Text: HF00668 Text: HF00670 Text: HF00600 - HF00699 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. JUVENILE INTENSIVE SERVICES PILOT PROJECT. 1 2 There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to 1 3 the department of human services for the fiscal year beginning 1 4 July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, the following amount, 1 5 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose 1 6 designated: 1 7 For establishing a juvenile intensive services program as a 1 8 pilot project in accordance with this section: 1 9 .................................................. $ 200,000 1 10 1. A juvenile intensive services program shall be 1 11 established as a pilot project in one urban and one rural 1 12 county. The program shall provide intensive transition 1 13 services to older children who were adjudicated as delinquent 1 14 or as a child in need of assistance and have returned home 1 15 from placement in a residential program outside of the 1 16 children's homes. The purpose of the intensive transition 1 17 services is to prevent the need for a subsequent placement of 1 18 the children in the state training school. 1 19 2. The program shall provide community-based support and 1 20 contact with the children involved until the children become 1 21 eighteen years of age. Staffing ratios should not exceed five 1 22 children for one staff person. 1 23 3. Services shall include but are not limited to casework 1 24 and counseling, substance abuse counseling and education, 1 25 academic skills development, employment readiness training, 1 26 intensive tracking and monitoring, and other individualized 1 27 services. 1 28 4. The program shall provide for three levels of support 1 29 and contact based upon the educational setting appropriate for 1 30 each child as follows: 1 31 a. A site-based educational setting with provision of 1 32 individualized educational services and support for behavioral 1 33 problems. 1 34 b. A regular school setting with an individually assigned 1 35 worker. 2 1 c. A graduate equivalency diploma testing preparation 2 2 program while the child is employed, with job training 2 3 assistance provided. 2 4 5. The department shall submit to the governor and general 2 5 assembly a progress report concerning the program on or before 2 6 December 20, 1999, and a final report in October 2000. 2 7 EXPLANATION 2 8 This bill provides an appropriation and directs the 2 9 department of human services to establish a pilot program to 2 10 provide intensive transition services to juveniles returning 2 11 home from an out-of-home residential placement. The program 2 12 is to be established in an urban and a rural county. The 2 13 purpose of the program is to prevent the need for a subsequent 2 14 placement in the state training school. Various services are 2 15 required to be included and the program is to use three 2 16 levels, depending on the educational setting appropriate for 2 17 the child. The department is to submit a progress report and 2 18 a final report. 2 19 LSB 2853HH 78 2 20 jp/jw/5
Text: HF00668 Text: HF00670 Text: HF00600 - HF00699 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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