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RI Gen L § 42-72.6-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.6 - The Rhode Island Training School for Youth Comprehensive Educational Programming Act|Section 42-72.6-1 - Legislative findings.

§ 42-72.6-1. Legislative findings.The Rhode Island training school for youth (RITSY) is charged with the responsibility for the custody and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders, and a permanent legislative oversight commission has found, and continues to find, grave shortcomings in the rehabilitative and educational programming at the RITSY. The general assembly finds that the failure to rehabilitate and educate these youths will cause immeasurable pain and cost to the state through preventable injury to other citizens by former, un-rehabilitated RITSY residents and through the substantial cost of maintaining former RITSY youth in the adult correctional institutions, and/or the state mental health and/or income maintenance systems. The general assembly has provided resources to the department for children, youth, and families (DCYF) in excess of ninety-five thousand dollars ($95,000) per year per incarcerated youth, and the Rhode Island training school for youth has lost accreditation for its present educational system. The department for children, youth and families is currently in violation of the law passed by this general assembly to maintain an appropriate educational system for every youth incarcerated at the RITSY, and the failure to provide an adequate system of rehabilitative and educational programming is the consequence of the ineffective use of vital and limited public resources.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 269, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-72.6-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.6 - The Rhode Island Training School for Youth Comprehensive Educational Programming Act|Section 42-72.6-2 - Duties of director.

§ 42-72.6-2. Duties of director.The director of the department for children, youth, and families shall, with full and reasonable staff and community participation, prepare a detailed comprehensive educational plan for providing adequate and appropriate educational services to all residents, without exception, of RITSY, as provided by state law. This comprehensive plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following elements:(1) A mission statement, in strict conformance with state and federal law, which clearly delineates the goals and objectives of the RITSY educational program, and provides an effective guide for the employment of resources, and for expectations of the youth, parents, professional staff, the judiciary, and the citizens of the state of Rhode Island about their roles and responsibilities in the system;(2) A system of governance for the educational program, which delineates the chain of authority, provides adequate and appropriate decisional authority to the administrative, educational, custodial, social service and other professional staff, and which defines and coordinates their roles in the effective operation of the system;(3) A state of the art educational program which comprehends the profound and diverse needs of incarcerated youth and includes, but is not limited to, the following elements:(i) Programming for youth who have not graduated from secondary school including: academic, vocational, technical, computer, life and career skill development;(ii) Programming for students who have completed a secondary school program or who have obtained a general equivalency diploma (GED), including: college courses, vocational and technical courses, life and parenting skills, and job readiness;(iii) Programming as above for students with limited English proficiency or other special needs;(iv) Educational programming that provides special educational programming to residents in conformance with their needs, as well as state and federal law, but which does not limit the RITSY school curriculum to special educational services;(v) A "total programming" approach, which places the educational service component in the context of a youth centered rehabilitative program, which concentrates on the development of educational and social competence in residents;(vi) A plan for obtaining accreditation through an appropriate form or model for the educational program; and(vii) The creation of a forum which provides an inclusive, cooperative model for involving the other state departments, as appropriate, members of the state's business community, religious community, voluntary services community, and social service community in advising and devising programming, in supporting and advocating for the residents as they attempt to build new and successful lives in the community.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 269, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-72.6-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.6 - The Rhode Island Training School for Youth Comprehensive Educational Programming Act|Section 42-72.6-3 - Implementation.

§ 42-72.6-3. Implementation.The comprehensive plan shall be accompanied by a detailed implementation schedule which identifies the stages of implementation, barriers to successful and necessary reform, specific strategies to be employed to overcome these barriers, and financial information detailing how resources will be allocated to support systemic reform in the context of state and federal law and contractual obligations.The preliminary plan shall be presented, without fail, to the general assembly through the instrumentality of the permanent legislative oversight commission on DCYF no later than September 30, 1993 with a final report to be submitted no later than January 15, 1994.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 269, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-72.7-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.7 - Coordination of Children's Community Social Services, Education, and Mental Health Services - Pilot Program|Section 42-72.7-1 - Short title.

