Sec. 17a-55. Awarding of grants to community service programs based upon effectiveness.
Sec. 17a-55. Awarding of grants to community service programs based upon
effectiveness. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall implement a system
of awarding grants to community service programs whereby such programs are funded
proportionate to their effectiveness in treating clients of the department. The evaluation
of a program shall be based on (1) an analysis of program outcomes; (2) an assessment
of needs for treatment services in each service delivery area; and (3) the availability of
the program to clients of the department. The Department of Children and Families shall
collect, maintain and analyze the data to be used in the evaluation process on an ongoing
basis. The commissioner shall impose a probationary period on a program found to be
ineffective and shall propose requirements for the improvement of such a program. The
commissioner shall determine the length of the probationary period and shall cease to
fund a program which has not met the proposed requirements for improvement within
such period.
(P.A. 91-268, S. 2, 4; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 05-246, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department
of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 05-246 amended Subdiv. (2) to delete "regional" and add
provision re assessment of needs for treatment services in each service delivery area, effective July 8, 2005.