FY 2006-2007 NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPOSAL Proposal Element 1: COVER SHEET CSCD (CHIEF COUNTY OF JURISDICTION): Travis PROGRAM NUMBER: Formerly Day Reporting Center-number to be assigned PROGRAM TITLE: Mentally Retarded/Developmentally Disabled/Head Injured Specialized Caseload CHECK IF REQUESTING: TAIP FUNDING BS FUNDING DP FUNDING CCP FUNDING PRIMARY FUNDING RECIPIENTS: CSCD: NON-CSCD: BIPP OTHER NON-CSCD FUNDING RECIPIENT NAME: REGIONAL CONSORTIUM: ESTIMATE OF OTHER FUNDING SOURCES: (NOT CJAD FUNDING SOURCES, NOT PARTICIPANT PAYMENTS) FUNDING SOURCE 1st Year 2nd Year RSAT Victims Services Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Gang Surveillance COG Other: $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Total Primary Program Code: SCP D Secondary Program Code(s): PROGRAM CODES* (Code is DMVB for all BIPPs) Facility Category (CRS) *A PROJECTED OUTPUTS FORM MUST BE COMPLETED FOR EACH CODE. Program Contact Information: Name: Lila Oshatz Title: Manager of Planning & Community Resources Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1748 Austin, TX 78767 Telephone: 512-854-4600 Fax: 512-854-4606 E-mail: [email protected] Vendor: Does contract service provider provide services? No 86 Yes Proposal Element 2: PROBLEM/NEED DATA 1. TDCJ-CJAD planning staff will gather additional problem/need data from the MCSCR, Offender Profile Data, and CSTS to establish need. 2. Indicate Historic/Programmatic Information that substantiates your jurisdiction’s need for this program Historically, data collected by the Travis County Community Supervision and Corrections Department has indicated the need for specialized caseloads to address high-risk offenders who pose the most serious threat to the safety of the community by re-offending. One of these populations has been identified through the years as being the Mentally Retarded/Developmentally Disabled/Head Injured offender. Many of these offenders are being supervised for sexual related offenses. These caseloads are encompassed in the Mental Health Unit, where they focus on close supervision and linkage with a variety of community-based resources to minimize risk to the community and to aid in rehabilitation of the offender. This unit is co located with the Program Services Unit and the Sex Offender Unit, and when appropriate, utilizes many existing programs already available to the Department. Goals of these caseloads are to provide close supervision and referrals to community resources to assist these offenders with basic life skills. Most of these offenders have the ability to become pro-social and self sufficient in spite of their disability if they can be identified and receive close skilled supervision. 3. What other services, that meet this need, are available to the offender in this jurisdiction? Community Programs do exist that address some of the needs of these populations. Through the Department’s Memorandum of Understanding with Austin Travis County MHMR, officers have regular and frequent contact with MHMR/ANEW, Psychiatric Emergency Services, Medication Support, and Oak Springs. Other programs utilized include the Supervised Living Program, Texas WorkSource, DSHS, Social Security Administration, and Texas Rehabilitation Commission. Proposal Element 3: TARGET POPULATION Please note that the Target Population element does not require narrative description. TDCJ-CJAD staff will gather additional information from the MCSCR, Offender Profile Data, and CSTS. a. Felony only Misdemeanor only Both b. Male only Female only Both c. Age restriction? No Yes If yes, describe: d. Offense-related characteristics or exclusions NONE e. Are participant referrals accepted from outside your jurisdiction? If yes, what proportion are from other jurisdictions 5 %. f. Is this program designed to serve any specific cultural, ethnic, or gender group? No Yes 87 No Yes If yes, please identify and cite proportions, if applicable. g. Is this program designed to serve MHMR participants? No Yes h. Are participants who are not on community supervision accepted in this program? (e.g. pre-trial, jail inmates, state jail confinees, family members, or others) No Yes If yes, please identify. i. Do participants meet specifications in TX Government Code §76.017 Treatment Alternative to Incarceration Program (TAIP)?