Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Pretrial Detention and Release in Bernalillo County

October 2024

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This study analyzes the costs and benefits of pretrial detention in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, examining 16,500 felony cases filed between January 2017 and March 2022. The analysis evaluates the relationship between pretrial detention length and failure outcomes, including failure to appear (FTA), new criminal activity (NCA), and new violent criminal activity (NVCA), both during the pretrial period and post-disposition. The study found that longer detention periods (8-30 days) were associated with significantly higher odds of pretrial failure compared to shorter stays, particularly for failure to appear, though this relationship varied by demographic groups. For post-disposition outcomes, moderate detention lengths (4-30 days) were associated with increased odds of general recidivism but decreased odds of violent recidivism. Using marginal cost estimates rather than average daily jail costs, we estimate that reducing detention length to two days for eligible low-risk defendants who did not fail pretrial could yield cost savings of approximately $259,722 annually. The study contributes to ongoing debates about pretrial detention policies by demonstrating that extended detention periods may increase certain failure rates while generating substantial system costs. However, the analysis notes important limitations, including inability to fully control for post-disposition sentencing outcomes and the challenge of establishing causal relationships between detention length and failure rates.

Bernalillo County Second Judicial District Court Preventive Detention Motion Review

October 2024

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This study reviews felony court cases in the Second Judicial District Court with a Public Safety Assessment (PSA) and a pretrial detention (PTD) motion filed between July 2017 and June 2023. The dataset of 6,698 cases includes court data and jail data that is used to study the cases from the filing of the case to the court disposition. It is important to note this review includes the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic likely had some impact on case filings, time to case dispositions, and jails admissions and lengths of stay. This review found that a slightly higher percent of court cases on which a preventive detention motion was filed was granted compared to denied motions. The study confirms other research that cases with higher FTA and NCA scores are more likely to have granted motions and that motions were most likely to be filed on cases with violent charges. We found 55% of closed cases had a conviction and were sentenced and that 43.5% were dismissed or nolled and so did not result in a conviction. Cases with denied preventive detention motions spent few days in the MDC regardless of their disposition. Cases with a granted motion that were eventually dismissed or nolled spent slightly more than 120 days in the MDC and a similar number of days in the court system. Dismissals and nolles occur at the case level for a variety of reasons including uncooperative witnesses, lack of probable cause, and because some cases might be refiled in the Federal court system. Various criminal justice system level reasons may also exist. This includes the volume of crime and arrests with resulting court case filings, the complexity of cases, and staffing among the various agencies. This preliminary review of preventive detention motion cases in the Second Judicial District Court is the first of its kind to report on the disposition of cases with a preventive detention motion. In the future more sophisticated and detailed analyses and reporting could occur that further detail the relationship between PSA scores, preventive detention motions and results, and court case dispositions.

Outcome Evaluation of the Bernalillo County Community Connections Supportive Housing (CCSH) Program

September 2024

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This study evaluates the outcomes of the Bernalillo County Community Connections Supportive Housing (CCSH) program, which provides housing and intensive case management services to persistently unhoused individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders who frequently utilize emergency services and the criminal justice system. Using data from 442 CCSH participants enrolled between 2017-2022, we analyzed changes in criminal justice system involvement before and after program enrollment by examining jail bookings and court records. The analysis combined descriptive statistics with logistic regression models to evaluate how program engagement impacted recidivism. Results indicate that participants had significantly fewer bookings into the Metropolitan Detention Center and lower arrest rates in the post-enrollment period compared to pre-enrollment across one, two, and three-year timeframes. Higher doses of case management were associated with reduced odds of recidivism - each additional day (8 hours) of case management received was associated with approximately 7% lower odds of arrest in the year following enrollment. However, this effect faded over longer time periods. Being non-successfully discharged from the program (e.g., due to program noncompliance) was associated with significantly higher odds of recidivism. While our findings suggest potential positive effects of the CCSH program on criminal justice outcomes, our ability to make causal claims is limited by the lack of a control group and incomplete data on post-enrollment periods of incarceration. Future research should examine the program's impact on health system utilization outcomes.

A Revalidation Study of Bernalillo County’s Public Safety Assessment

July 2024

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This study evaluates the predictive validity of the Public Safety Assessment (PSA) in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, using data from 22,387 felony cases between July 2017 and June 2023. The PSA, which generates scores predicting defendants' likelihood of failure to appear (FTA), new criminal activity (NCA), and new violent criminal activity (NVCA) during pretrial release, demonstrated "fair" to "good" predictive validity with AUC scores ranging from 0.58-0.69, aligning with results from our initial validation study from June 2021. While the PSA showed similar predictive performance across racial groups for FTA and NCA outcomes, the NVCA flag performed poorly for Black defendants, with predictive validity no better than chance. We also found that age-related risk factors embedded in the NCA and NVCA scales had limited predictive value. We documented significant increases in FTA rates during and after COVID-19, likely due to policy changes that increased court appearances through mandatory status hearings. Despite higher base rates of NCA and NVCA for male defendants, the PSA demonstrated similar predictive validity across genders. Analysis of NCA by charge severity revealed that even high-risk defendants rarely committed serious felonies while on pretrial release. Our findings suggest opportunities to optimize the PSA locally by adjusting how age-related factors are weighted and reconsidering the use of the NVCA flag for Black defendants.

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center: Analysis of the Jail Population, December 31, 2023

June 2024

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This report analyzes the Metropolitan Detention Center population at a point in time (December 31, 2023). The document gives an overview of the population and capacity of the jail and discusses changes in bookings, releases, length of stay, population demographics, highest charges, and sentencing information over time. Also included are the confined LOS and jail bloating as well as the public safety assessment (PSA) recommendation level and preventive detention holds over time.

