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Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XII - Licensing and Approved Standards › Chapter 122 - Fiscal Oversight of the Early Childhood Iowa Initiative › Rule 441-122.1 - Definitions

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For the purpose of these rules, the following definitions
				  apply:
"Agreement"
means a contract between the
				  area boards, state board, department, and state agencies to which funding is
				  allocated.
"Audit"
means a financial review by area
				  boards of early childhood Iowa funds. Area boards that receive federal funds
				  shall complete an audit of the funds. The audit must be a single audit if the
				  area board received a total of federal funds from all funding sources in excess
				  of the threshold defined in 2
				  CFR 200.501(b) as amended to
				  December 31, 2023. Area boards that are not required to conduct a single audit
				  under 2 CFR
				  200.501(b) as amended to
				  December 31, 2023, may coordinate with the fiscal agent to conduct the required
				  audit. The audit requirements shall be found in the online toolkit available on
				  the department website.
"Early childhood Iowa area board"
or
"area board"
means the same as defined in Iowa Code section
				  256I.1.
"Early childhood Iowa state board"
or
"state board"
means the same as defined in Iowa Code section
				  256I.1.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XII - Licensing and Approved Standards › Chapter 122 - Fiscal Oversight of the Early Childhood Iowa Initiative › Rule 441-122.2 - Fiscal Oversight

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(1) In consultation
				with the state board, the department has adopted policies to oversee the fiscal
				responsibilities of area boards.
(2) The department will:
a. Review the internal controls of all
				disbursements of early childhood Iowa funding;
b. Approve the process for issuing agreements
				with area boards;
c. Approve and
				sign all agreements between the area boards and the state for the purposes of
				Iowa Code chapter 256I;
d. Develop
				a policy for the disbursement of funds;
e. Require an audit, conducted by an
				independent agency, of the early childhood Iowa funds managed by area boards.
				The minimum requirements and frequency of audits for the area boards shall be
				determined and approved by the state board;
f. Ensure that all area boards secure
				liability insurance; and
g. Require
				that area boards submit a contract-monitoring schedule for their funded
				programs.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 130 - General Provisions › Rule 441-130.1 - Definitions

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"Family"
includes the following
				  members:
1. Legal spouses (including
				common law) who reside in the same household.
2. Natural, adoptive, or step mother or
				father, and children who reside in the same household.
3. An individual or a child who lives alone
				or who resides with a person, or persons, not legally responsible for the
				child's support.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  234.6.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 130 - General Provisions › Rule 441-130.2 - Application

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(1) Application
				for social services shall be made at any county office of the department of
				human services on forms available at the county office.
Application for services shall be made on Form 470-0615,
				  Application for All Social Services.
(2) The application may be filed by the
				applicant, the applicant's authorized representative, or where the applicant is
				incompetent or incapacitated, someone acting responsibly for the
				applicant.
(3) The date of
				application is the date a signed application form is received in the county
				office.
(4) The application shall
				be approved or denied within 30 days from the date of application and the
				applicant notified of the decision. The decision shall be mailed or given to
				the applicant on the date the determination is made except that for services
				ordered by the court, the court order provided by the court and the case
				permanency plan provided by the department shall serve as notification. When
				individual case management services are being provided under 441-Chapter 24 for
				persons with an intellectual disability, a developmental disability, or chronic
				mental illness, the application shall be approved or denied no later than the
				date that the department service manager, who is part of the interdisciplinary
				team, signs the individual program plan.
(5) Eligibility shall be redetermined in the
				same manner as an application at least every 6 months for family-centered
				services. For all other services, eligibility shall be redetermined in the same
				manner as an application at least every 12 months.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  234.6.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 130 - General Provisions › Rule 441-130.3 - Eligibility

