Policies and Legislation
Directives
- Detention Recommendation for New Complaints for Youth on Electronic Monitoring – DIR-CS-39-25 - PDF
- Notifications of Suspected Child Abuse or Neglect – DIR-40-25 - PDF
Behavioral health
- Behavioral Health Division Services – BH-207-17 - PDF
- Multi-Disciplinary Assessment Staffing Team (MAST) – BH-205-15 - PDF
- Suicide Prevention and Intervention – BH-211-21 - PDF
Community services
- Central Review Committee – CS/RS-904-19 - PDF
- Detention Authorizations for Youth Charged with Crimes of Violence – DIR-CS-39-24 - PDF
- Community Detention (CD Policy) – CS-116-13 - PDF
- DJS Licensed Foster Family Home Placement – CS-119-13 - PDF
- Equal Services to Male and Female Youth – CS-09-12 - PDF
- Foster Family Home Standards – CS-117-13 - PDF
- Foster Parent Guidelines – CS-121-14 - PDF
- Intake Policy – CS-129-22 - PDF
- Interstate Compact for Juveniles – CS-112-13 - PDF
- Out-of-State Travel for Parents or Legal Guardians – CS-123-14 - PDF
- Placement of DJS Youth in Residential and Non-residential Programs – CS-126-16 - PDF
- Sex Offender Registry – CS-105-14 - PDF
- Social History Investigation – CJ-05-10 - PDF
- Statewide Safety Plan Protocol for Juvenile Non-Fatal Shooting/Stabbing Victims or Victims Crimes of Violence – DIR/CS-01-19 - PDF
- Supervisor Workload and Case Reviews – CS-106-13 - PDF
- Youth Credit Report Policy – CS-127-18 - PDF
- Youth Transportation Policy – Case Management Specialist – RF-02-05 - PDF
Community & residential services
- Accessibility for Youth with Hearing Impairments – OPS-911-18 - PDF
- Communication with Limited English Proficient Persons – OPS-920-18 - PDF
- Global Positioning System (GPS) Policy – CS/RS-919-19 - PDF
- Home Pass – DJS Programs – CS/RS-916-19 - PDF
- Intimate Partner Violence – Lethality Assessment Program – OPS-902-14 - PDF
- Medical Assistance Policy and Manual – CS/RS-917-19 - PDF
- Reporting and Investigating Child Abuse and Neglect – OPS-913-15 - PDF
- Service to Former Clients – OPS-904-14 - PDF
- Shelter Care Authorizations/Orders – DIR-CS-29-22 - PDF
- Victim Notification Policy – OPS-903-14 - PDF
- Volunteer Services – OPS-908-14 - PDF
- Youth Workplace Violence Reduction Committee – OPS-909-15 - PDF
Education
- Curriculum Development and Implementation – ED-10-23 - PDF
- Education Profiles of Youth – DIR-ED-01-21 - PDF
- Grading and Reporting – ED-02-24 - PDF
- JSEP Special Education Compliance Monitoring – ED-11-23 - PDF
- Individual Learning Plans – ED-04-22 - PDF
- Movie and Video Approval – ED-12-24 - PDF
- Post-secondary Opportunities – ED-02-22 - PDF
- School Improvement Plan Policy – ED-09-22 - PDF
- Statewide Assessment – ED-03-22 - PDF
Healthcare
- Access to Health Care and Outside Referrals – HC-311-18 - PDF
- Admission Health Screening, Nursing Assessment, and Physical Examination – HC-312-18 - PDF
- Bloodborne Pathogen Policy – HC-1-05 - PDF
- Chronic Care and Special Health Care Needs – HC-325-18 - PDF
- Communicable and Infectious Disease Management – HC-331-18 - PDF
- Continuity of Medical Care – HC-320-18 - PDF
- Dental Care – HC-314-18 - PDF
- DJS Heat Index Guidelines - PDF
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Intoxication and Withdrawal Management – HC-326-18 - PDF
- Elective Health Care Procedures – HC-315-18 - PDF
