# Title 75 — Department of Human Services

## Article 75-03 — Community Services

## Chapter 75-03-37 — Transition-Aged Youth at Risk

Regional Subcommittees
### § 75-03-37-01. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:
1. "Department" means the department of human services.
2. "Independent living skills" includes self-advocacy; the sufficiency to economically meet one's
daily needs and to have a safe and stable place to live; ability to attain academic, vocational,
or educational goals; the ability to develop a sense of connectedness; ability to avoid illegal or
high-risk behaviors; and an understanding of how to access physical and mental health
services.
3. "Individualized assessment" means the process that each service provider uses to determine
the needs and appropriate services to transition-aged youth at risk.
4. "In-home supports" means supports provided to a youth, the youth's family, or both, in the
home environment, including mentoring, individual and family training, and respite care.
5. "Single plan of care" means a plan of care that identifies and documents needs, tasks, goals,
and the safety plan of the family which is developed by the children and family team based on
the family's unique strengths, values, and needs.
6. "Transition-aged youth at risk" means children and young adults who are at risk due to
deprivation or other activities resulting in youth being involved with the foster care or juvenile
justice system, serious mental illness or serious disabilities that do not qualify the youth for
developmental disabilities case management, or suicidal tendencies.
7. "Vocational rehabilitation" means an employment-focused program that helps eligible
individuals with physical or mental impairments improve their employment opportunities by
assisting individuals with disabilities to achieve competitive employment and increased
independence.
8. "Wraparound" means a strength-based philosophy of care that includes a definable process
involving the child and family that results in a unique set of community services and supports
individualized for that child and family.
History: Effective April 1, 2010.
General Authority: NDCC 50-06-34
Law Implemented: NDCC 50-06-34
### § 75-03-37-02. Transition-aged youth-at-risk program - Eligibility - Services.

1. The executive director of the department shall designate an individual from within the
department to oversee the program for transition-aged youth at risk. Transition-aged youth at
risk ages fourteen through twenty-four are eligible for participation in the program.

2. Services to an individual youth must be appropriate to that youth and do not need to include
all services of the transition-aged youth-at-risk program. The department shall provide the
services. Services available under the transition-aged youth-at-risk program include:
a. An individualized assessment for transition-aged youth at risk;
b. Development of a single plan of care to coordinate services among available service
systems, emphasizing existing case management resources;
c. Assistance in developing independent living skills;
d. Services for transitioning students from high school to employment or postsecondary
education;
e. In-home support, including mentors, individual and family training, and access to respite
care;
f. Development of a statewide independent living skills curriculum for youth and families;
g. Substance abuse assessment and treatment;
h. Psychological and psychiatric evaluation and treatment;
i. Individual, group, and family therapy services;
j. Case aide services; and
k. Crisis residential services.
History: Effective April 1, 2010.
General Authority: NDCC 50-06-34
Law Implemented: NDCC 50-06-34
### § 75-03-37-03. Transition-aged youth-at-risk program - Statewide interagency advisory council

- Regional subcommittees.
1. The statewide interagency advisory council consists of representatives of the various system
partners, such as education, juvenile justice, child welfare, tribes, case management,
vocational rehabilitation, legislative assembly, parents, and youth. Members are selected
based on their knowledge, understanding, and interest in the needs of transition-aged youth.
The advisory council shall advise the department concerning program and policy issues,
delivery of services, and methods for reaching potential consumers.
a. Department staff providing oversight for the program will develop and facilitate the
advisory council.
b. The statewide interagency advisory council shall meet on a regular basis as determined
by the council.
2. The regional subcommittees consist of representatives of the various system partners, such
as education, juvenile justice, child welfare, tribes, case management, vocational
rehabilitation, parents, and youth. Members are selected based on their knowledge,
understanding, and interest in the needs of transition-aged youth. The purpose of the regional
subcommittee will be to advise the human service center in the subcommittee's region on
program and policy issues, delivery of services, and methods for reaching consumers. A
subcommittee will be formed in each of the eight human service center regions.

a. The individual providing oversight for this program shall designate a person from a
human service center to develop and facilitate the regional subcommittee within the
region of the human service center.
b. The regional subcommittee shall meet on a regular basis as determined by the
subcommittee.
History: Effective April 1, 2010.
General Authority: NDCC 50-06-34
Law Implemented: NDCC 50-06-34