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(1) Eligibility
				factors for services available through the department are individual need for a
				service and family income except when services are provided without regard to
				income or when services are directed in a court order.
a. Individual need is established when the
				service to be provided is directed at and will facilitate an individual in
				reaching or maintaining one of the goals and objectives in 130.7(1). Except
				when the court establishes need, the department shall do so in accordance with
				individual service chapters. The department shall determine the number of units
				to be provided.
b. The block grant
				service to be provided shall be contained in the pre-expenditure report and
				listed for the specific district and county. Service available through the
				department and funded by resources other than the social service block grant is
				identified in rules for that specific service.
c. Service shall be provided only when funds
				are available for service delivery.
d. Persons are financially eligible for
				services when they are in one of the following categories:
(1) Income maintenance status. They are
				recipients of the family investment program, or those whose income was taken
				into account in determining the needs of family investment program recipients,
				or recipients of supplemental security income or state supplementary
				assistance, or those in the 300 percent group as defined in 441-subrule
				75.1(7).
(2) Income eligible
				status. The monthly gross income is based on family size. Family size income
				levels are found at
aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines
.
e. Certain services are provided without
				regard to income which means family income is not considered in determining
				eligibility. The services provided without regard to income are information and
				referral, child protective assessment, child abuse treatment, child abuse
				prevention services, including protective child care services, family-centered
				services, dependent adult abuse evaluation, dependent adult abuse treatment,
				dependent adult abuse prevention services, and purchased adoption services to
				individuals and families referred by the department.
f. In certain cases the department will
				provide services directed in a court order.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 130 - General Provisions › Rule 441-130.4 - Fees

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(1) The
				department may set fees to be charged to clients for services received. The
				fees will be charged to those clients eligible under rule
				441-130.3 (234), but not those
				receiving services without regard to income due to a protective service
				situation. Nothing in these rules shall preclude a client from voluntarily
				contributing toward the costs of service.
(2) The provider shall collect fees from
				clients. The provider shall maintain records of fees collected, and such
				records shall be available for audit by the department or its representative.
				When a client does not pay the fee, the provider shall demonstrate that a
				reasonable effort has been made to collect the fee. Reasonable effort to
				collect means an original billing and two follow-up notices of nonpayment.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  234.6.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 130 - General Provisions › Rule 441-130.5 - Adverse Service Actions

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(1)
Denial.
Services shall be denied when it is determined by the
				department that:
a. The client is not in need
				of service, or
b. The client is not
				financially eligible, or
c. The
				service to be provided is not in the Social Services Block Grant
				Pre-Expenditure Report, or
d. There
				is another community resource available to provide the service or a similar
				service free of charge to the client that will meet the client's needs,
				or
e. In cases other than
				protective service investigation, the client, parent, or representative refuses
				to sign the application form, or
f.
				The service for which the client is eligible is currently not available; a list
				of these services will be posted in each local office, or
g. Funding is not available to provide the
				service. A list of services not available due to lack of funding shall be
				posted in each local office.
h.
				Rescinded lAB 8/9/89, effective 10/1/89.
i. Rescinded lAB 6/9/04, effective
				7/1/04.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 130 - General Provisions › Rule 441-130.6 - Social Casework

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For each active service case, when service is provided
				  directly, purchased, or by a combination of methods, a department social worker
				  shall:
(1) Determine
				eligibility.
(2) Ensure that there
				is a department case plan for each individual or family based on assessment of
				strengths and needs. Furnish appropriate sections of the initial plan and of
				all updated department case plans to the provider agency when services are
				purchased for an individual. When individual case management services are being
				provided under 441-Chapter 24 for persons with an intellectual disability, a
				developmental disability, or chronic mental illness, the individual case
				management services provider shall distribute the case plans.
(3) Refer the client to other workers or
				agencies through proper channels, and coordinate all workers involved in the
				case.
When individual case management services are being provided
				  under 441-Chapter 24 for persons with an intellectual disability, a
				  developmental disability, or chronic mental illness, the individual case
				  management services provider shall be responsible for making referrals and
				  coordinating workers as specified in the individual program
				  plan.
(4) Enter information
				to the service reporting system.
(5) Monitor the case to ensure that
				eligibility continues, services are received, plans are adjusted as needed,
				services reporting system reporting is correct, and the case is canceled when
				appropriate, according to these rules.
(6) Ensure that services are unavailable
				elsewhere without cost to the client.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  234.6.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 130 - General Provisions › Rule 441-130.9 - Entitlement

