SERVICE

One or more organization-operated programs or activities that have a common general objective and deploy the organization's material and human resources in a planned and systematic manner. An organization that publicly promotes or identifies itself in writing as offering a service, is licensed to deliver a service, assigns personnel and/or space to a service, or allocates financial resources to a service is considered to offer that service.		  
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  CONNECTED

The means by which individuals access services that may or may not be provided by the organization itself. These terms are used interchangeably when individuals are connected to services either directly or by referral. See also LINKED.		  
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  FAMILY

Two or more people who consider themselves family and who assume obligations, functions, and responsibilities generally essential to healthy family life. Child care and child socialization, income support, long-term care, and other caregiving are among the functions of family life. The definition of "family" will rest with an individual's indication of who plays a family member role, including current or former foster family, adoptive family, extended family members, fictive kin, or significant others. Organizations that believe family is the central constellation in a child's life, and that family attachments are of primary importance for human development, will strive to work with professional staff to develop a common understanding of "family."		  
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  ETHNICITY

An orientation toward and identification with a population group that shares national origin, religion, race, or language.		  
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  CULTURE

The customs, habits, values, skills, technology, beliefs, and religious, social, and political behaviors of a group of people in a specific period of time.		  
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  PERSONNEL

The body of employees and/or volunteers that carries out the organization's tasks under the organization's administration and/or supervision. This definition does not include foster parents who are specifically referenced in relevant standards		  
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JJC 12: Living and Service Environment

 
Youth reside and receive services in safe, appropriate settings that meet their basic needs.
related ASE 1,  ASE 2,  ASE 3,  ASE 4,  ASE 5,  ASE 6,  ASE 7,  ASE 8
Note: Additional standards that address the importance of providing a clean, healthy, and safe service environment are included in ASE.

JJC 12.01

 

The organization meets youths’ basic needs by providing:

  1. appropriate sleeping accommodations, including a clean, covered mattress; a pillow; and sufficient clean linens and blankets;
  2. sufficient access to facilities and supplies for toileting, bathing, and personal hygiene;
  3. clean and appropriate clothing.
Research Note: Sleeping rooms should be large enough to allow for comfortable movement during in-room activities. Some literature suggests that single and double rooms should have at least 70 square feet per youth, and that rooms housing three or more youth should have at least 50 square feet per youth.

JJC 12.02

 

Sufficient and appropriate space, materials, and furnishings are available for:

  1. dining;
  2. exercise;
  3. on-site services, including treatment, education, and other programming;
  4. recreation and leisure;
  5. visits with family members; and
  6. private meetings with attorneys.

JJC 12.03

 
The living and service environments are homelike and non-institutional, to the extent possible and appropriate.
Interpretation: Organizations may strive to make the environment homelike and non-institutional by, for example, allowing youth to personalize their sleeping areas, and contribute to decisions about how to make living areas comfortable and reflective of youths’ interests and diversity. The environment should be sensitive to and supportive of youth regardless of their age, developmental level, language, disability, background, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, religion, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation.

JJC 12.04

 
The organization allows for privacy in bathrooms and sleeping areas, to the extent possible and appropriate.
Research Note: Literature indicates that adolescents have a greater need than most for personal privacy.

JJC 12.05

 

Adequate space and materials are also available for:

  1. housekeeping, laundry, maintenance, and storage, including storage of personal items youth are not permitted to keep in their living space;
  2. meeting the needs of on-duty personnel, including private sleeping accommodations for personnel who sleep at the facility, if applicable; and
  3. related administrative support functions.
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PURPOSE: Juvenile Justice Corrections Services promote public safety by helping youth overcome problems and develop the attitudes and skills needed to make responsible choices, avoid negative behaviors, and become productive, connected, and law-abiding citizens.
 
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