Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-601.4

The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth is further

authorized to:

1. Facilitate joint planning and service coordination among

public and private agencies that provide services to children and

youth and maintain as confidential information provided to the

Commission regarding persons using such services;

2. Prepare and publish reports;

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3. Review the programs, policies, and services for children and

youth provided by public and private agencies for compliance with

established state policies and progress towards goals identified in

planning documents relating to children and youth services and to

make reports regarding such compliance and progress;

4. Accept appropriations, gifts, loans, and grants from the

state and federal government and from other sources, public or

private;

5. Enter into agreements or contracts for the development of

test models or demonstration programs and projects and for programs

of practical research for effective services to children and youth;

provided that the administration of contract for such model programs

and projects shall, within five (5) years of their inception, be

transferred to an appropriate agency or the program or project shall

be discontinued;

6. Secure necessary statistical, technical, administrative,

operational, and staff services by interagency agreement or

contract;

7. Examine all records, plans, budgets, and budget documents

pertaining to the children and youth service system;

8. Exercise all incidental powers as necessary and proper for

the performance of the duties and responsibilities of the

Commission;

9. Promulgate rules as necessary to carry out the duties and

responsibilities assigned to the Oklahoma Commission on Children and

Youth;

10. Recommend that a facility providing services to children

and youth be closed or that its contract with the state be

terminated; and

11. Request that cases involving children within its

jurisdiction be transferred to the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma

State Bureau of Investigation.