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There is no automatic right to ongoing service in any service
				  category from one fiscal year to the next.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  234.6.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 131 - Social Casework › Rule 441-131.1 - Definitions

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"Evaluate "
means to periodically assess the
				  appropriateness of services provided under the case plan (including social
				  casework services) and to continue or terminate them as appropriate according
				  to 441-Chapter 130 and the specific service chapters.
"Implement"
means to arrange for the
				  activities described in the case plan to begin and to advocate for the client
				  when necessary so that services can begin.
"Social casework"
means working with the
				  client to:
1. Assess and identify
				individual and family strengths and needs,
2. Develop a case plan to provide appropriate
				supports and services,
3. Implement
				the case plan using community resources,
4. Coordinate and monitor the provision of
				services, and
5. Evaluate client
				progress and the case plan to determine continued need for services.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 131 - Social Casework › Rule 441-131.5 - Adverse Actions

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Services shall be denied or terminated and appropriate notice
				  given to clients as specified in rules
				  441-16.3 (17A) and
				  441-130.5
				  (234).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 133 - Iv-a Emergency Assistance Program › Rule 441-133.1 - Definitions

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"Child"
means a person under 18 years of age
				  or a person 18 or 19 years of age who meets any of the following
				  conditions:
1. Is in full-time attendance at an accredited school
				  pursuing a course of study leading to a high school diploma,
2. Is attending an instructional program leading to a high
				  school equivalency diploma, or
3. Has been identified by the director of special education
				  of an area education agency as a child requiring special education as defined
				  in Iowa Code section
				  256B.2(1)
"a."
A person over 18 years of age who has received a high school
				  diploma or a high school equivalency diploma is not a child within this
				  definition.
"Department worker"
means the worker who is
				  responsible for providing social casework as described in 441-Chapter
				  131.
"Emergency assistance"
means any one or more
				  of the following services provided in response to a IV-A emergency assistance
				  application:
1. Family-centered services as set forth in 441-Chapter
				  172.
2. Shelter care as set forth in 441-Chapters 156 and 202,
				  except for placements of less than 48 hours.
3. Protective child care as set forth in 441-Chapter
				  170.
"Family"
includes the following
				  members:
1. Legal spouses (including common law) who reside in the
				  same household.
2. Natural, adoptive, or stepmother or stepfather, and
				  children who reside in the same household.
3. An individual or child who lives alone or who resides with
				  a person, or persons, not legally responsible for the child's support.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 133 - Iv-a Emergency Assistance Program › Rule 441-133.2 - Application

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An application for emergency assistance shall be made
				  according to rule
				  441-130.2 (234). An
				  application shall be completed anytime a decision is made to provide emergency
				  assistance or when an adult family member requests emergency assistance on
				  behalf of a child.
(1) The application
				shall be filed by a parent, except where both parents are absent or unwilling
				to apply on behalf of a child who meets all other eligibility conditions, in
				which case another adult member of the family with whom the child resides or
				has resided within the past six months acting on behalf of the child may file
				the application.
(2) If the
				application is made on behalf of a child for whom the department has legal
				custody, the department worker may sign the application on behalf of the
				child.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 133 - Iv-a Emergency Assistance Program › Rule 441-133.3 - Eligibility

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To be eligible for emergency assistance, the family shall
				  meet all of the following criteria:
(1)
Existence of an
				emergency.
An emergency situation shall exist. An emergency exists
				when one of the following situations exists:
a. Abuse, neglect, or abandonment of a child
				exists, or risk of same.
b.
				Children are in imminent danger where continued presence in the home is not in
				the best interests of the child.
c.
				Children have been removed from the home or are at risk of removal from the
				home because of abuse, neglect, which may include homelessness, or inability of
				parents to provide needed care or treatment or to control the behavior of the
				child.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 133 - Iv-a Emergency Assistance Program › Rule 441-133.4 - Method of Service Provision

