Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment updates the purpose to better capture
the information provided in the rule, corrects and clarifies wording, and adds
the requirement that a youth that has either absconded or runaway and is not
apprehended must also have passed the discharge date of any determinate
sentence, if applicable, prior to discharging that youth.
PURPOSE: This rule establishes formal procedures to be
followed when a youth runs away from a residential facility or has absconded
from community care or aftercare, and is apprehended. It is recognized that
local procedures followed in these circumstances vary from
facility-to-facility. Each facility shall write procedures which can be
logically and consistently followed.
(1) These procedures are to be followed in
the case of runaways.
(A) Immediately upon
the discovery and verification that a youth has run away, the premises shall be
secured and an immediate search will be conducted. The local police shall be
notified and given the information necessary to help locate the
youth.
(B) Upon apprehension or
return to placement the case will be reassessed and necessary treatment
intervention made and documented.
(C) If the youth is not apprehended during
the initial search period, then the need for a pickup and detention warrant
will be ascertained.
(D) A critical
incident report shall be prepared by the site supervisor or service
coordinator. Upon apprehension, the pickup order/warrant will be canceled and
notification given to appropriate local law enforcement, local juvenile
officer, parent(s)/guardian(s), and service coordinator.
(E) If the youth is not apprehended or does
not return within fourteen (14) days, the youth will be placed on the inactive
roll by the Division of Data Processing until apprehension or appropriate
discharge.
(F) In the event the
youth is not apprehended, has reached age seventeen (17), has passed the
discharge date of any determinate sentence, if applicable, and has been on
runaway status for six (6) consecutive months, the Division Director, Deputy
Director, Regional Administrator, or Deputy Compact Administrator shall
discharge the youth.
(2)
These procedures are to be followed when a youth absconds from aftercare. These
procedures are to be followed when a youth absconds from aftercare.
(A) Upon notification that a youth has
absconded, the service coordinator shall assess the immediate situation,
consulting with parent(s) or guardian(s) and the service coordinator's
supervisor to determine the necessary intervention. Upon completion of the
assessment, if appropriate, the service coordinator shall request the
apprehension and detention of the youth by law enforcement.
(B) Upon apprehension or return to placement,
the case will be reassessed and necessary treatment intervention
documented.
(C) If the youth is
apprehended before central office has been notified of the runaway, this fact
should be indicated on the report. If the youth was not apprehended and central
office was notified, then a follow-up report should be sent to the appropriate
supervisor indicating the youth is back in DYS custody.
(D) In the event a pickup order/warrant was
issued, a letter will be sent to officially cancel the pickup
order/warrant.
(E) If a letter was
sent to various officials and the parent(s)/guardian(s) notifying them of the
youth's abscondence, a letter will also be sent to notify them that the youth
has been apprehended.
(F) In the
event a youth is not apprehended, has reached age seventeen (17), has passed
the discharge date of any determinate sentence, if applicable, and has been on
abscondence status for three (3) consecutive months, the Division Director,
Deputy Director, Regional Administrator, or Deputy Compact Administrator shall
discharge the youth.
*Original authority: 219.036, RSMo 1975, amended
1993.
