Section 13826.62 Of Chapter 3.5. Gang Violence Suppression From California Penal Code >> Title 6. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 3.5.
13826.62
. (a) There is hereby established in the Office of
Emergency Services the Urban Corps Program. The Urban Corps Program
is established as an optional activity under Section 13826.6.
Community-based organizations receiving grants to participate in the
Urban Corps Program may implement the following activities:
(1) Identification of publicly and privately administered programs
in the county dealing with the suppression or prevention of criminal
gang activities, or both.
(2) Maintenance of a listing of programs within the county
identified as dealing with the suppression or prevention of criminal
gang activities, or both.
(3) Surveying gang suppression and prevention organizations for
the types of services and activities each is engaged in, and
identifying needs among these organizations for resources to provide
services and fulfill their activities.
(4) Recruitment of volunteers, identification of their skills,
abilities, and interests, and matching volunteers with the resource
needs of gang prevention and suppression organizations.
(5) Establishment of an urban respite program for the purpose of
preventing self-destructive activities and diverting (A) identified
youth gang members, and (B) youths who are at risk of becoming gang
members, for the purposes of reducing or eliminating incentives for
those youths to participate in gang-related crime activities.
(b) The Urban Corps Program shall operate within the Office of
Emergency Services for two years following the establishment of a
contract with a community-based organization to administer the
program.
(c) This section shall be implemented to the extent that funds are
available to the Office of Emergency Services for this purpose.