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Services shall be provided through department workers or
				  through purchase of service agreements with providers that are approved by the
				  department as qualified to provide specified services and have a current
				  contract with the department of human services to provide
				  services.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 133 - Iv-a Emergency Assistance Program › Rule 441-133.5 - Duration of Services

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Services to families and children provided through the
				  emergency assistance program as a result of a single application may be
				  provided for either a period not to exceed 12 months or until there is no
				  longer a need for services according to eligibility criteria for the specified
				  services, whichever occurs first.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 142 - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children › Rule 441-142.1 - Compact Agreement

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As a member of the interstate compact on placement of
				  children, the department of human services shall cooperate on interstate
				  aspects of placements preliminary to possible adoptions, placements in foster
				  care where no adoption is contemplated, placements with any parent or relative,
				  and institutional placements of adjudicated children in need of assistance
				  needing special services or programs not available within the state. Any public
				  or private agency instrumental in placement of a child in Iowa or from Iowa and
				  in such public or private agency' s custody shall go through the interstate
				  compact on placement of children
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 142 - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children › Rule 441-142.2 - Compact Administrator

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(1) The compact
				administrator may appoint up to three deputy compact administrators to serve as
				active members of the association of administrators of the interstate compact
				on the placement of children and who shall be responsible for day-to-day
				operation of the interstate compact.
(2) The compact administrator shall be
				responsible for the administration of the compact between the compact
				administrator's state and other contracting states.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 142 - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children › Rule 441-142.5 - Article 111 (a) Procedures

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(1) All
				intended placements in Iowa or from Iowa coming under the purview of this
				compact shall be referred to the interstate compact unit, bureau of adult,
				children and family services, department of human services.
(2) All persons involved in the placement of
				a child into Iowa or from Iowa into another state shall meet all the placement
				requirements of the receiving state prior to the actual placement.
(3) Supervision of placements made by persons
				or agencies outside of Iowa shall be provided by a licensed Iowa agency, the
				department of human services, or an Iowa certified adoption investigator.
				Exempted from this provision are:
a. Any
				agency licensed as a child-placing agency in another state which has its
				principal place of business in a county directly adjacent to an Iowa border may
				practice in the Iowa counties contiguous to the out-of-state county.
b. Placement in a facility for treatment that
				is licensed by the department unless the department specifies that the
				supervision must be provided by the department for all placements in any
				particular facility.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 142 - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children › Rule 441-142.6 - Article Iii (c)

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A child may be placed in Iowa preliminary to adoption only
				  when:
(1) Rescinded by Governor's
				Administrative Rules Executive Order No. 3, 11/6/79.
(2) There has been a preplacement
				investigation by an authorized person or agency in Iowa, such investigation has
				been made available to the Iowa interstate compact unit, the investigation has
				been made within the past year, and the sending state intending to place the
				child has been notified that the home has been approved for an adoptive
				placement in Iowa.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 142 - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children › Rule 441-142.8 - Article Viii (a)

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For the purpose of article VIII(a), relative shall mean
				  stepparent, grandparent, adult brother or sister, or adult uncle or aunt, and
				  guardian shall mean any guardian other than that appointed as preliminary to
				  adoption.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 142 - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children › Rule 441-142.9 - Applicability

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The requirements of this compact shall be in effect for all
				  placements into Iowa from any state, territory or possession of the United
				  States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and, with the
				  consent of Congress, the government of Canada and any province thereof, or from
				  Iowa to any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District
				  of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and, with the consent of Congress,
				  the government of Canada and any province thereof.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 142 - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children › Rule 441-142.10 - Neice Database