Snapshot Analysis of The New Mexico Corrections Department’s Prison Population in February 2024

May 2024

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This report explores how proposed revisions to New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD)'s custody classification tools made in our March 2024 validation study would impact the distribution of inmates across custody levels, based on a snapshot of the prison population in February 2024 (n = 4,086 inmates). Following recommendations from our March 2024 validation study, we evaluated how changes to scoring factors and reduced timeframes for evaluating institutional violence, escape history, and gang membership would impact inmate custody classifications. We found that comparing scores between current and revised tools alone suggested 11-34% of inmates would be classified at different levels. However, when considering current override practices, adopting the revised tools in an environment without overrides would result in 72-95% of inmates being relocated to different custody levels, with most movement involving reduction from Level II and III facilities to Level I. This difference was largely due to existing mandatory override policies, particularly related to medical or mental health needs. We conclude that the impact of implementing the revised tools would likely fall between these estimates, as some override use would continue. Our analysis was limited by reliance on automated scoring rather than classification officer judgment and inability to fully capture institutional violence history outside NMCD facilities. We recommend continued evaluation of how implementing the revised tools alongside policy changes may affect misconduct patterns and facility populations.

SJDC Probation Violation Hearings Report, Q4 2023

April 2024

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This report presents the results of a study of probation violation hearings in the Second Judicial District Court. Included are the monthly probation violation bookings, hearing counts, and hearing outcomes. In addition, the monthly median time from arrival to disposition are presented.

New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) External Classification Validation Study

March 2024

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This study validates two risk assessments designed to predict inmate misconduct in New Mexico prisons. Using a six-year admission cohort of inmates admitted to New Mexico prisons between 2015 and 2021 (n = 34,2467 unique classification events), we paired focus groups with New Mexico Corrections Department classification staff and observations of the classification process with logistic regression, count models, and random forest models to assess the predictive validity of the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD)’s initial and reclassification tools for general and serious, violent misconduct within six months following classification. Results from focus groups and observations highlighted that the NMCD had the essential components of an objective classification system. Our empirical validation found that the reclassification tool was more predictive of misconduct than the initial classification tool for both male and female inmates and generally had good classification performance, though there were limitations with the metric we used for evaluating predictive validity. We also recommended that some factors on the classification tools should be rescored based on their predictive relationship with serious violent misconduct and proposed an updated scoring system based on these relationships (i.e., increasing points for factors which were more predictive of violent misconduct). We also evaluated the relationship between overrides, custody levels, and misconduct.

Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative: Adverse Childhood Experiences Process Evaluation

January 2024

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

The Behavioral Health Initiative (BHI) created by Bernalillo County in 2015 funded two new programs, Youth Development Incorporated (YDI) and AMIkids. These programs are designed to address traumatic events from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) through prevention, intervention, treatment, and harm reduction services for a 4-year funding cycle beginning in July 2021. ISR conducted a process evaluation of the implementation of both programs. The process evaluations included a literature review, a review of program records, staff surveys, and program client-level data review. Staff surveys revealed staff in both programs to be experienced in providing mental health services to children and had a positive experience working within the programs. Clients were referred to AMIkids mostly through the Juvenile Justice system, CYFD protective services, or a self-referral. YDI clients were mostly referred internally through other programs from Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) or other schools, and self-referrals. AMIkids uses an internally developed Family Centric Model to provide services to clients and their families and YDI provided individual and family therapy as well as case management to clients and their families. We found both programs had been implemented following their proposed design. The client record review provided preliminary data on program effectiveness as measured by changes in program administered pre- and post-tests. AMIkids used the validated Youth Self Report (YSR) that measures psychiatric symptoms youth exhibit that are categorized into syndromes and behavioral or emotional problems as a pre and post-assessment. YSR results found anxiety and stress among clients improved between intake and when they left the program. The Childhood and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) was used by YDI as a pre and post assessment that measures impairments of day to day functioning. The assessment results found a positive change among the CAFAS total scores between the pre and post assessments.

Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative: Adverse Childhood Experiences Outcome Evaluation

December 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) refer to traumatic events experienced as a child or youth that place one at higher risk for behavioral health problems later in life. The Bernalillo Health Initiative (BHI) contracted with eight providers to address the problem of ACEs in Bernalillo County in July 2017. CARA complete a process evaluation of these programs in June 2021 and determined that four of these programs were generally designed and implemented according to best practices: All Faiths, Centro Sávila, New Day, and PB&J. In July 2021, BHI re-contracted with these four providers and re-contracted with CARA to evaluate program outcomes. This report presents the results of CARA’s outcome evaluation. We review the literature on evidence-based ACEs interventions and analyze program documents, client records, and outcome assessments for each program to assess the degree to which these programs are (1) being implemented according to their design and best practices, and (2) achieving intended improvements in client outcomes. We find that, whereas all four programs continue to be implemented faithfully, only two programs have sufficient quantity and/or quality of data to assess outcomes: All Faiths and PB&J. All Faiths clients were found to improve, on average, in parenting attitudes over the course of their involvement in the program. PB&J clients improved in parenting attitudes and family functioning. We recommend additional measures each program should implement to better track client outcomes moving forward.

Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative (BHI): Resource Reentry Center (RRC) Process Evaluation

December 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

The goal of this process evaluation was to determine how closely the RRC was following evidence-based practices for reentry and to determine how successful the RRC has been transitioning individuals from the jail to the community. To evaluate the effectiveness of the RRC, we (1) conducted a survey of county staff involved in the reentry process (n = 25) to better understand how staff perceive the reentry planning process and the RRC, (2) conducted observations of the intake and screening process at the MDC, and (3) reviewed client records for all inmates who passed through the RRC between 2018 and 2022. We found that there were challenges associated with how the RRC screened, assessed, and targeted individuals for intervention related to a lack of standardization across process components. Surveys collected from staff members provided insight into challenges related to reentry, such as the need for a single case plan to follow the individual through jail and into the community. Finally, analysis of the client-level data illustrated the services and needs of clients. While many individuals (n = 9,985) completed risk needs assessments (RNAs), the number of individuals that completed transition plans (TPs) is far less (n = 2,785). Due to the nature of the different challenges of the current process in place, determining the impact of the RRC on recidivism reduction remains complicated.

Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative: Youth Transitional Living Services Outcome Evaluation

December 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

The Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative (BHI) funds Youth Transitional Living Services (YTLS) to enhance supportive housing services for youth who have experienced bouts of homelessness or years of involvement with juvenile justice or foster care systems. YTLS providers offer services like case management, life skills classes, group and individual therapy, among others, to ultimately obtain permanent housing and independence. Services are provided alongside supportive housing, but do not directly fund housing for clients. BHI currently funds four YTLS providers, two of which collected sufficient data to evaluate program outcomes; Youth Development, Inc. (YDI) and Serenity Mesa. We reviewed client-level records in tandem with interview and survey data collected at program intake and exit. Overall, available YTLS data do not significantly or meaningfully predict positive outcomes for YTLS programs. Importantly, we lack confidence that existing YTLS client records and outcome measures accurately capture identified outcomes of interest. Incomplete records and lack of appropriate outcome measures are significant barriers for assessing YTLS outcomes. We ultimately recommend BHI support YTLS providers with improving data collection practices and identifying appropriate and standardized measures for monitoring outcomes.

Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative: Community Engagement Teams Evaluation

December 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Survey,
• Program Evaluation

The Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative (BHI) funds Community Engagement Teams (CET) through Youth Development, Inc. (YDI) to provide short-term crisis outpatient services for people experiencing behavioral health and other related challenges, with a focus on stabilizing clients and addressing their mental health issues. We aimed to determine how CET is currently implemented and describe how well that model is described by client records. We reviewed relevant literature on CET models, developed a process map with YDI staff, analyzed client-level records, and surveyed CET staff about program processes and challenges. We conclude the CET program documented 1,597 adult referrals between May 2021 and August 2023, 418 of which completed program intake and 431 received services or support. Critically, CET client records are incomplete and do not identify or collect data on clear outcomes. Surveyed staff described challenges with receiving clear guidance on a target population for funded services and with developing a referral pipeline. Half of adult CET clients at intake identified housing as needed support, rather than mental health or substance use crisis support. This feature was reinforced by surveyed staff. We ultimately recommend BHI review best practice toolkits for CET services, consider integration of CET into a continuum of crisis care, and support YDI with improving data collection practices and identifying standardized measures for monitoring outcomes.

Outcome Evaluation of Bernalillo County’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Program

December 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

In July 2019, Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque established the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program, a pre-booking diversion intervention designed to provide harm reduction services to individuals either at risk of or previously involved in the criminal justice system. In this report, we analyzed whether enrolling and engaging in LEAD improved participants’ housing, substance use, employment, and recidivism outcomes. We did not have enough data through November 2023 to support strong statistical conclusions about whether LEAD – Bernalillo County had been effective at improving outcomes of participants due to low enrollment counts prior to September 2021 and due to the deadline for submitting the present outcome evaluation. Preliminary results were suggestive of potential short-term gains in housing outcomes specifically among the subset of LEAD participants who continued to engage with the program through six-months, though it is unclear whether these results generalized to the subset of LEAD participants who disengaged following enrollment. Results, though statistically underpowered to detect effects, also did not suggest that program enrollment or engagement meaningfully influenced participant recidivism.

Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative: Community Connections Supportive Housing Process Evaluation

December 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

The Behavioral Health Initiative’s Community Connections Supportive Housing (CCSH) program seeks to provide housing and intensive case management services to chronically homeless individuals in Bernalillo County who have co-occurring mental and behavioral health conditions (e.g., substance use disorders). The goal of the program is to help the target population remain permanently housed and reduce their use of emergency medical and criminal justice system services. This report presents the results of CARA’s evaluation of the CCSH program. We review the literature on evidence-based housing interventions and analyze program documents, client records, and staff surveys to assess the degree to which the CCSH program faithfully implements its own design and adheres to evidence-based practices. We find that the CCSH program is generally implemented according to its design, however it diverges from best practices by making receipt of housing supports contingent on client participation in case management and treatment services. We recommend the program (1) look for ways to decrease the wait time from referral to intake to improve client retention, and (2) clarify the reasons for deviating from established best practices. We also suggest ways to assess client outcomes moving forward using jail, court, and health information exchange data.