{This applies to TAIP programs ONLY} No Yes N/A 88 Proposal Element 4: PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND PROCESS REQUIRED STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES Mentally Retarded/Developmentally Disabled/Head Injured This population of offenders demonstrates a wide variety of needs. These needs were and are best met in what Travis County believes is a continuum of services/sanctions within this population. For purposes of this program description, MR/DD/Head Injured offenders are offenders who demonstrate an IQ of 70 or below, have a documented history of specialized academic, vocational or life skills training, deficits in one or more adaptive behavior patterns, documented organic or developmental impairment in mental abilities, chronic mental/or physical disabilities that result in substantial limitation in three or more of the following major life activities: Self-Care, Mobility, Self-Direction, Capacity for Independent Living, Learning, Economic Self- Sufficiency, Language. The term "developmentally disabled" includes the mentally retarded, borderline mentally retarded and learning disabled. The capacity for these special needs caseloads is 45 offenders. The caseloads are designed to address criminogenic needs of offenders such as criminal thinking errors, education, and employment and substance abuse needs, if applicable. Officers are adept at developing and locating additional resources in the community that address the bulk of these offenders' basic needs, including substance abuse treatment, housing, Social Security benefits, etc. Frequent contact is kept with Texas Rehabilitation Commission, Social Security Administration, MHMR/ANEW Program, etc. A. Referrals to ANEW/Health/Mental Retardation and/or residential placement should be completed within the first five- (5) working days of initial CSO contact. B. Strategies for Case Supervision (SCS) interview will be completed within forty-five (45) days. C. Offenders will have a minimum of three face-to-face contacts with at least one being a field visit per month. In addition, the Probation Officer should have monthly contact with the offender's counselor or caseworker when enrolled in ANEW or other similarly structured programs. All cases being considered for transfer to regular supervision will be staffed with the Community Supervision Manager or Senior Community Supervision Officer. Due to the chronic nature of MR/DD/HI cases, offenders may be exited from Intensive Probation (SCP) for the Mentally Retarded/ Developmentally Disabled/ Head Injured to a regular field caseload if one of the following criteria has been met: 1. Documented improvement in adaptive behavior skills indicating that the offender can be self-sufficient in the community. 2. Transfer of case management for the offender to a community agency charged with responsibility for the mentally retarded. Documentation of offender compliance to conditions of supervision is completed by the supervising CSO. Unsuccessful discharge from the caseload will be defined as a subsequent offense leading to revocation or absconding. Non-compliance with administrative conditions which are indicative of needing additional services in the Department’s continuum of sanction will not result in an unsuccessful discharge. Responsivity This program recognizes the principles of responsivity in developing and implementing the program design. Responsivity issues are initially addressed during the screening/placement process. When appropriate, staff assignment will include the offender being matched with a CSO/Counselor/designated staff whose 89 characteristics would be most effective in establishing rapport with the offender. All direct service staff will receive special needs population training to enhance responsivity and ensure effective service delivery. Additionally, staff will be trained in motivational enhancement techniques. Tracking On an annual basis, the Department will track program outputs and monitor outcomes to assess utilization of services and supervision activities. SOP Existing SOPs are on file and available for review. REFERRAL PROCESS Court Ordered Assessment Process Self Referral Other: 90 PARTICIPANT ACTIVITIES A. Proposal Element 4 Participant Activities Mentally Retarded/Developmentally Disabled/Head Injured Tasks Strategies Process Activities Learn Probation Conditions Discuss Intake Plan Information Key Strategy Plan reassessment Reassessment Report to CSO 2X Monthly UA’s 1 X per month Program Services Monthly status updates UA tests Complete Monthly FV Monthly status updates Treatment Team Meetings Report to MHMR Quarterly status updates Assessment, medication compliance, case mgt General Orientation Classes Interviews and Assessments Cognitive etc. Month Month 1 2 1 hour per month 2 hours per month 2X a month 2X a month Once a Once a month month 1½ 1½ hour hours weekly weekly Once a Once a month month 2X per month Month 3 Month 5 Month 6 Month 7 Month 8 Month 9 Month 10 Month 11 Month 12 2X a month 2 hours per month 2X a month 2X a month 2X a month 2X a month 2X a month 2X a month 2X a month Once a Once a month month Once a month Once a month 1½ hour weekly 1½ hour weekly 1½ hour weekly Once a Once a month month Once a month Once a month Once a Once a Once a Once a Once a Once a month month month month month month 2X per month 1 hour per month 2X per month 1 hour 1 hour per per month month 2X per 2X per 2X per 2X per 2X per 2X per month month month month month month 2X a month Month 4 2X a month 1 hour per month 2X per 2X per 2X per month month month FV = Field Visit 91 1½ hour weekly Once a Once a Once a Once