Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 416 - OREGON YOUTH AUTHORITY › Division 415 - YOUTH IN CUSTODY WORK PROGRAMS › Section 416-415-0020 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Adjudicated
			 Youth: A person who has been found to be within the jurisdiction of the
			 juvenile court under ORS
			 419C.005 for an act committed
			 when the person was under 18 years of age, and who has been placed in the legal
			 and physical custody of OYA.
(2)
			 DOC Youth in Custody: A person in the legal custody of the Department of
			 Corrections (DOC) and the physical custody of OYA.
(3) Facility Work Program: A type of Work
			 Program in which Youth in Custody are supervised while performing a job or a
			 service administered within an OYA facility's secure perimeter.
(4) Major Behavior Violation: Behavior that
			 is prohibited and unacceptable within an OYA facility or program and is
			 immediately threatening to life, health, or facility safety, security or good
			 order. Specific behaviors are listed as Levels Zero, One, and Two prohibited
			 behaviors on the Youth in Custody Behavior Refocus Option Matrix, Exhibit 1 to
			 OAR 416-470-0020.
(5)
			 Multidisciplinary Team (MDT): A group of persons including, but not limited to,
			 OYA employees, the Youth in Custody's family, and service providers responsible
			 for developing, reviewing and revising the Youth in Custody's comprehensive
			 case plan.
(6) Offsite Work
			 Program: A type of Work Program in which Youth in Custody are supervised while
			 performing a job or service beyond an OYA close-custody facility's
			 property.
(7) Onsite Work Program:
			 A type of Work Program in which Youth in Custody are supervised while
			 performing a job or service on an OYA close-custody facility's property but
			 beyond the facility's secure perimeter.
(8) OYA: Oregon Youth Authority
(9) Program Staff: Any OYA employee,
			 contractor (and contractor's employees/staff), or volunteer, who works with
			 Youth in Custody in a Work Program.
(10) Stipend: Monetary incentive for
			 participation in a Work Program to promote positive Youth in Custody
			 development, reformation, and rehabilitation.
(11) Vocational Program: A program or
			 sequence of courses or instructional units that provides a Youth in Custody
			 with academic and technical knowledge, skills, and proficiencies to prepare the
			 Youth in Custody for employment or further or advanced education.
(12) Work Program: An OYA-approved program in
			 which Youth in Custody perform a job or service as part of their treatment,
			 education, or vocational training curriculum.
(13) Work Program Manager: A designated OYA
			 management staff member who oversees a specific Work Program and the program's
			 policy compliance.
(14) Work
			 Release: A type of Work Program in which Youth in Custody are temporarily
			 released from an OYA close-custody facility or are authorized to leave the
			 facility grounds to perform a job or service in a community setting without
			 supervision.
(15) Youth in Custody:
			 Includes both DOC Youth in Custody and Adjudicated Youth.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  420A.025,
				  420A.010 & 420.240
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  420A.010,
				  420.240 &
				  420.245