Outcome Evaluation of Bernalillo County’s Mobile Crisis Teams (MCT) Program

November 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

In February 2018, Bernalillo County initiated the Mobile Crisis Teams (MCT) program in collaboration with the Albuquerque Police Department and the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office. MCT units, comprising a crisis intervention trained (CIT) officer and a mental health clinician, respond to 911 or crisis hotline calls involving behavioral health issues, with the goal of crisis de-escalation and connecting individuals in crisis with appropriate behavioral health services. In this report, we evaluated the effectiveness of the MCT program in Bernalillo County through November 2023. During this period, MCTs responded to over 12,250 calls with clinicians assessing individuals in about 44% of cases. Results revealed that immediate detention was more likely in crisis situations involving aggressive behavior and substance use. Moreover, most MCT participants were not involved with the criminal justice system before or after evaluation; thus, the program's impact on recidivism rates was limited due to low baseline rates of criminal justice involvement among MCT clients. Many of the data recommendations we provided in our 2021 process evaluation had not been adopted by the MCT program and limited the scope and generalizability of our conclusions. Specifically, nearly half of clinician records were missing information on short-term call code dispositions, and over 50% did not include data on community referrals or participants’ connection to case management services. Moreover, contractual delays limited our capacity to access health information data of program participants. Thus, we were unable to evaluate the scope of post-disposition case management and service referrals and how post-disposition case management conditioned the impact of the MCT program on participants’ criminal justice and health system use outcomes.

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center: Analysis of the Jail Population, June 30, 2023

October 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This report analyzes the Metropolitan Detention Center population at a point in time (June 30, 2023). The document gives an overview of the population and capacity of the jail and discusses changes in bookings, releases, length of stay, population demographics, highest charges, and sentencing information over time. A recidivism rate by fiscal year is provided as is an incarceration rate. Further, for felony cases the public safety assessment (PSA) recommendation level and preventive detention holds over time are included.

Albuquerque Peer to Peer: Opioid Coordination and Outreach Project

September 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

The City of Albuquerque department of Health, Housing, and Homelessness (HHH) launched the Albuquerque Peer to Peer: Opioid Coordination and Outreach Project in September 2017. The project aims to reduce opioid misuse, overdose, and death in the Albuquerque area by using peer support workers to connect individuals suffering from opioid use disorder with appropriate treatment and recovery support services. This report presents the results of CARA’s evaluation of the Peer to Peer project. We review the scientific literature on similar programs to establish a baseline for expected client outcomes and best practices, and then compare the Peer to Peer project to this baseline through an analysis of program documents and service data. The results of our analysis reveal that Albuquerque Peer to Peer is broadly designed and implemented according to best practices. However, we recommend clarifying the procedures for assessing client needs and facilitating client engagement in referred-to services. In terms of the short-term outcome -- proportion of clients who engaged in the treatment services to which they were referred – we found that Albuquerque Peer to Peer is performing as well as comparable, state-of-the-art peer outreach programs. We recommend the project track middle to long-term client outcomes, like rates of EMS involvement and overdose death, moving forward.

Interim Report - LEAD Bernalillo County (January 2023 - June 2023)

August 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

In this interim report of LEAD – Bernalillo County for 2023, we provide an overview of statistics on LEAD – Bernalillo County program implementation covering the first half of the 2023 calendar year. Specifically, we review statistics on the number of unique individuals who were referred to and enrolled in LEAD in the first six months of 2023, officers’ degree of use of warm handoff to link referrals to case managers and how use of the warm handoff correlates with enrollment success, the amount of time officers spend on scene during a LEAD referral, and a descriptive characteristics of enrolled participants (e.g., sociodemographic traits; housing safety and security; substance use and frequency of substance use). We append an analysis completed in May 2023 which explores the effect of early case management engagement on subsequent engagement within the cohort of LEAD participants who enrolled in the program between July 2021 and April 2023. As we intend on completing an outcome evaluation of LEAD – Bernalillo County by the end of the 2024 calendar year, we highlight an issue – high rates of participant attrition at quarterly intervals - which limits our capacity to evaluate the effect of LEAD on a host of COSSAP-recorded outcomes.

SJDC Probation Violation Hearings Midyear Update, 2023

August 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This report presents the results of a study of probation violation hearings in the Second Judicial District Court. Included are the monthly probation violation bookings, hearing counts, and hearing outcomes. In addition, the monthly median time from arrival to disposition are presented.

New Mexico Older Adult Needs Assessment – Phase 1

June 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

UNM ISR’s CARA collaborated with ALTSD in Fiscal Year 2023 to develop a biennial statewide needs assessment, focusing on rural and frontier communities and services provided by the Aging Network Division (AND) in New Mexico. This report is the first of two documenting our findings. In this phase, we used a mixed methods approach to assess services for older adults and understand rural seniors' needs. We reviewed needs assessment literature, conducted eight community focus groups in five counties (with an emphasis on rural areas), and analyzed responses from 71 statewide staff surveys. Staff surveys overwhelmingly corroborated those findings, and further emphasized how existing services could meet need if accessibility and availability were sufficiently expanded. Our findings show rural seniors generally appreciate existing ALTSD services but highlight the need for expansion in key areas: information support and centralization, out-of-town transportation for medical services and affordable food access, primary health support services (e.g., dental, vision, hearing), and more opportunities for socialization and community support. We also found COVID-19 further limited services in rural communities. We ultimately recommend ALTSD consider centralizing information support, improving availability and access to legal, caregiver, in-home and health promotion services, conducting a statewide older adult services inventory, and implementing a statewide consumer survey.

Rural Senior Food Box Program Process Evaluation

June 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

In September 2022, the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department (ALTSD) launched the Rural Senior Food Box Program to address food insecurity among rural seniors in New Mexico. This program provides food boxes containing seven meals per month to seniors in need. To evaluate program implementation, we conducted a mixed methods process evaluation. Our report summarizes our analysis, which involved reviewing Rural Senior Food Box Program documents, examining U.S. Census data related to food box distribution sites, conducting structured observations of food box deliveries, facilitating a focus group with provider staff, and design, implementation, and review of preliminary surveys of food box recipients. Our findings reveal food box distribution adapted their processes to suit local circumstances and logistical capabilities. However, this flexibility resulted in significant variations in data collection, distribution practices and food box content. ALTSD staff in our focus group also highlighted the need to align food box content better with food security goals. Based on our review, we recommend clarifying program goals and eligibility requirements, standardizing service delivery schedules and data collection practices across sites for consistency, and collecting additional data for outcome monitoring.

