Or. Admin. Code § 416-550-0010

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 416-550-0010 - Definitions

(1) Adjudicated youth: A person who has been found to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court under ORS 419C.005 for an act committed when the person was under 18 years of age.

(2) Aftercare: The plan which outlines the services and resources that will be needed when the adjudicated youth leaves the treatment foster care program.

(3) Agency: A public or private organization which contracts with OYA to provide treatment foster care services.

(4) Agency staff: A person employed by the treatment foster care program that gives support to the treatment foster parent or the adjudicated youth/family (for example, the Treatment Specialist or Clinical Supervisor).

(5) Case Plan: A formal plan with prescribed interventions and documentation requirements and which is a tool to assist staff in managing cases, setting goals and reviewing adjudicated youth interventions and progress. A case plan constitutes and fulfills the requirements of the Reformation Plan as defined in ORS 420A.005, 420A.125 and 420A.010 and is created and maintained in the statewide Juvenile Justice Information System, JJIS.

(6) Clinical Supervisor: A person employed by the treatment foster care program who provides support, supervision and consultation to the Treatment Specialist and/or the treatment foster parent.

(7) Crisis-on-call: 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week availability, either by phone or in person, for the provision of emergency and/or back-up services.

(8) Matching: The process of placing an adjudicated youth in a home that can specifically meet the individual reformation needs of that particular adjudicated youth. These needs include, but are not limited to, a treatment foster parent's ability to speak the language of the adjudicated youth, the home's proximity to the adjudicated youth's family, and same race, ethnicity and culture.

(9) Respite care: A temporary arrangement of 12 hours or more, to allow the treatment foster parent(s) time away from the adjudicated youth.

(10) Respite provider: An individual approved by OYA who temporarily assists with supervision of adjudicated youth when the treatment foster parent is not available.

(11) Treatment: The coordinated provision of services designed to produce a planned outcome in a person's behavior, attitude or general condition. Treatment is based on a thorough assessment of factors contributing to the attitude, condition or behavior.

(12) Treatment foster care: The model of care in which an adjudicated youth receives treatment in the foster home from the treatment foster parent who is under the supervision and support of a professional therapist of an identified program. A distinct, powerful, and unique model of care that provides adjudicated youth with a combination of the best elements of traditional foster care and residential treatment. In treatment foster care, the positive aspects of the nurturing and therapeutic family environment are combined with active and structured treatment. Treatment foster care programs provide, in a clinically effective and cost-effective way, individualized and intensive treatment for adjudicated youth who would otherwise be placed in institutional settings.

(13) Treatment foster care program: A separately identifiable unit of a larger agency or an independent agency itself that has been certified by OYA to provide treatment foster care services.

(14) Treatment foster parents: In-home treatment providers of a treatment foster care program certified by OYA who implement reformation strategies identified in the case plan in addition to carrying out their regular foster care responsibilities.

(15) Treatment Plan: An individualized plan for each adjudicated youth developed by a treatment team that is goal-oriented and of a particular duration. Each plan will identify desired behavior changes and a time estimate for achieving the plan goals. The treatment plan is congruent with the adjudicated youth's case plan.

(16) Treatment Specialist: A person employed by the treatment foster care program who provides training, supervision, support and consultation to the treatment foster parent.

(17) Treatment team: Those people concerned with the care and treatment of the adjudicated youth. The team may be comprised of, but is not limited to, the treatment foster parent(s) and the Treatment Specialist.

Or. Admin. Code § 416-550-0010

OYA 2-1995, f. 12-19-95, cert. ef. 1-2-96; OYA1-2000, f. & cert. ef. 4-4-00; OYA 7-2005, f. & cert. ef. 3-25-05; OYA 11-2023, amend filed 01/10/2023, effective 1/10/2023

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 420A.025

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 420.810, 420.815, 420.821, 420.825, 420.835, 420.840, 420.888, 420.890 & 420.892