Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Corrections › Chapter DOC 371 - Youth Assessment And Case Management › Section DOC 371.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
			 "Assessment and evaluation" or "A&E" means the orientation of youth to an
			 institution and the process for evaluating a youth's history and needs in a
			 type 1 secured correctional facility.
(2) "Administrator" means the administrator
			 of the division of juvenile corrections or that person's designee.
(3) "Aftercare" means the aftercare
			 supervision status of a youth, as used in s.
			 938.34(4n),
			 Stats., who is released from a type 1 or type 2 secured correctional facility
			 by the office of juvenile offender review or by action of a court under s.
			 938.357, Stats., and is
			 supervised outside of a type 1 secured correctional facility by the department
			 or a county department until the expiration or termination of the youth's court
			 ordered supervision.
(3m)
			 "Aftercare case plan" means "aftercare plan" as defined in s.
			 938.357(4g),
			 Stats.
(4) "Aftercare provider"
			 means the department or the county department designated to provide aftercare
			 supervision under s. 938.34(4n),
			 Stats.
(5) "Agent" means a person,
			 or that person's designee, employed by the department or a county department
			 who provides aftercare supervision or community supervision for a youth who has
			 a type 2 status under s.
			 938.533(3) (b),
			 938.538(4) or
			 938.539, Stats., and who is
			 authorized to make decisions regarding aftercare or community supervision
			 matters.
(6) "Alternate care
			 placement" means the placement of a youth in an alternate placement, including
			 placement in a child caring institution, group home, foster home or treatment
			 foster home.
(7) "Assessment and
			 evaluation report" means the written comprehensive assessment of a youth's
			 background and needs prepared during the youth's assessment and
			 evaluation.
(8) "Corrective
			 sanctions program" means the program under s.
			 938.533, Stats.
(9) "County department" means a county
			 department under s. 938.02(2g),
			 Stats.
(10) "Day" means a calendar
			 day.
(11) "Department" means the
			 department of corrections.
(12)
			 "Discharge" means discharge from supervision.
(13) "Division" means the department's
			 division of juvenile corrections.
(14) "Educational evaluation report" means a
			 written report completed during assessment and evaluation that describes a
			 youth's school history, identifies present performance levels and educational
			 deficits and recommends an individual educational plan.
(15) "Extended jurisdiction" means the
			 continued jurisdiction of a court over a youth until the age of 21 or 25 as
			 ordered by the court under s.
			 48.366, Stats.
(16) "Extension" means the extension of a
			 youth's dispositional order, as provided under s.
			 938.365, Stats.
(17) "Guardian" means the person named by the
			 court having the duty and authority of guardianship.
(18) "Institution" means a type 1 secured
			 correctional facility.
(19) "JPRC"
			 means the joint planning and review committee which makes short-term and
			 long-term planning recommendations for youth with membership consisting of a
			 representative of the type 1 secured correctional facility in which the youth
			 resides, the assigned OJOR reviewer, a representative of the committing county
			 and a representative of the aftercare provider.
(20) "Juvenile classification system" means a
			 structured and consistent method of case decision-making based upon an
			 assessment of a youth's criminal history, program needs and risk of continued
			 criminal activity.
(21) "Needs
			 assessment instrument" has the meaning given in s.
			 938.549(1) (b),
			 Stats.
(22) "OJOR" means the
			 division's office of juvenile offender review.
(23) "Parent" has the meaning given in s.
			 938.02(13),
			 Stats.
(24) "Regional chief" means
			 a division regional manager or that person's designee who is responsible for
			 oversight of community correctional services.
(25) "Release status" means the status of a
			 youth who has been released from a type 1 or type 2 secured correctional
			 facility to a release placement, including the youth's home, a relative's home,
			 foster home, group home, child caring institution or independent
			 living.
(26) "Risk assessment
			 instrument" means an instrument used to evaluate the likelihood that a youth
			 may continue delinquent or criminal activity.
(27) "Serious juvenile offender" means a
			 person to whom the court has given the disposition specified in s.
			 938.34(4h),
			 Stats.
(28) "Staff" means an
			 employee of the department.
(29)
			 "Superintendent" means the superintendent of a type 1 secured correctional
			 facility or that person's designee.
(30) "Supervision" means the rights and
			 duties of the department or a county department under ss.
			 48.366 and
			 938.505, Stats., with respect to
			 a youth placed in a type 1 or type 2 secured correctional facility or on
			 aftercare by a court or by the department.
(31) "Supervisor" means a department or a
			 county department employee responsible for the supervision or administration of
			 aftercare supervision or that person's designee.
(32) "Type 1 secured correctional facility"
			 has the meaning given in s.
			 938.02(19),
			 Stats.
(33) "Type 2 secured
			 correctional facility" has the meaning given in s.
			 938.02(20),
			 Stats.
(34) "Waived offender" means
			 a youth who is convicted of a crime after the juvenile court waived
			 jurisdiction under s.
			 938.18, Stats., and is placed in
			 a type 1 secured correctional facility pursuant to s.
			 973.013(3m),
			 Stats.
(35) "Youth" means a person
			 or persons under the supervision of the department or a county department
			 consistent with the requirements of law regardless of age.