Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0010 - Workforce Development Training Fund › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1-7 - Community Assessment, Community Planning, and the Strategic Plan

Current through July 13, 2024
An assessment of community needs and assets shall be
				  submitted prior to the development of the strategic plan to a task force with
				  representation from the Departments of Family Services, Health, Education, and
				  the State Advisory Council on Juvenile Justice. The task force shall review the
				  community assessment to determine if the assessment is comprehensive and
				  complete as outlined by the community assessment guidelines below. The
				  community assessment may occur through the Community Juvenile Services Board.
				  The assessment will provide baseline information for planning community
				  services and the subsequent community strategic plan. The Departments of Family
				  Services, Health and Education shall make technical assistance available in the
				  assessment and planning process upon request. Opportunity for public
				  participation shall occur and be documented during the assessment and planning
				  process.
(a) Community assessment
				shall include:
(i) Definition of target
				population (at-risk youth) to be served and service population demographics
				within the geographic region of the CJSB;
(ii) Process used to identify the needs and
				assets of the community. Including but not limited to current law enforcement
				and prosecution policies, case processing, arrest/referral, diversion,
				detentions screening, detention hearing, case filing, adjudication,
				predisposition, disposition, and transition/aftercare;
(iii) Identification of the criminal justice
				system problems and their scope, including:
(A) A population profile for the CJSB
				geographic region, including but not limited to location, population
				characteristics, social and economic characteristics and trends;
(B) Juvenile detention population profile
				including but not limited to trends in detention use, admissions/booking data,
				demographic profile, and cause of detention;
(C) Risk and protective factors including but
				not limited to why juveniles end up in the criminal justice system and
				resources available within the jurisdiction that serve to prevent juveniles
				from entering the juvenile justice system;
(D) Policies, practices and protocols across
				the case flow process for all systems working with the at-risk youth;
				and
(E) Information regarding all
				at-risk youth within the criminal justice system of the CJSB geographic region,
				including diversion, sentence or adjudication information, and placement
				profiles.
(iv) Outline
				of basic requirements of local service systems, including:
(A) Proposed single entry process to assure
				uniform and objective procedures and service access for at-risk youth and
				families at first contact with system;
(B) Implementation plan for the standardized
				screening/assessment process adopted by the Department of Family Services to
				guide service decisions;
(C) A
				defined case management structure to ensure service continuity;
(D) A service delivery network with the
				capacity to provide full range of needed services; and
(E) Flexibility in service design to enable
				the most effective provision of services to at-risk youth based upon
				individual's assessed need.
(v) A method to determine geographic service
				areas and boundaries;
(vi)
				Coordination with the criminal justice system and other child/youth/family
				serving systems to ensure legal responsibilities are upheld and that children
				and families receive quality services;
(vii) Agreements among participating service
				agencies;
(viii) Impact of local,
				state and federal laws and regulations; and
(ix) Other legal issues.