55 Pa. Code § 3680.4
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context indicates otherwise:
Agency-A children and youth social service agency subject to the requirements of this chapter.
Child-An individual who is one of the following:
Client-A person or group of persons, including a child or the child's family, accepted for service by an agency subject to the requirements of this chapter.
County agency-The single county children and youth social service agency.
Department-The Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth.
Facility-The physical location or site, including buildings, grounds, supplies and equipment, as well as the staff involved in operating programs governed by this chapter.
Full-day services-A series of activities which provide intervention and protection through care, supervision, treatment or rehabilitation for a child in an out-of-home, 24-hour setting. The term includes services commonly provided in:
Immediate family member-Spouse, children, parents and siblings.
ISP-An individual service plan. A written document describing long-range goals and short-range objectives for the provision of social services for a child.
Legal entity-A person, society, corporation, governing authority or partnership legally responsible for the administration and operation of an agency that provides social services for a child.
Part-day services-A series of activities which provide intervention and protection through care, supervision, treatment or rehabilitation for a child in a non-24-hour supervisory setting. The term includes, for example, services commonly referred to as day treatment and alternative treatment programs.
Passive physical restraint-The least amount of direct physical contact required to prevent immediate harm to a child or others.
Placing agency-The agency or individual with legal authority to refer or place a child for children and youth social services. The term includes courts, county children and youth social service agencies and parents.
Program-A discretely identifiable system of social service interventions designed for use with a specified client group. This discrete system encompasses a series of activities that are used to reach clearly identified intervention goals and objectives. A program may be designed to provide either full-day or part-day services as defined by this chapter.
Related party financial transaction-A financial transaction involving a private agency and an individual, corporation, firm, association or business in which any of the following persons receive a financial benefit or have a financial interest:
The term does not include wages, salaries or employe benefits paid to an employe of a private agency or dividends paid to a shareholder of a private agency.
Services to children in their own homes-Informational, supportive or therapeutic activities, such as counseling, life skills education, information and referral or homemaker/caretaker services provided to a child, primarily to prevent placement or to reunify a child and his family.
55 Pa. Code § 3680.4
The provisions of this §3680.4 amended under Articles II, VII, IX and X of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §§ 201-211, 701-774, 901-922 and 1001-1080).
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 3680.1 (relating to applicability); and 55 Pa. Code § 3680.41 (relating to program descriptions).