Sec. 17a-22c. Performance measures for Connecticut Community KidCare. Curricula and training. Evaluation.
Sec. 17a-22c. Performance measures for Connecticut Community KidCare.
Curricula and training. Evaluation. (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families
and the Commissioner of Social Services shall establish performance measures in the
areas of finance, administration, utilization, client satisfaction, quality and access for
Connecticut Community KidCare.
(b) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall develop and implement,
within available appropriations, culturally appropriate and competency-based curricula
including best practices for the care of children and youths with, or at risk of, behavioral
health needs and offer training to all willing persons involved in Connecticut Community
KidCare, including, but not limited to, employees in education and child care and appropriate employees within the judicial system.
(c) The Commissioners of Children and Families and Social Services shall, within
available appropriations, design and conduct a five-year independent longitudinal evaluation with evaluation goals and methods utilizing an independent evaluator. The evaluation shall assess changes in outcomes for individual children, youths and families, evaluate the effectiveness of the overall initiative in the early phases to guide future expansion
of Connecticut Community KidCare and examine benefits, costs and cost avoidance
achieved by it. Such evaluation may include, but is not limited to, the following: (1)
Utilization of out-of-home placements; (2) adherence to system of care principles; (3)
school attendance; (4) delinquency recidivism rates; (5) satisfaction of families and
children and youths with Connecticut Community KidCare as assessed through client
satisfaction surveys; (6) coordination of Connecticut Community KidCare with the juvenile justice, child protection, adult behavioral health and education systems; and (7) the
quality of transition services.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 46, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131; P.A. 06-196, S. 117.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of June Sp.
Sess. P.A. 01-2 but without affecting this section; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes in Subsecs. (b) and (c), effective
June 7, 2006.