New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 14 - JUVENILE JUSTICE
Part 13 - JUVENILE CONTINUUM GRANT FUND
Section 8.14.13.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Department" means the children, youth and families department.

B. "Grant fund" means the juvenile continuum grant fund, established pursuant to the Juvenile Continuum Act, Laws 2007, Chapter 351.

C. "JJAC" means the juvenile justice advisory committee, formed and functioning pursuant to Sections 9-2A-14 through 9-2A-16 NMSA 1978, as amended.

D. "Procurement Code" means the Procurement Code, Sections 13-1-21 to 13-1-199 NMSA 1978 , as amended.

E. "Juvenile justice continuum" means a system of services and sanctions for juveniles arrested or referred to juvenile probation and parole or at risk of such referral and consists of a formal partnership among one or more units of local or tribal governments, the children's court, the district attorney, the public defender, local law enforcement agencies, the public schools and other entities such as private nonprofit organizations, the business community and religious organizations.

F. "At a risk of such referral" means that the juvenile has demonstrated specific behaviors that if repeated will make the juvenile eligible for a referral to juvenile probation and parole, and these behaviors have come to the attention of public agency officials such as the public school, law enforcement or protective services officials. Some examples are truancy or disruptive behavior in school.

G. "Required partner" means the officials and public agencies, and tribal equivalents, whose partnership in the juvenile justice continuum is statutorily required. These are: a unit of local or tribal government, the children's court, the district attorney, the public defender, a local (municipal, county, tribal) law enforcement agency, and the public school district.