Juvenile Justice Policies

Welcome to the Nevada Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS), Juvenile Justice policy page. These are the most current versions of juvenile justice policies for our juvenile facilities and youth parole bureau.

Click on the title link and it will pull up the individual policy.

• Abuse and Neglect Reporting
• Admissions and Placement
• Appointment of Related Person
• Case Plan
• Child and Family Team (CFT)
• Confidentiality and Release of Information
• Confinement Use and Reporting
• Contract Policy
• Court
• Court Coverage (Youth Parole)
• Data Collection and Documentation Standards
• Dress Code policy
• Dual Custody- Roles and Responsibilities
• Education Programming
• Emergency Planning and Response Policy
• Escape Prevention and Response
• Evaluation of Evidence Based Programs and Services
• Facility Library Services
• Family Engagement
• Family Travel Assistance
• Formula Grant Application and Grant Award Process
• Formula Grant Overview
• Formula Grant Subrecipient Monitoring
• Formula Grant Performance Measures
• Incident Reporting
• Infectious Diseases
• Juvenile Work Crew Programs
• Key Control
• Length of Stay
• Meal Planning
• Medical Services
• Medication Administration and Management
• Mental Health Treatment Plan
• Out of State Placement of Youth
• Performance based Standards (PbS)
• Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)
• Privilege and Discipline
• Program Reporting
• Quality Assurance
• Recreation
• Religious Services and Programming
• Screening and Evaluation
• Search
• Staff Code of Conduct
• State Owned Vehicles
• Statutory Guidelines for YPB Peace Officers
• Substance Use Treatment Services
• Confidential SUD (Sub policy to Substance Use Treatment)
• Quality Assurance (Sub policy to Substance Use Treatment)
• Suicide Prevention and Response
• Supervision
• Temporary Furlough
• Training Policy
• Transportation of Youth
• Treatment Episode Data Sheet
• Use of Force - State Facilities
• Use of Force - Youth Parole Bureau
• Use of Force Review
• Use of Tobacco – Tobacco Related Products
• Weapons
• Youth Correspondence
• Youth Facility Release
• Youth Grievance Procedure
• Youth Level of Services (YLS) Case Management Inventory
• Youth Programming
• Youth Rights
• Youth Telephone Usage
• Youth Transfers
• Youth Visitation