Section 31-26-6-5 - Biennial regional services strategic plan requiredEach regional services council shall develop a biennial regional services strategic plan that is tailored to provide services targeted to the individual needs of children who:
(1) have been either: (A) adjudicated as, or alleged in a proceeding initiated under IC 31-34 or IC 31-37 to be, children in need of services or delinquent children; or(B) identified by the department, based on information received from:(ii) a social service agency;(iv) a probation department;(v) the child's parent or guardian; or(vi) an interested person in the community having knowledge of the child's environment and family circumstances; and after an informal investigation, as substantially at risk of becoming children in need of services or delinquent children; and
(2) have been referred to the department by, or with the consent of, the child's parent, guardian, or custodian for services to be provided through the plan based on an individual case plan for the child.As added by P.L. 146-2008, SEC.571.