Texas Register, Volume 23, Number 17, Pages 3957-4141, April 24, 1998 Page: 4,051
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This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been re-
viewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's
legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State, on April 9, 1998.
TRD-9805055
Dudley M. Thomas
Director
Texas Department of Public Safety
Earliest possible date of adoption: May 24, 1998
For further information, please call: (512) 424-2890
Part XI. Texas Juvenile Probation Com-
missionChapter 346.
Case Management Standards
Subchapter A. Case Planning and Supervision
37 TAC 346.1-346.5
The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission proposes new
346.1-346.5, concerning case management standards for
juvenile justice practitioners. The standards provide uniform
procedures for planning and managing probation caseloads.
Lisa Capers, Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel,
has determined that for the first five year period the standards
are in effect there will be no fiscal implications for state or local
government as a result of enforcing or administering the new
standards.
Ms. Capers has also determined that for each year of the first
five years the new standards are in effect, the public benefit
anticipated as a result of enforcement will be to ensure the de-
livery, quality, and uniformity of probation services throughout
the state. There are no anticipated economic costs to persons
who are required to comply with these standards as proposed.
There will be no effect on small businesses.
Comments on the proposed standards may be submitted to
Maribeth Powers at the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission,
P. O. Box 13547, Austin, Texas 78711.
The standards are proposed under 141.042 of the Texas
Human Resource Code, which provides the Texas Juvenile
Probation Commission with the authority to adopt reasonable
rules, including those which provide uniform procedures for
caseload management and which provide minimum standards
for juvenile boards.
No other code or article is affected by these new standards.
346.1. Definitions.
The following words or terms, when used in this subchapter, shall
have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
(1) Assessment. Assessment is the process by which rel-
evant and valid information is compiled in order to determine the
juvenile's needs, risk of offending, strengths, and weaknesses. Theassessment process is intended to assist the supervising juvenile pro-
bation field officer in developing and implementing an effective case
plan, appropriate level of supervision, and utilization of appropriate
resources.
(2) Case Planning. Case planning involves the process of
determining the post-adjudication needs of a juvenile. This includes
all appropriate and available assessment and intake information,
SJS findings, preliminary investigation information, family dynamics,
school history, and victim impact statements. A written case plan
outlines services to be provided during the juvenile's term of court
ordered probation. Case planning also includes the reassessment,
reevaluation, and review of the juvenile's risks, needs and initial case
plan, in order to make any subsequent changes necessary to best meet
the juvenile's status and circumstances over time.
(3) Comprehensive Assessment Instrument (COMPASS).
An instrument developed by the Texas Juvenile Probation Commis-
sion that assesses the juvenile's needs in the areas of mental health,
education and family domains and the juvenile's risk of reoffending.
(4) Formal Intake Interview. The interview with the
juvenile who is the subject of the referral and the juvenile's parent,
guardian or custodian wherein the intake officer or juvenile probation
officer develops a dispositional recommendation for the juvenile's
case. The formal intake interview occurs subsequent to the formal
referral.
(5) Formal Referral. A referral of a juvenile to the
juvenile court for conduct defined in Texas Family Code Section
51.03 that results in a face to face interview between the juvenile and
the authorized staff of the juvenile probation department.
(6) Progressive Sanctions Assigned Level. The level of
sanctions actually assigned to a juvenile by the juvenile court that
corresponds with the progressive sanctions guidelines contained in
Chapter 59, Texas Family Code.
(7) Release Plan. The release plan is the written
document developed for each juvenile that identifies the juvenile's
needs for post-supervision reintegration and specifies the community
resources available to meet those needs. The purpose of the release
plan is to facilitate a continuum of community services to the juvenile
and the juvenile's family after probation supervision ends.
(8) Strategies in Juvenile Supervision (SJS). SJS is
a case assessment and correctional management process designed to
provide a structured method for gathering and organizing information
about the juvenile and translating that information into appropriate
case management strategies.
(9) Supervision. Supervision involves the case manage-
ment of a juvenile by the assigned juvenile probation supervising field
officer or designee through contacts (face to face, telephone, office,
home, collateral) with the juvenile, juvenile's family, and other case
planning participants.
(10) Title IV-E Standards. Standards promulgated by the
Texas Juvenile Probation Commission related to the federal foster
care reimbursement program as detailed in Chapter 347 of this title
(relating to Title IV-E Federal Foster Care Program).
346.2. Assessment.
(a) A TJPC Comprehensive Assessment Instrument (COM-
PASS), or an assessment tool approved by TJPC, shall be completed
for all juveniles who receive a disposition from the juvenile court
or juvenile probation department. If the COMPASS (or a compa-
rable instrument approved by TJPC) has been completed within thePROPOSED RULES April 24, 1998 23 TexReg 4051
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