DCF - Attendance Services - Miami

DISTRICT/SCHOOL OPERATIONS
Dependent
Dependent and Delinquent Students:
and Delinquent Students:
School Staff Roles and Responsibilities
Registrars and Attendance Clerks Spring Training March 2011
THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM
THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM

Delinquent Youth
Delinquent Youth
Students who are involved in the Juvenile Delinquency System
under the supervision of the Court and the Department of Juvenile
Justice (DJJ) and/or the Juvenile Services Department (JSD).

Dependent Youth
Students
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Supervision of the Court and DCF and who reside in one of the
following:

Licensed Foster Care Home

Licensed Group Home

Relative Care

Temporary Shelter awaiting one of the above
District/School Operations
District/School Operations
The Juvenile Justice Support Office (JJSO)

JJSO staff are trained and are “expert” in issues related to
students involved in the juvenile justice system. This includes
students who are under the supervision of:
o
The Department of Children and Families
o
The Department of Juvenile Justice
o
The Juvenile Services Department
The Juvenile Services Department
o
The 11th Judicial Circuit Court – Juvenile & Family Divisions
District/School Operations
The Juvenile Justice Support Office (JJSO)
Staff are Miami‐Dade County Public Schools JJSO District Court
Liaisons working directly with the Court, agency personnel, and
students and their families.
JJSO staff provide educational expertise, advocacy, and
advisement related to court‐involved students.
Liaison Office between M‐DCPS and the Juvenile Justice System
and related agencies.
Provide
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id feedback
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to
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site staff related to students’ court involvement.
Facilitate interpretation
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provide assistance to schools and
regional center staff related to ALL court orders.
District/School Operations
The Juvenile Justice Support Office (JJSO)
Provide liaison services between M
Provide liaison services between M‐‐DCPS and…
The Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court –
The Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court – Juvenile & Family Division
The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF)
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Our Kids of Miami‐‐Dade/Monroe (lead child welfare agency) Our Kids of Miami
Our Kids Providers (Five Full Case Management Agencies, e.g. CHARLEE)
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Guardian Ad‐
Guardian Ad‐Litem
The Department of Juvenile Justice (Juvenile Probation Officers)
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The Public Defenders Office (PDO)
The State Attorneys Office (SAO)
Miami‐‐Dade County Juvenile Services Department (JSD)
Miami
•
Court Orders: Delinquency, Dependency, Domestic Violence, and Custody Orders
and Custody Orders
•
Requests for Dependent Student Transfers and Transportation
•
Requests or orders for court‐involved student testing or Requests or orders for court‐
assessments
•
Determining parental rights for court‐
Determining parental rights for court‐involved students
•
Access to Delinquent and Dependent Student Records
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CONTACT THE JJSO AT 305‐633
CONTACT THE JJSO AT 305‐
633‐‐4950 FOR ASSISTANCE WITH ALL OF THE ABOVE
Dependent Youth are… 
Under the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Dependency Court, Judicial Circuit
,

Supervised by the Department of Children & Families

Receive full case management services from one of several agencies that fall under Miami‐
several agencies that fall under Miami
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‐Dade County’s y
lead child welfare agency, Our Kids, Inc.

Judge & General Magistrate (GM)
Judge & General Magistrate (GM
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
DCF Child Protective Investigator (CPI)
DCF Child Protective Investigator (CPI)

Child Welfare Attorneys
Child Welfare Attorneys

Full Case Manager (FCM))
Full Case Manager (FCM

Caregiver

Guardian
Guardian Ad
Guardian Ad‐
Ad‐Litem (GAL
(GAL))

Level of Care (LOC) Level of Care (LOC) Assessor
Assessor

Biological Parent
DEPENDENCY:
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
DEPENDENCY: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

DCF Child Protective Investigators
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((CPI)) and law
enforcement officers conduct investigations based on
suspected cases of child abuse, neglect, and/or
abandonment..
abandonment

Properly identified DCF CPI’s and law enforcement
officers may remove a student from school in the
course of an investigation, but cannot withdraw a
student from his/her current school
school..

