6800 APPENDIX 3 Evidence Based CorrProgChecklist (CPC).docx
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This document is an appendix detailing the Correctional Program Checklist (CPC), an evidence-based evaluation tool used to assess correctional treatment programs. While the document does not explicitly identify specific states, agencies, or contractors, it appears to be part of a broader contract framework (referenced as "6800 APPENDIX 3") for correctional program evaluation services, with programs required to submit corrective action plans to "the Department" within 30 days of receiving evaluation results.
The CPC evaluation service assesses correctional programs across five domains: Quality Assurance, Staff Characteristics, Leadership & Development, Offender Assessment, and Treatment Characteristics. The evaluation process involves structured site visits lasting one to two days, including staff and participant interviews, case file reviews, and program observation. Follow-up evaluations are scheduled based on program performance scores: within one year for programs below "effective" category, three years for "effective" programs, and five years for "highly effective" programs. The service provides draft reports within two weeks of site visits, allows 30 days for program response, and requires corrective action plans addressing identified improvement areas.
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The Correctional Program Checklist (CPC) is a tool developed to assess the extent to which correctional treatment programs adhere to the known principles of effective intervention. It is designed to evaluate the integrity of a program, not outcomes. The CPC is based on the results of over 500 program assessments and three large outcome studies.
The CPC is divided into two basic areas: Capacity and Content.
The Capacity area is designed to measure whether a correctional program has the capability to deliver evidence-based interventions and services for offenders. There are three domains in the capacity area:
CAPACITY
| 1. Quality Assurance |
| 2. Staff Characteristics |
| · Program monitoring activities |
| · Education of the staff |
| · Reassessment of offenders |
| · Experience of the staff |
| · Evaluation |
| · Assessment & training of the staff |
3. Leadership & Development
· Involvement and qualifications of program director
· Implementation and design of the program
· Support for the program
The Content area has two domains and focuses on the substantive domains of Offender Assessment and Treatment Characteristics, and the extent to which the program meets the principles of risk, need, responsivity, and treatment.
CONTENT
| 4. Offender Assessment |
| 5. Treatment Characteristics |
| · Selection of offenders |
| · Targeting of criminogenic needs |
| · Assessment of offenders |
| · Type of interventions used |
· How treatment is delivered
· Provision of aftercare
Information is gathered through structured interviews with selected program staff and program participants and observation of groups and staff. Other sources of information include policy manuals, program curriculum, schedules review of case files, surveys, & other selected program materials
There are several advantages to the CPC:
1. All of the indicators included in the CPC have been found to be correlated with reductions in recidivism.
2. The process provides a measure of program integrity and quality; it provides insight into the “black box” of a program, something that an outcome study alone does not provide.
3. The results can be obtained relatively quickly; usually the process takes a day or two and a report is generated within a few weeks.
4. It identifies both the strengths and weaknesses of a program and provides recommendations designed to improve the integrity of the program and to increase effectiveness.
Evaluation Steps
1. Schedule site visit with program and program evaluators.
2. Day of site visit:
· Interview program/treatment director
· Interview staff
· Interview program participants
· Review case files
· Review program manuals and curricula
· Review assessment instruments
· Observe treatment group(s)
3. Day after the site visits the evaluation team meets to determine the final scores for the program evaluation.
4. Within one or two weeks after the site visit a draft report detailing evaluation results and recommendations is sent to the program.
5. Program is given 30 days to respond to the draft report in writing, noting any information that is incorrect or that was missed.
6. Evaluation team takes program’s response into consideration, then compiles a final report and sends it to program and anyone else who needs to see it.
7. Within 30 days, the program submits to the Department a “corrective action plan” detailing the steps it will take to address areas needing improvement based on evaluation recommendations.
8. A follow-up evaluation is done within one year if the program scores below the “effective” category, within three years if it scores in the “effective” category, and within five years if it scores in the “highly effective” category.
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