Virginia Administrative Code › Title 6 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS › Agency 35 - DEPARTMENT (BOARD) OF JUVENILE JUSTICE › Chapter 30 - REGULATION GOVERNING STATE REIMBURSEMENT OF LOCAL JUVENILE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY COSTS › Part II - Definitions › Section 6VAC35-30-20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter
					 shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"Area allowance per bed" means the gross square footage of
					 the facility divided by the facility's design capacity as provided
					 herein.
"Board" means the Virginia Board of Juvenile
					 Justice.
"Board-approved funding formula" means the method by which
					 construction costs are calculated as provided for in
					 6VAC35-30-65.
"Board regulation" means a regulation or section or
					 subsections thereof promulgated and approved by the board.
"Department" or "DJJ" means the Department of Juvenile
					 Justice.
"Efficiency ratio" means the proportion of a building's net
					 usable area to its gross floor area.
"Local facility" or "facility" means a juvenile residential
					 facility that is or may be regulated by the board and is owned, maintained, or
					 operated by any political subdivision or combination of political subdivisions
					 of the Commonwealth, or a privately owned or operated juvenile residential
					 facility that has contracted with any political subdivision or combination of
					 political subdivisions of the Commonwealth and is or may be regulated by the
					 board.
"Needs assessment" means an evaluation of trends and
					 factors at the local or regional level that may affect current and future local
					 facility needs and the assessment of local facilities and nonresidential
					 programs available to meet such needs. The needs assessment for each proposed
					 project shall identify the target population, the specific need of the target
					 population the project is seeking to address, why the specific need cannot be
					 met with existing resources, all alternatives considered to meet identified
					 need, and the reason for rejecting the alternatives.
"Planning study" means an overall description of a proposed
					 project consisting of new construction, renovation of existing facilities, or
					 both. The planning study shall include a program description and a program
					 design as detailed in approved department procedures, architectural and
					 engineering drawings at the Schematic Design (15%) Document level, the
					 relationship of the project to existing facilities or structures, the project's
					 schedule, a detail of the project's total projected design, construction,
					 operation, maintenance costs, and a cost/benefit analysis.
"Project" means any proposed or actual new construction,
					 renovation, enlargement, or expansion of a juvenile residential facility that
					 is or will be subject to approval by the department or regulation by the
					 board.
"Routine maintenance" means the normal and usual type of
					 repair or replacement necessary as the result of periodic maintenance
					 inspections or normal wear and tear of a local facility or equipment.
"Sponsor" means a city, county, commission, or any
					 combination thereof, or any private entity under contract or arrangement with
					 any city, county, commission, or any combination thereof, that is actually or
					 proposing to build, renovate, expand, or operate a local facility.
"Substantive change" means any deviation from an approved
					 plan or design that will affect the operational and functional performance of
					 the facility, that potentially impacts the facility's compliance with any board
					 regulation, that would result in a change in capacity, or that would result in
					 the sponsor seeking additional reimbursement, as detailed in approved
					 department procedures.
Statutory Authority
§§ 16.1-309.5, 16.1-309.9, 16.1-322.7 and 66-10 of the
						Code of Virginia.