Definitions

Definitions. Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Assigned caseworker” means a county department staff member or designee responsible for the case plan, case management, and decision making. (2) “Caretaker” means another person besides a parent who is providing care to a youth. (3) “County department” means the county department under s. 46.215 , 46.22 or 46.23 , Stats. (4) “Department” means the department of children and families. (5) “Electronic monitoring device” means an electronic device used to monitor the youth’s location. (6) “Intensive supervision” means a community based comprehensive program providing a youth and the youth’s family with the treatment and services necessary for holding the youth accountable and preventing institutional placement. (7) “Intensive surveillance” means monitoring a youth’s activities through frequent face-to-face contacts, electronic monitoring, and collateral contacts, which include contacts with school personnel, employers, therapists, and relatives. (8) “ISP” or “intensive supervision program” means the program under s. 938.534 , Stats., that provides intensive surveillance and community-based treatment services for youth and their families. (9) “Parent” has the meaning given in s. 938.02 (13) , Stats. (10) “Secure detention facility” means a locked facility approved by the department of corrections under s. 301.37 , Stats., for the secure, temporary confinement of a youth. (11) “Youth” means a person who has been adjudicated delinquent and ordered by a court under s. 938.34 (2r) , Stats., to participate in the intensive supervision program.