West Virginia Code Chapter 49. West Virginia Child Welfare Act § 49-2-1004. The Juvenile Services Reimbursement Offender Fund; use; expenditures

There is created within the State Treasury a special revenue account designated “The Juvenile Services Reimbursement Offender Fund” within and for the benefit of the Division of Juvenile Services for expenses incurred in servicing juvenile status offenders in need of stabilization and specialized supervision. Moneys shall be paid into the account by the Department of Health and Human Resources, based upon an established per diem rate, or other funding sources. The Department of Health and Human Resources and the Division of Juvenile Services shall jointly establish the per diem rate to be paid into the fund by the Department of Health and Human Resources for each juvenile status offender in need of stabilization and specialized supervision by the Division of Juvenile Services pursuant to this article and by cooperative agreement. The Director of Juvenile Services is authorized to make expenditures from the fund in accordance with article three, chapter twelve of this code to offset expenses incurred by the Division of Juvenile Services in housing, treatment and caring for juvenile offenders.