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(1) "Account" means the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Restricted Account created in Section 80-5-302.
(2)
(a) "Adult" means an individual who is 18 years old or older.
(b) "Adult" does not include a juvenile offender.
(3) "Aftercare services" means the same as the term "aftercare" is defined in 45 C.F.R. 1351.1.
(4) "Authority" means the Youth Parole Authority created in Section 80-5-701.
(5) "Control" means the authority to detain, restrict, and supervise a juvenile offender in a manner consistent with public safety and the well-being of the juvenile offender and division employees.
(6) "Director" means the director of the Division of Juvenile Justice Services.
(7) "Discharge" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-6-102.
(8) "Division" means the Division of Juvenile Justice Services created in Section 80-5-103.
(9) "Homeless youth" means a child, other than an emancipated minor:
(a) who is a runaway; or
(b) who is:
(i) not accompanied by the child's parent or guardian; and
(ii) without care, as defined in Section 80-5-602.
(10) "Observation and assessment program" means a nonresidential service program operated or purchased by the division that is responsible only for diagnostic assessment of minors, including for substance use disorder, mental health, psychological, and sexual behavior risk assessments.
(11) "Performance based contracting" means a system of contracting with service providers for the provision of residential or nonresidential services that:
(a) provides incentives for the implementation of evidence-based juvenile justice programs or programs rated as effective for reducing recidivism by a standardized tool in accordance with Section 63M-7-208; and
(b) provides a premium rate allocation for a minor who receives the evidence-based dosage of treatment and successfully completes the program within three months.
(12) "Rescission" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-6-102.
(13) "Restitution" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-6-102.
(14) "Revocation" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-6-102.
(15) "Temporary custody" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-6-102.
(16) "Temporary homeless youth shelter" means a facility that:
(a) provides temporary shelter to homeless youth; and
(b) is licensed by the Office of Licensing, created under Section 62A-1-105, as a residential support program.
(17) "Termination" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-6-102.
(18) "Victim" means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-6-102.
(19) "Work program" means a nonresidential public or private service work project established and administered by the division for juvenile offenders for the purpose of rehabilitation, education, and restitution to victims.
(20)
(a) "Youth services" means services provided in an effort to resolve family conflict:
(i) for families in crisis when a minor is ungovernable or a runaway; or
(ii) involving a minor and the minor's parent or guardian.
(b) "Youth services" include efforts to:
(i) resolve family conflict;
(ii) maintain or reunite minors with the minors' families; and
(iii) divert minors from entering or escalating in the juvenile justice system.
(c) "Youth services" may provide:
(i) crisis intervention;
(ii) short-term shelter;
(iii) time-out placement; and
(iv) family counseling.
(21) "Youth services center" means a center established by, or under contract with, the division to provide youth services.