Florida Administrative Code › 63 - DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE › 63D - Probation › Chapter 63D-13 - PROBATION AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS › Section 63D-13.001 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For this rule chapter, the following terms are defined as
				 follows:
(1) Abscond - Abscond means
				to hide, conceal, or absent oneself from the jurisdiction of the court or
				supervision of the department to avoid prosecution or supervision.
(2) Authority for Evaluation and Treatment
				(AET) - Form HS 002, that when signed by a parent or legal guardian, gives the
				department the authority to assume responsibility for the provision of routine
				mental and physical healthcare to a youth within its physical
				custody.
(3) Case Notebook Module -
				A module with the Juvenile Justice Information System (JJIS) that serves as the
				sole source for documenting all case management and supervision activities in
				all state-operated and provider community supervision programs.
(4) Central Communication Center (CCC) - The
				unit located in department headquarters that is charged with receiving reports
				regarding incidents and events involving youths in department custody or under
				supervision, and state and contracted employees from all department and
				provider facilities, programs funded in whole or in part, offices or sites
				operated by the department, a provider or grantee.
(5) Chief Probation Officer (CPO) - The
				department employee who is responsible for managing community-based program
				operations and staff within each of Florida's twenty judicial
				circuits.
(6) Civil Citation - A
				program designed to give law enforcement an alternative to custody that
				provides swift and appropriate consequences to youth for certain minor
				misdemeanor delinquent acts. The goals of Civil Citation are to divert the
				youth at the time of arrest, make the youth accountable for delinquent
				behavior, involve the parents in sanctioning the youth, and prevent the youth's
				further involvement in the juvenile justice system. Law enforcement officers
				are allowed the discretion of issuing a citation rather than a formal
				complaint.
(7) Commitment
				Conference - A multidisciplinary staffing conducted to discuss the department's
				recommendation to the court for youth who may be appropriate for residential
				commitment. Participants may include the youth, parent(s)/guardian(s), Juvenile
				Probation Officer (JPO), Juvenile Probation Officer Supervisor (JPOS),
				Commitment Manager, school officials, service providers, Guardian ad Litem
				(GAL) and other parties involved in the youth's case. Required attendees are
				limited to department staff. All others are invited to participate and may do
				so in person, by telephone or by timely written submission.
(8) Community Assessment Tool (CAT) - An
				instrument used by the JPO to determine the youth's risk to re-offend and
				identify criminogenic needs that require intervention. The CAT is administered
				in two parts:
(a) A pre-screen is completed
				for all youth who are referred to the department;
(b) A full assessment is completed for youth
				who have been placed under department supervision by the court and who have
				been identified as moderate-high or high-risk to reoffend on the
				pre-screen.