§ 4-23-30.2-11 — Board duties

Indiana § 4-23-30.2-11

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 23: BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
• Ch. 30.2: Board for the Coordination of Programs Serving

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The board has the following duties:
(1) Oversee the implementation of the recommendations made by
the commission on disproportionality in youth services, including
the ongoing review and evaluation of recommended programs,
practices, and procedures described in the report as mandated by
P.L.234-2007.
(2) Suggest policy, program, and legislative changes related to
services provided to members of a vulnerable population to
accomplish the following:
(A) Enhance the quality of and access to services with positive
outcomes for vulnerable populations.
(B) Reduce disproportionality of young persons of color in
youth services by changing or eliminating policies that
contribute to poor outcomes for young persons of color.
(3) Oversee and coordinate the review, evaluation, and
development of consistent statewide standards for the use of risk
and needs assessment tools that are culturally sensitive and
promote objectivity in decision making at service delivery points
in systems serving members of a vulnerable population.
(4) Work collaboratively within and across state and local
agencies to create a central data warehouse to serve as a statewide
system for standardized, disaggregated, race specific data
collection that has rapid accessibility and accountability measures
for comparative use across service systems and geographic areas.
The data system should include the following:
(A) Establishing measures to ensure the collection of consistent
information to allow comparative racial and age data that are
program based and outcome oriented.
(B) Recommending consistent, standardized reporting
measurements.
(C) Working with agency participants to develop
implementation plans that achieve consistency in:
(i) data collection;
(ii) program development and evaluation;
(iii) staff training; and
(iv) annual reporting.
(5) Work collaboratively within and across state and local
agencies and programs to achieve consistent statewide standards
for mandatory, ongoing cultural competency training and
professional practice standards for government employees, school
personnel, service providers, and professionals in systems serving
members of a vulnerable population.
(6) Work collaboratively within and across state and local
agencies and programs to develop and monitor a strategic plan to
recruit and retain diverse professionals and staff level employees
throughout all service delivery systems. The strategic plan
developed must include provisions to ensure that bilingual
training is available.
(7) Work collaboratively within and across state and local
agencies to identify existing and to recommend new early
intervention and preventive programming services for members
of a vulnerable population. Intervention and preventive
programming should be sensitive to race and should include
culturally sensitive, evidence based programming or measures
involving the following:
(A) Strength based approaches to engage and promote positive
outcomes.
(B) Community based, wraparound services.
(C) Educational advocacy and support services.
(D) School based referrals to mental health care.
(E) Programming that supports collaborative relationships
among community, faith based, private, and public
organizations.
(F) Home based prevention services in the child welfare
system.
(G) Transitional services for foster youth.
(H) Child and family teams for youth in system care.
(I) Other early intervention and preventive programming
services.
(8) Work with local officials and the Indiana criminal justice
institute to develop local juvenile justice councils and support the
development of strategies to reduce disproportionality and
disparity at the county level.
(9) Suggest policy development and fiscal planning efforts to
achieve blended or braided funding for services delivered to
members of a vulnerable population.
(10) Monitor and support ongoing implementation of agency
efforts to reduce disproportionality and enhance quality of
services to members of a vulnerable population.
(11) Report plans and progress to the governor, the legislative
council, and the public at least semiannually. A report to the
legislative council under this subdivision must be in an electronic
format under IC 5-14-6.
(12) Coordinate program review and fiscal planning by
participant agencies.
(13) Direct service delivery providers to collect and report
disaggregated data based on race and ethnicity by geographic and
program areas.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.173-2009, SEC.1.