Section 722.1022 - Definitions.
FOSTER CARE TRUST FUND ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 525 of 2008
722.1022 Definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) "Board" means the state foster care trust fund board created in section 4.
(b) "Children's ombudsman office" means the children's
ombudsman office created in section 3 of the children's ombudsman act, 1994 PA 204, MCL 722.923.
(c) "Department" means the department of human services.
(d) "Foster care programs" means public or private programs that provide 24-hour substitute care for a child who is placed out of his or her parental or legal guardian's home and under the supervision of the department as a temporary or permanent ward of the court or public ward placed in a supervising agency's care under chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.1 to 712A.32, and includes children who cannot remain at home because their families are unable to provide minimal care and supervision.
(e) "Trust fund" or "fund" means the foster care trust fund created in section 3.
(f) "Juvenile justice program" means a public or private program where a child is placed out of his or her parental or legal guardian's home and under the supervision of the department as a temporary ward of the court under chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.1 to 712A.32, or a temporary public ward under the youth rehabilitation services act, 1974 PA 150, MCL 803.301 to 803.309.
(g) "Local councils" means a public or private community collaborative that sets the agenda for local collaborative activities for children in, or aging out of, foster care programs and juvenile justice programs, that works within the community to focus resources on common needs and outcomes of children in foster care, and that acts as the common community voice with state agencies on issues of strengthening responses to these youths' needs.
(h) "Public ward" means either of the following:
(i) That term as defined under section 2 of the youth rehabilitation services act, 1974 PA 150, MCL 803.302.
(ii) A youth whose parents' parental rights have been terminated and who is legally free for adoption.
History: 2008, Act 525, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009