Community Custody Program Review

June 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

As an alternative to incarceration program, the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Community Custody Program (CCP) aims to reduce recidivism rates among non- violent offenders while decreasing alcohol and substance use for a higher possibility of successful community reintegration. The program provides community-based supervision and treatment reporting for offenders who meet eligibility criteria. This review is designed as a process evaluation and a preliminary outcome evaluation. The evaluation comprises a CCP staff survey and a review of CCP inmate records. The study found that clients who participated in CCP experienced reductions in criminal justice system contacts following CCP. Approximately 70% of CCP participants did not have a court case following their exposure to CCP during the post-period, and 70% were not booked into the MDC following their exposure period. Inmates enrolled in CCP had a statistically significant reduction in both bookings and court cases after involvement in the program. When comparing pre- and post-period bookings and court cases, both felony and misdemeanor level bookings illustrated a statistically significant reduction in the follow up cases in the post-period. Clients who recidivated had the highest number of court cases and bookings in the first year after their time in the program, with recidivism decreasing in the second and third years following their release from CCP. The average client who recidivated did so in the first year post-CCP.

The Judicial Designee Assessment and Misdemeanor Pretrial Release: A Validation Study in Bernalillo County

June 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This study examines the validity of the judicial designee assessment (JDA), an assessment tool used in Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court for select misdemeanor cases. We review specifically the ability to predict the likelihood of an individual committing a new crime, committing new violent crime, and failing to appear at a future court hearing during their pretrial period. Validity is reviewed for race and gender. Additional research is included that provides a preliminary look at the use of the JDA for charges that would typically not have qualified for assessment.

Addiction Treatment Program Evaluation

June 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

New Mexico’s Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) provides the Addiction Treatment Program (ATP) as a pre-trial condition for low level offenders whose charges also primarily involve drug related offences. ATP is a 4-week in-patient jail-based rehabilitation program that aims to reduce participant’s recidivism and substance use, while increasing successful reintegration into the community. We conducted (1) surveys of all ATP staff members to assess their perceptions of program implementation (n = 6), and (2) examined jail and court data as a proxy for arrest data to know how participation in the ATP influenced recidivism (n = 804). Our findings indicate availability of resources at the MDC constrains the ability to administer ATP according to policy. Additionally, we demonstrate that, relative to the pre-intervention period, ATP participants were significantly less likely to be booked, had fewer court cases filed against them, and fewer felony arrests (p < 0.01) following program enrollment.

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center: Analysis of the Jail Population, December 31, 2022

June 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This report analyzes the jail population at a point in time (December 31, 2022). The document gives an overview of the population and capacity of the jail and discusses changes in bookings, releases, length of stay, population demographics, highest charges, and sentencing information over time. A recidivism rate by fiscal year is provided as is an incarceration rate. Further, for felony cases the public safety assessment (PSA).

Annual Performance Report on LEAD - Bernalillo County (2022)

January 2023

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

In this year-end report of LEAD – Bernalillo County for 2022, we provide an overview of statistics on LEAD – Bernalillo County program implementation and preliminary program outcomes in 2022. Specifically, we review statistics on the number of unique individuals who were referred to and enrolled in LEAD in 2022, whether demographic differences existed in enrollment rates, officers’ degree of use of warm handoff referral mechanisms to link referrals to case managers and how use of the warm handoff correlates with enrollment success, the amount of time officers’ spend on scene during a LEAD referral relative to a formal arrest, a review of the five most commonly diverted charges of LEAD arrest diversion referrals, the degree of officer participation in making arrest diversions, the scope of LEAD training, descriptive characteristics of enrolled participants (e.g., sociodemographic traits; housing safety and security; substance use and frequency of substance use), the scope and predictors of how often participants’ engaged with their case managers each month, the type and degree of harm reduction services participants started, a preliminary review of whether case volume and charge counts changed following LEAD enrollment, whether substance use frequency changed between enrollment and the first quarter of program enrollment, and whether participants’ self-reported quality of life changed between enrollment and the first quarter of program enrollment. We conclude by describing some data quality issues we identified over the course of the year related to missing data.

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center: Analysis of the Jail Population, June 30, 2022

December 2022

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This report analyzes the jail population at a point in time (June 30, 2022). The document gives an overview of the population and capacity of the jail and discusses changes in bookings, releases, length of stay, population demographics, highest charges, and sentencing information over time. A recidivism rate by fiscal year is provided as is an incarceration rate. Further, for felony cases the public safety assessment (PSA) recommendation level and preventive detention holds over time are included.

Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative: Albuquerque Public Schools Peer Helper Program Process Evaluation

August 2022

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

Our evaluation was a process evaluation that focused on the implementation of the program. The evaluation synthesized information from multiple data sources to better understand how the APS program was implemented, how the program worked, and how suicide prevention was addressed in the target population. Under difficult circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, APS implemented a Peer Helper Program in 21 schools. The PHP included APS staff, sponsors, and peer helpers who participated in trainings, service learning projects, and outreach projects. Due to COVID-19, training events for sponsors and peer helpers were conducted as virtual presentations, which impacted the number and quality of trainings. The pandemic impacted the ability of peer helpers to interact with fellow students. Many of the issues experienced in implementing the program are typical issues that arise in implementing new programs that were exacerbated by the pandemic and made the implementation more challenging. It will be useful to document the on-going development and implementation of the program since APS has gone back to in-person learning.