§ 42-72.7-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known as the "Coordination of Children's Community Social Services, Education, and Mental Health Services — Pilot Program".History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 69, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 415, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-72.7-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.7 - Coordination of Children's Community Social Services, Education, and Mental Health Services - Pilot Program|Section 42-72.7-2 - Program created.

§ 42-72.7-2. Program created.There is established within the department of children, youth, and families a program to be known as "coordination of children's community social services, education and mental health services — Pilot Program for Washington County and Pawtucket/Central Falls".History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 69, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 415, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-72.7-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.7 - Coordination of Children's Community Social Services, Education, and Mental Health Services - Pilot Program|Section 42-72.7-6 - Pilot program - Coordinated, individualized, appropriate child and family driven system of care.

§ 42-72.7-6. Pilot program — Coordinated, individualized, appropriate child and family driven system of care.The coordinated, individualized, appropriate child and family driven system of care which shall be established under the two (2) pilot program local coordinating councils shall embody the following principles:(1) Services are to be child and family driven, with priority given to keeping a child in a safe home. A child and his/her family or his/her primary caregiver shall be fully involved in all aspects of planning, decision making and delivery of services;(2) Services are to be community based and are to be provided in the least restrictive setting consistent with the unique needs and potential of each child and his/her family. This means that services must be designed to:(i) Enable children to remain in a safe home with their families whenever possible;(ii) Enable children placed in foster care or group care to remain in a foster or group care facility in their community, and when no such care is available in their community, to remain in care in as close proximity as possible to their usual residence;(iii) Enable children placed in residential programs other than foster or group care to receive that care in as close proximity as possible to their usual residence.(3) Services are to be comprehensive and coordinated, addressing the child's physical, educational, social and emotional needs;(4) Services are to be culturally and ethnically competent and service effectiveness is to be assessed considering cultural and ethnic competence;(5) The effectiveness of planning and services for a child is to be assessed based upon the attainment of specific outcomes for each child;(6) The effectiveness of services provided to children as part of a coordinated, individualized, appropriate child and family driven system of care are to be assessed based upon aggregate performance outcomes for children and families served.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 69, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 415, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-72.7-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.7 - Coordination of Children's Community Social Services, Education, and Mental Health Services - Pilot Program|Section 42-72.7-7 - Evaluation and assessment.

§ 42-72.7-7. Evaluation and assessment.Three percent (3%) of all funds allocated for the pilot program of coordinated community social services, education, and mental health services for children and their families pursuant to this chapter shall be utilized by the local coordinating councils for evaluation and assessment of the effectiveness of services provided pursuant to this chapter. This evaluation and assessment shall be predicated upon the specific agreed upon performance outcomes for children and families who received services pursuant to this chapter. Any funds designated pursuant to this section for evaluation and assessment and not required to be used for those purposes shall be designated for providing additional training to the local coordinating councils and community planning teams. Evaluation and assessment shall include peer agency review of the nature and effectiveness of each agency's participation in the service delivery model by the other agencies represented on the local coordinating council.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 69, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 415, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-72.7-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.7 - Coordination of Children's Community Social Services, Education, and Mental Health Services - Pilot Program|Section 42-72.7-8 - Information sharing - Confidentiality.

§ 42-72.7-8. Information sharing — Confidentiality.(a) All public agencies, which have served a family or treated a child referred to a community planning team, shall cooperate with this team. If an agency refers a child and family to the team, that agency shall be responsible for obtaining the consent required to share agency client information with the team. After obtaining the proper consent, all agencies shall promptly deliver, upon request and without charge, such records of services, treatment or education of the child or family as are necessary for a full and informed assessment by the team. If a parent refers a child and family to the team, that parent shall be provided with the necessary consent forms required for agencies to share client information with the team.(b) Proceedings held to consider the appropriate provision of services for a particular child or family or both who have been referred to the community planning team shall be confidential and not open to the public, unless the child and family who are the subjects of the planning meeting request, in writing, that it be open. All information about specific children and families obtained by the team members in the discharge of their responsibilities to the team shall be confidential.(c) Demographic, service and cost information which is of a non-identifying nature relating to children and families receiving services through this chapter may be gathered for reporting, assessment and evaluation purposes.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 69, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 415, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-72.7-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.7 - Coordination of Children's Community Social Services, Education, and Mental Health Services - Pilot Program|Section 42-72.7-9 - Receipt of services not contingent upon custody determination.

