New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 14 - JUVENILE JUSTICE › Part 7 - SUPERVISED RELEASE AND DISCHARGE › Section 8.14.7.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
Absconder
refers to a client on probation or supervised release who
				leaves the jurisdiction without permission, or an escapee or runaway from a
				placement.
B.
Aftercare
refers to supervised release case management provided to
				clients released from juvenile justice facilities and treatment
				programs.
C.
Arrest
				warrant
refers to a warrant issued from district court ordering that a
				client be taken into custody.
D.
Board
means the juvenile public safety advisory board whose
				members are appointed pursuant to the Juvenile Public Safety Advisory Board
				Act, 1978 NMSA Sections 32A-7A-1 to 32A-7A-8.
E.
Classification officer
refers to a department employee who provides direct case management and client
				advocacy throughout the client's commitment. The classification officer
				provides assessment of the client's risk, needs and strengths by which the
				multi-disciplinary team will assign appropriate placement.
F.
Client family baseline
				assessment
refers to a written report by a juvenile probation officer
				that identifies the client's delinquent history and the strengths and needs of
				the client and family.
G.
Delinquent act
refers to an act committed by a juvenile that would be
				designated as a crime under the law if committed by an adult.
H.
Department
means the
				children, youth, and families department.
I.
Detention
refers to the
				temporary care of juveniles alleged to be delinquent who require secure custody
				in a facility certified for that purpose by the department (Section 32A-2-4
				NMSA 1978).
J.
Facility
refers to a facility operated by, or on behalf of, CYFD's
				juvenile justice services for purposes of housing and providing care for
				clients committed to the custody of CYFD.
K.
Facility release panel
				(panel)
is the departmental secretary-designated releasing authority
				that considers juveniles for supervised release.
L.
Facility transition coordinator
				(FTC)
means a department employee who works with the client and the
				client's multi-disciplinary team, juvenile probation officer, classification
				officer, and regional transition coordinator to coordinate the client's care
				while in the facility and ensures that the required tasks of the client's
				supervised release or extension track are occurring in a timely
				manner.
M.
Final supervised
				release violation hearing
means a proceeding conducted by the department
				or its designated hearing officer, for the purpose of determining whether to
				revoke supervised release.
N.
Home study
means an assessment of the living environment where
				the juvenile offender may reside during the term of supervised release; the
				assessment is conducted by the department; specific strengths and weaknesses of
				the living environment are identified through the home study process.
O.
JJS
is juvenile justice
				services, a division of the children, youth and families department.
P.
JPO
is a juvenile probation
				officer.
Q.
Juvenile public
				safety advisory board (JPSAB)
will advise the department on release
				decisions and make recommendations regarding programs and facilities.
R.
Juvenile offender
means an
				individual committed to the custody of the department pursuant to the
				Delinquency Act, 1978 NMSA Section 32A-2-1 through 32A-2-32; the term "juvenile
				offender" in this regulation includes those individuals who are committed as
				youthful offenders or up to age 21.
S.
Multi-disciplinary team
				(MDT)
refers to the team that meets at the facility to develop, monitor,
				and revise client plans for placement and services. The team includes the
				client and family member(s), and behavioral health, education, medical, a
				security representative, the juvenile probation officer and a transition
				coordinator if assigned.
T.
Plan of care (POC)
refers to the plan developed at the first
				multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting following placement at the facility and
				reviewed and updated at each subsequent MDT. The plan included goals and
				objectives in all disciplines and is broadly available to all staff with client
				contact.
U.
Probation
refers to a court-ordered sanction and disposition which places an adjudicated
				client under the supervision and care of a juvenile probation
				officer.
V.
Regional
				transition coordinator (RTC)
means a department employee whose duties
				may include coordination of community and aftercare services for a
				client.
W.
Release
				agreement
means the document stating the conditions of supervised
				release as established by the panel. The juvenile is required to agree in
				writing to the agreement conditions as a prerequisite to being placed on
				supervised release status.
X.
Release consideration meeting
means a proceeding conducted by the
				panel for purposes of deciding whether to grant, deny, defer or revoke
				supervised release.
Y.
Retake warrant
refers to the document issued by the department, directed
				to law enforcement and department staff to detain a client alleged to have
				violated conditions of supervised release, and return the client to a secure
				facility.
Z.
Secretary
means the secretary of the children, youth and families
				department.
AA.
Supervised
				release
refers to the release of a juvenile, whose term of commitment
				has not expired, from a facility for the care and rehabilitation of adjudicated
				delinquent children, with specified conditions to protect public safety and
				promote successful transition and reintegration into the community. A juvenile
				on supervised release is subject to monitoring by the department until the term
				of commitment has expired, and may be returned to custody for violating
				conditions of release.
BB.
Supervised release plan
means the department's recommendation for the
				conditions the juvenile offender should be required to fulfill if released, and
				presents workable methods of dealing with the juvenile offender's problems and
				needs through community intervention.
CC.
Supervised release recommendation
				report
is the report prepared by the FTC/designee to inform the panel of
				the juvenile's progress while committed and readiness for release through
				summaries of all the disciplines in the juvenile's plan of care and the plan
				for the juvenile if he or she is granted supervised release.
DD.
Victim notification
means
				notification to the district attorney of each district in the state of any
				supervised release of juvenile offenders pursuant to Section
				31-26-12
				NMSA 1978.