Florida Administrative Code › 63 - DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE › 63T - Transition › Chapter 63T-1 - REQUIRED TRANSITIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR RESIDENTIALLY COMMITTED YOUTH › Section 63T-1.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For this rule chapter, the following terms are defined as
				 follows:
(1) Case Management Process -
				Refers to the process a residential commitment program uses to assess a youth,
				develop goals to address the youth's prioritized needs, review and report the
				youth's progress, and plan for the youth's transition to the community upon
				release.
(2) Community Reentry Team
				(CRT)
-
A team established in each judicial circuit in
				partnership with a school district transition contact to identify community
				resources for youth returning from residential commitment. The CRT should
				include the supervising Juvenile Probation Officer (JPO), residential case
				manager, representatives from other agencies involved with the youth, community
				law enforcement, educational entities, the One Stop Career Center and
				individuals specific to each youth served by the committee.
(3) Conditional Release (CR) - Assessment and
				intervention services provided to youth who are released from residential
				commitment programs. Under the legal status of conditional release, the youth
				remains on commitment status and is subject to transfer back to a residential
				commitment program if noncompliant.
(4) Direct Discharge - The release of a youth
				from a residential commitment program who is no longer under the jurisdiction
				of the court.
(5) Electronic
				Education Exit Plan - A document that details a youth's current educational
				status while in residential commitment and potential educational placements
				post-release.
(6) Exit Conference -
				A conference that a residential commitment program conducts at least 14 days
				prior to a youth's targeted release date, wherein the youth, residential
				program staff, the youth's Juvenile Probation Officer, post-residential
				services case manager, if different than the Juvenile Probation Officer, the
				youth's parent or guardian, and other pertinent parties, review the status of
				the youth's transitional activities and finalize plans for the youth's release
				and reentry into the community.
(7)
				Exit Portfolio - A compilation of documents assembled by the residential
				program to assist the youth after release. Exit portfolios include such things
				as an Identification Card, social security card (for youth over 15 years old),
				birth certificate, all educational documentation, school transcripts, resume,
				sample employment applications, and educational or vocational certificates
				earned in the program, and a calendar with all the dates/times/locations of
				upcoming appointments.
(8)
				Intervention - An action taken or facilitated by the Juvenile Probation Officer
				(JPO) to promote the reduction of a criminogenic need, and may include direct
				contact with youth, collateral contacts, referrals for services, monitoring
				progress, and following up with youth and family.
(9) Intervention and Treatment Team - A
				multidisciplinary team in a residential facility responsible for implementing
				the case management process that focuses on planning for and ensuring delivery
				of coordinated delinquency intervention and treatment services to meet the
				youth's prioritized needs. The team is comprised of the youth, representatives
				from the program's administration and residential living unit, and others
				responsible for delinquency intervention and treatment services for the youth.
				Refer to the definition of case management process included in this rule
				section.
(10) Juvenile Justice
				Information System (JJIS) - The department's electronic information system used
				to gather and store information on youth having contact with the
				department.
(11) Juvenile Probation
				Officer (JPO) - Serves as the primary case manager for the purpose of managing,
				coordinating and monitoring the services provided, court requirements and
				sanctions required for youth on probation, post-commitment probation, in
				commitment, or on conditional release supervision. In this chapter, whenever a
				reference is made to the tasks and duties of a JPO, it shall also apply to case
				management staff of a provider agency contracted to perform these duties and
				tasks.
(12) Official Youth Case
				Record - A case record, comprised of the individual management record and the
				individual healthcare record, that a residential commitment program maintains
				on each youth.
(13) One Stop Career
				Center - Part of a national labor exchange network that links employers to
				qualified applicants and also provides employment, education and training
				services for job seekers and employers. Whenever a reference is made to a One
				Stop Center, it also includes their provider agencies contracted to provide
				similar services.
(14)
				Post-Commitment Probation (PCP) - Assessment and intervention services provided
				to youth who are released from residential commitment programs. Under the legal
				status of post-commitment probation, the youth is legally transferred from
				commitment status to probation status, and is subject to court-ordered
				sanctions.
(15) Post-Residential
				Services Case Manager - The person supervising the youth's post-commitment
				probation or conditional release after the youth's release or discharge from a
				residential commitment program.
(16) Pre-Release Notification and
				Acknowledgement (PRN) - A three-part form initiated by a residential commitment
				program to give prior notification to the JPO of a youth's planned release,
				then allows for the JPO to add additional information pertinent to the release,
				and finally allows for the court's approval of the release. The Pre-Release
				Notification and Acknowledgement form is incorporated in Chapter 63E-7,
				F.A.C.
(17) Release - Refers to
				when a youth re-enters his or her home community after successfully completing
				and exiting a residential commitment program.
(18) Transition Conference - A conference,
				conducted at least 60 days prior to a youth's anticipated release from a
				residential commitment program, wherein the youth, residential program staff,
				the youth's JPO or post-residential services case manager, and the youth's
				parent or guardian establish transition activities, with accompanying
				responsibilities and timelines, to facilitate the youth's successful release
				and reintegration into the community.
(19) Transition Liaison - An identified
				probation staff, designated by the Chief Probation Officer, in each judicial
				circuit who functions as the transition specialist within their local area and
				works as a liaison with the Reentry Teams and residential commitment
				programs.
(20) Transition Planning
				- The process of establishing transition activities to facilitate a youth's
				successful release from a residential commitment program and reintegration into
				the community.
Rulemaking Authority  985.64 FS. Law Implemented
					  985.433(7)(c),  985.435,  985.46,  985.601(3)(a) 
					 FS.
New 6-11-13, Amended
					 8-19-21.