Facility responsibilities for the return of AWOL youth
Compiled text through Jul 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
No later Register activity identified in this check.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Jul 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)All facilities from which a youth has absconded must accept the youth back.
(b)If the facility feels it can no longer handle the youth, the appropriate youth service team should be informed immediately. In cases of emergency, the district supervisor, the regional director, or an appropriate person at the Albany central office should be contacted immediately. Under no circumstances should a returning AWOL youth be released to the community or to the street.
(c)The youth service team must work out a new placement for those youth deemed inappropriate for the facility in which they currently are residing.