Is child currently an adjudicated delinquent?
This question reflects long-standing policy to avoid cost shifting from the Department of Justice to the Family Support Program. If a child is an adjudicated delinquent, then the justice system is responsible for providing whatever assistance the child and family needs, and the child is not eligible for the Family Support Program. This includes youth being tried as adults. “Adjudicated delinquent” means that a child-currently or within the past year-is or has been under supervision of the juvenile justice system because they violated the law, misbehaved, or posed a threat to others due to their conduct (Chapter 938 of Wisconsin State Statute). This does not include court orders for treatment, or a Child in Need of Protective Services (CHIPS) petition (Chapter 48 of Wisconsin State Statute). [Back to Top] 4.2 Diagnosed Emotional Disability If the child has a clinical diagnosis of an emotional disability, has the diagnosis, or symptoms related to that diagnosis, persisted for at least si
This question reflects long-standing policy to avoid cost shifting from the Department of Justice to the Family Support Program. If a child is an adjudicated delinquent, then the justice system is responsible for providing whatever assistance the child and family needs, and the child is not eligible for the Family Support Program. This includes youth being tried as adults. “Adjudicated delinquent” means that a child-currently or within the past year-is or has been under supervision of the juvenile justice system because they violated the law, misbehaved, or posed a threat to others due to their conduct (Chapter 938 of Wisconsin State Statute). This does not include court orders for treatment, or a Child in Need of Protective Services (CHIPS) petition (Chapter 48 of Wisconsin State Statute). The expanded clarifications below further define the applicability of “adjudicated delinquent” to the Family Support Program: • The juvenile has been found as an “adjudicated delinquent” and is curr
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- Is child currently an adjudicated delinquent?
