The purpose of this chapter is to promote and safeguard the social well-being and general welfare of the youth of the state through a comprehensive and coordinated program of public services for the prevention of juvenile delinquency and the rehabilitation of delinquent youth. This state program shall provide the following:
(1) Social and educational services and facilities for any youth whom a juvenile judge deems in need of such state services;
(2) The establishment of standards for social and educational services and facilities for such youth;
(3) Cooperation with public and voluntary agencies, organizations and citizen groups in the development and coordination of programs and activities directed toward the prevention, control and treatment of delinquency;
(4) The promotion and improvement of community conditions, programs and resources to aid parents in discharging their responsibilities for the care, development and well-being of their children; and
(5) The promotion of improved communications between the public and voluntary agencies and bodies of this state responsible for said youth and the juvenile courts of this state.
(Acts 1973, No. 816, p. 1261, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Alabama Dep't of Youth Servs. v. State Pers. Bd., 7 So. 3d 380 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008).
· cites it 2× “15, limiting the use of physical force on students, to be an integral part of its purpose, function, and reason for being, see § 44-1-1, Ala.Code 1975 (stating that the purpose of the chapter establishing DYS is "to promote and safeguard the social well-being and general welfare…”
Cent. Alabama Fair Hous. Ctr. v. Magee, 835 F. Supp. 2d 1165 (M.D. Ala. 2011).
· cites it 2× “” 1975 Ala.Code § 44-1-1. Likewise, when establishing the Alabama Council on Family and Children, the legislature found that “there is at present a need in Alabama to coordinate, at the state and local level, the efforts of existing providers of services supporting early…”
R.E.C. v. State, 678 So. 2d 1041 (Ala. 1995).
· cites it 2× “” Section 44-1-1 (emphasis added). One of the means by which the legislature sought to achieve its declared purpose was the development of “[s]ocial and educational services and facilities for any youth whom a juvenile judge deems in need of such state services.”
Ex Parte REC, 678 So. 2d 1041 (Ala. 1995).
· cites it 3× “" Section 44-1-1 (emphasis added). One of the means by which the legislature sought to achieve its declared purpose was the development of "[s]ocial and educational services and facilities for any youth whom a juvenile judge deems in need of such state services.”
K.A. v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Russell Juv. Court: JU-23-748.03) (Ala. Crim. App. 2025).
· cites it 2× “' Section 44-1-1 (emphasis added). One of the means by which the legislature sought to achieve its declared purpose was the development of '[s]ocial and educational services and facilities for any youth whom a juvenile judge deems in need of such state services.”
— Ala. Code § 44-1-1(1) — 2 cases
R.E.C. v. State, 678 So. 2d 1041 (Ala. 1995).
“” Section 44-1-1 (emphasis added). One of the means by which the legislature sought to achieve its declared purpose was the development of “[s]ocial and educational services and facilities for any youth whom a juvenile judge deems in need of such state services.”
Ex Parte REC, 678 So. 2d 1041 (Ala. 1995).
“" Section 44-1-1 (emphasis added). One of the means by which the legislature sought to achieve its declared purpose was the development of "[s]ocial and educational services and facilities for any youth whom a juvenile judge deems in need of such state services.”
— Ala. Code § 44-1-1(5) — 2 cases
Ex Parte REC, 678 So. 2d 1041 (Ala. 1995).
“" Section 44-1-1 (emphasis added). One of the means by which the legislature sought to achieve its declared purpose was the development of "[s]ocial and educational services and facilities for any youth whom a juvenile judge deems in need of such state services.”
K.A. v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Russell Juv. Court: JU-23-748.03) (Ala. Crim. App. 2025).
“' Section 44-1-1 (emphasis added). One of the means by which the legislature sought to achieve its declared purpose was the development of '[s]ocial and educational services and facilities for any youth whom a juvenile judge deems in need of such state services.”
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