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(1)
Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, unless the
				context otherwise requires:
"National Electronic Interstate Compact Enterprise
				  system"
or
"NEICE system"
means the national
				  electronic web-based system for administration of the interstate compact on the
				  placement of children made available to states by the American Public Human
				  Services Association through its affiliate, the Association of Administrators
				  of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
"Security requirements"
means all policies
				  or system security guidance established by the department and the office of the
				  chief information officer related to the use of external computer systems for
				  the storage of personally identifiable data elements of applicants for and
				  recipients of department services. Security requirements as defined herein
				  include but are not necessarily limited to completion by the vendor of the then
				  current cybersecurity framework made available by the National Institute of
				  Standards and Technology, department confirmation that the system has passed
				  the cybersecurity framework analysis, completion by the vendor of an
				  information security risk assessment acceptable to the department, performance
				  by the vendor of a system penetration test acceptable to the department, and an
				  application scan for vulnerabilities, as well as remediation of any
				  vulnerabilities identified.
(2)
Department obligation to provide
				data to the NEICE system.
a. At all
				times that the NEICE system meets security requirements, the department shall
				place in the system all data elements and information that the system is
				configured to accept concerning children subject to the interstate
				compact.
b. Prior to placing
				personally identifiable data elements in the NEICE system, the department shall
				confirm that the NEICE system complies with all security requirements. If at
				any time after placement of personally identifiable data in the NEICE system
				the department determines that the NEICE system fails to meet all security
				requirements or that personally identifiable data placed in the system by the
				department has been used or disclosed inappropriately, the department may cease
				using the NEICE system and may demand that all data provided by the department
				be removed from the system.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 143 - Interstate Compact on Juveniles › Rule 441-143.1 - Compact Agreement

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As a member of the interstate compact on juveniles, Iowa is
				  in a contractual agreement with the other 49 states, the District of Columbia
				  or its designee, and the United States Virgin Islands, in which the department
				  of human services shall cooperate on interstate aspects of juvenile
				  delinquency, and the return from one state to another of nondelinquent children
				  who have run away from home.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 143 - Interstate Compact on Juveniles › Rule 441-143.2 - Compact Administrator

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(1) The compact
				administrator may appoint a deputy compact administrator to serve as an active
				member of the interstate commission for juveniles and who shall be responsible
				for day-to-day operation of the interstate compact.
(2) The compact administrator shall be
				responsible for the administration of the compact between the compact
				administrator's state and other contracting states.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 143 - Interstate Compact on Juveniles › Rule 441-143.3 - Sending a Juvenile Out of Iowa Under the Compact

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(1) Local officials
				requesting to transfer a juvenile to another state shall work through the
				office of the interstate compact administrator. All persons using the compact
				shall comply with the official rule and regulations promulgated by the compact
				administrator under authority of the compact.
(2) Interstate Compact for Juveniles Form VI,
				Application for Services and Waiver, shall be signed by the juvenile and
				parents or guardian, the Iowa juvenile court judge consenting to the placement
				in the receiving state, and the juvenile compact deputy.
(3) The Application for Services and Waiver
				shall have the conditions of the probation or parole as granted by the court of
				jurisdiction attached.
(4) Whenever
				a juvenile is accepted in another state for supervision, the Iowa sending
				agency shall send medical release and financial statements signed by the
				parents or guardian.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 143 - Interstate Compact on Juveniles › Rule 441-143.4 - Receiving Cases in Iowa Under the Interstate Compact

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(1) The department of human services shall
				accept supervision of out-of-state cases when a juvenile meets the requirements
				of the interstate compact.
(2) The
				department of human services shall exercise the same care and treatment that is
				given to Iowa cases, to notify the sending state promptly of any violations or
				antisocial behavior that may occur
(3) No interstate juvenile shall be given
				permission to return to the sending state without obtaining permission from
				that state.
(4) The receiving state
				shall promptly upon parole or probation violation notify the sending state.
				Prior to making a recommendation for revocation of parole or probation, a
				preliminary hearing shall be held to determine if there is probable cause for
				revocation of parole or probation.
(5) A parolee or probationer from another
				state held or placed in Iowa under the provisions of article VII and who
				commits a felony while in Iowa shall be:
a.
				Returned to the sending state per mutual agreement; or
b. Processed according to the Iowa statutes
				and not returned to the sending state for violation.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIII - Service Administration › Chapter 143 - Interstate Compact on Juveniles › Rule 441-143.5 - Runaways

