Transcript Document 7908246

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
Recidivism
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)