The General Assembly finds that appropriate services to children and youth are vitally important for the future of this state. The intent of this article is to provide for the effective coordination and communication between providers of children and youth services and juvenile justice systems at all levels of state government. The General Assembly further declares its intent to reduce the number of children committed by the courts to institutions operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Human Resources or other state agencies; and to provide a preventative, comprehensive plan for the development of community based alternatives so that children who have committed delinquent acts and children who are at risk of becoming dependents of state government and its institutions may not have to be committed to a state detention facility or other such facility. Additionally, it is the intent of this article to provide for noninstitutional disposition options in any case before the juvenile court where such disposition is deemed to be in the best interest of the child and of the community.