§ 50-06-34 — Program for services to transition-aged youth at risk - Definition - Rules - Continuing appropriation

Continuing appropriation.
1. The department shall develop, within current appropriations, a program for services to
transition-aged youth at risk. The department shall use a wraparound planning
process. The department shall adopt rules to establish eligibility, services, and a
distinct statewide interagency advisory council on transition-aged youth at risk, with
youth and family representation, and with regional subcommittees. For the purposes of
this section, "transition-aged youth" means children and young adults at risk due to:
a. Deprivation or other activities resulting in youth being involved with the foster care
or juvenile justice system;
b. Serious mental illness or serious disabilities that do not qualify the youth for
developmental disabilities program management; or
c. Suicidal tendencies.
2. Services under the program must include:
a. Individualized assessments to determine the needs and appropriate services to
individual transition-aged youth at risk;
b. Single plan of care to coordinate services among available service systems,
emphasizing existing case management resources;
c. Independent living skills, including self-advocacy training;
d. Enhanced or extended vocational rehabilitation, including transition from
education to employment and from secondary education to higher education;
e. In-home support, including mentors, individual and family training, and access to
respite care; and
f. Development of a statewide independent living skills curriculum for youth and
families.
3. Services to an individual youth must be appropriate to that individual and need not
include all services of the program.
4. The department may accept and receive grants and other sources of funding for the
development of a program for services to transition-aged youth at risk. All moneys
received by the department as gifts, grants, or donations for the development of a
program for services to transition-aged youth at risk under this section are
appropriated on a continuing basis to the department.