CT Judicial Branch Court Support Services Division What

CT Judicial Branch Court Support Services Division

What is CDCS? • CSSD’s Contractor Data Collection System • A secure, user friendly, web-based data collection tool • An evidenced-based on-going quality improvement tool

CDCS Provides Outcome Data (A Critical Part of the Frameworks for Effective Treatment) Assessment Referral Treatment • Reduce recidivism • Enhance community safety • Instill long term positive change in offender behavior Outcomes

When coupled with CSSD’s Case Management Information System and recidivism data, CDCS provides a comprehensive picture CSSD’s CMIS Recidivis m Data

CDCS Allows Data to be Viewed: • At an individual client level • Aggregated to a specific program location • Aggregated across an entire program model such as an AIC • Allows comparison across an entire system, such as CSSD adult services

CSSD Models Currently Using CDCS ADULT/FAMILY • Alternative in the Community (AIC) • STARS (gender specific) • Family Violence Education Program (FVEP), Evolve, Explore • Adult Behavioral Health Services (ABHS) – In implementation phase JUVENILE • Youth Equipped for Success (YES) • Family Support Centers (FSC) • Center for Assessment, Respite and Enrichment (CARE)

CDCS Data Elements CDCS data elements are customized to each service model. Typical elements include: • Referral • Intake • Assessment • Services • Community Based Service Referrals • Program Discharge

CDCS allows ad hoc and standardized reporting • Risk Reduction Indicators (Measures and goals selected using the RBA framework) • Lists (such as active client lists, discharged client lists, and wait lists) • Completion information (such as completion rates by location, by demographic categories, breakdowns of reasons clients don’t complete) • Client Level Reports (such as discharge reports and progress reports)