- Emergency Health Care Services for Youth – HC-323-18 - PDF
- Emergency Response Drills – Somatic Health and Behavioral Health – HC-333-18 - PDF
- First Aid Kits – HC-303-15 - PDF
- Food Service Operations – HC-301-17 - PDF
- Handling/Disposing of Contaminated Medical Waste – HC-01-06 - PDF
- Health Care Statistical Reports – HC-324-18 - PDF
- Health Education – HC-318-18 - PDF
- Heat Index Calculation and Chart - PDF
- Infirmary Care – HC-319-18 - PDF
- Informed Consent for Health Care – HC-336-18 - PDF
- Internal Review and Quality Assurance for Health Care Services – HC-330-18 - PDF
- Medication Management at Discharge/Release or Placement – HC-310-16 - PDF
- Non-Emergency Health Care Requests and Services – Sick Call – HC-306-15 - PDF
- Pharmaceutical Services – HC-334-18 - PDF
- Professional Health Services – HC-322-18 - PDF
- Quarterly Meetings with Superintendents – HC-316-19 - PDF
- Therapeutic Modified Diets and Food Allergies – HC-327-18 - PDF
- Wellness and Nutrition Service Policy – HC-337-25 - PDF (2025)
- Youth Health Records – HC-328-18 - PDF
- Youth Participation in Health-related Research – HC-307-15 - PDF
Human resources
- Accident-Work Related Injury Leave – HR-408-12 - PDF
- Acting Capacity and Position Reclassification Policy – HR-610-12 - PDF
- Annual Leave – HR-419-18 - PDF
- Children in the Workplace – HR-03-11 - PDF
- Classification and Reclassification of Positions – HR-424-18 - PDF
- Compensation – HR-417-18 - PDF
- Contractual Employees – HR-422-18 - PDF
- DJS Background Investigations Policy – HR-410-19 - PDF
- EEO Review of Personnel Transactions – HR-428-18 - PDF
- Emergency Release Time and Liberal Leave – HR-423-18 - PDF
- Employee Grievance – HR-416-18 - PDF
- Employee Recognition and Innovation Program – HR-405-12 - PDF
- Employee’s Personnel Record – HR-415-18 - PDF
- Employment of Relatives – HR-433-24 - PDF
- Holiday Leave – HR-421-18 - PDF
- Other Leave – HR-426-18 - PDF
- Outside and Secondary Employment – HR-418-18 - PDF
- Performance Planning and Evaluation Program – HR-412-18 - PDF
- Personal Leave – HR-427-18 - PDF
- Personnel Hiring, Probation, and Promotion – HR-413-18 - PDF
- Termination, Separation, or Resignation of an Employee – HR-430-18 - PDF
- Transitional Duty Assignment – HR-409-15 - PDF
Information technology (IT)
- Information Technology Unit Policy – IT-502-14 - PDF
- Information Technology Users’ Policy – IT-501-14 - PDF
- State of Maryland Information Technology Security Manual - PDF
- State of Maryland Mobile Device Management - PDF
Management
- Accounting, Fiscal Responsibility, and Budget – MGT-621-14 - PDF
- Audit Policy – DJS Internal Functions and External Contracted Services (Youth Care Providers) – MGT-601-12 - PDF
- Building Code and Zoning Ordinances – MGT-634-18 - PDF
- Confidentiality – MGT-623-15 - PDF
- Contracting with Employees of Public and Private Agencies – MGT-09-18 - PDF
- Corporate Purchasing Card Policy – MGT-615-14 - PDF
- Electronic Signature – MGT-646-20 - PDF
- Employee Risk Management Program – MGT-619-13 - PDF
- Employee Travel and Reimbursement – MGT-651-24 - PDF
- Equal Employment Opportunity – MGT-05-12 - PDF
- Facility Environment – MGT-633-18 - PDF
- Forecasting Committee – MGT-624-14 - PDF
- Grant Coordination – MGT-627-16 - PDF
