Florida Juvenile Procedure Rule 8.401
RULE 8.401. CASE PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG ADULTS
(a) Case Planning Conference. The case plan must be
developed in a face-to-face conference with the young adult, the
guardian ad litem, attorney ad litem and, when appropriate, the
legal guardian of the young adult, if the young adult is not of the
capacity to participate in the case planning process.
(b) Contents. The case plan must be written simply and
clearly in English and the principal language of the young adult.
Each case plan must contain:
(1) a description of the services, including independent
living services, to be provided to the young adult;
(2) a copy of the young adult’s transition plan;
(3) the permanency goal of transition from licensed
care to independent living; and
(4) the date the compliance period expires.
(c) Department Responsibility.
(1) After the case plan has been developed, the
department must prepare the written case plan for each young
adult receiving services under Chapter 39, Florida Statutes.
(2) After the case plan has been developed, and before
acceptance by the court, the department must make the
appropriate referrals for services that will allow the young adult to
begin receiving the agreed-upon services immediately.
(3) The department must immediately provide the
young adult a signed copy of the agreed-upon case plan.
(4) Not less than 3 business days before a judicial
review or permanency hearing, the department must file the case
plan with the court.
(5) The department must attach a copy of the young
adult’s transition plan to the case plan.
(d) Signature. The case plan must be signed by the young
adult, all parties and, when appropriate, the legal guardian if the
young adult is not of the capacity to participate in the case
planning process.
(e) Service. Each party must be served with a copy of the
case plan not less than 3 business days before the judicial review
hearing. If the location of the young adult is unknown, this fact
must be documented in writing and filed with the court.
(f) Re-admitted to Care. If the department petitions the
court for reinstatement of jurisdiction after a young adult has been
re-admitted to care under Chapter 39, Florida Statutes, the
department must file an updated case plan.
(a) Case Planning Conference. The case plan must be
developed in a face-to-face conference with the young adult, the
guardian ad litem, attorney ad litem and, when appropriate, the
legal guardian of the young adult, if the young adult is not of the
capacity to participate in the case planning process.
(b) Contents. The case plan must be written simply and
clearly in English and the principal language of the young adult.
Each case plan must contain:
(1) a description of the services, including independent
living services, to be provided to the young adult;
(2) a copy of the young adult’s transition plan;
(3) the permanency goal of transition from licensed
care to independent living; and
(4) the date the compliance period expires.
(c) Department Responsibility.
(1) After the case plan has been developed, the
department must prepare the written case plan for each young
adult receiving services under Chapter 39, Florida Statutes.
(2) After the case plan has been developed, and before
acceptance by the court, the department must make the
appropriate referrals for services that will allow the young adult to
begin receiving the agreed-upon services immediately.
(3) The department must immediately provide the
young adult a signed copy of the agreed-upon case plan.
(4) Not less than 3 business days before a judicial
review or permanency hearing, the department must file the case
plan with the court.
(5) The department must attach a copy of the young
adult’s transition plan to the case plan.
(d) Signature. The case plan must be signed by the young
adult, all parties and, when appropriate, the legal guardian if the
young adult is not of the capacity to participate in the case
planning process.
(e) Service. Each party must be served with a copy of the
case plan not less than 3 business days before the judicial review
hearing. If the location of the young adult is unknown, this fact
must be documented in writing and filed with the court.
(f) Re-admitted to Care. If the department petitions the
court for reinstatement of jurisdiction after a young adult has been
re-admitted to care under Chapter 39, Florida Statutes, the
department must file an updated case plan.