Ala. Admin. Code r. 950-1-6-.01

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 12, September 30, 2024

Section 950-1-6-.01 - Introduction

(1) The Alabama Department of Youth Services is committed to the concept of effective rehabilitation of Delinquent Youth through the licensure of community based and community operated Programs and facilities.

(2) These minimum licensure standards for residential facilities and Programs, to include institutional extensions, were developed in order to assure that the Programs developed within the state meet recognized practices in order to meet the needs of Delinquent Youth who are placed in these Programs and facilities.

(3) Residential Facilities Programs represent small living units within the community as a form of group care and treatment for certain youth, particularly adolescents, and a transition place between large institutional care and return to family life. Such Programs offer adult guidance and professional services to the Youth living away from their home and yet keeps the Youths in the community setting. They represent a resource that has tremendous flexibility in giving specialized care and supervision for Youth in need of alternative placements to their own homes or institutional care. These group living Programs provide a type of care that is not available through traditional foster families or institutions. They are not meant to replace either of these types of care, but present a unique opportunity to combine different aspects of treatment from both resources. The group living Program should not be considered a panacea of care for all Youths. It is a distinct resource in its own right that is a part of the whole broad spectrum of resources available to troubled Youth.

(4) These minimum standards represent the guidelines established which address the specific programmatic, fiscal, and administrative area necessary to establish a sound effective group living resource.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 950-1-6-.01

New Rule: Filed December 17, 2004; effective January 21, 2005.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVII, Issue No. 02, November 30, 2018, eff. 12/21/2018.

Author: Alabama Department of Youth Services, Office of Licensing and Standards

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 44-1-27(a)(b); 44-1-24(4)(6), 38-13-4.