Virginia Administrative Code › Title 6 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS › Agency 35 - DEPARTMENT (BOARD) OF JUVENILE JUSTICE › Chapter 60 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR VIRGINIA DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ACT GRANT PROGRAMS › Part I - General Provisions › Section 6VAC35-60-10 - 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:
"Alternative day treatment" or "structured day programs"
					 means nonresidential programs that provide services, which may include
					 counseling, supervision, recreation, and education to referred juveniles at a
					 central facility.
"Annual grant programs update" means a written plan
					 submitted annually to the director of the department by recipients of grant
					 funding requesting renewal of the grant funding and detailing the status of
					 youth services provided in accordance with the Biennial Comprehensive Plan. The
					 annual grant programs update shall include an inventory of youth and parenting
					 related services and programs available in the locality and shall incorporate
					 revisions or modifications of the locality's comprehensive plan as deemed
					 necessary by the youth needs assessment.
"Background check" means steps taken to ascertain whether
					 various records on a person include criminal acts or other circumstances that
					 would be detrimental to juveniles or their families or to the integrity of a
					 program, in addition to a driving record check where applicable to job
					 function.
"Biennial Comprehensive Plan" means a written plan covering
					 two fiscal years and coinciding with the Commonwealth's biennial budget cycle
					 and appropriations plan that sets forth measurable goals and objectives for
					 developing, coordinating, and evaluating youth services. The biennial plan
					 shall be based on an assessment of the community's needs and resources and
					 updated annually, as needed.
"Counseling" means the planned use of interpersonal
					 relationships to promote behavioral change or social adjustment.
"Department" means the Department of Juvenile
					 Justice.
"Direct service programs or services" means programs or
					 services in which Office on Youth staff, assigned Youth Services Citizen Board
					 members, or Office on Youth volunteers, are the primary providers of a service
					 involving ongoing person-to-person contact with youth or families.
"Individual service or contact plan" means a written plan
					 of action developed, updated as needed, and modified at intervals to meet the
					 needs of a juvenile or adult. It specifies measurable short-term and long-term
					 goals, the objectives, strategies, and time frames for reaching the goals, and
					 the individuals responsible for carrying out the plan.
"Local governing body" means a city board, commission, or
					 council or other body by whatever name it may be known, in which the general
					 legislative powers of the city or town are vested or a county board of
					 supervisors.
"Locality" means the city, county, town, or combination
					 thereof served by an Office on Youth.
"Monitoring review" means the written report completed by
					 designated department personnel based on an on-site review of the progress made
					 toward goals and objectives identified in the Office on Youth's Biennial
					 Comprehensive Plan.
"Office on Youth" means the staff and the place of business
					 of the staff of the local entity funded by the authority of the Delinquency
					 Prevention and Youth Development Act (Chapter 3 (§ 66-26 et seq.) of Title 66
					 of the Code of Virginia).
"Sponsoring locality" means the locality that is the fiscal
					 agent or administrator of the grant.
"Supervision" means visiting or making other contact with
					 or about, or providing treatment, rehabilitation, or services to a juvenile as
					 required by the court, by an intake officer, for parole purposes, or by a
					 designated referral source.
"Time-out" means a systematic behavior management technique
					 designed to reduce or eliminate inappropriate behavior by temporarily removing
					 a juvenile from contact with people or other reinforcing stimuli.
"Volunteer" or "intern" means any individual or group who
					 of their own free will and without any financial gain provides goods or
					 services without compensation.
"Youth needs assessment" means an objective assessment of
					 the community's youth development and delinquency prevention needs and
					 resources.
"Youth Services Citizen Board" means the board appointed by
					 the locality's governing body in accordance with § 66-34 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Statutory Authority
§§ 66-10 and 66-28 of the Code of Virginia.