a Once a Once a month month month month month month 1½ hour weekly 1½ hour weekly 1½ hour weekly CHOICE OF PROGRAM DESIGN A 1999 Department of Justice Report indicates that 16% of offenders in prison or on probation are considered to have a serious illness, with another 3% considered mentally retarded or significantly developmentally delayed (Offender Programs Report 1998). In Texas, a data linkage between TDCJ-CJAD and MHMR led to a projection that as many as 54,000 community supervisees may also be receiving services from MHMR (Oswalt, Texas Supervision, Aug. 2000). The rules and logic of our justice system make an implicit assumption that the individual perpetrator is responsible for his/her behavior and fully culpable if determined guilty. This paradigm of justice does not fit well with the ambiguity of the reality of mentally impaired individuals who have diminished abilities to make decisions regarding criminal behavior and are easily exploited by more sophisticated criminals. This is further complicated by chemical addiction. Poverty exacerbates the problems of obtaining adequate medical and/or legal assistance. Poverty is more likely to be a negative factor for minorities in the United States. There are at least four factors that significantly contribute to the mental impairment-criminal justice link: De institualization of the mentally impaired without concomitant safety nets. As institutions closed or drastically downsized, the number of community programs created has been highly inadequate and under-funded. Community clinics at which individuals could receive medication were not always available. There was little encouragement and supervision of medication regimen and few processes to encourage individual or group therapy. According to the American Probation and Parole Association, Texas is one of the few states in the country that has a funded state entity specifically for mentally impaired offenders: TCOOMMI, Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments. The goal of TCOOMMI is to provide a comprehensive continuity of care system for special needs offenders through collaboration and coordination. Most offenders are indigent. Community Supervision Officers supervising the mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, or head injured offender need additional specialized training, expertise, and more time to supervise these offenders. Specialized training is necessary to identify mental health issues, coordinate services, and assist the courts in determining alternatives to avoiding revocations for offenders who are not fully capable of meeting all the terms and conditions of community supervision. PROGRAM STAFF AND PROGRAM STAFF ACTIVITIES 1. Staff (Title): Community Supervision Officer Process activities: Supervise offenders with MR/DD/HI issues 2. Staff (Title): Secretary Process activities: Provide clerical support to CSOs. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM DATA Please indicate that program design and/or staff training includes sensitivity to gender, race, ethnicity, culture and differing physical abilities. YES 92 Proposal Element 5. PROGRAM MILESTONES Is this a new program? No Yes If yes, please complete milestones chart. If no, this element if optional. Do not insert if chart is blank. 93 PROJECTED PROGRAM OUTPUTS/OUTCOMES FOR FY 2006 - 2007 DATA FORM Program Title: MR/DD/HI Caseload Chief CSCD County: Travis Program Code: SCP D Facility Category: NA Data Contact Person: Lila Oshatz Projected Number to be served: 110 General Instructions: The purpose of this form is to provide projections for services that will be provided with funding obtained from the program proposal. Provide projections for the applicable information for the services offered to participants during the funding cycle. Only include services that will be paid for from the program proposal award. Do not include referrals or other services that will be provided to program participants outside the program proposal. Complete a separate form for each program code that was listed on the CSCDP Cover Sheet. Please provide counts, not percents, and make sure all blanks are filled. Answer with “N/A” if not applicable. A. Group/Individual Counseling Number of Participants NA B. Urinalysis Tests Number of Individuals Tested NA-See Program Services Proposal C. Academic Education Services Number of Participants Number Mandated by CCP 42.12 Sec. 11(g) Number of GEDs obtained NA NA NA D. Electronic Monitoring Number of Participants NA E. Cognitive Training/Cognitive Behavioral Number of Participants NA F. Substance Abuse Education Number of Participants NA G. Employment Services Number of Participants Number who secured employment for 3 days or longer NA NA H. Victim Services Number of Victims Served Number of Victim-Impact panels held Number of Victim-Offender mediations completed NA NA NA Outcomes – Successful Program Completion Number of participants successfully completing the program Date: March 1, 2005 94 55