"Supportive enhancements" means a category of services, real
goods or incentives matched to the risk needs of a child and which supports a
child in a way to reduce or eliminate antisocial behavior. All services in this
category are predicated on a planning and individualized goal development
process which elicits input from the juvenile court officer, service providers,
and the child and the family. Services are to build constructive relationships
and support networks around the eligible child, within the child's community or
during transition, and with the child's family. Supportive enhancements are
community-based, culturally relevant, individualized, strength-based, and
family-centered. Supportive enhancements may also be called supportive
enhancement services. Supportive enhancements are individualized to address the
child's comprehensive and multiple life domains across home, school, and
community, including:
* Living environment.
* Accountability.
* Basic needs.
* Safety.
* Social needs.
* Educational needs.
* Cultural needs.
(1)
Service eligibility. The
eligible child shall be qualified for supportive enhancement services without
regard to individual or family income when the
child is adjudicated delinquent
or is determined by a
juvenile court officer to be
at risk and to be in need of
service provided by supportive enhancements. Juvenile court services shall
maintain documentation in the
child's case file of the adjudication or at-risk
status as well as of the need for services.
a. The chief juvenile court officer shall
establish written procedures for screening and approving referrals for
supportive enhancement services and make the procedures available to the
district's juvenile court officers.
b. The
juvenile court officer shall determine
the
child is in need of services as evidenced by one of the following
situations which is tied into the individualized case plan:
(1) Schools, parents or community
organizations, due to complaints of delinquent activities, indicate a need for
monitoring and guidance of the child.
(2) A petition has been filed alleging
delinquent behavior.
(3) Juvenile
court services action has been initiated including, but not limited to,
informal adjustment agreements, adjudication and dispositional
proceedings.
c. Juvenile
court services shall maintain in the child's case record or case file
documentation of the child's adjudication or at-risk status as well as the
child's need for services.
d. The
chief juvenile court officer may approve supportive enhancement services for up
to six consecutive months at a time, except that service approval shall not
extend beyond the current fiscal year unless a contract is in effect to assume
the cost for the services provided in the next fiscal year. The officer shall
reauthorize the child's eligibility and need for these services in accordance
with the procedures established by the respective juvenile court services
district.
e. Referrals shall not be
made or accepted when funds for the program are not
available.
(2)
Service components. Supportive enhancement services are to
complement other services or interventions for a
child served by the juvenile
court services or other
provider. These supports allow the juvenile court
services to intervene immediately with a support or incentive that is expected
to reduce misbehavior or truancy and will lead to improved outcomes.
Alternative funds or services shall be utilized prior to supportive
enhancements when available. Supportive enhancements may include, but are not
limited to:
a. Education-related
services.
b. Restitution.
c. Crisis intervention.
d. Transportation.
e. Clothing and grooming supplies.
f. Enrollment for prosocial
activities.
g. Other expenses as
approved by the chief juvenile court officer.
(3)
Service referral and
follow-up. The
juvenile court officer shall:
a. Determine which service and service
provider can best meet the child's needs.
b. Assist in the child's transition to
receive the service.
c. Follow up
after the service has been provided with the eligible child, the family, and
the provider.
(4)
Monitoring of service delivery. The
juvenile court officer
shall monitor the delivery of supportive enhancements to the
eligible child for
whom the officer is responsible.
a. The
juvenile court officer shall report problems in service delivery to the chief
juvenile court officer.
b. The
provider, the child, or the child's representatives may report problems in
service delivery to the chief juvenile court officer.
(5)
Billable unit and rate
setting. Rates for supportive enhancements shall be established
through an agreement between the provider and the chief juvenile court officer,
based on actual expenses and allowed administration costs. Rates may
vary.
(6)
Provider
standards. Providers shall have a contract with juvenile court
services and the department for supportive enhancements and agree to abide by
all required instructional reporting, rate-setting, and billing and payment
procedures.
(7)
Outcome
measures. Each contract for purchase of supportive enhancements shall
contain a section to inform the
provider that juvenile court services and the
department shall track the outcome of the service provision following each
child's discharge from the service received through the contract. The contract
will detail expected outcomes of the service.
a. Juvenile court services, the department,
and the provider shall collaborate to determine the criteria and data needed to
track and record the outcomes.
b.
The provider shall report data as requested by juvenile court
services.
c. Juvenile court
services shall determine whether the child has reoffended within the six-month
period following the date of discharge from supportive enhancements.
d. Service to a child shall be considered
successful if the child has not been referred to juvenile court services for a
law violation or removed from the child's home during the six-month period
following discharge.
e. The data
shall be used to develop information to make decisions regarding service
provision and contracting.
