Justice Assistance Thursday, September 12,

2013

2013 ANNUAL REPORT

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION: INFRASTRUCTURE

Annual review of Management Information System (MIS) led to grant from the June Rockwell Levy Foundation to support upgrades in software and hardware.

Completed office upgrades which included new carpeting, workstations and a redesign of case managers’ workspace so as to ensure client privacy.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ANALYSIS

Outcome analysis of domestic violence cases within the District Court has led to funding from the Rhode Island Justice Commission to continue conducting this analysis.

Following this analysis, the Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General has led three training sessions for city and town solicitors on the proper method of prosecuting domestic violence cases.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION: MEDIA

‘Justice Assistance News’ contact list continues to be constantly revised and updated.

The redesigned and enhanced version of the organization’s webpage (www.justiceassistance.org.) was completed in August 2013 with greater cross-pollination by means of social media.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION: VICTIMS’ RIGHTS

Continued to provide technical assistance to the Rhode Island Victim Assistance Portal and, along with the Office of the Attorney General, managed external use access.

Continued to work in partnership with the state court administration to access user end information to include previously restricted client data.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION: STATE REPRESENTATION

The organization remains highlighted as a link on the state court’s webpage.

The organization continues to be represented on the Rhode Island Justice Commission.

The organization continues to be represented on the Legislative Batterers Intervention Standards Oversight Commission.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION: RESTITUTION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

69% of all restitution referrals paid in full the amount ordered by the court, 22% were current with their payments and 9% were referred back to the court as delinquent.

84% of all community service referrals fully completed their court ordered requirement, 15% were current with their obligation and 1% were referred back to court as delinquent.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION: REFERRALS

82% of all domestic violence referrals successfully completed their batterers intervention program.

Mental health referrals increased by 2 clients, or 2% in FY2013.

Substance abuse counseling referrals increased by 14 clients, or 7% in FY2013.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION: QUALITY ASSURANCE

In-house quality assurance and error-free evaluation process enters its 3rd year – salary adjustments remain secondary to improved performance.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION: ANNUAL PROGRAM IMPACT ISSUES

Authorization for Justice Assistance to collect restitution currently in transition due to the court’s recent change within the Contractors’ Board offenses to a civil sanction.

Authorization for Justice Assistance to collect restitution of ‘Failure to Pay Wages’ cases also currently in transition due to the court’s recent change within the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training offenses to a civil sanction.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION: LEGISLATIVE IMPACT ISSUES

Justice Assistance anticipates striking reduction in community service referrals as a result of the amendment to Rhode Island General Assembly Section 21-28-4.01, which changed the possession of less than one ounce of marijuana from a criminal to a civil offense. The amendment went into effect in April 2013.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION: LEGISLATIVE IMPACT ISSUES (CONT.)

Stayed sentences are now prohibited under Supreme Court Decision No. 2011-263-C.A. (1/91-385A), meaning that non-compliant clients are directly converted to probation. The organization can expect to see an increase in the number of non-positive program outcomes.

PERSONNEL

Improved wages for all professional and support staff for the tenth consecutive year.

Organization continued to provide health care benefits without requiring an employee co-pay.

FISCAL

Salaries exceed comparable state private sector positions by 20% and reached 95% of comparable Rhode Island public sector positions (Source: Non-Profit Management Survey, 2013).

Development staff continues to manage and monitor our direct mail annual fund campaign for optimal cost-benefit efficiencies.

FISCAL

Banking/Bookkeeping user fee income increased by 3%.

Rental income decreased by 2%.

FISCAL (CONT.)

Non-program income decreased by 15%.

Management and consulting fee contracts decreased by 54%.

Organization eliminated all external debt.

FISCAL (CONT.)

Government support grew by 6% totaling 60% of the overall operating budget – 5% federal and 55% state.

Client fee collection increased by 3% - transactions decreased by 2%.

Special event fundraising increased by 26%.

NEW INITIATIVE: WILLIAM G. BRODY FUND

Held initial and very successful fundraiser for the William G. Brody Fund, which was designed to provide financial assistance for indigent clients to receive domestic violence counseling.

NEW INITIATIVE: OCA-ACA PILOT PROJECT

Initiated OCA-ACA (Office of Community Alternatives-Affordable Care Act) Pilot Project, in conjunction with the Brown University Alpert School of Medicine and Roger Williams Law School, in an attempt to reduce recidivism rates by matching offenders with health and other social services.

Received $200,000 grant from Rhode Island General Assembly to test this model for offenders as a pre-trial condition.

