Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 021-99 - Safety and Permanence › Chapter DCF 52 - Residential Care Centers For Children And Youth › Subchapter V - Program Operation › Section DCF 52.41 - Center program

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PROGRAM
				  STATEMENT AND OPERATING PLAN. Each center shall have a written program
				  statement describing center treatment purpose, philosophy, approach and methods
				  used, and services available, as well as a written operating plan describing
				  available treatment and services as specified under pars. (a) to (d). A center
				  shall give a copy of the current center program statement and, upon request,
				  the center operating plan, and all updates, to each resident's placing person
				  or agency and, if not the same, the resident's parents or guardian and legal
				  custodian, if any. A center's operating plan shall describe all of the
				  following:
(a)
Treatment.
Treatment program policies and procedures covering all of the following:
1. Treatment purpose, philosophy and
				  services.
2. Qualifications of
				  staff responsible for planning and carrying out treatment procedures.
3. The population served by age and sex and
				  by type, such as developmentally disabled, emotionally disturbed, alcohol or
				  drug abusing, transitioning to independence, juvenile delinquent or
				  correctional aftercare, and the range or types of behaviors or conditions for
				  which the center's treatment procedures and techniques are
				  appropriate.
4. Pre-screening
				  procedures used for determining appropriateness of admission.
5. Procedures used to involve the resident
				  and the resident's parents or guardian and legal custodian, if any, in resident
				  assessment and treatment planning including identification of the means used to
				  foster positive relationships between the resident and the resident's family or
				  guardian that are supportive of the resident in reaching treatment plan and
				  permanency plan goals.
6. How the
				  center will implement and review specific provisions of the resident's
				  treatment plan, court order and permanency plan developed under s.
				  48.38,
				  Stats., including how the center will coordinate efforts with the placing
				  person or agency and other involved persons or agencies.
7. Methods used by the center for determining
				  when treatment goals are achieved, or that treatment is ineffective or
				  detrimental for a particular resident.
8. Resident conduct as governed by center
				  behavior management and control procedures or measures including house rules
				  covering policies on resident overnight visits outside the center and
				  off-grounds privileges and any resident rights limitations under s. DCF 52.31
				  prohibiting such things as gang-related clothing or therapeutically
				  contraindicated items.
9. A list of
				  daily activities available to residents including educational and recreational
				  activities.
10. Procedures which
				  ensure clear communication between resident care workers on one shift and the
				  resident care workers on the next shift regarding any significant incident
				  involving a resident they supervise in common such as running away, an incident
				  of abuse or neglect pursuant to s.
				  48.981,
				  Stats., a behavior that injures the resident or others, an accident requiring
				  medical attention, intentional property damage, any emergency safety
				  intervention physical hold restraint or physically enforced separation as
				  defined under s. DCF 52.42 (1) or any other incident of a serious nature. The
				  procedures shall include documenting any incident involving a resident and the
				  date and time it occurred in the resident's case record and, if pertinent to
				  resident treatment, in the resident's treatment record progress
				  notes.
11. Methods used by the
				  center to evaluate its treatment program.