Common use of DMC Assessment Clause in Contracts

DMC Assessment. ‌ (a) Within six months of the Effective Date, JCMSC shall identify all data collection needs to engage in a thorough evaluation of DMC at each major Decision Point along of the stages of juvenile justice. (b) Within nine months of the Effective Date, JCMSC shall augment the appropriate data collection method to assist in its evaluation of its DMC levels, causes, and reduction. The method shall include an assessment of the following areas within JCMSC and Shelby County related to comparisons of white and African-American children, as well as any additional population groups which constitute five percent or more of the juveniles referred to JCMSC in the preceding year: (i) Relative rate index for each Decision Point, including, but not limited to, pre-adjudication detention, diversion, and transfers; (ii) A comparison of JCMSC, the County’s, and the State’s RRI with the national RRI data; (iii) Referring agencies, types of offenses referred by each particular agency; offense severity referred by the agency; and resources offered to Children within the referring agency’s jurisdiction; (iv) Number of Children in detention over a set period of time, their risk assessment scores, the component parts of their risk assessment scores, the recommended actions from their risk assessment scores, their social factors, whether they were placed in alternative programs, and the outcomes of those alternative programs; (v) Available diversion options for Children appearing before JCMSC. This shall account for the options available in different geographic regions of the County; and (vi) Number of youth formally considered for transfer to adult court and the number actually certified for transfer. (c) Within six months of the Effective Date, JCMSC shall identify staffing needs to collect, evaluate, and report DMC data as required by this Agreement. JCMSC shall assign additional staff required within nine months. (d) Within six months of the Effective Date, the Shelby County Mayor shall appoint a coordinator responsible for oversight of the progress on reducing DMC on the part of JCMSC and other departments and agencies of Shelby County Government that he may select in the exercise of his sound discretion. (e) Within six months of the Effective Date, JCMSC shall also identify and designate a point of contact (“POC”) within each department responsible for delinquency matters before the court – including, but not limited to, probation, detention, and the Juvenile Court Magistrates – to report on and evaluate the department’s DMC reduction efforts. (f) JCMSC shall collect data and information required by this Agreement to determine where DMC occurs. This collection effort shall begin within nine months of the Effective Date. In particular, JCMSC shall determine the specific Decision Points where DMC occurs. This shall include geographic regions, referring agency (including individual schools) and the Decision Points noted in the DOJ Report of Findings, namely, detention, alternatives to detention, and transfer recommendations. An analysis of this data shall be conducted on an annual basis. (g) Within six months of the Effective Date, JCMSC shall assess the impact of its current policies, procedures, and programs on DMC levels at each Decision Point. JCMSC shall conduct an inventory of the available services and diversion options by race, ethnicity, and geographic region. The inventory shall measure, at minimum, the availability of family therapy, parent training, cognitive-behavioral treatment, mentoring, academic skills enhancement, afterschool recreation, vocational/job training, and wraparound services. This assessment shall include an analysis of JCMSC’s current agreements with law enforcement, schools, social services agencies, and the cities and towns within Shelby County. (h) Within nine months of the Effective Date, JCMSC shall complete and implement its strategic plan to reduce DMC. A committee shall be formed to oversee the execution of the strategic plan. The committee shall consider further development of diversion programs including community service, informal hearings, family group conferences, victim impact panels, victim-offender mediation, mentoring, teen courts, restitution, and other restorative justice strategies. The committee shall recommend changes to the plan based on experience of success or failures in implementation.