[§352-8.5]  Reentry plans; notification.  (a)  The director or the director's designee shall develop a comprehensive reentry plan for each person committed to the Hawaii youth correctional facilities who is not serving a concurrent term of probation.  The scope of the reentry plan shall address the period of time from admission to the Hawaii youth correctional facilities until parole or final discharge from the department.  The reentry plan shall seek to prepare committed persons for transition to the community.  The reentry plan required under this section shall be completed within thirty days of a person's commitment to the Hawaii youth correctional facilities and shall include:

     (1)  Programming, treatment, and service needs identified in the most recently conducted risk and needs assessment;

     (2)  Individualized goals to guide successful reentry to the community during parole or following final discharge; and

     (3)  Identification of, and a plan for, coordination with agencies that can provide or contract for existing programs and services relevant or necessary for successful reentry.

     (b)  The director or the director's designee shall consult with a committed person's parent, legal guardian, or custodian in developing the terms of the reentry plan and provide written copies of the plan to the committed person and the committed person's parent, legal guardian, or custodian.  If requested, the director or the director's designee shall provide regular updates on the committed person's progress concerning the reentry plan to the committed person's parent, legal guardian, or custodian.

     (c)  The director or the director's designee may collaborate with, and provide information to, the probation officer of a person committed to the Hawaii youth correctional facilities who is serving a concurrent term of probation, upon the probation officer's request, for the probation officer to incorporate the reentry plan into the person's case plan required under section 571-48.5 at the probation officer's discretion.

     (d)  The director or the director's designee shall notify the parent, legal guardian, or custodian, and any relevant agency or service provider that may be involved in the person's transition to the community, at least thirty days prior to discharging a committed person, of the intended discharge of the person.

     (e)  The director or the director's designee shall review, and update if necessary, reentry plans for each person taken into custody pursuant to section 352-26. [L 2014, c 201, §2]

Note

  Section applies to delinquent behavior committed on or after July 1, 2014.  L 2014, c 201, §21.