§ 42-72.7-9. Receipt of services not contingent upon custody determination.Consistent with §§ 42-72-14, 14-1-11.1 and 40-11-12.1, the receipt of services or benefits under this chapter is not conditioned upon, nor does it require, the placement of a child in the legal custody of the department.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 69, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 415, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-72.7-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.7 - Coordination of Children's Community Social Services, Education, and Mental Health Services - Pilot Program|Section 42-72.7-10 - Regulations.

§ 42-72.7-10. Regulations.The department of children, youth, and families shall promulgate regulations and interagency agreements necessary and sufficient to effectuate the principles and purposes of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 69, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 415, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-72.7-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.7 - Coordination of Children's Community Social Services, Education, and Mental Health Services - Pilot Program|Section 42-72.7-11 - Report on outcome of pilot project.

§ 42-72.7-11. Report on outcome of pilot project.The director shall submit a report on the operation of this pilot project to the permanent legislative oversight commission on the department of children, youth, and families no later than January 1, 2000, and the commission shall make recommendations to the general assembly regarding the expansion, continuation, or termination of this pilot project.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 69, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 415, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-72.8-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.8 - Department of Children, Youth and Families' Higher Education Opportunity Incentive Grant|Section 42-72.8-1 - Statement of purpose.

§ 42-72.8-1. Statement of purpose.(a) There are many children in the custody of the department of children, youth, and families who have been in such custody for several years and who have no family resources or whose family has limited ability to provide funds for post secondary education. Such children often possess the academic ability and the interest to pursue higher educational goals but are precluded from doing so because of the lack of family resources to assist in funding;(b) The state has already invested considerable funds in such youth through the funding of residential placements, foster care, counseling services, and health care. Investment in their education will help to ensure a successful transition to adulthood free of dependence on government support;(c) To afford such youth opportunity comparable to children not in state custody who often enjoy greater opportunities to draw from family and other resources there is hereby created the Department of Children, Youth, and Families' Higher Education Opportunity Incentive Grant Program. Through an appropriation from the general assembly a grant fund shall be established in the department of children, youth, and families to supplement financial assistance in the form of grants and scholarships that are available to such youth.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 250, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 511, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-72.8-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.8 - Department of Children, Youth and Families' Higher Education Opportunity Incentive Grant|Section 42-72.8-2 - Administration of program.

§ 42-72.8-2. Administration of program.(a) Each year the department shall identify and recommend from among youth in its legal custody, or who were in the Department's legal custody on their eighteenth (18th) birthday, those students who may be eligible to apply for a Higher Education Opportunity Incentive Grant. The department of elementary and secondary education shall afford all appropriate assistance to the department in the identification of youth who may be eligible for such grants. Each selected applicant will receive grants to supplement federal, state and institutional scholarships, grants and loans awarded to the applicant in an amount not to exceed the full cost of tuition, fees and room and board charges:(b) A grant period shall be limited to two (2) years of full-time study at the Community College of Rhode Island, four (4) years of full-time study at Rhode Island College, and the University of Rhode Island, and in no instance shall the grant period exceed a period of four (4) years. Grant recipients shall be enrolled full-time and shall continue to make satisfactory progress toward an academic certificate or degree as determined by the school in which they are enrolled;(c) The department shall make recommendations for grant awards from among those youth who:(1) Have not yet reached the age of eighteen (18) on the day of recommendation, are in the legal custody of the department on the day of recommendation and have remained in such custody for at least twenty-four (24) months prior to the day of recommendation; or, for former foster care, have reached the age of eighteen (18) prior to the date of recommendation, have not yet reached the age of twenty-one (21) and were in the custody of the department from their sixteenth (16th) to their eighteenth (18th) birthdays; and(2) Have graduated from high school or received the equivalent of a high school diploma not more than one year prior to the date of recommendation; and(3) Has not reached his/her twenty-first (21st) birthday; except that youth who are participating in this program on the date before his/her twenty-first (21st) birthday may remain eligible until his/her twenty-third (23rd) birthday, as long as he/she continues to be considered a full-time student by Community College of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College or University of Rhode Island, and is making satisfactory progress, as determined by the school in which he/she is enrolled, toward completion of his/her degree program.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 250, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 511, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 22, § 4; P.L. 2010, ch. 300, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-72.8-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.8 - Department of Children, Youth and Families' Higher Education Opportunity Incentive Grant|Section 42-72.8-3 - Selection of grant recipients.

