Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 137 - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE › Division 82 - CHILD ABUSE MULTIDISCIPLINARY INTERVENTION ACCOUNT › Section 137-082-0210 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) "Advisory
			 Council on Child Abuse Assessment", referred to hereafter as "the Council", is
			 a legislatively authorized council (ORS
			 418.784) of at least nine
			 members appointed by the Attorney General or Attorney General's designee to
			 advise the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Account Administrator. For the purpose
			 of these rules, Child Abuse Advocacy Centers is referred to as "Child Abuse
			 Intervention Centers". The Council collaborates with the Administrator of the
			 CAMI Account on the disbursement of moneys to establish and maintain community
			 or regional child abuse intervention centers and advises the CAMI Administrator
			 on the disbursement of monies to the multidisciplinary teams.
(2) "Advocacy Services" means those services
			 that reduce additional trauma to the child victims and their families in
			 addition to services that reduce the trauma for the child victim and support
			 the identification and development of therapeutic services.
(3) "Applicant," as used in OAR 137-082-0200  et seq., means the county and the public and private agencies recommended by a
			 county's multidisciplinary child abuse team to provide services in accordance
			 with the county's coordinated child abuse multidisciplinary intervention
			 plan.
(4) "Assessment Services"
			 means a medical assessment, intervention service or psycho-social assessment of
			 children suspected of being victims of abuse and neglect.
(5) "Child Abuse Multidisciplinary
			 Intervention Account", referred to hereafter as the "CAMI Account". The CAMI
			 Account holds funds appropriated by the Legislative Assembly to the Oregon
			 Department of Justice. The funds are to be disbursed to counties, for the
			 counties' funding of "multidisciplinary child abuse teams" formed under ORS
			 418.784, and to public and
			 private agencies recommended by a county's multidisciplinary child abuse team
			 to provide services in accordance with the county's coordinated child abuse
			 multidisciplinary intervention plan.
(6) "Conditional Eligibility" is the
			 conditional approval of the program proposed by the applicant for carrying out
			 the county's coordinated child abuse multidisciplinary intervention
			 plan.
(7) The coordinated child
			 abuse multidisciplinary intervention plan, set forth at ORS
			 418.746(5) and
			 referred to hereafter as "the Plan", sets forth all sources of funding, other
			 than moneys that may be distributed from the child abuse multidisciplinary
			 intervention account, and including in-kind contributions that are available
			 for the intervention plan; describes how the Plan provides for comprehensive
			 services to the victims of child abuse, including assessment, advocacy and
			 treatment; and includes the county's written protocol and agreements required
			 by 418.747(2).
(8) "County Multidisciplinary Child Abuse
			 Team", referred to hereafter as the "MDT" or "Team", is a county investigative
			 and assessment team for child abuse. Pursuant to ORS
			 418.747(1), the
			 Team must include, but is not limited to, law enforcement personnel, child
			 protective services workers, district attorneys, school officials, health
			 department staff and personnel from the courts.
(9) "The Department" is the Oregon Department
			 of Justice.
(10) "Eligible
			 Expenses" means personnel costs for staff, interviewers, interpreters, and
			 expert witnesses; services and supplies, rent, capital purchases, and other
			 operational expenses related to providing assessment, advocacy, or treatment
			 services. The county with whom the Department contracts may request 5% of the
			 county CAMI Account funds for administration. This must have the approval of
			 the county multidisciplinary team and be included in the Plan.
(11) "Grantee" means an Applicant whose grant
			 application has resulted in as received a grant award, which is reflected in a
			 "Grant Agreement".
(12)
			 Ineligibility Determination - is a finding by the Account Administrator that a
			 county is ineligible to receive funding from CAMI.
(13) Intervention Advocacy - activities
			 identified at the local and state level to provide more effective intervention
			 for victims of abuse and neglect.
(14) Intervention Services - services
			 provided by criminal justice or child protective services staff to effectively
			 intervene in cases of suspected child abuse.
(15) Medical Assessment as defined in ORS
			 418.782(2) -
			 the medical assessment is an assessment by or under the direction of a
			 physician who is licensed to practice medicine in Oregon and trained in the
			 evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of child abuse. The medical assessment must
			 include a thorough medical history, a complete physical examination, an
			 interview for the purpose of making a medical diagnosis, determination of
			 whether or not the child has been abused, and identification of the appropriate
			 treatment or referral for follow-up for the child.
(16) Prevention Advocacy - activities
			 associated with local and state fatality review processes and/or subsequent
			 prevention strategies to reduce abuse, neglect or fatalities.
(17) Professional Training and Education -
			 support for professional training and educational resources such as a
			 clearinghouse, speaker's bureau, or library; ongoing training and education for
			 professionals involved in child abuse and neglect intervention.
(18) Protective Services - activities that
			 are required to protect the child, prevent future abuse, and support the
			 healing process associated with the abuse related trauma.
(19) Psycho-Social Assessment - evaluates the
			 child's and the family's needs for services and the availability of resources
			 to meet those needs.
(20)
			 "Treatment" means those services that provide for the medical and psychological
			 needs of the victim or the victim's family members. For the purposes of this
			 rule, treatment is intended to refer to short-term, crisis-oriented
			 treatment.
(21) "Treatment
			 Services" means information, referral, and therapeutic interventions for child
			 abuse victims and their families.
Stat. Auth.: OL 1993, Ch. 676 & OL 2001, Ch. 624
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  418.746 -
				  418.794