For the purposes of this division, the following definitions
apply:
"Budget accountability" means that
expenditures for decategorization services from a decategorization project's
funding pool during the state fiscal year do not exceed the total amount of
funding available in the funding pool for the state fiscal year.
"Carryover funding" means moneys designated
for a project's decategorization services funding pool that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the state fiscal year.
"Chief juvenile court officer" mean the
judicial department official responsible for managing and supervising juvenile
court services operations within one of the eight judicial districts.
"Decategorization" means an initiative
established pursuant to Iowa Code section
232.188
that is designed to redirect child welfare and juvenile justice funding to
services that are more preventive, family-centered, and community-based in
order to reduce use of more restrictive approaches.
"Decategorization agreement" means the
agreement entered into among representatives of the department of human
services, juvenile court services, and the county government in one or more
counties to implement a decategorization project in accordance with the
requirements of Iowa Code section
232.188
and this division.
"Decategorization project" means the county
or counties that have entered into a decategorization agreement to implement
the decategorization initiative in the county or multicounty area covered by
the agreement.
"Decategorization services funding pool" or
"funding pool" means the funding designated for a
decategorization project from all sources.
"Department" means the department of human
services.
"Governance board" means a decategorization
governance board, which is the group that enters into and implements a
decategorization agreement.
"Service area manager" means the department
official responsible for managing the department's programs, operations, and
child welfare budget within one of the six department service areas. The
centralized service area does not utilize decategorization services.
"Unencumbered or unobligated" means funding
within a decategorization services funding pool that is not spent by the
project's governance board for a specific program or purpose by the close of
the state fiscal year.
