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Commission on Children and Youth
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1949-1976
History
Commission on Children and Youth. (May 17, 1949-June 30, 1976). Established by Act 294, SLH 1949 as the Territorial Commission on Children and Youth. Renamed and placed within the Department of Budget and Review by Act 1, 2nd Special SLH 1959. Transferred to the Office of the Governor by Act 107, SLH 1971. Had a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 21 members, including at least one member from each of the neighbor island counties, appointed to four year terms by the Governor. Ex-officio members included the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the President of the Board of Health, the Director of Public Welfare and the Judge of the Juvenile Court of the First Circuit. County committees on children and youth, mandated by Act 294, served as sub-committees of the Territorial Commission. The Commission was to study the needs of children and youth; review legislation dealing with children and youth, and propose changes and additions as necessary; appraise the availability, adequacy and accessibility of services for children and youth; encourage and foster local community action on behalf of children and youth; and develop and promote programs to prevent juvenile delinquency.
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[Territorial Conference on Juvenile Delinquency]. (May [?], 1948-January [?], 1949). No reference to the conference has been located in statute or in the Governor's records, however reference to its final report (although not the report itself) has been found in newspaper reports and per Act 294, SLH 1949, it was explicitly superseded, and-its duties were taken over, by the Territorial Commission on Children and Youth.
[Governor's Citizens' Steering Committee on Juvenile Delinquency]. (ca. March 25, 1948-May 16, 1949). Newspaper reports indicate that it was appointed by Governor Stainback to prepare a program to combat juvenile delinquency. No reference to it has been located in statute or in the Governor's records however, per Act 294, SLH 1949, it was superseded, and its duties were taken over, by the Territorial Commission on Children and Youth.
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Established by Act 294, SLH 1949 as the Territorial Commission on Children and Youth.
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2002-04-05, Created by Allen H. Hoof.
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2021-08-17, Carol Kellett: Entered into AtoM.