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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 16.17.02.07" title_num="16" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="02" heading="Program Accountability.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Monitoring.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The basic task involved in monitoring is to determine whether the program is providing services in compliance with the contract. The primary data collected shall be the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Number of clients served annually;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Age, sex, race, address, offense or activity which led to referral, and prior offense history, if any, for each client served; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Services which are provided to each client.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The tools used to monitor diversion programs are:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The quarterly reporting form;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>On-site visits conducted at least once during the contract year;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Case reviews.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Irregularities indicated in the quarterly report shall be brought to the attention of the program. Additional information may be required.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Evaluation.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The basic evaluative tool to be used for determining effectiveness is the comprehensive follow-up. Data on the adjudication status of a diversion program's formal caseload will be reported at the quarter of termination, and 1 and 2 years after termination.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The extent of adjudication among the youth intensively served will be verified by examining, when possible, records retained by the Department of Juvenile Services. Records and reports from other agencies and self-reported information from youth served may be accepted also.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The method used to obtain adjudication information will be identified in the evaluative report. This evaluation shall show the effect of a program on the delinquent behavior of its participants (as measured by whether they are adjudicated). Individual diversion programs may use their own staff or field work students and volunteers to produce evaluations of a more sophisticated nature.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Data shall be collected on all services rendered. The effectiveness of some of these services is less measurable but may be important in examining the long range impact of diversion programs on juvenile behavior.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>