40 Tex. Admin. Code § 700.528 - What is Tier II: Human Trafficking Victim/Survivor Services to Support Stabilization Package?
(a) A highly
structured, trauma-informed facility that, in addition to providing a child's
basic living needs, has an intensive treatment program that specializes in
providing and coordinating time-limited services to support the emotional
stability, well-being, and therapeutic needs of children, youth, and young
adults who are experiencing challenges with a lack of impulse control, and has
been determined to be a victim/survivor of sex and/or labor trafficking, and
has or is pending a DSM diagnosis for an emotional, behavioral, neurological,
and/or developmental disorder.
(b)
Children, youth, and young adults qualifying for this service may be determined
to be a victim/survivor of trafficking based on one or more of the following
criteria:
(1) As a result of a criminal
prosecution or who is currently alleged to be a victim/survivor of trafficking
in a pending criminal investigation or prosecution;
(2) Identified by the parent or agency that
placed the child, youth, or young adult in the operation as a victim/survivor
of trafficking; or
(3) Determined
by the operation to be a victim/survivor of trafficking based on reasonably
reliable criteria, including one or more of the following:
(A) The child's own disclosure as a
victim/survivor of trafficking;
(B)
The assessment of a counselor or other professional; or
(C) Evidence that the child was recruited,
harbored, transported, provided to another person, or obtained for the purpose
of forced labor or commercial sexual activity.
(c) In addition to the determination of
status as a victim/survivor of trafficking, and having a qualifying DSM
diagnosis, the child, youth, or young adult, for whom other forms of
specialized treatment have been tried and rendered unsuccessful, and/or
treatment in a less-restrictive setting such as a Foster Family Home or General
Residential Operation- Tier I facility is not safe and appropriate based on
individualized needs and absent the Tier II intervention, the child, youth, or
young adult's well-being, or that of others they interact with, may be at risk,
and may demonstrate two or more of the following:
(1) Severe and chronic challenges in school,
with peers, and/or in other social settings; or
(2) Severe and chronic challenges with
authority and following rules (beyond what would be considered age-appropriate
behavior); or
(3) Recurring
delinquent behaviors which may have resulted in juvenile justice or law
enforcement involvement; or
(4)
Major self-injurious actions, including a suicide attempt within the last 12
months; or
(5) Difficulties that
present a significant risk of harm to others, including frequent or
unpredictable violence or physical aggression; or
(6) Substance-related issues or a pending
diagnosis for an addictive disorder; or
(7) If DSM diagnosis is for an Intellectual
or Developmental Disability or Autism Spectrum Disorder, the child's behavior
is characterized by prominent, severe deficits and pervasive impairment in one
or more of the following areas (of development if diagnosis is Autism Spectrum
Disorder):
(A) Conceptual, social, and
practical adaptive skills to include daily living and self-care;
(B) Communication, cognition, or expressions
of affect;
(C) Self-care activities
or participation in social activities;
(D) Responding appropriately to an emergency;
or
(E) Multiple physical
disabilities, including sensory impairments.
(d) This Service Package is designed to offer
temporary, facility-based care, for children, youth, and young adults based on
their individual strengths and needs, with the overall goal of achieving
emotional and behavioral stability to the level that successful transition to a
less restrictive placement offering treatment and recovery services can be
achieved.
(e) The Operation and
Direct Care Staff must be Credentialed to provide Tier II: Human Trafficking
Victim/Survivor Services in accordance with the guidelines and requirements as
defined by the Department of Family and Protective Services pursuant to Chapter
40 of the Texas Human Resources Code.
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