- Interaction with Public, Media, and External Entities – MGT-606-13 - PDF
- Issuance of Policy – 01.16 - PDF
- Legal Counsel – MGT-642-18 - PDF
- Legislative Session Policy – MGT-607-13 - PDF
- Licensing and Monitoring Policy – MGT-614-14 - PDF
- Liquidated Damages – MGT-622-14 - PDF
- Minority Business Enterprise Program – MGT-630-15 - PDF
- Motor Vehicle Accident Review Board – MGT-613-13 - PDF
- Nondiscrimination of Youth – MGT-625-14 - PDF
- Office Lease Consideration Policy – MGT-620-14 - PDF
- Payment for Membership in Professional Organizations – MGT-641-18 - PDF
- Procurement – MGT-629-15 - PDF
- Property Accountability – MGT-628-15 - PDF
- Quality Assurance – Facility Audit Team Policy – MGT-617-15 - PDF
- Quality Assurance – Field Audit Team Policy – MGT-618-14 - PDF
- Residential Child Care Programs (RCCP) Background Investigations – MGT-644-19 - PDF
- Review and Approval of Research Proposals – MGT-604-14 - PDF
- Sexual Harassment/Employment Discrimination Policy – MGT-03-18 - PDF
- Small Business Reserve Program – MGT-631-15 - PDF
- Smoking Policy – MGT-626-16 - PDF
- Staff Training – MGT-640-18 - PDF
- State Vehicles – Driver’s Guidelines – MGT-616-13 - PDF
- Subrecipient Monitoring Policy – MGT-650-22 - PDF
- Youth Fund Accounts – MGT-638-17 - PDF
Residential services
- Administration and Management of Residential Facilities – RF-736-17 - PDF
- Behavior Management – Rules and Discipline – RF-741-18 - PDF
- Central Review Committee – CS/RS-904-19 - PDF
- Classification of Youth in DJS Residential Facilities – RF-716-18 - PDF
- Control and Use of Flammable, Toxic, and Caustic Materials – RF-802-20 - PDF
- Elimination and Reporting of Sexual Abuse and Harassment – RF-701-18 - PDF
- Emergency Management – RF-743-18 - PDF
- Facility Advisory Boards – RF-742-18 - PDF
- Foster Grandparent Program – RF-717-14 - PDF
- Gang Identification and Prevention – RF-721-17 - PDF
- Inspections-Sanitation, Safety and Security – RF-730-18 - PDF
- Log Books – RF-733-17 - PDF
- Personal Property and Disposition – RF-709-13 - PDF
- Recreational Activities – RF-722-15 - PDF
- Release from DJS Committed Facilities – RF-745-18 - PDF
- Religious Services – RF-731-18 - PDF
- Residential Facility Case File Format – RF-05-05 - PDF
- Seclusion – RF-720-18 - PDF
- Supervision and Movement of Youth – RF-740-17 - PDF
- Therapeutic Dog Program – RF-746-19 - PDF
- Youth Access to Telephone Calls, Mail, Legal Counsel, and Notification of Family Death or Illness – RF-749-21 - PDF
- Youth Hygiene in Residential Facilities – RF-729-17 - PDF
- Youth Records – Committed Facilities – RF-735-18 - PDF
- Youth Voice – RF-751-22 - PDF
Community Detention (CD) Global Positioning System (GPS) program guidelines
- Region 1 Pre-adjudication Alternatives to Detention Continuum - PDF
- Region 2 Pre-adjudication Alternatives to Detention Continuum - PDF
- Region 3 Pre-adjudication Alternatives to Detention Continuum - PDF
- Region 4 Pre-adjudication Alternatives to Detention Continuum - PDF
- Region 5 Pre-adjudication Alternatives to Detention Continuum - PDF
- Region 6 Pre-adjudication Alternatives to Detention Continuum - PDF
- Region 7 Pre-adjudication Alternatives to Detention Continuum - PDF
- Region 8 Pre-adjudication Alternatives to Detention Continuum - PDF