Alabama Administrative Code
Title 660 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Chapter 660-5-24 - MULTIPLE NEEDS CHILD POLICY
Section 660-5-24-.02 - Glossary
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
Various terms used in this policy are described below:
(1) Case Review Committee - A subcommittee of the State Facilitation Team. The purpose of the Case Review Committee is to review individual cases referred by Local Facilitation Teams to develop plans and assist with funding.
(2) Child - An individual under the age of 18, or an individual under 19 years of age who comes before the juvenile court for a matter arising before that individual's 18th birthday.
(3) Local Facilitation Team - A county team composed of representatives of the member agencies. The purpose is to assess 1) referrals of children for acceptance by the team and 2) to develop individualized service plans to meet the needs of each child accepted by the team. When planning for R. C. class members, local teams shall include additional individuals (e.g., parents, foster parents and service providers) to ensure that case planning is in accord with the R. C. Consent Decree and Dorr's Individualized Service Plans and Partnership with Children, their Families and Providers policies.
(4) Member Agencies - Those agencies listed in the Code of Ala. 1975, § 12-15-1(19), whose representatives compose the multiple needs child state and local facilitation teams. The agencies are the Department of Youth Services, the public school system, Department of Human Resources, Department of Public Health, juvenile court probation services and the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
(5) State Facilitation Team - A state team composed of representatives of the member agencies whose purpose is to develop and implement state interagency plans for multiple needs children and to develop guidelines, procedures and resources for services to meet the needs of multiple needs children. Class members and their families shall receive individualized services based on their unique strengths and needs. The strengths and needs of the class member and his/her family shall dictate the type and mix of services provided; the type and mix of services provided shall not be dictated by what services are available. Services must be adapted to class members and their families; class members and their families must not be required to adapt to inflexible, pre-existing services that are unlikely to be effective. The "system of care" shall create needed services when they are unavailable.
Author: Jerome Webb
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 12-15-1(19); 12-15-65(b); 12-15-71(h)(1); 12-15-172 and R. C. v. Fuller, No. 88-H-1170-N, Consent Decree (M.D. Ala. Approved December 18, 1991).
