2011 Connecticut Code
Title 17a Social and Human Services and Resources
Chapter 319 Department of Children and Families
Sec. 17a-6b. Connecticut Juvenile Training School advisory group. Connecticut Juvenile Training School public safety committee. Review. Recommendations.

      Sec. 17a-6b. Connecticut Juvenile Training School advisory group. Connecticut Juvenile Training School public safety committee. Review. Recommendations. (a) The advisory group for the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, established pursuant to subsection (b) of section 17a-6, and the Connecticut Juvenile Training School public safety committee, established pursuant to section 17a-27f, shall provide an on-going review of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School with recommendations for improvement or enhancement. The review shall include, but not be limited to:

      (1) The number, age, ethnicity and race of the residents placed at the training school, including the court locations that sentenced them, the number sentenced from each court location and the offenses for which they were sentenced;

      (2) The percentage of residents in need of substance abuse treatment and the programming interventions provided to assist residents;

      (3) A review of the program and policies of the facility;

      (4) The educational and literacy programs available to the residents, including the educational level of residents, the number of residents requiring special education and related services, including school attendance requirements, the number of residents who are educated in the alternative school and the reasons for such education;

      (5) The vocational training programs available to the residents and the actual number of residents enrolled in each training program, including all vocational attendance requirements;

      (6) The delinquency recidivism rates of such residents, which shall include the number of children discharged to residential placement, the number of children discharged due to expiration of the period of commitment and the number of children returned to the Connecticut Juvenile Training School;

      (7) The diagnosis of each resident after intake assessment;

      (8) The costs associated with the operation of the training school, including staffing costs and average cost per resident; and

      (9) Reintegration strategies and plans to transition the residents to their home communities.

      (b) The Department of Children and Families shall serve as administrative staff of the advisory group referred to in subsection (a) of this section.

      (c) Not later than February 4, 2004, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Children and Families shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and human services and to the select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children with respect to the Connecticut Juvenile Training School.

      (d) Each report required pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall summarize the information and recommendations specified in subsection (a) of this section and shall also include such other information that the Department of Children and Families has identified as requiring immediate legislative action.

      (P.A. 03-251, S. 2, 3; P.A. 04-257, S. 98, 99.)

      History: P.A. 03-251 effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 04-257 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (d), effective June 14, 2004.