Oregon Statutes - Chapter 417 - Interstate Compacts on Juveniles and Children; Children and Family Services - Section 417.797 - Responsibility; requirements; review of outcomes.

(1) Each state agency or other entity that is responsible for a component of the local coordinated comprehensive plan shall ensure that a biennial evaluation of the plan component is conducted according to a consistent framework. The program evaluation shall include:

(a) An identified goal and associated Oregon benchmarks;

(b) Proven practices of effectiveness and related Oregon data;

(c) A target population and a description of local service systems that may be used in identifying, screening, recruiting and serving the target population;

(d) Specific intermediate outcomes that measure progress in addressing risk contributors or developing core supports and competencies and specific tools and data sources to measure the intermediate outcomes;

(e) Baseline data about the incidence of risk and asset and support factors with the goal of measuring change over time, including an assessment of local need;

(f) Measures of fiscal accountability;

(g) Identified roles and responsibilities for state agencies and local partners and performance measures to evaluate effectiveness in agreed-upon roles; and

(h) Measures of the change in coordination among service providers and programs as a result of the local plan, including increases in access to services.

(2) The State Commission on Children and Families shall disclose the results of the evaluations to any person upon request.

(3) The Oregon Progress Board shall conduct a review of the intermediate outcome targets achieved by local coordinated comprehensive plans in accordance with ORS 417.735 (3)(c) for the purpose of identifying progress in achieving outcomes specified in local plans. The Oregon Progress Board shall coordinate the review with the evaluations conducted according to subsection (1) of this section. [1999 c.1053 §19; 2003 c.148 §4]

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