Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart E - Residential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article I - Licensing/Approval › Chapter 3680 - ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF A CHILDREN AND YOUTH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 3680.4 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
						  chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context indicates
						  otherwise:
Agency
-A children and youth social
						  service agency subject to the requirements of this chapter.
Child
-An individual who is one of the
						  following:
(i) Under the age of 18
						years.
(ii) Under the age of 21
						years, committed an act of delinquency before reaching the age of 18 years and
						remains under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
(iii) Under the age of 21 years, was
						adjudicated dependent before reaching the age of 18 years and, while engaged in
						a course of instruction or treatment, requests the court to retain jurisdiction
						until the course has been completed.
Client
-A person or group of persons,
						  including a child or the child's family, accepted for service by an agency
						  subject to the requirements of this chapter.
County agency
-The single county
						  children and youth social service agency.
Department
-The Department of Public
						  Welfare of the Commonwealth.
Facility
-The physical location or
						  site, including buildings, grounds, supplies and equipment, as well as the
						  staff involved in operating programs governed by this chapter.
Full-day services
-A series of
						  activities which provide intervention and protection through care, supervision,
						  treatment or rehabilitation for a child in an out-of-home, 24-hour setting. The
						  term includes services commonly provided in:
(i) Foster family homes, including the homes
						of relatives when used as a foster placement.
(ii) Secure and nonsecure residential child
						care facilities.
(iii) Supervised
						independent living arrangements.
(iv) Maternity homes.
(v) Outdoor experiential
						environments.
Immediate family member
-Spouse,
						  children, parents and siblings.
ISP
-An individual service plan. A
						  written document describing long-range goals and short-range objectives for the
						  provision of social services for a child.
Legal entity
-A person, society,
						  corporation, governing authority or partnership legally responsible for the
						  administration and operation of an agency that provides social services for a
						  child.
Part-day services
-A series of
						  activities which provide intervention and protection through care, supervision,
						  treatment or rehabilitation for a child in a non-24-hour supervisory setting.
						  The term includes, for example, services commonly referred to as day treatment
						  and alternative treatment programs.
Passive physical restraint
-The least
						  amount of direct physical contact required to prevent immediate harm to a child
						  or others.
Placing agency
-The agency or
						  individual with legal authority to refer or place a child for children and
						  youth social services. The term includes courts, county children and youth
						  social service agencies and parents.
Program
-A discretely identifiable
						  system of social service interventions designed for use with a specified client
						  group. This discrete system encompasses a series of activities that are used to
						  reach clearly identified intervention goals and objectives. A program may be
						  designed to provide either full-day or part-day services as defined by this
						  chapter.
Related party financial transaction
-A
						  financial transaction involving a private agency and an individual,
						  corporation, firm, association or business in which any of the following
						  persons receive a financial benefit or have a financial interest:
(i) Persons who comprise the legal
						entity.
(ii) Employes of a private
						agency.
(iii) Shareholders of a
						private agency.
(iv) Immediate
						family members of the persons specified in subparagraphs (i), (ii) and
						(iii).
The term does not include wages, salaries or employe
						  benefits paid to an employe of a private agency or dividends paid to a
						  shareholder of a private agency.
Services to children in their own
						  homes
-Informational, supportive or therapeutic activities, such as
						  counseling, life skills education, information and referral or
						  homemaker/caretaker services provided to a child, primarily to prevent
						  placement or to reunify a child and his family.
The provisions of this §
														3680.4 amended under Articles II,
							 VII, IX and X of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §§
															201-211,
							 701-774,
							 901-922 and
							 1001-1080).
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
														3680.1 (relating to
							 applicability); and 55 Pa. Code §
														3680.41 (relating to program
							 descriptions).