Core Activities
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Likely Action Steps
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By the end of the Phase II, the EBDM Site will have…
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Build a genuine, collaborative policy team. |
- Administer a policy team collaboration survey (one or more times).
- Establish ground rules and operating norms.
- Develop a shared vision statement.
- Articulate roles and responsibilities of team members.
- Develop “One Less” individual statements and a team document that reflects these statements.
- Take other steps to build/enhance the collaborative climate of the policy teams.
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- a highly functioning collaborative policy team.
- a shared vision for the criminal justice system.
- a track record of meaningful team accomplishments.
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Build individual agencies that are collaborative and in a state of readiness for change. |
- Administer an agency-based collaboration survey (one or more times).
- Engage staff in the EBDM initiative in specific, purposeful ways (e.g., establish an internal working team to collect information, provide input, and assist in specific objectives).
- Develop specific action items to address learnings from the survey.
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- agencies that demonstrate a collaborative climate and readiness for change.
- an engaged staff that provides meaningful, ongoing input into evidence-based policy and practice changes.
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Understand current practice within each agency and across the system. |
- Develop a system map.
- Conduct policy/practice assessment around each decision point to determine the use of evidence-based practices/decision making and continuous quality improvement (CQI) competencies.
- Gather baseline data.
- Identify strengths/challenges and targets of change.
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- a full understanding of the basis upon which decisions are made at key points within and across agencies.
- a set of agreed-upon strengths.
- a set of agreed-upon targets for change.
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Understand and have the capacity to implement evidence-based practices. |
- Administer a knowledge survey to the policy team and agency staff.
- Assess staff skills in core competency areas.
- Develop specific strategies to augment knowledge and competencies, where needed.
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- a common understanding of the research (and its limitations) across all relevant agencies/staff.
- an understanding of the implications of these findings for future policy and practice.
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Develop logic models. |
- Administer a knowledge survey to the policy team and agency staff.
- Assess staff skills in core competency areas.
- Develop specific strategies to augment knowledge and competencies, where needed.
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- a common understanding of the research (and its limitations) across all relevant agencies/staff.
- an understanding of the implications of these findings for future policy and practice.
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Establish performance measures, determine outcomes, and develop a system scorecard. |
- Agree on key definitions (e.g., “recidivism,” “probation violation”).
- Develop scorecard items/outcomes.
- Identify performance measures.
- Assess data system capacity/collection methods.
- Build capacity, where needed.
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- a set of agreed-upon performance measures that will enable an objective, empirical evaluation of the effectiveness of the justice system agencies in achieving their agreed vision.
- benchmarks against which longer-term outcomes can be measured.
- methods to collect and analyze data on an ongoing basis to inform policy and practice.
- a systemwide scorecard
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Engage and gain the support of a broader set of stakeholders and the community. |
- Conduct a public opinion survey.
- Compile information/a clear set of messages the team and individual stakeholders can use to inform and engage the community.
- Define the desired role of the community in justice system activities.
- Identify individuals/groups within the community who are appropriate for outreach.
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- a strategy for engaging additional stakeholders and the community in meaningful dialogue about the vision/goals of the justice system, the state of knowledge and research, and the system’s performance in achieving these goals.
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Engage and gain the support of a broader set of stakeholders and the community. Develop a strategic action plan for implementation. |
- Conduct an analysis of potential barriers to implementation.
- Develop a plan of action for implementing specific policy and practice changes—who, what, when, where, how.
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- a clear, specific, measurable plan for implementing policy and practice changes that advance evidence-based decision making and further support the achievement of the justice system’s vision and goals.
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