§ 21-H:14-b — Administrator of Women Offenders and Family Services

I. There is hereby created the position of administrator of women offenders and family services within the department of corrections. The administrator shall be responsible for programming and services for women offenders in the state adult correctional system including probation, parole, and state correctional facilities. The administrator of women offenders and family services shall be a classified position.
II. The administrator may:
(a) Establish goals and objectives for state correctional systems within the framework of the department's philosophy, including planning, organizing, implementing, directing, and monitoring state gender-responsive programs and services, as well as developing policies, procedures, and standards for the provision of such programs and services. The administrator shall participate in the development, implementation, and review of all policies, directives, and standards that involve supervision of women offenders. The administrator shall also coordinate continuum and continuation of gender-responsive services to women offenders moving from one setting to another, and re-entering their communities.
(b) Write standards for, execute, and monitor all non-clinical contracts with service providers who work exclusively with women offenders. The administrator shall review and provide feedback on an ongoing basis on all clinical contracts and services for women offenders regarding consistency with contract language and gender-responsive principles.
(c) Establish and coordinate partnerships, and maintain working relationships within the department of health and human services, with other government agencies, with communities, and with community-based organizations, volunteers, advocacy groups, the academic community, and other external stakeholders.
(d) Provide supervision and technical assistance to the women's facility warden and field managers regarding issues related to women offenders and gender-responsive programs, services, and practices. The administrator shall provide input into the evaluations of other facility wardens, field managers, and personnel relative to their roles in the supervision and provision of services for women offenders.
(e) Provide input regarding necessary data collection and evaluation to measure effective programming and supervision of women offenders. The administrator shall consult with and provide input with other directors regarding appropriate levels of staffing in both the field and institutions responsible for the management of women offenders. The administrator shall also confer with and make recommendations to the commissioner regarding women offender supervision and services, oversee the planning, development, and implementation of training guidelines for staff working with women offenders, and recommend changes in duties assigned to casework and security staff who work with women offenders.
(f) Act as a resource in cases of staff sexual misconduct involving women offenders and provide input into personnel actions for addressing misconduct involving staff who work with women offenders and misconduct involving women offenders.
III. The administrator shall:
(a) Prepare budget recommendations regarding women offenders' program services consistent with the departmental budget cycle. The administrator shall also engage in budget formation, grant applications, and resource allocation activities related to women offenders as assigned.
(b) Act as liaison to the interagency coordinating council for women offenders and the department of corrections.

Legislative History

2006, 269:1, eff. July 1, 2006.