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1 1 Section 1. Section 234.1, Code 2003, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. "Department" means the department of
1 4 human services.
1 5 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 234.5 INDEPENDENT LIVING TRANSITION
1 6 SERVICES PROGRAM.
1 7 1. An independent living transition services program is
1 8 established in the department. The purpose of the program is
1 9 to enable older children in a court-ordered out-of-home
1 10 placement and young adults who exit such a placement at age
1 11 eighteen to make the transition to self-sufficiency upon
1 12 reaching adulthood.
1 13 2. The program shall include but is not limited to all of
1 14 the following components, for children ages thirteen through
1 15 seventeen:
1 16 a. Program elements intended to achieve the purposes of
1 17 providing assistance to program participants in obtaining life
1 18 skills and education for independent living and employment,
1 19 for the participants to have a quality of life appropriate for
1 20 the participants' age, and for participants to assume personal
1 21 responsibility for becoming self-sufficient adults.
1 22 b. Independent living transition services may occur
1 23 concurrently with permanency efforts.
1 24 c. Pre-independent living services shall be made available
1 25 to participants who are ages thirteen and fourteen and may
1 26 include life skills services such as independent living skills
1 27 training, educational support, employment training, and
1 28 counseling. Services provided shall be based upon a skills
1 29 assessment of the child.
1 30 d. Transition services made available to participants who
1 31 are ages fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen may include
1 32 subsidized independent living arrangements. Related services
1 33 shall be provided based upon a needs assessment and may
1 34 include a plan for future educational, vocational, and
1 35 training skills; development of financial and budgeting
2 1 skills; a plan for improving personal resources and abilities;
2 2 a description of proposed residential settings; documentation
2 3 that the child understands the consequences of the child's
2 4 conduct in the program; and a plan for the child maintaining
2 5 or developing relationships with family, other adults,
2 6 friends, and the community, as appropriate.
2 7 e. Transition services available to participants who are
2 8 ages thirteen through seventeen may also include opportunities
2 9 to participate in and learn from other age-appropriate life
2 10 skills activities which may include managing money earned from
2 11 a job, taking driver's education, and participating in after-
2 12 school or extracurricular activities. To implement these
2 13 services, the department may offer certain programs to all
2 14 children in foster care and to the associated foster families,
2 15 provide specialized training to the foster parents of the
2 16 children, provide supported employment, facilitate mentoring
2 17 of the children, and implement a personal allowance program
2 18 for the children to exercise personal responsibility.
2 19 3. The program shall include but is not limited to all of
2 20 the following components for young adults formerly in a court-
2 21 ordered placement with the department and are ages eighteen
2 22 through twenty-two:
2 23 a. The program shall include aftercare support services
2 24 which may include referral to community resources for
2 25 mentoring and tutoring, mental health services and substance
2 26 abuse counseling, life skills classes in credit management and
2 27 preventive health activities, parenting classes, and job
2 28 skills training.
2 29 b. Services shall be provided based upon a needs
2 30 assessment. The program may include temporary assistance to
2 31 prevent homelessness.
2 32 4. The department shall implement assessment and
2 33 eligibility provisions to ensure that the programs and
2 34 services provided pursuant to this section are appropriate to
2 35 the need for the programs and services.
3 1 EXPLANATION
3 2 This bill establishes an independent living transition
3 3 services program in the department of human services for older
3 4 children and young adults who have been subject to court-
3 5 ordered out-of-home placement in Code chapter 234, relating to
3 6 child and family services provided by the department.
3 7 The program components for older children are to be
3 8 directed to children ages 13 through 17. The program
3 9 components for young adults are to be directed to persons who
3 10 were formerly in a court-ordered placement with the department
3 11 and are ages 18 through 22.
3 12 The department is required to implement assessment and
3 13 eligibility provisions to ensure that the programs and
3 14 services provided are appropriate to the need for the programs
3 15 and services.
3 16 LSB 2580HH 80
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