Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIV - Grant/contract/payment Administration › Chapter 151 - Juvenile Court Services Directed Programs › Rule 441-151.32 - Supportive Enhancements

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Supportive enhancements" means a category of services, real
				  goods or incentives matched to the risk needs of a child and which supports a
				  child in a way to reduce or eliminate antisocial behavior. All services in this
				  category are predicated on a planning and individualized goal development
				  process which elicits input from the juvenile court officer, service providers,
				  and the child and the family. Services are to build constructive relationships
				  and support networks around the eligible child, within the child's community or
				  during transition, and with the child's family. Supportive enhancements are
				  community-based, culturally relevant, individualized, strength-based, and
				  family-centered. Supportive enhancements may also be called supportive
				  enhancement services. Supportive enhancements are individualized to address the
				  child's comprehensive and multiple life domains across home, school, and
				  community, including:
* Living environment.
* Accountability.
* Basic needs.
* Safety.
* Social needs.
* Educational needs.
* Cultural needs.
(1)
Service eligibility.
The
				eligible child shall be qualified for supportive enhancement services without
				regard to individual or family income when the child is adjudicated delinquent
				or is determined by a juvenile court officer to be at risk and to be in need of
				service provided by supportive enhancements. Juvenile court services shall
				maintain documentation in the child's case file of the adjudication or at-risk
				status as well as of the need for services.
a. The chief juvenile court officer shall
				establish written procedures for screening and approving referrals for
				supportive enhancement services and make the procedures available to the
				district's juvenile court officers.
b. The juvenile court officer shall determine
				the child is in need of services as evidenced by one of the following
				situations which is tied into the individualized case plan:
(1) Schools, parents or community
				organizations, due to complaints of delinquent activities, indicate a need for
				monitoring and guidance of the child.
(2) A petition has been filed alleging
				delinquent behavior.
(3) Juvenile
				court services action has been initiated including, but not limited to,
				informal adjustment agreements, adjudication and dispositional
				proceedings.
c. Juvenile
				court services shall maintain in the child's case record or case file
				documentation of the child's adjudication or at-risk status as well as the
				child's need for services.
d. The
				chief juvenile court officer may approve supportive enhancement services for up
				to six consecutive months at a time, except that service approval shall not
				extend beyond the current fiscal year unless a contract is in effect to assume
				the cost for the services provided in the next fiscal year. The officer shall
				reauthorize the child's eligibility and need for these services in accordance
				with the procedures established by the respective juvenile court services
				district.
e. Referrals shall not be
				made or accepted when funds for the program are not
				available.