The author(s) shown below used Federal funding provided by the U.S. Department of Justice to prepare the following resource: Document Title: Initiative to Develop Juvenile Reentry Measurement Standards: Final Technical Report Author(s): Kim Godfrey Document Number: 254456 Date Received: December 2019 Award Number: 2015-CZ-BX-K002 This resource has not been published by the U.S. Department of Justice. This resource is being made publically available through the Office of Justice Programs’ National Criminal Justice Reference Service. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. This resource was prepared by the author(s) using Federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Justice. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP JUVENILE REENTRY MEASUREMENT STANDARDS Grant# 2015-CZ-BX-K002 Final Technical Report Submitted by Kim Godfrey, Principal Investigator Executive Director, Performance-based Standards Learning Institute, Inc. Sept. 30, 2019 Reentry Measurement Standards Final Report | Page I Copyright © 2019 PbS Learning Institute | https://pbstandards.org This resource was prepared by the author(s) using Federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Justice. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. This report was prepared by the PbS Learning Institute, Inc., a national non-profit established in 2004 to expand and sustain the Performance-based Standards (PbS) continuous improvement system, and was supported by the cooperative agreement# 2015-CZ-BX-K002 awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Justice. Copyright 2019 PbS Learning Institute, Inc. 639 Granite St., Suite 112 Braintree, MA 02184 Suggested cite: Godfrey, Kim. 2019. Initiative to Develop Juvenile Reentry Measurement Standards, Final Technical Report. Braintree, MA: PbS Learning Institute, Inc. Reentry Measurement Standards Final Report | Page II Copyright © 2019 PbS Learning Institute | https://pbstandards.org This resource was prepared by the author(s) using Federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Justice. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Preface It has been an inspiring and challenging task to develop a set of reentry measurement standards to provide the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice (OJJDP) with a set of aspirational standards to lead and promote reforms in juvenile reentry as well as the data needed to assess and monitor the quality of services delivered. We submit these standards amidst a time when funding for reentry initiatives and a need for guidance about what works in reentry continue to dominate many national agencies’ priority lists. Connecting the right youths to the right reentry services, which are implemented the right way, remains a challenge across the country. The report and the recommended standards and data collection surveys provide a blueprint for lasting nationwide improvement. This project benefited greatly from support to begin with a focus on the available research and field practices to ground the final recommendations in what’s proven to work in juvenile reentry with the work currently being done across the country. We are grateful for the research review conducted by our partners at the Vera Institute of Justice Ryan Shanahan, Research Director, and Jennifer Ferone, Research Project Director, which provided a strong foundation for the standards’ development. That foundation was complemented by a national field scan thanks to the work and dedication of Ned Loughran, former executive director of the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (CJCA), Patricia Seekell, PbS Program Specialist, Barbara Chayt, PbS Coach and Darlene Conroy, CJCA Executive Assistant. Our work was further refined thanks to the feedback from more than 225 individuals – juvenile justice professionals, academics, researchers, practitioners, youths – who shared their time, experiences, ideas and recommendations to make the final standards a continuous improvement model that will help us better understand how youths are prepared and ready for reentry. We are proud to present this report and the recommendations for implementation to juvenile justice leadership to use to support states, tribes and communities in the development and implementation of effective and equitable juvenile justice systems that enhance public safety, ensures youths are held appropriately accountable and empowers them to lead productive, law-abiding lives. Kim Godfrey, Principal Investigator Executive Director, PbS Reentry Measurement Standards Final Report | Page III Copyright © 2019 PbS Learning Institute | https://pbstandards.org This resource was prepared by the author(s) using Federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Justice. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. This page is intentionally left blank. Reentry Measurement Standards Final Report | Page IV Copyright © 2019 PbS Learning Institute | https://pbstandards.org This resource was prepared by the author(s) using Federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Justice. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Acknowledgments This project was supported by grant number 2015-CZ-BX-K002 awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view expressed in this document are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of OJJDP or the U.S. Department of Justice. The project team would like to thank our program officials Benjamin Adams, Social Science Analyst and Keith Towery, Grant Management Specialist at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and members of the Technical Working Group for providing insight, expertise and constructive suggestions at critical points in the process: Lisa Bjergaard, Director, North Dakota Division of Juvenile Services; Jeff Butts, Director, Research & Evaluation Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Gregg Croteau, Executive Director, UTEC, Inc.; Michael Dempsey, Executive Director, CJCA; Wendi Faulkner, Assistant Executive Director, CJCA; Peter Forbes, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Youth Services; Mark Greenwald, Bureau Chief, Research and Data Integrity, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice; Phil Harris, Associate Professor Emeritus, Temple University, Department of Criminal Justice; Melissa Sickmund, Director, National Center for Juvenile Justice; Gina Vincent, Director of Transitional Law and Psychiatry Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Josh Weber, Program Director, Juvenile Justice, Council of State Governments; and local youth Malcolm. Special thanks to the PbS Board of Directors and coaches as well as other reviewers and collaborators including: Samantha Harvell, Principal Policy Associate, Urban Institute; Jasmine Hayes, Deputy Director, United States Interagency Council on Homelessness; G. Roger Jarjoura, Principal Researcher, American Institutes for Research; Michael Jackiewicz, Director of Quality Assurance at OIC of America; Kent Pekel, President and CEO, Search Institute; and Mary Ann Scali, Executive Director, National Juvenile Defender Center. We would like to express our deep appreciation for the 225 dedicated chief executive officers, program directors, managers and line staff, probation and case workers, private providers and family representatives we spoke with during field testing to collect feedback about the content and value of the standards. Their insight grounded our work in the field’s needs and guided the reentry standards’ development to translate research into practices and measures that are meaningful for daily operations, set high expectations and offer a path to achieve positive results. This report is submitted in honor of Edward J. “Ned” Loughran, founding executive director of the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (CJCA) until his passing in 2016. Ned was our partner in this endeavor, bringing his passion and wisdom for young offenders and juvenile justice systems to every discussion and decision. He is missed. His work lives on in the reentry standards presented in this report in addition to many other CJCA initiatives. Reentry Measurement Standards Final Report | Page V Copyright © 2019 PbS Learning Institute | https://pbstandards.org This resource was prepared by the author(s) using Federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Justice. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the