For this rule chapter, the following terms are defined as follows:
    (1) Case Management Process – Refers to the process a residential commitment program uses to assess a youth, develop goals to address the youth’s prioritized needs, review and report the youth’s progress, and plan for the youth’s transition to the community upon release.
    (2) Community Reentry Team (CRT) — A team established in each judicial circuit in partnership with a school district transition contact to identify community resources for youth returning from residential commitment. The CRT should include the supervising Juvenile Probation Officer (JPO), residential case manager, representatives from other agencies involved with the youth, community law enforcement, educational entities, the One Stop Career Center and individuals specific to each youth served by the committee.
    (3) Conditional Release (CR) – Assessment and intervention services provided to youth who are released from residential commitment programs. Under the legal status of conditional release, the youth remains on commitment status and is subject to transfer back to a residential commitment program if noncompliant.
    (4) Direct Discharge – The release of a youth from a residential commitment program who is no longer under the jurisdiction of the court.
    (5) Electronic Education Exit Plan – A document that details a youth’s current educational status while in residential commitment and potential educational placements post-release.
    (6) Exit Conference – A conference that a residential commitment program conducts at least 14 days prior to a youth’s targeted release date, wherein the youth, residential program staff, the youth’s Juvenile Probation Officer, post-residential services case manager, if different than the Juvenile Probation Officer, the youth’s parent or guardian, and other pertinent parties, review the status of the youth’s transitional activities and finalize plans for the youth’s release and reentry into the community.
    (7) Exit Portfolio – A compilation of documents assembled by the residential program to assist the youth after release. Exit portfolios include such things as an Identification Card, social security card (for youth over 15 years old), birth certificate, all educational documentation, school transcripts, resume, sample employment applications, and educational or vocational certificates earned in the program, and a calendar with all the dates/times/locations of upcoming appointments.
    (8) Intervention – An action taken or facilitated by the Juvenile Probation Officer (JPO) to promote the reduction of a criminogenic need, and may include direct contact with youth, collateral contacts, referrals for services, monitoring progress, and following up with youth and family.
    (9) Intervention and Treatment Team – A multidisciplinary team in a residential facility responsible for implementing the case management process that focuses on planning for and ensuring delivery of coordinated delinquency intervention and treatment services to meet the youth’s prioritized needs. The team is comprised of the youth, representatives from the program’s administration and residential living unit, and others responsible for delinquency intervention and treatment services for the youth. Refer to the definition of case management process included in this rule section.
    (10) Juvenile Justice Information System (JJIS) – The department’s electronic information system used to gather and store information on youth having contact with the department.
    (11) Juvenile Probation Officer (JPO) – Serves as the primary case manager for the purpose of managing, coordinating and monitoring the services provided, court requirements and sanctions required for youth on probation, post-commitment probation, in commitment, or on conditional release supervision. In this chapter, whenever a reference is made to the tasks and duties of a JPO, it shall also apply to case management staff of a provider agency contracted to perform these duties and tasks.
    (12) Official Youth Case Record – A case record, comprised of the individual management record and the individual healthcare record, that a residential commitment program maintains on each youth.
    (13) One Stop Career Center – Part of a national labor exchange network that links employers to qualified applicants and also provides employment, education and training services for job seekers and employers. Whenever a reference is made to a One Stop Center, it also includes their provider agencies contracted to provide similar services.
    (14) Post-Commitment Probation (PCP) – Assessment and intervention services provided to youth who are released from residential commitment programs. Under the legal status of post-commitment probation, the youth is legally transferred from commitment status to probation status, and is subject to court-ordered sanctions.
    (15) Post-Residential Services Case Manager – The person supervising the youth’s post-commitment probation or conditional release after the youth’s release or discharge from a residential commitment program.
    (16) Pre-Release Notification and Acknowledgement (PRN) – A three-part form initiated by a residential commitment program to give prior notification to the JPO of a youth’s planned release, then allows for the JPO to add additional information pertinent to the release, and finally allows for the court’s approval of the release. The Pre-Release Notification and Acknowledgement form is incorporated in Fl. Admin. Code Chapter 63E-7
    (17) Release – Refers to when a youth re-enters his or her home community after successfully completing and exiting a residential commitment program.
    (18) Transition Conference – A conference, conducted at least 60 days prior to a youth’s anticipated release from a residential commitment program, wherein the youth, residential program staff, the youth’s JPO or post-residential services case manager, and the youth’s parent or guardian establish transition activities, with accompanying responsibilities and timelines, to facilitate the youth’s successful release and reintegration into the community.
    (19) Transition Liaison – An identified probation staff, designated by the Chief Probation Officer, in each judicial circuit who functions as the transition specialist within their local area and works as a liaison with the Reentry Teams and residential commitment programs.
    (20) Transition Planning – The process of establishing transition activities to facilitate a youth’s successful release from a residential commitment program and reintegration into the community.
Rulemaking Authority 985.64 FS. Law Implemented 985.433(7)(c), 985.435, 985.46, 985.601(3)(a) FS. History—New 6-11-13, Amended 8-19-21.