Administrative Code Provisions | Idaho Admin. Code r. 05.01.05.260 | 2018
01. Basic Program Requirements. Providers offering residential and nonresidential programs for juvenile offenders must provide opportunities and services for juvenile offenders to improve their educational and vocational competence, to effectively address underlying behavior problems, and to prepare them for responsible lives in the community. Programs provided must be research-based, gender equitable, gender specific, and culturally competent. The ultimate treatment goal for juvenile offenders involved in these programs is the successful return of juvenile offenders to the community without committing further crimes. Effective Date (4-7-11)
02. General Requirements. Effective Date (4-7-11)
a. Providers must provide or coordinate a range of program services specifically designed to address the characteristics of the target population identified in the comprehensive program description and in the admission policy. Effective Date (4-7-11)
b. Programs that serve a special needs population, such as developmentally delayed or seriously emotionally disturbed juvenile offenders, and those programs serving sexually abusive juvenile offenders, must be able to demonstrate that the program services offered are supported by research. Effective Date (4-7-11)
c. Programs serving female juvenile offenders must be able to demonstrate that the services provided include elements of a program specific to the unique situations and circumstances facing female juvenile offenders.
These elements must be clearly identified and described within the program description. Effective Date (4-7-11)
d. Program services for individual juvenile offenders must be designed based upon a documented assessment of strengths, as well as needs and risks, and must target behaviors, needs, or circumstances stated in their reintegration plan. These services must be clearly identified and described within the program description. Effective Date (4-7-11)
e. Professional level services offered as a part of the program must be provided by staff or outside provider meeting the requirements set forth in Sections 221 and 222, of these rules. Effective Date (4-7-11)
f. Progress made by individual juvenile offenders in each service area, that is a portion of the service implementation plan, must be documented in at least bi-weekly progress notes and reported in written progress reports at least every month. Effective Date (4-7-11)
g. Programs that contract with the department to serve juvenile offenders and their families must: Effective Date (4-7-11)
i. Provide humane, disciplined care and supervision; Effective Date (4-7-11)
ii. Provide opportunities for juvenile offenders' development of competency and life skills; Effective Date (4-7-11)
iii. Hold juvenile offenders accountable for their delinquent behavior through means such as victim- offender mediation, restitution, and community service; Effective Date (4-7-11)
iv. Seek to involve juvenile offenders' families in treatment, unless otherwise indicated for the safety and benefit of the juvenile offenders or other family members; Effective Date (4-7-11)
v. Address the principles of accountability to victims and to the community, competency development, and community protection in case planning and reporting; Effective Date (4-7-11)
vi. Participate fully with the department and the community treatment team in developing and implementing service plans for juvenile offenders they serve; Effective Date (4-7-11)
vii. Provide juvenile offenders with educational services based upon their documented needs and abilities; and Effective Date (4-7-11)
viii. To the fullest extent possible, provide balance in addressing the interests of the victim, community, and the juvenile offender. Effective Date (4-7-11)
h. Reintegration services include all aspects of case planning and service delivery designed to facilitate successful return of the juvenile offender to the community. All juveniles committed to the department shall have a written reintegration plan developed as a part of their service implementation plan. Effective Date (4-7-11)
03. Comprehensive and Current Program Description. Providers must provide, and keep current with the department, a program description detailing the range of services to be provided and the methods for providing these services. The current program description will be attached to the contract. At a minimum, this program description must include: Effective Date (4-7-11)
a. Target population and specific admission criteria; Effective Date (4-7-11)
b. Primary and secondary treatment modalities; Effective Date (4-7-11)
c. Outline of daily schedules for juvenile offenders and staff; Effective Date (4-7-11)
d. Description of educational services provided, including full compliance with all applicable federal and state law and rules for special education and Title I services; Effective Date (4-7-11)
e. Description of emergency and routine health and mental health services, including psychotropic medication monitoring, unless this population is specifically excluded from admission to the program; Effective Date (4-7-11)
f. Description of religious services, recreation services, and other specialized services provided as indicated by the needs of the identified target population; Effective Date (4-7-11)
g. Plans for the use of volunteers to provide for support elements of the program; Effective Date (4-7-11)
h. Written criteria for successful completion of the program and written criteria for termination from the program prior to completion; Effective Date (4-7-11)
i. A thorough description of all services offered as a part of the program, including a description of the frequency of service delivery, and accounting for the costs of all services provided by consultants and subcontractors; Effective Date (4-7-11)
j. A detailed description of each individual treatment intervention or service area provided, such as treatment group, psycho-educational group, cognitive restructuring group, and peer group including: Effective Date (4-7-11)
i. The total length of the specific treatment intervention or service area; Effective Date (4-7-11)
ii. The overall goals of the treatment intervention or service area; Effective Date (4-7-11)
iii. The number of sessions in the treatment intervention or service area; Effective Date (4-7-11)
iv. The average length of each session; Effective Date (4-7-11)
v. The facilitator education and training requirements; Effective Date (4-7-11)
vi. The specific curriculum used in the treatment intervention or service area; and Effective Date (4-7-11)
vii. The number of hours per week an individual juvenile offender will participate in the treatment intervention or service area. Effective Date (4-7-11)
k. A detailed description of the behavior management component of the program; and Effective Date (4-7-11)
04. Advance Notice of Program or Population Changes. Providers shall notify the department as soon as possible, but no later than thirty (30) calendar days, before there is a change in the name of the organization, type of service, characteristics of juveniles being served, changes in the licensed capacity of the facility, closure of the facility, changes in ownership or in the organizational structure. Effective Date (4-7-11)