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(1) A runaway
				from Iowa or to Iowa shall be returned to the state of residence only after
				article VI setting forth the voluntary procedures or article IV setting forth
				the involuntary procedures has been completed by the asylum court of
				jurisdiction. Denial of these procedures by the asylum court as set forth in
				articles IV and VI abdicates the demanding jurisdiction of any responsibility
				for the return under the provisions of the compact.
(2) Any nondelinquent runaway from another
				state found in Iowa shall be held only in a nonrestrictive shelter facility
				until returned to the state of legal residence.
(3) Any nondelinquent runaway from another
				state found in Iowa may be held in a nonrestrictive shelter facility beyond 48
				hours on issuance of a court order to permit arrangements for return to the
				home state or to permit the demanding state opportunity for issuance of a
				requisition under article IV.
(4)
				Any runaway from another state who is charged with a felony under Iowa Code
				chapter 232 may either be held in a secure setting until return to the state of
				legal residence or be adjudicated delinquent under Iowa Code chapter 232,
				placed on probation, and returned to the state of legal residence under article
				VII of the compact.
(5) Any
				adjudicated delinquent who has escaped or absconded from another state and has
				been apprehended as a nondelinquent runaway in Iowa may be held in a secure
				setting awaiting return to the demanding state under article V.
(6) The department shall pay for the return
				to Iowa of any runaway, escapee, or absconder for whom the department has, at
				the time the juvenile left the state, legal custody or guardianship
				responsibility. The responsibility for the payment for the return of a runaway,
				escapee, or absconder not under custody or guardianship of the department shall
				be that of the juvenile court having legal jurisdiction of the
				juvenile.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIV - Grant/contract/payment Administration › Chapter 151 - Juvenile Court Services Directed Programs › Rule 441-151.2 - Administration of Funds for Court-ordered Services and Graduated Sanction Services

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Pursuant to the authority granted in Iowa Code chapters 232,
				  602, 7E, and 8 and the annual appropriations Acts, the executive branch,
				  represented by the department, and the judicial branch, represented by the
				  state court administrator and the chief juvenile court officers, are each
				  charged with specific responsibilities for funding, administering, and
				  providing graduated sanction services and court-ordered services.
(1)
Allocations for court-ordered
				services.
Court-ordered services are funded by an appropriation made
				to the department for allocation by the state court administrator.
a. The state court administrator shall
				allocate the funds, minus the administrative set-aside specified in the
				appropriations bill, to the eight judicial districts for the payment of the
				expenses of court-ordered services provided to juveniles that are a charge upon
				the state pursuant to Iowa Code section
				232.141, subsection (4),
				and also as allowed by subsection 5.
b. The state court administrator may use not
				more than the administrative set-aside, specified in the appropriations bill,
				for the costs of administering the court-ordered services program, including
				the costs of travel associated with court-ordered placements, that are a charge
				to the state pursuant to Iowa Code section
				232.141, subsection
				(4).
c. The state court
				administrator shall allocate the funds, minus the administrative set-aside,
				among the judicial districts on or before the date directed by the legislature.
(1) The state court administrator shall base
				the allocation on each district's respective portion of the statewide
				population of children as reported in current census data.
(2) The source of the census data shall be
				determined and agreed upon by the state court administrator and the chief
				juvenile court officers.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIV - Grant/contract/payment Administration › Chapter 151 - Juvenile Court Services Directed Programs › Rule 441-151.3 - Administration of Juvenile Court Services Programs Within Each Judicial District

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Each chief juvenile court officer is responsible for the
				  administration of the court-ordered services and graduated sanction services
				  within the judicial district. The chief juvenile court officer shall purchase
				  court-ordered services and graduated sanction services on behalf of eligible
				  children within the judicial district.
(1)
Planning for service
				needs.
a. Each chief juvenile court
				officer shall develop a process for determining:
(1) The service needs of the children within
				the district; and
(2) The mix of
				services to be provided to best meet the identified needs within the
				district.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIV - Grant/contract/payment Administration › Chapter 151 - Juvenile Court Services Directed Programs › Rule 441-151.4 - Billing and Payment

