Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 021-99 - Safety and Permanence › Chapter DCF 61 - Qualified Residential Treatment Programs › Section DCF 61.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
				"Child" means an individual under 21 years of age who is placed in a QRTP and
				is under juvenile court jurisdiction or other court order, is being provided
				services by a child welfare or juvenile justice agency, or is placed under an
				agreement.
(2) "Child-placing
				agency" means an agency licensed under s.
				48.66, Stats., and ch. DCF
				54.
(3) "Congregate care facility"
				or "facility" means a group home, shelter care facility, or residential care
				center for children and youth licensed under s.
				48.66, Stats.
(4) "County department" means a county
				department of social services under s.
				46.22, Stats., or a county
				department of human services under s.
				46.23, Stats.
(5) "Department" means the department of
				children and families.
(6)
				"Extended family member" has the same meaning as in s.
				48.028(2) (am),
				Stats.
(7) "Group home" has the
				meaning given in s. 48.02(7),
				Stats.
(8) "Indian child" has the
				meaning given in s. 48.02(8g),
				Stats.
(9) "Indian custodian" has
				the meaning given in s.
				48.02(8p),
				Stats.
(10) "Indian tribe" has the
				meaning given in s. 48.02(8r),
				Stats.
(11) "Licensed practical
				nurse" means an individual licensed by the board of nursing to provide
				practical nursing as defined in s.
				441.001(3),
				Stats.
(12) "Licensee" means a
				person licensed by the department under s.
				48.66, Stats., to operate a
				congregate care facility.
(13)
				"Like-kin" has the meaning given in s.
				48.38(1) (ap),
				Stats.
(14) "Permanency plan" has
				the meaning given in s.
				48.38(1) (b),
				Stats.
(15) "Placing agency" means
				a county department, the department, the Wisconsin department of corrections, a
				tribal child welfare agency, a child-placing agency, or a licensed child
				welfare agency from another state authorized to place children in a congregate
				care facility.
(16) "QRTP" means a
				qualified residential treatment program operated by a congregate care facility
				that has been certified under s.
				48.675, Stats., and this
				chapter.
(17) "Registered nurse"
				means an individual licensed by the board of nursing to provide professional
				nursing as defined in s.
				441.001(4),
				Stats.
(18) "Relative" has the
				meaning given in s. 48.02(15),
				Stats.
(19) "Residential care
				center for children and youth" has the meaning given in s.
				48.02(15d),
				Stats.
(20) "Shelter care facility"
				has the meaning given in s.
				48.02(17),
				Stats.
(21) "Standardized
				assessment" has the meaning given in s.
				48.02(17t),
				Stats.
(22) "Trauma-informed
				treatment model" means a comprehensive approach to treatment and care that
				realizes the widespread impact of trauma and understands potential paths for
				recovery; recognizes the signs and symptoms of trauma in children, families,
				staff, and others involved with the child welfare system; fully integrates
				knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices; and seeks to
				actively resist retraumatization.