Connecticut General Statutes Title 46B. Family Law § 46b-121o. Recidivism reduction framework for the juvenile justice system

Not later than January 1, 2017, the Department of Children and Families and the Judicial Department shall work with private providers of services to adopt and adhere to an empirically supported recidivism reduction framework for the juvenile justice system pursuant to this chapter. Such framework shall: (1) Include risk and needs assessment tools; (2) employ treatment matching protocols that assess the needs of the child and risks such child faces; (3) employ cross-agency measurements of program outcomes and training and quality assurance processes; (4) employ program and practice monitoring and accountability; (5) draw from best and evidence-based practices from an inventory of such practices updated by the departments annually; (6) ensure sufficient contract and quality assurance capacity between agencies and private providers; and (7) ensure shared training between agencies and private providers.