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The chief juvenile court officer shall ensure that billing
				  and payment are in compliance with department requirements and the requirements
				  of the accounting policies and procedures manual of the department of
				  administrative services, state accounting enterprise. A claim that meets the
				  requirements of this chapter becomes a state liability on the date of a claim's
				  accrual. The date of a claim's accrual is the date the service was provided,
				  the end of the agreed-upon billing interval specified in the contract, or the
				  date of a determination of liability for the claim.
(1)
Claim forms and
				instructions.
The instructions and forms used for billing shall be
				available to the provider from each judicial district office. Electronic
				versions of all forms are available.
a.
				Court-ordered services.
(1) The provider
				shall prepare a claim for court-ordered services on Form GAX, General
				Accounting Expenditure. An original, itemized invoice may accompany a Form GAX
				in lieu of a claimant's original signature.
(2) Juvenile court services shall maintain an
				approved application with court order to validate payment for services.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIV - Grant/contract/payment Administration › Chapter 151 - Juvenile Court Services Directed Programs › Rule 441-151.5 - Appeals

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If services are court-ordered, children who have been
				  adversely affected by decisions made by juvenile court and their parents or
				  guardians may appeal through procedures established pursuant to Iowa Code
				  section
				  232.133.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIV - Grant/contract/payment Administration › Chapter 151 - Juvenile Court Services Directed Programs › Rule 441-151.6 - District Program Reviews and Audits

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Each chief juvenile court officer shall establish procedures
				  to review and audit the provision of the graduated sanction services to ensure
				  that the requirements of this chapter and the contracts are met. The contract
				  administrator accountant as established according to subrule 151.2(2) shall
				  conduct the reviews and audits.
(1)
Schedule.
The department shall notify each chief juvenile
				court officer or designee of the providers for which a review and audit must be
				conducted. The department shall identify in the notice all other judicial
				districts that have a contract with the provider.
a. Annual on-site reviews and audits are
				required for any provider having one or more contracts with one or more
				judicial districts when the total annual value of the contracts is $100,000 or
				more.
b. An on-site review and
				audit are required for each provider new to the district during the first year
				of the provider's contract with the district when the total annual value of the
				provider's contracts with the judicial district is $50,000 or more.
c. Additional on-site reviews and audits are
				optional but may be considered appropriate by the chief juvenile court officer
				for providers, other than those described in paragraphs
"a"
and
"b, "
based on factors such as:
(1) Length of time provider has been in
				business.
(2) Amount of time
				provider has offered the services being purchased.
(3) Type of service or program being
				purchased.
(4) Amount of money
				involved in the contract.
(5)
				Whether other governmental entities contract with this provider.
(6) Findings from previous audits by the
				district, the department, or other entities such as the state auditor's
				office.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIV - Grant/contract/payment Administration › Chapter 151 - Juvenile Court Services Directed Programs › Rule 441-151.20 - Juvenile Court Services Responsibilities

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The chief juvenile court officer shall purchase court-ordered
				  services for eligible children pursuant to the authority of a court order and
				  the certification of the court.
(1)
				The chief juvenile court officer shall have the opportunity to establish the
				availability of funds before a request for court-ordered services is presented
				to the court.
(2) Any services that
				are provided without the signed approval of the chief juvenile court officer or
				approved administrator may be denied payment, unless there is an emergency or
				after-hours situation and no other provision exists for handling emergency or
				after-hours situations or transports.
(3) A district or juvenile court shall not
				order any service that is a charge upon the state pursuant to Iowa Code section
				232.141 if there are
				insufficient court-ordered services funds available in the district court
				distribution amount to pay for the service.
(4) The chief juvenile court officer shall
				encourage use of the funds in the district's fiscal year fund allocation such
				that there are sufficient funds during the entire year to pay for all
				court-ordered services.
a. The chief juvenile
				court officer shall establish service priorities for spending the court-ordered
				services funds allocated to the district.
b. The chief juvenile court officer shall
				inform the state court administrator of potential shortfalls in the district's
				distribution amount and shall request the state court administrator to transfer
				funds between the districts' distribution amounts as prudent.
c. The chief juvenile court officer shall
				notify the state court administrator and the chief judge of the district in the
				event that the court-ordered services funds for the judicial district are
				exhausted.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIV - Grant/contract/payment Administration › Chapter 151 - Juvenile Court Services Directed Programs › Rule 441-151.21 - Certification Process

