Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act

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Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act

• August, 2002

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Topics

• Review of Legislation
• Review of Online Reporting System
• Progress Reports
• Review of Outcomes Outcome Measures
• BOC Report to the Legislature
• Questions and Answers

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Legislation

• Juvenile Justice Plan
• Assessment of Existing Services
• Identification of Communities at Significant
  Risk from Juvenile Crime
• Juvenile Justice Action Strategy
• Continuum of Responses to Reduce Juvenile Crime
  and Delinquency
• Collaborative and Integrated Approach
• Programs

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Legislation

• Funded Programs Shall
• Be based on programs/approaches that have been
  demonstrated to be effective in reducing
  delinquency and addressing juvenile crime
• Adopt goals related to outcome measures that
  shall be used to determine the effectiveness of
  the local juvenile justice action strategy

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Legislation

• The Juvenile Justice Plan Shall
• Identify outcome measures to determine the
  effectiveness of the programs and an accounting
  of all program participants, including those who
  do not complete the programs

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Legislation

• Outcome Measures Shall Include But Not Be Limited
  to (Big 8)
• Rate of Successful Completion of Probation
• Rates of Successful Completion of Restitution and
  Court-Ordered Community Service
• Arrest, Incarceration and Probation Violation
  Rates
• Rate of Juvenile Arrests Per 100,000 Population
• Annual Per Capita Costs of the Program

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Legislation

• Reporting Requirements
• Counties Annual Report to BOC every
• October 15
• BOC Annual Report to Legislature on Program
  Expenditures and Program Outcomes as Reported by
  Counties and Statewide Effectiveness of Juvenile
  Justice Plans every March 15.

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Contents of Reports to BOC

• For Each Program
• Eligibility Criteria and Referral Sources
• Itemized JJCPA Expenditures, Total Non-JJCPA
  Expenditures, Per Capita Program Costs
• Status of Program Participants
• Program Outcomes, Outcome Measures, Goals and
  Results (Required Outcomes Local Outcomes)
• Counts of Cases For Whom Outcomes will be
  Reported Next Year

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Contents of Reports to BOC

• Rate of Juvenile Arrests Per 100,000 Population
• Results for Overall Juvenile Justice Strategy (If
  Applicable)
• Goals Results for Outcomes

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Contents of Reports to BOC

• What is Not Required
• Any Form of Narrative Report (Optional)
• Any Information on Individual Program
  Participants (Summary Results Only)
• Any Specific Information on Program Services

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Online Reporting System

• Login
• Program Selection Screen
• County Name
• Programs
• Progress Reports
• Strategic Outcomes
• Juvenile Arrest Rate per 100,000 Population
• Contact Information

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Program Information Screen

• Click on the Program Name to Navigate to the
  Program Information Screen
• Within Program Information Screen
• Program Information
• Program Requirements
• Program Referrals
• Program Comments (New)

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Progress Reports

• Completing and Editing Progress Reports
• Step 1 Login
• From the Program Selection Screen, Select the
  Progress Report You Wish to File.
• Step 2 Complete Fiscal Information
• Help Hyperlinks
• Step 3 Complete Number of Program Participants
  Information
• Step 4 Complete Average Length of Program
  Information
• Step 5 Calculate
• Click the "Calculate" Button

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Progress Reports

• Completing and Editing Progress Reports
  (Continued)
• Step 6 Enter Outcome Measure Results
• Click Here Hyperlink
• Step 7 Enter Progress Report Comments (New)
• Step 8 Review Information
• Step 9 Saving Information/Submission to BOC
• Save as in Progress
• Submit to BOC as Complete

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Elements of Outcomes Goals

• Description of Outcome
• Statement of How Outcome will be Measured
• Percentage
• Mean or Average
• Count
• Other

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Elements of Outcomes Goals

• Statement of Timeframe for Outcome When
• While in Program
• At Point of Exit from Program
• Standard Period of Time from Program Entry
• Standard Period of Time from Program Exit
• Other
• Statement of Timeframe for Outcome Length of
  Time

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Elements of Outcomes Goals

• Statement of Goal
• Relative Goal (Reference Group)
• Increase
• Decrease
• No Change
• Absolute Goal (No Reference Group)
• Specific Value

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Elements of Outcomes Goals

• Baseline or Reference Group for Goal (Relative
  Goals)
• Historical Group Similar to Program Participants
• Contemporaneous Group Similar to Program
  Participants
• Program Participants at an Earlier Point in Time
• Pre-Post
• Prior Program Participants
• Other

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Elements of Outcomes Goals

• Timeframe for Outcome for Reference Group
  Length of Time

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BOC Report to Legislature

• Program Participants (Table 1)
• Average Per Capita Program Costs (Table 2)
• Change in County Arrest Rate per 100,000 (Table
  3)
• Program Descriptions and Outcomes (Table 4)
• Strategic Outcomes (Table 5)
• Fiscal Reports

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Questions and Answers