Section 23. Case Plan
Effective April 7, 2021
(a) The problem-solving court shall develop and observe written policy and procedure for creating and updating a case plan that addresses responsivity factors for each participant based on the results of the risk and needs assessment conducted pursuant to section 22 of these rules and any other assessments completed by problem-solving court staff or a treatment or services provider.
(b) The case plan shall address each domain of the IRAS/IYAS identified as high or moderate in which the participant admitted to the problem-solving court under a criminal or delinquency case number. The case plan may address the following additional components:
(1) Supervision, including work release, home detention, day reporting, electronic monitoring, and chemical testing.
(2) Mental health treatment services.
(3) Substance abuse treatment services.
(4) Anger management.
(5) Community and victim services.
(6) Faith-based services.
(7) Employment services.
(8) Restitution.
(9) Housing services.
(10) Domestic violence services.
(11) Education services.
(12) Life skills.
(13) Medical services.
(14) High-risk health behaviors.
(15) Dental services.
(16) Family and interpersonal counseling.
(17) Parenting counseling.
(18) Child visitation.
(19) Trauma informed services.
(c) The problem-solving court shall provide a copy of the case plan to the participant and document the participant’s receipt of the plan in the participant’s case management file. The case plan shall be maintained in the participant’s case management file.
(d) The problem-solving court shall develop and maintain policy and procedure for periodically updating the case plan by creating subsequent case plans maintained in the
participant’s case management file, documenting plan modifications through written updates submitted by the case manager and maintained in the participant’s case management file or through progress notes maintained in the participant’s case management file.
Commentary Section 23(b).
Problem-solving courts admitting participants as an order in a dispositional decree under IC 31-34-20 should develop and observe a case-plan based on the results of an empirically validated safety or risk assessment tool.