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The chief juvenile court officer or approved administrator
				  shall determine the certification of the court for each ordered service.
(1)Any party intending to request
				court-ordered services funds shall complete an application and receive approval
				for the funding request from the chief juvenile court officer or approved
				administrator.
a. The application form with
				instructions shall be available upon request from the office of each chief
				juvenile court officer.
b. The
				applicant shall have verified that there are no other alternative funding
				sources for the service.
c. The
				chief juvenile court officer or approved administrator may establish procedures
				for handling emergency or after-hours situations and for the handling of
				transports.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIV - Grant/contract/payment Administration › Chapter 151 - Juvenile Court Services Directed Programs › Rule 441-151.30 - Community-based Interventions

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"Community-based interventions" means individual or group
				  instruction which includes, but is not limited to, supervised educational
				  support, treatment and outreach services to an eligible child who is
				  experiencing social, behavioral, or emotional problems that placed the child at
				  risk of group care or state institutional placement. A program for a child may
				  be funded from multiple sources, but the funding sources may not duplicate or
				  overlap. The components and activities shall be described in the contract.
				  Services offered may provide individualized and intensive interventions to
				  assist a child in establishing positive behavior patterns and to help the child
				  maintain accountability in a community-based setting.
(1)
Service eligibility.
Children shall be eligible for community-based intervention services without
				regard to individual or family income when they are adjudicated delinquent or
				are determined by a juvenile court officer to be at risk and to be in need of
				the service provided by a community-based intervention program. 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.
a. The chief juvenile court officer
				shall establish written procedures for screening and approving referrals for
				community-based intervention services and make the procedures available to the
				district's juvenile court officers.
b. The juvenile court officer shall determine
				the child to be in need of services as evidenced by one or more of the
				following situations:
(1) Schools, parents or
				community organizations, due to complaints of delinquent activities, indicate
				the 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,
				diversion, informal adjustment agreements, adjudication and disposition
				proceedings.
c. The
				chief juvenile court officer may approve community-based intervention 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 reevaluate the child's eligibility and need for these services in
				accordance with procedures established by the respective juvenile court
				services district.
d. Referrals
				shall not be made or accepted when funds for the program are not
				available.
e. The child shall not
				require more extensive treatment than is provided in the community-based
				intervention program.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XIV - Grant/contract/payment Administration › Chapter 151 - Juvenile Court Services Directed Programs › Rule 441-151.31 - School-based Supervision

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"School-based supervision" means a program that provides for
				  salaried staff, known as juvenile court school liaisons, to be hired by
				  providers. The juvenile court school liaisons provide on-site services at
				  middle and high schools to children experiencing truancy or other behavior
				  problems at school and at home or in the community.
(1)
Service eligibility.
a. Children shall be eligible for
				school-based supervision services without regard to individual or family income
				when they are adjudicated delinquent or adjudicated a child in need of
				assistance or are determined by a juvenile court officer or school official to
				be at risk and in need of school-based supervision services. Documentation of
				the adjudication or at-risk status as well as the need for services shall be
				maintained by the juvenile court school liaison in the child's case record or
				case file.
b. The chief juvenile
				court officer shall establish written procedures for screening and approving
				referrals for school-based supervision services. The written procedures for
				screening and approving referrals shall be made available to the juvenile court
				school liaisons and to the district's juvenile court officers.
c. Referrals shall not be made or accepted
				when funds for the program are not available.