Interpretation: While the decision to develop an aftercare plan is based on wishes of the individual, unless aftercare is mandated, the organization is expected to be proactive with respect to aftercare planning.

NA The organization provides permanent supported housing.

SCL 9.01

An aftercare plan is developed sufficiently in advance of case closing to ensure an orderly transition.

SCL 9.02

Aftercare plans identify services needed and desired by the individual and specify steps for obtaining identified services.

SCL 9.03

The organization takes the initiative to explore suitable resources and make contact with service providers when appropriate and with the permission of the person, family, or legal guardian.

SCL 9.04

The organization follows up on the aftercare plan, as appropriate, when possible, and with permission of the individual.

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	PURPOSE: Individuals and families that use Supported Community Living Services maintain stable residency in the community by developing personal support systems in order to live as independently as possible.

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	COMMUNITY A specific group of people living in the same locality and who may share a common culture, values, and norms. Communities can also be defined by race, religion, ethnicity, age, occupation, political status, tribal affiliation, interest in particular problems or outcomes, or other common bonds. The term "community" encompasses worksites, schools, tribes, residential neighborhoods, business districts, recreational areas, and health and human service sites.


	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.


	AFTERCARE Additional services provided beyond the period of primary care that offer continuity and supportive follow-up.


	PLANNING The process of specifying objectives, evaluating the means for their achievement, and exercising deliberate decision making about appropriate courses of action.


	CASE CLOSING A voluntary or involuntary process which occurs when an organization no longer assumes responsibility for providing services to a particular individual, group, or family. Also known as "termination" or "discharge."


	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."


	LEGAL GUARDIAN A person who has legal responsibility for the care and management of a person incapable of administering his/her own affairs. In the case of a minor child, the guardian is charged with the legal responsibility for the care and management of the child and of the minor child's estate.