Section 22.25.040. Program participant monitoring and program accountability.  


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  • 	(a)  An approved program shall monitor the recidivism of all program participants for a period of not less than 12 months following their compliance with the discharge from the program or non-compliance and termination from the program. This procedure must include, whenever possible:  
    		(1) interviews of the victim and the program participant's current domestic partner;  
    		(2) review of the former program participant's criminal justice records;  
    		(3) interviews with the former program participant; and  
    		(4) contact with the local victim advocacy agency and other appropriate agencies.  
    	(b)  An approved program must submit, no later than February 1 a written report evaluating its services for the previous calendar year in a format specified by the department. The approved program must provide a copy of the report to the department. The report must include  
    		(1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the program;  
    		(2) a description of the types of data collected;  
    		(3) an identification of program elements that have proven effective and the factors impacting the elements; and  
    		(4) an assessment of how the program affects the community that the program serves, including the program participants and victims of domestic violence.  
    	(c)  In addition to the requirements of (b) of this section, the department may request that an approved program file with the department statistics, schedules, and other information that the department determines is reasonably necessary for the department to determine the efficacy of the approved program. An approved program must furnish the data, statistics, schedules, or other information requested by the department no later than 90 days from the date of the request. An approved program that does not timely submit the requested information will be subject to withdrawal of approval of the program under the provisions of 22 AAC 25.010(d), unless the approved program provides information to the department that the department determines is good cause as to why the program did not timely submit the requested information.  
    

Authorities

44.28.020

Notes


Reference

22 AAC 25.030
Authority
AS 44.28.020
History
Eff. 11/13/98, Register 148; am 8/28/2011, Register 199