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North Carolina TASC Clinical Series Training. Module One: Understanding TASC. North Carolina TASC. The mission of the North Carolina TASC Network is to provide care management services to drug-involved and mentally ill offenders.
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North Carolina TASC Clinical Series Training Module One: Understanding TASC
North Carolina TASC The missionof the North Carolina TASC Network is to provide care management services to drug-involved and mentally ill offenders. TASC’s objectiveis to provide quality services to offenders as early in the criminal justice continuum as possible.
TASC TASC combines legal sanctions with treatment matching & supervised community reintegration to interrupt the cycle of: • Addiction • Criminality • Arrest • Conviction • Incarceration • Release • Re-arrest
Offender Management Model (OMM) • Creates a seamless system of care • Clarifies roles in providing control and treatment • Reduces the rate of revocation for technical and drug violations • Combines efforts to guarantee the effective utilization of limited resources • Provides cognitive behavioral interventions • Develops an integrated information system • Ensures probation, CJPP, DACDP, DOP and TASC staff are trained to implement the OMM
OMM Agreements TASC, probation services, DACDP and CJPP agree to: • Develop a unified case/service plan specific to the offender’s needs in order to accomplish mutually agreed upon goals • Promote an open exchange of information in accordance with the rules of confidentiality and legal waivers and/or releases of information • Abide by and promote the use of the principles of effective interventions with offenders
Referral / Placement into Treatment TASC Monitoring & Reporting Treatment TASC in North Carolina Identification & Assessment Justice System
TASC Partnerships • State of North Carolina • Center for Health Care Strategies - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation • Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Regional Coordinating Entities Existing TASC Programs TASCExpansion TASC Service System Unified Statewide TASC System
Current TASC System Value Options Standard Functions: Information Systems Quality Management & UM Policies Financing Clinical Policy Grievance & Appeals State Division TASC Training Institute RCE 1 RCE 2 RCE 3 RCE 4 Local Functions: •Program Management Program Audit •Technical Assistance •Provider Network Development •Service Authorization TASC Services Person-Centered Client Flow Provider Network
Organizational Elements • A broad base of support from the justice, treatment, and other social services systems for effective communication and service delivery • Organizational integrity • Policies and procedures for regular staff training
Operational Elements • Clearly defined client eligibility criteria • Screening procedures for identification of TASC candidates within the justice system • Standard operating procedures for assessment and referral • Client-centered care management • Objective standards for purchasing services • Access to a complete array of services • Policies, procedures, and protocols for monitoring drug use through chemical testing • Competency with diverse populations
System Coordination Elements • Coordination of justice, treatment and other systems • Provision of information and cross-training to justice, treatment and other systems • Monitoring of and accountability for funding allocation and resource utilization • Training on standard clinical operating procedures • Standard administrative operating procedures for regional coordinating entities • Regional information system networks connected to and accessible by the overseeing state entity • Stakeholder buy-in from the highest levels of state and community corrections
Early Intervention Rationale • Reaches client at point of greatest need and highest motivation level • Provides maximum information to the court, corrections and treatment • Saves money, time and resources for corrections, treatment and the courts • Increases the likelihood of successful participation in treatment • Strengthens client motivation for treatment
Who Does TASC Benefit? • Jail – reduces tension, discipline problems and overcrowding • Court – provides additional information on defendants, focuses resources and reduces costs • Probation – provides additional supervision and assistance in linking clients with treatment
Who Does TASC Benefit? • Parole/Post-Release – assures continuity of care following release • Community – reduces costs, increases public safety, reduces criminal activity and reduces drug use
Criminal Justice System TASC agrees to provide: • Specific points of intervention • Timeframes for action on referrals • Frequent client contact and progress reports containing objective information • Timeframes for notification of client termination, disappearance etc. • Criteria for termination from TASC services
Congratulations! You now understand TASC!