1998 Minnesota Code
Chapters 245 - 267 Public Welfare and Related Activities
Chapter 256E Community Social Services
Section 256E.10 Program evaluation.

256E.10 Program evaluation.

Subdivision 1. County evaluation. Beginning in calendar year 1981, each county shall submit to the commissioner a report on the effectiveness of the community social service programs in the county. The commissioner in collaboration with county boards shall prescribe standard methods to be used by the counties in making the report. The report shall be submitted no later than March 1 of each year and shall include:

(a) The number and type of recipients of each service; and

(b) An evaluation on the basis of measurable program objectives and performance criteria for each county social service program.

Subd. 2. Statewide evaluation. At the end of the first year covered by the county biennial plan, the commissioner shall prepare a report on the counties' progress in carrying out their plan and make it available to interested parties.

At the end of each period covered by the counties' biennial community social services plan, the commissioner shall prepare an evaluation of the effectiveness of the prior two years performance of each program in relation to identified public social problems, stating the measurable goals, objectives, methods, and outcome for those years, including the extent to which the numbers of persons and families proposed to be served by each category of social service were actually served, the direct cost, and the administrative cost per unit of social service for each category.

HIST: 1979 c 324 s 10; 1981 c 355 s 18

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