Early Intervention Team
IC 31-37-24
Chapter 24. Plan Coordination
IC 31-37-24-1
"Plan" defined
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "plan"
refers to a community services plan for early intervention services to achieve
the purposes described in section 3 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35.
IC 31-37-24-2
"Team" defined
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "team"
means:
(1) an early intervention plan
team appointed as provided in section 4 of this chapter; or
(2) an existing organization
described in section 5 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35.
IC 31-37-24-3
Early intervention plan; establishment
Sec. 3. Each county shall develop a community
services plan for early intervention that is tailored to provide services
targeted to the individual needs of children who:
(1) have been either:
(A)
adjudicated as, or alleged in a proceeding initiated under this article to be,
delinquent children; or
(B)
identified by the county office, based on information received from:
(i) a school;
(ii)
a social service agency;
(iii)
a court;
(iv)
a probation department;
(v)
the child's parent or guardian; or
(vi)
an interested person in the community having knowledge of the child's
environment and family circumstances;
and,
after an informal investigation, as substantially at risk of becoming
delinquent children; and
(2) have been referred to the
county office by, or with the consent of, the child's parent, guardian, or
custodian, for services to be provided through the plan based on an individual
case plan for the child.
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35.
IC 31-37-24-4
Team membership
Sec. 4. (a) Before
(b) The team is composed of the following members, each
of whom serves at the pleasure of the member's appointing authority:
(1) Two (2)
members appointed by the judge or judges of the juvenile court, one (1) of whom
is a representative of the probation department.
(2) Two (2) members appointed
by the director of the county office as follows:
(A) One
(1) is a member of the child welfare staff of the county office.
(B) One
(1) is either:
(i) an interested resident of the county; or
(ii)
a representative of a social service agency;
who
knows of child welfare needs and services available to residents of the county.
(3) One (1) member appointed by
the superintendent of the largest school corporation in the county.
(4) If:
(A) two
(2) school corporations are located within the county, one (1) member appointed
by the superintendent of the second largest school corporation in the county;
or
(B)
more than two (2) school corporations are located within the county, one (1)
member appointed by the county fiscal body as a representative of school
corporations other than the largest school corporation in the county.
(5) One (1) member appointed by
the county fiscal body.
(6) One (1) member representing
the community mental health center (as defined under IC 12-7-2-38) serving
the county, appointed by the director of the community mental health center.
However, if more than one (1) community mental health center serves the county,
the member shall be appointed by the county fiscal body.
(7) One (1) or more additional
members appointed by the chairperson of the team, from among interested or
knowledgeable residents of the community or representatives of agencies
providing social services to or for children in the county.
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35.
IC 31-37-24-5
Designation of existing organization as team
Sec. 5. If a county has in existence a committee,
council, or other organized group that includes representatives of all of the
appointing authorities described in section 4 of this chapter, the county
fiscal body may elect to designate that existing organization as the county's
team for purposes of this chapter.
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35. Amended by P.L.273-1999,
SEC.110.
IC 31-37-24-6
Organizational meeting
Sec. 6. (a) The county director shall convene an
organizational meeting of the members of the team appointed under section 4 of
this chapter.
(b) The county director shall serve as chairperson of
the team. The
team shall select one (1) of its
members as vice chairperson.
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35. Amended by P.L.273-1999,
SEC.111.
IC 31-37-24-7
Submission of plan for review and comment
Sec. 7. Before January 1 of each year, the team shall
prepare and submit to the judges having juvenile jurisdiction the team's plan
for review and comment. The judge shall submit any comments to the chairperson
not more than fifteen (15) calendar days after receiving the plan. The team
shall before January 25 of each year transmit a copy of the initial plan,
including any comments from the judges, to:
(1) the director; and
(2) the state superintendent of
public instruction.
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35. Amended by P.L.273-1999,
SEC.112.
IC 31-37-24-8
Review of existing programs
Sec. 8. In preparing the plan, the team shall review
and consider existing publicly and privately funded programs that are available
or that could be made available in the county to provide supportive services to
or for the benefit of children described in section 3 of this chapter without removing
the child from the family home, including programs funded through the
following:
(1) Title IV-B of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 620 et seq.).
(2) Title IV-E of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.).
(3) Title XX of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397 et seq.).
(4) The Child Abuse Prevention
and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106 et seq.).
(5) Community corrections
programs under IC 11-12.
(6) Special education programs
under IC 20-1-6-19.
(7) All programs designed to
prevent child abuse, neglect, or delinquency, or to enhance child welfare and
family preservation administered by, or through funding provided by, the
division of family and children, county offices, prosecutors, or juvenile
courts, including programs funded under IC
(8) Probation user's fees under
IC 31-40-2-1.
(9) The child advocacy fund
under IC
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35. Amended by P.L.273-1999,
SEC.113.
