(a) Each grant recipient shall be required to establish and track outcome measures, including, but not limited to:
(1) Annual recidivism rates, including technical parole violations and new offenses.
(2) The number and percent of participants successfully completing parole.
(3) The number and percent of participants engaged in part-time or full-time employment, enrolled in higher education or vocational training, receiving drug and substance abuse treatment, or receiving mental health treatment.
(4) The number and percent of participants that obtain stable housing, including the type of housing.
(b) The Division of Juvenile Justice, in consultation with the Corrections Standards Authority, the Chief Probation Officers of California, and experts in the field of California juvenile justice programs, shall create an evaluation design for the Juvenile Justice Community Reentry Challenge Grant Program that will assess the effectiveness of the program. The division shall develop an interim report to be submitted to the Legislature on or before March 1, 2009, and a final analysis of the grant program in a report to be submitted to the Legislature on or before March 1, 2011.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 69, Sec. 35. Effective July 12, 2006.)
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