Oklahoma § 10-600 - Definitions

§ 10-600. Definitions

As used in Sections 601.1 through 601.14 of this title:

1. “Children and youth service system” means health, mental

health, social, rehabilitative assistance and educational services

provided to children and youth by and through the courts and public

and private agencies;

2. “Client” means a child or a family member of a child who is

receiving services through the children and youth service system;

3. “Commission” means the Oklahoma Commission on Children and

Youth;

4. “Homeless children and youth” means a person twenty-one (21)

years of age or younger who is:

a.

unaccompanied by a parent or guardian, and

b.

without shelter where appropriate care and supervision

are available, or

c.

without a parent or guardian who is willing and able

to provide shelter and care, or

d.

without a fixed, regular, or adequate nighttime

residence. For the purposes of this paragraph,

“fixed, regular, or adequate nighttime residence”

shall not include a supervised publicly or privately

operated shelter or institution designed to provide

temporary living accommodations, transitional housing

arrangements, living in hotels, temporary living

arrangements with other people but without an

opportunity for permanent residence or a residential

lease, or a public or private place not designed for,

nor ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping

accommodation for human beings;

5. “State Plan for Services to Children and Youth” means the

planning document required by Section 601.6a of this title; and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10. Children

6. “Youth at risk of homelessness” means a person twenty-one

(21) years of age or younger whose status or circumstances indicate

a significant danger of experiencing homelessness in the near

future, including but not limited to youth exiting out-of-home

placements, youth who previously were homeless, youth whose parents

or guardians are or were previously homeless, youth who are exposed

to abuse and neglect in their homes, and youth who experience

excessive conflict with their parents.

Added by Laws 1990, c. 288, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990. Amended by

Laws 2000, c. 302, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2016, c. 227, § 1,

eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2024, c. 347, § 1, emerg. eff. May 28, 2024.