IC 31-37-24-9
Plan objectives
Sec. 9. The objectives of a plan developed under
this chapter include the following:
(1) Promoting the welfare of
children and self sufficiency of families with children at risk of abuse or
neglect, dependency, or delinquency, as defined or described in this chapter.
(2) Preventing or reducing the
number of cases of child abuse,
delinquency, or neglect that may
require juvenile court intervention.
(3) Coordinating available
resources to promote efficiency and avoid duplication of programs and services.
(4) Reducing or minimizing the
cost of providing services to children and families with children who are or
may become delinquent children.
(5) Reducing or eliminating to
the extent possible the need to remove children from their parents, guardians,
or custodians for foster home care or institutional placement.
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35.
IC 31-37-24-10
Adoption of existing plan
Sec. 10. The team may adopt as its plan an existing
plan for provision of family preservation services, as defined in
IC 12-7-2-82.3, that:
(1) is in effect in the county;
(2) includes services for a
child less than eighteen (18) years of age who reasonably may be expected to
face out of home placement under IC 31-34 or IC 31-37 as a result of:
(A)
dependency, abuse, or neglect;
(B)
emotional disturbance; or
(C)
delinquency adjudication; and
(3) addresses all of the
objectives described in this section.
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35. Amended by P.L.273-1999,
SEC.114.
IC 31-37-24-11
Recommendations for modification of plan
Sec. 11. The director or the state superintendent of public
instruction may, not later than thirty (30) days after receiving the plan,
transmit to the team and the county fiscal body any comments, including
recommendations for modification of the plan, that the director or the state
superintendent of public instruction considers appropriate.
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35. Amended by P.L.273-1999,
SEC.115.
IC 31-37-24-12
Approval or rejection of plan
Sec. 12. Not later than sixty (60) days after receiving
the plan, the county fiscal body shall do one (1) of the following:
(1) Approve the plan as
submitted by the team.
(2) Approve the plan with
amendments, modifications, or revisions adopted by the county fiscal body.
(3) Return the plan to the team
with directions concerning:
(A)
subjects for further study and reconsideration; and
(B)
resubmission of a revised plan.
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35. Amended by P.L.273-1999,
SEC.116.
IC 31-37-24-13
Budget and appropriations from family and children's fund
Sec. 13. (a) Upon receiving the initial plan and each
revised or updated plan, the county fiscal body shall consider the plan in
developing the family and children's fund budget.
(b) The county fiscal body may appropriate from the
family and children's fund any amounts necessary to provide funding to
implement the plan.
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35.
IC 31-37-24-14
Team meetings
Sec. 14. (a) The team shall meet at least one
(1) time each year to do the following:
(1) Develop, review, or revise
a strategy that identifies:
(A) the
manner in which prevention and early intervention services will be provided or
improved;
(B) how
local collaboration will improve children's services; and
(C) how
different funds can be used to serve children and families more effectively.
(2) Reorganize as needed and
select its vice chairperson for the ensuing year.
(3) Review the implementation
of the plan and prepare revisions, additions, or updates of the plan that the
team considers necessary or appropriate to improve the quality and efficiency
of early intervention child welfare services provided in accordance with the
plan.
(4) Prepare and submit to the
county fiscal body a report on the operations of the plan during the preceding
year and a revised and updated plan for the ensuing year.
(b) The chairperson or vice chairperson of the team or
the county fiscal body may convene any additional meetings of the team that
are, in the chairperson's or vice chairperson's opinion, necessary or
appropriate.
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35. Amended by P.L.273-1999,
SEC.117.
IC 31-37-24-15
Transmission of copies of plan
Sec. 15. The team or the county fiscal body shall
transmit copies of the initial plan, each annual report, and each revised plan
to the following:
(1) The
director.
(2) The state superintendent of
public instruction.
(3) The county office.
(4) The juvenile court.
(5) The superintendent of each
public school corporation in the county.
(6) The local step ahead council.
(7) Any public or private
agency that:
(A)
provides services to families and children in the
county that requests information about the plan; or
(B) the
team has identified as a provider of services relevant to the plan.
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35.
IC 31-37-24-16
Publication of plan
Sec. 16. The team or the county fiscal body
shall publicize to residents of the county the existence and availability of
the plan.
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35.
IC 31-37-24-17
Multicounty plan
Sec. 17. Two (2) or more contiguous counties may, by
agreement of the counties' county directors, establish a joint team and adopt a
single multicounty plan for the purposes described in
this chapter.
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35. Amended by P.L.273-1999,
SEC.118.
IC 31-37-24-18
Use of available services
Sec. 18. The:
(1) juvenile court, in
implementing a program of informal adjustment for a child under
IC 31-34-8; and
(2) local child protection
service, in proposing a voluntary services referral agreement for the benefit
of a child under IC 31-33-13;
shall consider and use to the extent feasible any available services described
in an early intervention plan approved under this chapter.
As added by P.L.55-1997, SEC.35.
IC 31-37-24-19
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.273-1999, SEC.124.)
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