In this chapter:

1. (1) “Assigned caseworker” means a county department staff member or designee responsible for the case plan, case management, and decision making.
2. (2) “Caretaker” means another person besides a parent who is providing care to a youth.
3. (3) “County department” means the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23, Stats.
4. (4) “Department” means the department of children and families.
5. (5) “Electronic monitoring device” means an electronic device used to monitor the youth’s location.
6. (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. (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. (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. (9) “Parent” has the meaning given in s. 938.02 (13), Stats.
10. (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. (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.

History

History: Cr. Register, June, 2000, No. 534, eff. 7-1-00; correction in (4), (10) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6., Stats., and correction in (7) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register December 2015 No. 720.