Open DCF cases are supervised by an Our Kids Full Case
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Management
t Agency
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P id e.g. CHARLEE
Provider,
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D CHARLEE
Center for Family and Child Enrichment
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E Children’s Home Society
F ––
F Family Resource Center
G ––
G His House
Y ––
Y Our Kids (temporary code)
N ––
N No longer under supervision
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Independent Living codes coming soon…
How Can School‐Site Staff Identify a DCF/Our Kids How Can School‐
Supervised Student?
Supervised Student?
CHARLEE
ACCESS AND CONSENT TO OBTAIN AND DISCUSS STUDENT EDUCATIONAL RECORDS
 Flagged
Flagged Student Records:
St dent Records

Student records are flagged by District/School Operations to provide the full case manager access to
Operations to provide the full case manager access to school records and to discuss student progress
 NOT flagged:
NOT flagged:
NOT flagged
flagged:

A completed and signed copy of the MDCPS Release of Information/Records must be signed by the foster /
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parent/guardian/relative.
DEPENDENT STUDENT SCHOOL STABILITY
DEPENDENT STUDENT SCHOOL STABILITY

In order to reduce school mobility for dependent
youth all dependent students must remain at their
youth,
current school and are granted an Out‐of‐Area
Transfer by the JJSO in District/School Operations.

Transfers from the current school are only approved
when the transfer is in the best educational interest
of the student, and MUST be authorized by the JJSO.

Regional Center and school‐site
school site staff are NOT
authorized to withdraw or transfer a dependent
student.
DEPENDENT STUDENT SCHOOL STABILITY
(CONTINUED)

In some cases there are extenuating circumstances
i which
in
hi h a student
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transfer MUST be approved by the JJSO.
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The full case manager and/or foster parent are
di t d to
directed
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school
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required to withdraw the student from the sending
school.
Foster Care Out
Foster Care Out‐‐of
of‐‐Area Transfer Form
This form can only be
obtained and completed at
the JJSO by a full case
manager
Foster Care Out Of Area Transfer Code “J”
 Cooperative
Cooperative venture: M‐
Cooperative venture: M
venture: M‐
M‐DCPS and Our Kids
DCPS and Our Kids
 M‐DCPS and Our Kids staff co‐
DCPS and Our Kids staff co‐located
 Located at the Juvenile Justice Support Office (JJSO)
 Clearinghouse for all schools, Our Kids, and DCF
 Handle all dependency issues
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 Immediate Response 7:30 a.m. to Immediate Response 7:30 ed ate espo se 30 aa.m. to 4:30 p.m
to 4:30 p.m.
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Minors who are arrested are processed at the Juvenile
A
Assessment
C
Center
(JAC).. The
(JAC)
Th minor
i
i assessed
is
d and
d a
determination is made whether he/she is
is::
A
A.
Placed in a diversionary program, bypassing judicial Placed
in a diversionary program bypassing judicial
intervention, or
B.
Placed in secure detention, or
C.
Placed on a GPS monitoring device, or
D.
Placed on home detention, or E.
Released to the custody of his or her parents.
All of the above except “B” will immediately be court
All of the above except “B” will immediately be court‐
o t e abo e e cept
ed ate y be cou t‐o
ordered to
de ed to
return to school the next day

Minors (students
(st dents under
nder 18 years
ears of age) who
ho are detained at
the Juvenile Detention Center are enrolled at location #8141 in
the Juvenile Justice Center School
School..

Students who are transported to the county jail and are
detained at Turner Guilford Knight (TGK) Detention Center or
placed in a residential program may be enrolled in an
Educational Alternative Outreach Program, e.g. #8017
8017..

All students who are NOT detained are court‐
court‐order to attend
school and MUST be actively enrolled in an educational
program and attend school on a regular basis
basis..

The Juvenile Delinquency System is a rehabilitative
system.

The goal for juvenile (minor) offenders is to eventually
transition back to a regular school setting, unless they
have completed a high school completion program while
in secure detention.

Depending on the severity of the crime, minor offenders
may be
b placed
l d in
i residential
id i l programs, also
l known
k
as
“commitment”. These youth may transition back to
regular school once the rehabilitation program is
successfully
f ll completed.
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
All students with open delinquency cases who have
been released from detention or who have been
withdrawn from a K
K‐12
12 setting and are inactive will be
court‐ordered to attend school.

JJSO District
Di t i t Court
C t Liaisons
Li i
conduct
d t educational
d ti
l
reviews for these students and contact the home
school to facilitate school re‐entry.

Staff at the home school determine appropriate
educational placement.
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District/School Operations
School Re
School Re‐‐entry Letter

Provides feedback to the court and is part of th
the court record
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d

Documents student compliance

Ensures follow
Ensures
follow‐up
up communication from the school‐site
Questions?
Answers.
Answers.
District/School Operations
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Mark E. Zaher, Director
Sylvia Godoy, District Department Chairperson
Juvenile Justice Support Office
305‐‐633
305
633‐‐4950
Education Dependency Action Team (EDAT)
Nicolas Pinchinat, District Court Liaison
305‐‐634
305
634‐‐0315
[email protected]