West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 78 - Human Services › Title 78 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES BUREAU FOR SOCIAL SERVICES › Series 78-03 - Minimum Licensing Requirements for Residential Child Care and Treatment Facilities for Children and Transitioning Adults and Vulnerable and Transitioning Youth Group Homes and Programs in West Virginia › Section 78-3-26 - Vulnerable and Transitioning Youth Group Homes and Programs without Behavioral Health Treatment

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
26.1.
				Vulnerable and transitioning youth group homes and programs shall be exempt
				from the following provisions under this licensing rule: subdivision 12.9.4.
				(Interior Space Minimum Requirement for Youth Transitioning Private Living
				Spaces), paragraph 12.9.16.d. (Kitchen Sinks Requirement for Youth
				Transitioning Private Living Spaces), subsection 13.2. (Initial Assessment),
				subsection 13.3. (Initial Plan of Care), subsection 13.4. (Plan of Care),
				subsection 13.5. (Review of Plan of Care), subsection 14.14. (Daily Schedules),
				and subsection 14.16. (Special Services and Populations).
26.2. Vulnerable and transitioning youth
				group homes and programs shall also be exempt from the requirements in these
				provisions as they relate to the plan of care: subsection 14.2. (Involvement of
				Families and Guardians), subsection 14.3. (Behavioral and Therapeutic
				Interventions), subsection 14.5. (Medication Control and Administration),
				subsection 14.7. (Case Records), subsection 14.9. (Termination and Discharge),
				subsection 14.10. (Education Service), and section 15. (Restrictive Behavioral
				Interventions).
26.3. Vulnerable
				and transitioning youth group homes and programs shall develop the following
				programs, procedures or polices, or both, and make them available to employees
				and residents:
26.3.1. The information and
				documentation required under this licensing rule;
26.3.2. Practices developed by the
				organization based upon departmental requirements;
26.3.3. Programming that provides for youth
				to move between tiers as needed.
26.3.4. Programming that utilizes the
				following guiding principles:
26.3.4.a.
				Continued flexibility, innovation, and targeted and tailored
				services;
26.3.4.b. Positive youth
				development;
26.3.4.c. Adolescent
				brain development;
26.3.4.d.
				Peer-to-peer relationships and role of adults; and,
26.3.4.e. Transparency.
26.3.5. A complete and detailed description
				of the range of services offered and eligibility requirements for
				admission;
26.3.6. Description of
				life skills services that the program provides to youth;
26.3.7. Age requirements for youth with a
				minimum of age 15 and a maximum of age 21;
26.3.8. Specific, service training to
				employees providing transitional living services prior to their direct work
				with youth, including the following:
26.3.8.a.
				Life skills assessment;
26.3.8.b.
				Transition plan or futures plan development;
26.3.8.c. Crisis response
26.3.8.d. Advocacy to include training and
				knowledge of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA);
26.3.8.e. Mentoring;
26.3.8.f. Linkage and referral; and
26.3.8.g. Adolescent brain
				development.
26.3.9.
				Programming to provide sex trafficking prevention programming that shall
				include:
26.3.9.a. Education about sex
				trafficking including what it is and the prevalence of it;
26.3.9.b. Education about understanding one's
				vulnerabilities and how to protect self from traffickers;
26.3.9.c. Education about how to enhance the
				youth's existing support system of family, friends, and community;
26.3.9.d. Education about services for
				housing, homelessness prevention, and educational support; and
26.3.9.e. Education to prevent running
				away.
26.3.10.
				Description of the supervision ratio that is adequate to ensure safety and is
				appropriate for the youth's age and individual needs;
26.3.11. Additional support services as
				required for youth as indicated in the youth's transition plan and the program
				tier the youth is enrolled;
26.3.12. Initial assessment of a youth's life
				skills within 30 days of placement and an assessment of the youth's progress in
				acquiring basic living skills at a minimum of once every six months;
26.3.13. Transition plans that addresses each
				life domain developed within 60 days of placement and reviewed every 90
				days;
26.3.14. Assessment of a
				youth's health and medical needs and ensures that any youth receives
				appropriate health screening and services, including medical and dental
				screening and services;
26.3.15.
				Training for youth on living wills, credit reports, health care surrogate, and
				reproductive health;
26.3.16.
				Procedures to ensure emergency services to youth while in transitional living
				that include:
26.3.16.a. Access to emergency
				services by the organization 24 hours a day, seven days a week;
26.3.16.b. A plan developed by the
				organization for emergency medical care and emergency evacuation;
26.3.16.c. Training by the organization upon
				placement on how to use the organization's emergency telephone answering
				system; and
26.3.16.d. An agency
				employee designated to respond in person to the youth, within an appropriate
				time frame for the youth's age and development, of the youth's call for
				assistance.
26.3.17. The
				determination of the appropriateness for living arrangements used for offsite
				transitional living that includes provisions that ensure:
26.3.17.a. Assistance provided for the youth
				to find a safe, affordable living arrangement;
26.3.17.b. Assessment that a dwelling
				complies with the State Fire Code and applicable health, zoning and building
				codes;
26.3.17.c. Assessment that a
				dwelling has indoor cooking and bathing facilities.
26.3.18. A process for developing appropriate
				aftercare or discharge plans for youth that contains a detailed description of
				the education, counseling and treatment that the child received at the
				out-of-home placement and it shall also propose a plan for education,
				counseling and treatment for the child upon the child's discharge. The plan
				shall also contain a description of any problems the child has, including the
				source of those problems, and it shall propose a manner for addressing those
				problems upon discharge. The aftercare or discharge plan will be incorporated
				into the youth transition plan.
26.3.19. A description of the grievance
				procedure for expressing and resolving complaints or concerns;
26.3.20. Daily schedules for youth for the
				following, but is not limited to; free time, community service, job
				preparation, education, driver's education, or basic living skills
				development;
26.3.21. The process
				on serving youth with developmental disabilities or intellectual disabilities
				shall ensure that employees are trained to properly provide habilitation
				services and supervision in the following areas as appropriate for the
				population served:
26.3.21.a.
				Feeding;
26.3.21.b. Communication
				with nonverbal individuals;
26.3.21.c. Use of community recreation
				options;
26.3.21.d. Management of
				self-abusive and aggressive behavior;
26.3.21.e. Adaptive living skills;
26.3.21.f. Person first language and
				attitudes;
26.3.21.g. Therapeutic
				behavioral supports; and
26.3.21.h.
				Implementation of normalcy.
26.3.22. The process for serving individuals
				with developmental disabilities with supportive services to help them fully
				interact with the community and achieve maximum independence.