id="paragraph-227371" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/66-35/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Collaborate with public and private entities to identify gaps in program services and identify potential funding sources to assist in developing programs to respond to identified gaps; and <a id="paragraph-227372" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/66-35/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Provide assistance to other community agencies and organizations, including the community policy and management team established pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Community policy and management team; appointment; fiscal agent" href="/2.2-5204/">2.2-5204</a>, in establishing and modifying programs and services to youth. <a id="paragraph-227373" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/66-35/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-343; 1979, c. 698; 1982, c. 636, &#xA7; 53.1-260; 1989, c. 733; 1992, cc. 837, 880; 1993, cc. 232, 283; 2000, c. 277; 2022, c. 522.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
