Missouri Revised Statutes Title XIII. Correctional and Penal Institutions § 219.011. Definitions

(1)“Aftercare supervision”, treatment and control of children in the community under the jurisdiction of the division;

(2)“Board”, the state advisory board of youth services;

(3)“Child”, a person under eighteen years of age;

(4)“Commit”, to transfer legal and physical custody;

(5)“Community based treatment”, a treatment program which is locally or regionally based;

(6)“Department”, the department of social services;

(7)“Director”, the director of the division of youth services;

(8)“Division”, the division of youth services (DYS);

(9)“Youth”, a person under twenty-one years of age committed to the custody of the division of youth services.