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Assessment Guided Life Planning: The San Diego SB 618 Prisoner Reentry Experience. Criminal Justice Research Division Darlanne Hoctor Mulmat dmu@sandag.org www.sandag.org/cj October 16, 2008. Presentation Overview. Background on SANDAG and CJRD Description of SB 618 Program
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Assessment Guided Life Planning: The San Diego SB 618 Prisoner Reentry Experience Criminal Justice Research Division Darlanne Hoctor Mulmat dmu@sandag.org www.sandag.org/cj October 16, 2008
Presentation Overview • Background on SANDAG and CJRD • Description of SB 618 Program • Overview of Evaluation Design • Use of Assessments • Preliminary Assessment Data
What is SANDAG? • San Diego Association of Governments • Regional planning and implementation agency for quality of life issues • Governed by a Board of Directors representing the region’s 19 local governments • Only council of governments with a Criminal Justice Research Division
Program Description • Assessment • Process Begins Pre-Sentence • Life Plan • Multi-Disciplinary Team • Case Management In Custody & Community • In-Prison & Community Services • Community Roundtable
Assessment Tools • Addiction Severity Index (ASI) • Test for Adult Basic Education (TABE) • Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) • Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS) • Occupational Information Network (O*NET) and Myers-Briggs
Research Overview • Process Evaluation: Determine if SB 618 was implemented as planned in San Diego County • Impact Assessment: Determine what effect(s) the SB 618 program had on participants
Multiple Methodologies • Meeting attendance and review of minutes • Analysis of standardized assessment information • Compilation of services received in prison and community • Program partner, key staff, and community surveys • Client & family/friend satisfaction questionnaires • Follow-up interviews with clients • Collection of recidivism data from local and state databases • Cost-effectiveness analysis
Needs: ASI Substance Abuse • 52% Drank Alcohol • 67% to Point of Intoxication • 81% Use Drugs • 52% Used Multiple Drugs • 53% Used Methamphetamines • 51% Used Marijuana • 49% Previous Drug Treatment
Summary • High Level of Drug Treatment Needs • High Level of Education and Life Skills • Vocational Needs • Need for Social Supports
Assessment Guided Life Planning: The San Diego SB 618 Prisoner Reentry Experience Criminal Justice Research Division Darlanne Hoctor Mulmat dmu@sandag.org www.sandag.org/cj October 16, 2008