Bernalillo County Protecting Me Protecting You Program Review

July 2022

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This report is a process evaluation of the Protecting You Protecting Me (PY/PM) program for the 2021-2022 school year. This evaluation includes a review of PY/PM program materials, program evaluations by PY/PM students, and observations of PY/PM classes taught in Albuquerque Public School classrooms by ISR staff. Protecting You Protecting Me program materials and observation findings are compared with the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) prevention principles.

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center: Prison Rape Elimination Act Standards Review

July 2022

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

Our study and this report are designed to review staff understanding of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) policies and procedures, inmate PREA education, the current assessment process for its ability to identify victims or perpetrators of sexual violence and review the process of classification of incidents related to PREA at the MDC. This was done using MDC staff surveys, a focus group with classification staff, an inmate survey, and a review of existing data to gather information on the PREA training, education, assessment, classification, and incident procedures at the MDC, with the goal of recommending changes to the current process and PREA assessment.

Bernalillo County Public Safety Assessment Review – July 2017 to March 2022

June 2022

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This report reviews the use of the Public Safety Assessment (PSA) in felony cases for the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court (BCMC) and the Second Judicial District Court (SJDC) in Bernalillo County, New Mexico from July 2017 through March 2022. Outcome measures included were the Failure to Appear (FTA), New Criminal Activity (NCA), and New Violent Criminal Activity (NVCA), in addition to the Adherence to the PSA recommendations.

The Impact of Jail-Based Methadone Initiation and Continuation on Reincarceration

June 2022

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

Substance use disorders (SUD) are very prevalent and costly in the United States and New Mexico. Over 20 million individuals in the US meet diagnostic criteria for SUD and over 65 thousand US residents died from drug opioid overdose in 2020. It is well known that there is a strong correlation between SUD and incarceration. National studies have found that on average two thirds of prisoners have SUD and approximately 30% of inmates report having an opioid use disorder (OUD). There is growing momentum nationally to incorporate SUD, particularly OUD treatment, into incarceration systems and numerous studies have found that providing medication for opioids use disorder (MOUD) in incarceration systems is clinically effective. Since 2005, there has been a Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) continuation program within the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) where individuals who were already receiving community-based treatment could continue their treatment within the jail. Prior work has found that this program was associated with reduced crime. In 2017 this program was expanded and started providing treatment to individuals who had not been receiving methadone in the community prior to incarceration. In this study we evaluate the impact of this treatment program. Data was collected from numerous different sources, linked, thoroughly cleaned, and a difference-in-difference empirical strategy is used. Robust evidence is found that MMT initiation reduced reincarceration. Our main results find that MMT initiation is associated with a per-person reduction in 19 incarceration days in the one-year period after jail-based MMT was received. We also find evidence confirming prior studies that found MMT continuation reduces recidivism. We find that jail-based MMT continuation is associated with a per-person reduction in 31 incarceration days in the one-year period post release. Also, a heterogenous treatment effect is found where individuals that received jail-based MMT for longer periods of time had larger reductions in reincarceration. Individuals who received MMT initiation for 70 days or more were associated with 22 fewer reincarceration days and individuals that received MMT continuation were associated with 60 fewer reincarceration days.

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center: Analysis of the Jail Population, December 31, 2021

June 2022

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This report analyzes the jail population at a point in time (December 31, 2021). The document gives an overview of the population and capacity of the jail. It also discusses changes in bookings, releases, length of stay, population demographics, highest charges, and sentencing information over time. Also included is information on the public safety assessment (PSA) recommendation level and preventive detention holds over time.

Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative: Peer Drop-In Center Process Evaluation

March 2022

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

In August 2018, Bernalillo County contracted New Day Youth & Family Services and Albuquerque Center for Hope & Recovery to establish Peer Support Drop-In Centers (PDIs). PDIs intended to offer low-barrier peer-operated supportive services, including (but not limited to): housing and employment opportunities, decrease substance usage, provide physically and psychologically safe environments, basic needs items, and life skills classes. UNM ISR’s CARA conducted a mixed-method process evaluation to study the implementation of PDI programs. Our report summarizes results of semi-structured interviews with program staff, client-level record reviews, and service observations. The process evaluation describes providers’ adherence to program-identified evidence-based practices, program fidelity to logic and process maps, assesses data collection practices and completeness, and recommends improvements to support preparation for future outcome evaluations. CARA concluded PDIs could improve client data collection practices, establish structured and recurring programming/services, and identify clear measurable goals/objectives. Notably, Albuquerque Center for Hope & Recovery was the only PDI program to integrate peer support workers and was most prepared for an outcome evaluation.

Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative LEAD Process Evaluation: Report in Brief

March 2022

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This 4-page report in brief summarizes the key findings of a process evaluation of Bernalillo County’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program from July 2019 - March 2022 and describes elements of program fidelity, dose, and reach using data from a client-level record review, surveys of officers at the Albuquerque Police Department and Bernalillo County Sherriff’s Office, and interviews of members of the LEAD Policy Coordinating Group (PCG). This report in brief also identifies methodological and evidence-based recommendations to improve components of process flow and data quality.

Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative: LEAD Process Evaluation

March 2022

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This report is a process evaluation of Bernalillo County’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Program from July 2019 - March 2022. This process evaluation relies on data from three primary sources: (1) client-level data from a record review of 313 program participants, (2) surveys of 68 officers at the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) and Bernalillo County Sherriff’s Office (BCSO), and (3) 10 interviews of members of the LEAD Policy Coordinating Group (PCG). Among other things, the report explores (1) the type and number of LEAD referrals (i.e., arrest diversions versus social contact), (2) the predictors of the dosage of case management services provided to participants from September 2021 through January 2022, (3) variation in participant characteristics by referral source, (4) the distribution of referrals by agency and officer, (5) the geographic distribution of LEAD referral locations, (6) officers’ awareness of the LEAD program and participation in LEAD training, (7) officer’s perceptions of the ease of making LEAD referrals, (8) the predictors of officers’ likelihood of making a LEAD referral, and (9) PCG members’ beliefs about program successes and deficits to date and recommendations for program modifications. Additionally, this report identifies specific recommendations to improve the quality of data collection going forward and offers evidence-based recommendations for increasing case management dosage and officer buy-in to the LEAD program.

Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative: Suicide Prevention Process Evaluation

March 2022

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

In October 2019 three new suicide prevention efforts began in Bernalillo County. First Nations Community HealthSource (FNCH), Centro Sávila (CS) and Albuquerque Public School were awarded contracts to implement universal screening in a health care setting (FNCH), establish an on-call crisis line and enhance existing screening and treatment resources (CS), and implement a peer-based program to increase suicide awareness, early detection of suicidality in students, and help-seeking opportunities for students (APS) in a school setting. Due to its specific youth focus and school year-based data availability, the APS Peer Helper Suicide Prevention Program has been evaluated separately. This process evaluation synthesizes information from multiple data sources to better understand how the CS and FNCH programs function, what short-term outcomes they have realized, and their potential for addressing suicidality in their target populations. We evaluate provider performance based on current suicidality literature, national standards and best practices, and the organizational expectations for the program.

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center: Analysis of the Jail Population, June 30, 2021

January 2022

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This report analyzes the jail population at a point in time (June 30, 2021). The document gives an overview of the population and capacity of the jail. It also discusses changes in bookings, releases, length of stay, population demographics, highest charges, and sentencing information over time. Also included is information on the public safety assessment (PSA) recommendation level and preventive detention holds over time.

The Public Safety Assessment Preventive Detention and Rebuttable Presumptions in Bernalillo County

December 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This study assesses the impact of several options for rebuttable presumptions, which are a series of charges or conditions that can result in automatic detention of a defendant. The options included a recently proposed bill, an option for firearm related charges, and detention based on the highest risk category on the Public Safety Assessment (PSA). Outcome measures including the Failure to Appear (FTA), New Criminal Activity (NCA), and New Violent Criminal Activity (NVCA) for assessed cases are analyzed overall, by score, and compared across the rebuttable presumption options. Additionally, this study includes information on the crime type for the assessed case, pretrial detention motions and outcomes, and adherence and deviation to PSA recommendation categories.

The Public Safety Assessment, Preventive Detention, and Rebuttable Presumptions in Bernalillo County, Report in Brief

December 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This 2-page report in brief summarizes the findings of the rebuttable presumptions study, including the outcome measures Failure to Appear (FTA), New Criminal Activity (NCA), and New Violent Criminal Activity (NVCA) for assessed cases compared across several rebuttable presumption options.

Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative: Peer Drop-In Center Process Evaluation

December 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

In August 2018, Bernalillo County contracted New Day Youth & Family Services and Albuquerque Center for Hope & Recovery to establish Peer Support Drop-In Centers (PDIs). PDIs intended to offer low-barrier peer-operated supportive services, including (but not limited to): housing and employment opportunities, decrease substance usage, provide physically and psychologically safe environments, basic needs items, and life skills classes. UNM ISR’s CARA conducted a mixed-method process evaluation to study the implementation of PDI programs. Our report summarizes results of semi-structured interviews with program staff, client-level record reviews, and service observations. The process evaluation describes providers’ adherence to program-identified evidence-based practices, program fidelity to logic and process maps, assesses data collection practices and completeness, and recommends improvements to support preparation for future outcome evaluations. CARA concluded PDIs could improve client data collection practices, establish structured and recurring programming/services, and identify clear measurable goals/objectives. Notably, Albuquerque Center for Hope & Recovery was the only PDI program to integrate peer support workers and was most prepared for an outcome evaluation.

Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative: Youth Transitional Living Services Process Evaluation

November 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

The Youth Transitional Living Services (YTLS) programs funded by the Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative (BHI) began in June of 2018. Four agencies were selected to address underlying causes of homelessness and housing instability among youth 14 to 24 years old. The County provided funding to “…enhance an assortment of services, which when provided with supportive housing could lead to self-sufficiency and stable, permanent housing.”. Almost 250 youth were clients in one or more of these programs in the two and a half years this evaluation spans (May 2018 [program inception] through June 2021). This evaluation synthesizes information from multiple data sources to study the implementation of the YTLS.

Bernalillo County Department of Behavioral Health Services (DBHS): DWI Enforcement Report

June 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This report evaluates Bernalillo County law enforcement activities funded by local DWI (LDWI) funds through the Local Government Division (LGD) of the Department of Finance Administration (DFA). Activity data on enforcement methods, frequency, citations and arrests from August 2019 – May 2020 are compiled and described. The report includes a brief review of extant literature on DWI law enforcement methods, programs and effectiveness and makes recommendations for Bernalillo law enforcement methods and data collection.

