Alaska Statutes: AS 47.21.010. Establishment.

Alaska Statutes. Title 47. Welfare, Social Services and Institutions Chapter 21. Adventure-Based Education Section 10. Establishment.

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AS 47.21.010. Establishment.

(a) The Department of Health and Social Services shall establish an adventure-based education program designed to bring adventure-based education to appropriate juvenile offenders and others selected by referral agencies.
(b) Adventure-based education is a short-term, intensive training program designed to remedy failure patterns and encourage development of self-esteem, self-confidence, and social awareness in

(1) certain delinquent juveniles in the custody of the Department of Health and Social Services;

(2) certain juveniles identified by the schools, division of social services, the courts, youth workers, or other community referral systems, as being able to benefit from adventure-based education.

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