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State Post Adjudication Review Advisory Board

http://www.oklahomacounty.org/jjc/PARB.htm

The Post Adjudication Review Board is an innovative program that was developed as the result of federal and state legislation during the 1980s. The program was created out of a concern for the welfare of each child's right to grow up in a family that cares for his or her needs.

In Oklahoma County we have approximately sixteen different boards made up of interested citizens living within our judicial district. The Commission on Children and Youth appoints volunteer board members through the recommendation of Judge Nan Patton, presiding judge of the Oklahoma County Juvenile Court.

What in the World is the post adjudication review board?
A single PARB is usually made up of five or six members who conduct reviews of court cases involving children who have been adjudicated as deprived. Simply, adjudicated means that one of our juvenile judges has made a legal finding, determination or decision in a case.

An adjudicated deprived child is a child that has not had proper parental or adult care and most usually has been a victim of abuse, neglect or abandonment. After adjudication, these children are in out-of-home placements such as foster homes, relatives' homes or other residential settings.