A. The Office of Planning and Coordination for Services to Children and Youth Steering Committee shall:
1. Review data and propose policy solutions relating to the issue of child homelessness; and
2. Update the Oklahoma State Legislature on existing programs to reduce child homelessness including, but not limited to, programs administered or financed in whole or in part by any agency of this state, nonprofit organizations or private-sector entities.
B. The Steering Committee shall include an examination of the following in its assessment and recommendations:
1. State trends in the number of children who are homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless;
2. The state's role in providing services to children and youth who are homeless or at risk for becoming homeless;
3. State policy regarding homeless children and youth; and
4. Existing services, resources, and capacity including, but not limited to, the availability of publicly or privately provided resources to children and youth who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
C. The Steering Committee shall submit a report to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives by December 31, 2015, and annually thereafter, describing assessment and recommendations provided for by this act.
Added by Laws 2015, c. 90, § 2, eff. July 1, 2015.