Mich. Admin. Code R. 722.751 - Definitions

Rule 1.

(1) As used in these rules:

(a) "Act" means Act No. 250 of the Public Acts of 1982, being S722.601 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

(b) "Children's trust fund board" means the state child abuse and neglect prevention board as defined in section 2(e) of the act.

(c) "Council" means a local council which has applied to the children's trust fund board for, and has received, designation status based on the children's trust fund board's review of the council's compliance with section 10 of the act.

(d) "Demonstration project" is a direct service administered or controlled by a council for a limited period of time to demonstrate some aspect of prevention or to initiate and provide a needed direct service.

(e) "Direct service" means help or benefit provided to children or their families on a person-to-person basis.

(f) "Facilitation of interagency projects" means the coordination and encouragement of a project in which the direct service component is not done under the control or direction of the council or its employees.

(g) "Prevention services" refers to a continuum of primary, secondary, and tertiary efforts aimed at the prevention of child abuse. In this continuum, primary prevention refers to programs which are believed to be universally beneficial in curbing child abuse aimed at the general population; secondary prevention refers to programs or services aimed at high risk populations which may be more prone to abuse or neglect of children; tertiary prevention refers to programs or services aimed at limiting the amount of damage, morbidity, or further abuse once child abuse or neglect has occurred in a given family or population.

(2) A term defined in the act has the same meaning when used in these rules.

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Mich. Admin. Code R. 722.751

1986 AACS