Youth Emergency Telephone Referral Project.

Existing uncodified law establishes the Youth Emergency Telephone Referral Project, in the Office of Criminal Justice Planning, to be headquartered in Sacramento, as specified. Existing law provides that the Office of Criminal Justice Planning may directly implement the project, or may contract with nonprofit corporations, as specified, for administration of the project. This bill would recast and codify these provisions of law establishing the project and stating the intent of the Legislature in that regard. The bill would establish the project in the California Emergency Management Agency, and would provide that the agency may directly implement the project, or may contract with California nonprofit corporations to do so, as specified. The bill would delete the provisions requiring the project to be headquartered in Sacramento. This bill would also clarify that the project's services, as specified, are available to youth who are at risk of running away from home or becoming homeless, or who have run away from home or are homeless.