CASE MANAGEMENT CORRECTIONS SERVICES PROJECT - EVALUATION REPORT NO 5 - PRELIMINARY INDIVIDUAL PLANS AND OUTCOME ASSESSMENT

• NCJ Number: 28856
• Author(s): D BROWN; C GOFF
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 6 pages
• Grant Number(s): 74-NI-10-0002
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Oregon Law Enforcement Council
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF TECHNIQUE AND FINDINGS FROM THE APPLICATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL PLANS AND OUTCOMES (IPO) PROCESS TO THE CLIENT'S STAFFING UPON ENTRY TO THIS PROJECT PROVIDING COMMUNITY-BASED PROBATION SERVICES TO PORTLAND JUVENILES.

Abstract

THE IPO PROCESS IS A CASEWORK-EVALUATION TECHNIQUE DESIGNED TO ASSIST IN ARTICULATING SPECIFIC CLIENT-LEVEL PROBLEM AREAS, IN DEVISING A COURSE OF PLANNED ACTION, AND FOLLOW-UP MEASUREMENT RELATIVE TO THE SPECIFIC PROBLEM AREAS. THIS REPORT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE TYPES OF CLIENT PROBLEM AREAS TOWARDS WHICH SERVICES ARE DIRECTED AND A MEASUREABLE INDICATION OF THE 'OUTCOMES'. THE IPO TECHNIQUE WAS IMPLEMENTED DURING AUGUST 1973 AND DATA IS INCLUDED THROUGH JANUARY 1975 ON 96 CLIENTS (22 PER CENT OF THE CLIENTS ASSIGNED TO THE PROJECT DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. EACH IPO WAS SCORED FOR THE CLIENT'S PERFORMANCE AT THE TIME OF IPO CONSTRUCTION AND AT THE PRESCRIBED FOLLOW-UP DATE. CLIENT IMPROVEMENT, AS MEASURED BY PRE AND POST-IPO MEASUREMENTS, WAS SIGNIFICANT BEYOND THE .001 LEVEL. FIVE PROBLEM AREAS EDUCATION, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, WORK, TIME STRUCTURING, AND LEGAL - ACCOUNTED FOR 70 PER CENT OF THE SCALES CONSTRUCTED. EDUCATION AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS/SOCIAL ACTIVITIES WERE THE TWO MOST FREQUENT PROBLEM AREAS ENCOUNTERED.