NEW INITIATIVE: COMPUTER TRIAGE PROGRAM

Instituted computer triage and motivational interviewing program, in conjunction with researchers at Brown Alpert School of Medicine and Roger Williams Law School, for usage in the OCA-ACA project.

PROGRAM STATUS SUMMARY

7,327 clients received program services in FY2013.

1,601 were new court-based enrollments.

PROGRAM STATUS SUMMARY RESTITUTION COLLECTION

$159,141 in restitution was collected in FY2013 – an increase of 9.2%.

Restitution referrals increased by 46 clients, or 8.6% in FY2013.

The average restitution ordered per client totaled $273, the same as in FY2012.

PROGRAM STATUS SUMMARY COMMUNITY SERVICE

12,339 community service hours were ordered in FY2013 – an increase of 9.3%.

Community service referrals increased by 36 clients, or 9.3% in FY2013.

The average community service hours ordered per client totaled 25 hours, the same as in FY2012.

 

PROGRAM STATUS SUMMARY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

326 domestic assault related offenses resulted in referrals to specialized counseling, an increase of 40 clients, or 8.8% in FY2013.

267 clients, or 82%, of all referrals successfully completed or are on target to complete their court ordered batterers’ intervention requirement.

PROGRAM STATUS SUMMARYSUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING

218 clients who committed controlled substance related offenses were referred to treatment, an increase of 14 clients or 7%.

PROGRAM STATUS SUMMARY MENTAL HEALTH

85 clients were referred to mental health counseling services.

PROGRAM STATUS SUMMARYVICTIM SERVICES

770 clients submitted victim impact/statement of loss forms.

804 clients were provided with specialized services.

PROGRAM STATUS SUMMARY OTHER SERVICES

364 clients were referred to other agencies for specialized services.

1,267 clients were notified of their case status in FY2013.

732 clients were provided follow-up services and justice system orientation.

JUSTICE ASSISTANCE DISTRICT COURT REFERRALS

FY2009: 1,548

FY2010: 1,258

FY2011: 1,600

FY2012: 1,748

FY2013: 1,601

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JUSTICE ASSISTANCERESTITUTION CLAIMS

FY2009: 283

FY2010: 555

FY2011: 481

FY2012: 537

FY2013: 583

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JUSTICE ASSISTANCERESTITUTION COLLECTION

FY2009: $137,568

FY2010: $140,089

FY2011: $128,233

FY2012: $146,451

FY2013: $159,141

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JUSTICE ASSISTANCERESTITUTION PER CLIENT

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FY2009: $ 479

FY2010: $ 254

FY2011: $ 267

FY2012: $ 273

FY2013: $ 273

FIVE-YEAR COMPARISON

JUSTICE ASSISTANCERESTITUTION COLLECTION RATE

PIF C D

FY2009: 68%-22%-10%

FY2010: 64%-27%-9%

FY2011: 69%-26%-5%

FY2012: 63%-28%-9%

FY2013: 69%-22%-9%

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JUSTICE ASSISTANCECOMMUNITY SERVICE REFERRALS

FY2009: 216 FY2010: 464 FY2011: 494 FY2012: 455 FY2013: 491

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JUSTICE ASSISTANCECOMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS ORDERED

FY2009: 11,660 Hours

FY2010: 12,465 Hours

FY2011: 14,061 Hours

FY2012: 11,489 Hours

FY2013: 12,339 Hours

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JUSTICE ASSISTANCECOMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS PER CLIENT

FY2009: 30 Hours FY2010: 25 Hours FY2011: 28 Hours FY2012: 25 Hours FY2013: 25 Hours

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JUSTICE ASSISTANCECOMMUNITY SERVICE COMPLETION RATE

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FY2009: 88%-9%-3%

FY2010: 74%-24%-2%

FY2011: 63%-36%-1%

FY2012: 75%-24%-1%

FY2013: 84%-15%-1%

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JUSTICE ASSISTANCEDOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNSELING

FY2009: 307 FY2010: 545 FY2011: 514 FY2012: 286 FY2013: 326

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JUSTICE ASSISTANCESUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING

FY2009: 94 FY2010: 203 FY2011: 205 FY2012: 204 FY2013: 218 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013

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JUSTICE ASSISTANCEMENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING

FY2009: 31 FY2010: 69 FY2011: 81 FY2012: 83 FY2013: 85

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JUSTICE ASSISTANCEANGER MANAGEMENT COUNSELING

FY2009: 26 FY2010: 58 FY2011: 49 FY2012: 42 FY2013: 44

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