NCJ Number
47644
Date Published
1975
Length
115 pages
Annotation
PROJECT COORDINATION REQUIREMENTS, CLIENT PROCESSING PROCEDURE, PROGRAM EVALUATION AND RESOURCE PLANNING, PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS, AND OFFICE MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES ARE DISCUSSED.
Abstract
THE SERVICE INTEGRATION FOR DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION (SID) RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECT DEVELOPED A SYSTEMATIC, SERVICE-INTEGRATING PROCEDURE FOR THE ORDERLY DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION OF MENTALLY ILL, MENTALLY RETARDED, AND JUVENILE OFFENDER RESIDENTS OF STATE INSTITUTIONS. THIS VOLUME OF A MULTIVOLUME FINAL REPORT PRESENTS IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES FOR USE BY THOSE INTERESTED IN THE APPLICATION OF THE SID MODEL. IN CONSIDERING COORDINATION REQUIREMENTS, THE DECISION TO IMPLEMENT, DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM DIRECTOR/COORDINATOR, COORDINATION AT STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS, AND MAINTENANCE AND MOVEMENT ARE GIVEN SPECIAL ATTENTION. IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE CLIENTPROCESSING PROCEDURE, IT IS NOTED THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE PROCESS DEPENDS ON RAPID AND ACCURATE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION, WITH THE BULK OF THE INFORMATION HAVING TO DO WITH THE INDIVIDUAL CLIENT. THE MODEL IS SHOWN TO PROVIDE STRUCTURED PROCEDURES FOR THE COLLECTION, COMPILATION, AND DISSEMINATION OF THIS CLIENT DATA. EVALUATION AND RESOURCE PLANNING ARE PRESENTED TO SHOW THAT THE MOST USEFUL INFORMATION COMES FROM RESPONSES TO EMPIRICAL QUESTIONS GENERATED BY THE PROGRAM'S OBJECTIVES. PERSONNEL AND THEIR FUNCTIONS ARE IDENTIFIED AND DISCUSSED. IT IS INDICATED THAT OFFICE MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES ARE ESSENTIALLY ACCOMMODATED TO THE PARTICULAR STATE'S PERSONNEL AND PAY REGULATIONS AND THE WORK REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM. TABLES ON AUTOMATED INDIVIDUAL CASE MANAGEMENT REPORTS AND PROGRAM EVALUATION REPORTS ARE INCLUDED, AND THE APPENDIXES CONTAIN DETAILED DISCUSSIONS AND SAMPLE FORMS PERTAINING TO MATTERS DISCUSSED IN THE BODY OF THE REPORT.