In 2011 California passed the general public Safety Realignment Act, which moved obligation for more than 60,000 transgressors to the state’s 58 counties. In action, county officials within the criminal justice system began to re-evaluate where they were putting their resources, with a renewed focus on guaranteeing that limited county resources were directed to the most reliable and affordable programs.
In this video, hear how 4 counties invested in evidence-based programs to lower recidivism and increase public security with the assistance of the Pew-MacArthur Outcomes Very First Effort.
The Pew-MacArthur Outcomes First Initiative deals with states to purchase policies and programs that are proven to work. Learn more about evidence-based policymaking here: http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/pew-macarthur-results-first-initiative
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[Greg Gonzales speaking]
We were not able to inform which programs were reliable, how much each program expenses.
[Tanja Heitman speaking]
Having that process to assist you examine it and look at it from a little bit less psychological point of view and focus really on the expense and then return on your financial investment in a really transparent way– Outcomes Very first gets the task done for us.
[Jeannie Figueroa speaking]
With the execution of Public Security Adjustment Act in 2011, we had to change the focus of where we were putting our resources. We needed to determine which ones were most cost effective, which ones have evidence-based criteria so that we can have better information to make better decisions.
[Susan Mauriello speaking]
Those include things like a stock of programs that are evidence-based programs that we can rely on to guide us in making decisions about which programs will work best for a particular individual.
[Tanja Heitman speaking]
With the work of Results Initially, we actually have actually ended up being more conscious that beggars require to be choosers. Our wrongdoers depend upon us to choose the program that’s going to give them the greatest possibility of success and avoid them from falling under the very same traps since we provided a program that wasn’t developed to efficiently fulfill their needs.
[Greg Gonzales speaking]
The arise from the programs have actually been unbelievable. We have prisoners who are not worried about racial lines, gang ties, or gang affiliations, which has actually been one of the most satisfying things we’ve seen. And Outcomes Very first helped us get there by point in the city clearinghouse and producing a program inventory and determining the appropriate classes to provide to the wrongdoers.
[Susan Mauriello speaking]
It’s a greatly strong and effective and persuading argument when you’re talking to the legislative agents in your neighborhood about things that may be essential to them, to be able to show them that the financial investment in these kinds of initiatives allow you to make decisions that actually alter lives and alter them for the better and ensure public security in your neighborhood.
[Tanja Heitman speaking]
Throughout the state the counties have supported each other within the Outcomes First Initiative. That’s a terrific example where four counties are truly gaining from each other as we go.
[Jeannie Figueroa speaking]
Partnerships are actually important in implementing something like the Results Very first model due to the fact that they need to collaborate. They all have actually a piece invested in making certain that we have great services and programs for the population that we’re serving, so that way we can have better outcomes and in the end, minimize recidivism and after that increase public security.
[Susan Mauriello speaking]
We require to make sure the programs and services that we provide are done so in an accountable manner. And in executing these programs, we’ve assured that we have actually done that in the most cost efficient and helpful manner.
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