Definitions

As used in this chapter: 1. "Department" means the department of human services. 2. "Independent living skills" includes self-advocacy; the sufficiency to economically meet one's daily needs and to have a safe and stable place to live; ability to attain academic, vocational, or educational goals; the ability to develop a sense of connectedness; ability to avoid illegal or high-risk behaviors; and an understanding of how to access physical and mental health services. 3. "Individualized assessment" means the process that each service provider uses to determine the needs and appropriate services to transition-aged youth at risk. 4. "In-home supports" means supports provided to a youth, the youth's family, or both, in the home environment, including mentoring, individual and family training, and respite care. 5. "Single plan of care" means a plan of care that identifies and documents needs, tasks, goals, and the safety plan of the family which is developed by the children and family team based on the family's unique strengths, values, and needs. 6. "Transition-aged youth at risk" means children and young adults who are at risk due to deprivation or other activities resulting in youth being involved with the foster care or juvenile justice system, serious mental illness or serious disabilities that do not qualify the youth for developmental disabilities case management, or suicidal tendencies. 7. "Vocational rehabilitation" means an employment-focused program that helps eligible individuals with physical or mental impairments improve their employment opportunities by assisting individuals with disabilities to achieve competitive employment and increased independence. 8. "Wraparound" means a strength-based philosophy of care that includes a definable process involving the child and family that results in a unique set of community services and supports individualized for that child and family.