Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 13 - AGENCY OF HUMAN SERVICES › Sub-Agency 172 - DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (DCF); FAMILY SERVICES DIVISION › Chapter 700 - TRANSITION AGE YOUTH (7000) › Section 13 172 700 - TRANSITION AGE YOUTH (7000)

Current through June, 2024
Section 7000
				Introduction
These rules have been established to provide for a range of
				  age-appropriate services for youth to help ensure a successful transition to
				  adulthood, including the avoidance of homelessness, incarceration, and
				  substance abuse, and to enable youth to become self-sufficient, contributing
				  members of their community.
The rules cover the following:
1. The types of services and programming
				available for youth in transition, including educational, vocational,
				employment, housing assistance, transportation, and case management;
				and
2. Eligibility requirements for
				these services and programs.
All youth are eligible for youth development program case
				  management covered by these rules. Services and programming provided pursuant
				  to 7001 are accessed through Department for Children and Families Family
				  Services Division social workers and are for youth continuing services and
				  programming in which they are already enrolled. Services and programming
				  provided pursuant to 7002 and 7003 are accessed through youth development
				  program coordinators and are for youth who are new to the services or
				  programming, returning to the services and programming, or who are changing
				  their existing services and programming. Such services and programming shall
				  not supplant any adult services or other economic benefits for which the youth
				  may also be eligible or is receiving. Payment for such services and programming
				  shall also be coordinated with any other economic benefits.
The statutory authority for these regulations can be found at
				  33 V.S.A. §§
												304(b)(2),
				  4904(c).
7000.1 General Definitions
1. "Community-Based Residential Programming"
				means foster care or facility-based treatment programming with supplemental
				supports.
2. "Youth" means a person
				who is between the ages of 18 and 22, who either:
a. attained his or her 18th birthday while in
				the custody of the Commissioner of the Department for Children and
				Families;
b. while he or she was
				between 10 and 18 years of age, spent at least five of those years in the
				custody of the commissioner for children and families or
c. leaves state custody after the age of 16
				and before reaching age 18.
3. "Voluntary Services Agreement" means an
				agreement that is signed by the youth, the youth's social worker or youth
				development coordinator, and the supportive adult with whom the youth will
				live, if applicable. The agreement outlines:
a. the youth's goals;
b. the youth's commitment to continuing
				education, employment and other productive use of time;
c. agreements about the youth's financial
				contribution to his or her living expenses; and,
d. how adults will support the youth's goals,
				including crisis support.
4. "Youth Development Program" means a
				community-based program established by the Department to provide voluntary
				services and supports to youth to ensure a successful transition to adulthood,
				including housing assistance, transportation, case management services,
				assistance with obtaining and retaining health insurance or employment, and
				other services.
5. "Documented
				disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one
				or more of the individual's major life activities. A disability is documented
				when it has been diagnosed by a qualified medical professional.