Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 501 - PARTNER ABUSE INTERVENTION › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 501.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Anger Management" - A cognitive restructuring program
				  appropriate for perpetrators of stranger or non-intimate violence only.
				  Violence is related to lack of control over anger or lack of coping skills and
				  not an intentional strategy for gaining power and control over an intimate
				  partner.
"DCFS" - The Illinois Department of Children and Family
				  Services.
"Department" - The Illinois Department of Human
				  Services.
"Domestic Violence Victim Services Program" - A program
				  funded by the Department and established under the Illinois Domestic Violence
				  Act of 1986 [750 ILCS 60 ].
"Facilitators" - persons who guide group discussions with,
				  and/or present educational material to, participants of Partner Abuse
				  Intervention Programs. Facilitators must be trained according to the guidelines
				  indicated in this Part.
"Intimate Partner Violence" - Includes physical, sexual or
				  psychological harm by a current or former partner (dating or cohabitation
				  relationship) or spouse. This type of violence can occur among heterosexual or
				  same-sex couples and does not require sexual intimacy.
"Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment" - The formal
				  application of instruments to assess the likelihood that intimate partner
				  violence will be repeated and escalated. The term is synonymous with
				  dangerousness assessment and encompasses lethality assessment, the use of
				  instruments specifically developed to identify potentially lethal
				  situations.
"Participants" - Individuals who, because of partner abuse,
				  have been convicted of crimes, those who could have been convicted of crimes
				  had they been prosecuted, or those who could have been prosecuted had they been
				  arrested, or whose conduct has not been criminal but who use tactics to exert
				  power over, or to control, their intimate partner, such as, but not limited to,
				  psychological, economic or sexual abuse. These individuals have been ordered by
				  the court or DCFS, or referred by another entity such as a substance abuse or
				  mental health agency, to attend Partner Abuse Intervention Programs or have
				  voluntarily chosen to attend those programs.
"Partner Abuse Intervention Program" or "PAIP" - A program
				  that works with participants to assist them in recognizing and understanding
				  behaviors that lead to violence directed at their partners. The primary
				  modality for intervention is a psycho-educational group. PAIPs can be part of
				  private therapeutic practices or multi-service agencies or can be programs
				  dedicated entirely to working with abusers.
"Partner Abuse Services Committee" or "PASC" - A committee of
				  the Department's Domestic Abuse Advisory Council (see 89 Ill. Adm. Code
				  130.200(d)
				  ) that assists in creating the partner abuse intervention protocols used in
				  this Part.
"Protocols" - A set of program guidelines developed by the
				  Department and the PASC to direct the work of Partner Abuse Intervention
				  Programs. This Part establishes the protocols as program requirements.
"Protocol Application" - An application a program must submit
				  to the Department for determination of compliance with this Part.
"Protocol Approved PAIP" - PAIPs determined by the Department
				  to be in compliance with the program requirements of this Part.
"Screening" - The initial process in determining whether an
				  individual is appropriate for participation in a partner abuse intervention
				  program. See Section
				  501.115
				  for specific requirements for screening.
"Victim of Domestic Violence" - A victim of violence from a
				  family or household member, including spouses, former spouses, parents,
				  children, stepchildren and other persons related by blood or by present or
				  prior marriage, persons who share or formerly shared a common dwelling, persons
				  who have or allegedly have a child in common, persons who share or allegedly
				  share a blood relationship through a child, persons who have or have had a
				  dating or engagement relationship.
"Victim of Intimate Partner Violence" - An adult or a minor
				  involved in a relationship of an intimate nature (dating or engagement
				  relationship, cohabitation or marriage) against whom an individual has
				  perpetrated intimate partner violence.