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Board hears Department of Corrections audit update; referral agreements and data sharing among priorities
Summary
Board members were briefed on a Department of Corrections audit and new state expectations: set evidence-based goals, update referral agreements, improve assessment data sharing with providers and enhance QA and staff training. The board received the final audit with no corrective actions.
Members of the Morgan County Community Corrections Board spent part of the Feb. 1 meeting reviewing the implications of a Department of Corrections audit and related administrative changes. Speaker 2 summarized that the state audit requires agencies to set and report evidence-based goals, update referral agreements to share risk-assessment information with providers and strengthen quality assurance for risk assessments.
Speaker 2 said the local advisory group completed a workshop on an evidence-based step model, finalized local data reports with state staff and approved the SCA 9 report for submission to the state JARAC. Speaker 1 said the county received the final audit result and that no corrective action findings were issued. DOC staff identified that the program should use a project 'cert file' number in project-data records; Speaker 1 told the board they plan to assign project number 1122 for project income tracking.
Board members discussed practical next steps: updating referral agreements with service providers, improving staff training and establishing quarterly DOC check-ins to demonstrate progress toward the newly required evidence-based goals. No regulatory changes were enacted by the board; the items are administrative and procedural steps to meet state requirements. The board asked staff to return with updated referral agreements and a plan for sharing assessment information with contracted providers ahead of the next reporting cycle.
What happens next: staff will prepare revised referral agreements and a training plan and will report progress to the board in upcoming quarterly meetings.