§ 42-72.8-3. Selection of grant recipients.(a) There shall be a grant award selection committee which shall consist of a representative from each of the institutions of higher education appointed by their respective presidents, two (2) representatives from the department of children, youth and families appointed by the director, one representative from the department of elementary and secondary education appointed by the commissioner, and one representative from the office of higher education appointed by the commissioner and representatives of other organizations that the director of department of children, youth and families believes can help further the goals of the program.(b) Grant awards shall be made on the basis of scholastic record, aptitude, financial need and general interest in higher education. Recipients must comply with all application deadlines and criteria for admission to the institution to which the recipient is making application and, further, the recipient must have been granted admission by the admissions office of the institution. Cumulative grant awards shall not exceed available appropriations in any fiscal year. The department shall adopt rules and regulations, which are reasonably necessary to implement.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 250, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 511, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 300, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-72.8-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.8 - Department of Children, Youth and Families' Higher Education Opportunity Incentive Grant|Section 42-72.8-4 - Appropriation.

§ 42-72.8-4. Appropriation.The general assembly shall appropriate the sum of $ 50,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000; $ 100,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001; $ 150,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002; and $ 200,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003 and thereafter.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 250, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 511, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-72.9-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.9 - Children's Right to Freedom From Restraint Act|Section 42-72.9-1 - Short title.

§ 42-72.9-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known as the "Children's Right to Freedom from Restraint Act."History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 56, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-72.9-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.9 - Children's Right to Freedom From Restraint Act|Section 42-72.9-2 - Fundamental purpose.

§ 42-72.9-2. Fundamental purpose.This chapter is enacted to protect and promote the right of each child who is a resident or patient in a covered facility to be free from physical or mental abuse, corporal punishment, involuntary seclusion, and any physical or chemical restraints (as defined in this chapter) imposed for purposes of discipline or convenience. Every child who obtains services from a covered facility has a right to be free from both physical and chemical restraints that are not medically necessary or are used as a means of coercion, discipline, convenience, or retaliation by service providers.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 56, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 73, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-72.9-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-72.9 - Children's Right to Freedom From Restraint Act|Section 42-72.9-5 - Seclusion.

§ 42-72.9-5. Seclusion.(a) No service provider may cause the involuntary placement of a child in seclusion except as an emergency intervention to prevent immediate or imminent risk of injury to the physical safety of the child, staff, or other individuals in the facility and may not be used for discipline, convenience or as a substitute for a less restrictive alternative. The following requirements must be observed for any child placed in seclusion:(1) The condition of the child in seclusion must be continually assessed, monitored, and reevaluated and the seclusion must be ended at the earliest possible time, considering the physical safety of the child being secluded and other individuals in the facility. For the purposes of this section, "monitor" means (i) direct observation, or (ii) observation by way of video monitoring within physical proximity sufficient to provide aid as may be needed; and(2) The simultaneous use of seclusion and mechanical or chemical restraint is prohibited.(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the use of "time out" as a method of managing behavior within a covered facility.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 56, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 73, § 1.