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Frontline Workers in the State Child Protective System: Perspectives on Factors That Impact Effectiveness and Efficiency of Child Protective Work, February 2019
Riverview Psychiatric Center–Primary Avenues for Reporting Incidents and Concerns Generally Effective in Ensuring Timely Attention of Appropriate Authorities; Inconsistencies in Policy, Practice and Documentation Noted; Some Reported Metrics May Be Unreliable, April 2016
Employment Tax Increment Financing –An Evaluation of Program Design and Analysis of Program Activity from 2010 through 2016, January 2019
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF) – 2011 Statutory Program Changes Contributed to Basic Assistance Enrollment Decline; Federal Funds Increasingly Being Spent on Other Allowable Uses; Opportunities to Improve Transparency and Accountability for Fund Uses Noted, June 2018
Maine’s Beverage Container Redemption Program–Lack of Data Hinders Evaluation of Program and Alternatives; Program Design Not Fully Aligned with Intended Goals; Compliance, Program Administration, and Commingling Issues Noted, May 2018
Fund for Healthy Maine Programs - Frameworks Adequate for Ensuring Cost-Effective Activities but Fund Allocations Should be Reassessed; Cost Data and Transparency Can Be Improved
LEAD Program Evaluation: Recidivism Report
The LEAD program was established in 2011 as a means of diverting those suspected of low-level drug and prostitution criminal activity to case management and other supportive services instead of jail and prosecution. The primary aim of the LEAD program is to reduce criminal recidivism. Secondary aims include reductions in criminal justice service utilization and associated costs as well as improvements for psychosocial, housing and quality-of-life outcomes. Because LEAD is the first known pre-booking diversion program of its kind in the United States, an evaluation is critically needed to inform key stakeholders, policy makers, and other interested parties of its impact. The evaluation of the LEAD program described in this report represents a response to this need.Background: This report was written by the University of Washington LEAD Evaluation Team at the request of the LEAD Policy Coordinating Group and fulfills the first of three LEAD evaluation aims. Purpose: This report describes findings from a quantitative analysis comparing outcomes for LEAD participants versus "system-as-usual" control participants on shorter- and longer-term changes on recidivism outcomes, including arrests (i.e., being taken into custody by legal authority) and criminal charges (i.e., filing of a criminal case in court). Arrests and criminal charges were chosen as the recidivism outcomes because they likely reflect individual behavior more than convictions, which are more heavily impacted by criminal justice system variables external to the individual. Findings: Analyses indicated statistically significant recidivism improvement for the LEAD group compared to the control group on some shorter- and longer-term outcomes
Bureau of Rehabilitation Services: Procurements for Consumers — Weak Controls Allow Misuse of Funds, Affecting Resources Available to Serve All Consumers, 2007
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