Priority Area 1: Assist the three delivery systems with identifying strategies and developing comprehensive statewide supervision recommendations and definitions for community supervision.
Update: After approval of the Intensive Supervised Release (ISR) supervision guidelines by the Community Supervision Advisory Committee (CSAC) in June, the working group focused efforts on the behavior response grid and case planning recommendations in July. CSG Justice Center staff facilitated the discussion with the working group to outline next steps for building a framework for the behavior response grid. Furthermore, CSG Justice Center staff continued to make progress on the recommendations for case planning.
Priority Area 2: Support the three delivery systems with identifying strategies and developing policies for assessment-driven, collaborative case planning for criminogenic and behavioral health needs.
Update: In July, CSG Justice Center staff along with DOC representatives gave an overview of the additions made to the case planning recommendations document outlining the proposed process to be used with all medium- and high-risk clients. The document now includes supporting research for the proposed recommendations, updated case plan metrics, and logic for enhancements for STI (vendor for CSTS). The working group approved the additions with a request to include language for incorporating risk and need assessment results and more specific metrics for incorporating data elements that are currently missing. Further, CSG Justice Center staff along with DOC representatives presented the CSTS data enhancement document, which the working group approved with no changes before moving it forward for approval by the CSTS Executive Committee in August.
Priority Area 3: Assist the three delivery systems with establishing a statewide behavior response grid for client behavior management in community supervision.
Update: In July, the working group reviewed the current state of several concurrent projects developing behavior response grids across the state: the Wright County Dosage Pilot project, the Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act (MRRA) committee, and Scott County. Wright County designed their grid with input from agents and in relation to the severity level of behavior, with planned implementation in the fall 2024. The MRRA committee's grid outlines various categories of incentives matched to level of behaviors and is in early development. Scott County is working on incorporating client input into their incentives list and is exploring options to build out specific grids for specialized cases. Recognizing the tight timeline for reporting recommendations in October and November, the working group determined that creating specific grids for each county would be impractical. Instead, the working group will propose a framework, based on best practice and research, with a menu of options for responses to allow counties to utilize available resources while following a statewide framework and policy. Once developed, the framework will go to CSAC for approval. If approved by the DOC Commissioner, CSG Justice Center staff will support the working group in implementation.
Priority Area 4: Work with the three delivery systems to create statewide data metrics to gather and track the application of policies and changes in the population under supervision over time, including inconsistent results and disparate outcomes.
Update: In July, the CSTS Data Committee did not meet. However, the CSTS data enhancement document moved forward in the approval process to the CSTS Executive Committee.
Priority Area 5: Support leaders of the three delivery systems and Tribal representatives to assess funding priorities and local needs and develop a process for tracking and reporting use of funds from the funding formula.
Update: In July, CSG Justice Center staff met with representatives from DOC, CCA, and CPO to discuss the initial outline of a potential supervision forecast model. CSG Justice Center staff gathered information on the categorization of data and the common priorities between the three delivery systems.
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