Section 3: Routine Assessment and Self-Evaluation

Resources

1. Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). Center for Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement. State and local agencies will find useful resources for planning and implementing program evaluations and for developing and collecting program performance measures at this site.

2. Council of State Governments. 2005. Report of the Re-entry Policy Council: Charting the Safe and Successful Return of Prisoners to the Community.

3. Denver’s Crime Prevention and Control Commission. Quarterly progress report of TJC system service providers including basic performance measures.

4. Denver. Community Reentry Project (CRP) Evaluation. A two page self-report survey from Denver’s Community Reentry Project designed to determine how clients perceive the programmatic staff and programs.

5. Fresno County, CA. Fresno County presentation on the TJC Unit to the CCP.

6. Domurad, Frank and Mark Carey (2010). Coaching Packet: Implementing Evidence-Based Practices. The Center for Effective Public Policy.

7. Klekamp, Jane (2012). An Investment in the Future: La Crosse County Charts a Course for Transition from Jail to the Community. National Jail Exchange. This report examines La Crosse, Wisconsin implementation of the Transition from Jail to Community Initiative.

8.Moore, Byron. 2008. Programs Unit Report: Jail Re-Entry. Multnomah County Sheriff's Office.

10. The Omni Institute (OMNI). Online survey and cover letter developed by OMNI institute to learn more about Denver’s reentry process.

11. Orange County, CA. Transitional Reentry Center Exit Interview on Program Responsivity.

12. Orlando, FL., Inmate Re-Entry Program Review Score Sheet. The process evaluation was designed by the Orange County, Florida, Corrections Department as an easy-to-use program review score sheet for its reentry program to determine if the program was in compliance with the department’s standards.

13. Process and Systems Change Evaluation Findings from the Transition from Jail to Community Initiative (2012). This report examines the six Phase 1 sites' TJC implementation experiences and presents findings from the cross-site systems change evaluation.

14. Urban Institute. Outcome evaluations require some level of statistical knowledge. Click here for a brief discussion of descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate statistics.

15. Urban Institute. Excel formula tutorial to help agencies evaluate the number of unique bookings.

16. Urban Institute and Douglas County, KS. Transition from Jail to the Community Stakeholder Survey.

17. Urban Institute. TJC Core Leaders Phone Interviews. 2009. A guide to evaluate TJC progress.

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