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Juvenile Dependency Drug Court Performance Measures

Juvenile Dependency Drug Court Performance Measures. Presented by Amy C Nuñez, Sonya Tafoya & Anthony Villanueva. What are Performance Measures?.

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Juvenile Dependency Drug Court Performance Measures

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  1. Juvenile DependencyDrug Court Performance Measures Presented by Amy C Nuñez, Sonya Tafoya & Anthony Villanueva

  2. What are Performance Measures? “concerned with the results of the services governments deliver, and help provide a basis for assessing the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of those services” - Government Accounting Standards Board

  3. The Balanced Scorecard, the Beginning: • Robert Kaplan & David Norton & Metric Driven Incentives (MDI’s) • Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993

  4. Balanced Scorecard – Private Perspectives

  5. Balanced Scorecard – Dependency Drug Court Perspective

  6. Implementing Dependency Court Performance Measures • National development • Agreed upon domains • BRC Data Subcommittee • Codified in California Rule of Court 5.505

  7. Domains of Measurement • Hearing Timeliness • Due process • Child Safety (shared) • Child Permanency (shared) • Child and Family Well-being

  8. Pilot Court Achievements • Received and fulfilled terms of State Court Improvement Program-Data Analysis Grant • Documented system codes and usage conventions • Created entry and exit cohort data extracts

  9. Pilot Court Achievements • Produced subset of performance measures • Identified necessary technical changes to case management systems that will increase the capacity to produce measures • Entering second grant period

  10. Pilot Progress by Measurement Domain • Timeliness measures coincide well with court calendaring data. • Safety, Permanency, Child Well-being data more complete in CWS/CMS • Due process require more analysis

  11. Focus on Subset of Hearing Types Detention Jurisdictional Dispositional Six Month Review 12 Month Permanency Planning 18 Month Permanency Selection and Implementation (366.26) Post Permanency Hearing (366.3)

  12. Timeliness: Jurisdictional Hearings (Detained)

  13. Historical Framework • 2006: CFCC defines CCMS needs (in Family, Juvenile & Collaborative Justice) • 2008: State Justice Institute awards grant to AOC

  14. SJI Grant • Develop Dependency Drug Court Performance Measures • Pilot test them in two courts • Finalize & Disseminate

  15. Established an Advisory Team • Representatives from various relevant fields: • Courts • California Drug Court Coordinators’ Work Group • Alcohol and Drug Programs • Department of Social Services • National Center for State Courts • Held in-person and conference call meetings • Reviewed documents & provided guidance and recommendations

  16. AOC Pilot Test • Occurred in two counties • Tested feasibility of data collection and data relevance • Used same time frame, varying results

  17. Pilot Test Goals • Test as many variables as possible, from as many NCSC domains • Identify data sources • Synchronize data sets • Determine data usefulness • Identify alternative variables

  18. Findings • Collaboration is key to successful data gathering & data meaningfulness • Establish data sharing protocols & policy

  19. Findings • Quality control mechanisms need to be built in: • Regular data check-ins • Protocols addressing data discrepancy • Ensures data definitions are clear and consistent

  20. Key Points to Remember about Performance Measures in DDC • Most helpful data elements (universal) • Use of cohort data • Starting data collection

  21. Measures attempted by County 1 Measures attempted by County 2 County was unable to capture child welfare data see alternative below

  22. Other useful documents: • Center for Families, Children & the Courts, Administrative Office of the Courts – Judicial Council of California (2010). Development of Dependency Drug Court Performance Measures, Final Report. • Center for Families, Children & the Courts, Administrative Office of the Courts – Judicial Council of California (2008.) Implementation Guide to Juvenile Dependency Court Performance Measures. Available at: www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/cfcc/pdffiles/Combined-impguide010709.pdf • Child Welfare Dynamic Report System. (2009). California data. 2007–2009. A collaboration of the California Department of Social Services and the University of California, Berkeley. From: http://cssr.berkeley.edu/ucb_childwelfare/Ccfsr.aspx • National Center for State Courts (2005). CourTools. Giving Courts the Tools to Measure Success. Trial Court Performance Measures. Available at: www.courtools.org • Rubio, J.D., D.M., Cheesman, Ph.D., F., and Federspiel J.D., W. (2008). Performance Measurement of Drug Courts: The State of the Art. National Center for State Courts. Statewide Technical Assistance Bulletin, Volume 6.

  23. Contact Information • Amy C Nuñez, 415-865-7564 email: amy.nunez@jud.ca.gov • Sonya Tafoya, 415-865-8973 email: sonya.tafoya@jud.ca.gov • Anthony Villanueva, 415-865-8857 email: anthony.villanueva@jud.ca.gov

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