Bernalillo County Department of Behavioral Health Services (DBHS): All Star Program Review

June 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This report is a process evaluation of the Public Safety Psychology Group (PSPG) All Stars program for the 2020-2021 school year. This evaluation includes a review of PSPG program materials, student pre- and post-surveys conducted as part of the program, program evaluations completed by previous All Stars program students, incident reports filled out by All Stars staff between 2018 and early 2020, and lastly, observations of the All Stars program in Albuquerque Public Schools (virtual) classrooms conducted by ISR staff. All Stars program materials and observation findings are compared with the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) prevention principles.

Bernalillo County Health Initiative: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) Process Evaluation Report in Brief

June 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This 4-page synopsis of the Bernalillo County funded Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) process evaluation highlights findings from four community-based providers and their fidelity to their models. This entails a description of the evaluation design as well as abbreviated summaries of the four providers’ program design and services.

Peer Case Management Report in Brief

June 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This 6-page report in brief summarizes the key findings of a process evaluation of Centro Sávila and Crossroads for Women’s peer case management programs from July 2019 - April 2021 and describes elements of program fidelity, dose, and reach using data from monthly performance measures, staff interviews, quarterly client-satisfaction surveys, and client-level data. This report in brief also identifies methodological and evidence-based recommendations to improve process flow and data quality.

Peer Case Management Process Evaluation

June 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This report is a process evaluation of Centro Sávila and Crossroads for Women’s peer case management programs from July 2019 - April 2021. This report relies on data from four primary sources – (1) monthly performance measure data, (2) 15 semi-structured staff interviews, (3) quarterly client-satisfaction surveys, and (4) client-level data from our record review of 604 program participants. Specifically, we highlight findings on (1) the number of clients served by both programs, (2) the duration and frequency of case management meetings, (3) the scope of intake and screening tool administration, (4) the demographic and SDOH predictors of clients’ service utilization, (5) longitudinal changes in program enrollment, and (6) the results of stakeholder interviews and client satisfaction surveys. Additionally, this report identifies specific recommendations for improving the quality of performance measure reporting, strategies for increasing client engagement with case managers, and strategies for administering assessment tools in a trauma-informed fashion and notes potential methodological limitations which may constrain the scope of future outcome evaluations.

Bernalillo County Public Safety Assessment Validation Study, Report in Brief

June 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This report in brief summarizes findings of the validity study of the public safety assessment (PSA), including findings for overall validity, validity by race, gender and overall outcomes and adherence.

Bernalillo County Public Safety Assessment Validation Study

June 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This study assesses validity of the public safety assessment (PSA), specifically the ability to predict the likelihood of an individual to fail to appear at a future court hearing, commit a new crime, or commit a new violent crime during their pretrial period. Validity is reviewed for race and gender and overall outcomes and adherence are discussed.

Bernalillo County Health Initiative: Mobile Crisis Teams (MCT) Process Evaluation Report in Brief

June 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This 4-page synopsis of the Bernalillo County Mobile Crisis Team process evaluation highlights findings about how MCTs are deployed, their on-scene service delivery, and client follow-up and case management practices. Abbreviated versions of the program history, data sources, and recommendation round out this brief.

Bernalillo County Health Initiative: Mobile Crisis Teams (MCT) Process Evaluation

June 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

The Bernalillo County Mobile Crisis Team program pairs master’s level clinicians with specially trained Albuquerque Police Department Officers and Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Deputies to respond to 911 calls with a behavioral health element. The process evaluation covers the MCT program from its inception (February 2018) to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Mexico (March 2020). Data from ride-along observations, call for service data from both law enforcement agencies, clinician records, and a survey of MCT members are synthesized to understand how the Bernalillo County MCTs are dispatched, how they function, what short-term outcomes they affect, and the long-term, systemic effects they might realize.

Report in Brief: Bernalillo County Department of Behavioral Health Services CARE Campus Review, January 2014 – August 2019

February 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This report-in-brief reviews services provided by Bernalillo County Department of Behavioral Health Services (DBHS) Comprehensive Assessment and Resiliency through Excellence (CARE) campus programs during January 2014 through August 2019. The five programs reviewed are the Public Inebriate Intervention Program (PIIP), the Addiction Treatment Program (ATP), the Detoxification and Treatment Program (Detox), the Supportive Aftercare Community Program (SAC), and the Milagro Mariposa Program (Mariposa). In addition to describing the characteristics of services provided and served population, the report also explores healthcare system engagement by ATP and Detox clients before and after program participation. Key findings include an increasing concentration of services among a smaller group of clients through 2017; highest frequencies of per-person service use among Native Americans and seniors; and the tendency of ATP and Detox clients to increase their receipt of medical services following their first participation in the programs.

Bernalillo County Department of Behavioral Health Services CARE Campus Review, January 2014 – August 2019

February 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This report reviews services provided by Bernalillo County Department of Behavioral Health Services (DBHS) Comprehensive Assessment and Resiliency through Excellence (CARE) campus programs during January 2014 through August 2019. The five programs reviewed are the Public Inebriate Intervention Program (PIIP), the Addiction Treatment Program (ATP), the Detoxification and Treatment Program (Detox), the Supportive Aftercare Community Program (SAC), and the Milagro Mariposa Program (Mariposa). In addition to describing the characteristics of services provided and served population, the report also explores healthcare system engagement by ATP and Detox clients before and after program participation. The average client received services from any of the programs on nearly five occasions, summing to 65,000 campus visits across over 14,000 people. The service review found an increasing concentration of services among a smaller group of clients through 2017; highest frequencies of per-person service use among Native Americans and seniors; and the tendency of ATP and Detox clients to increase their receipt of medical services following their first participation in the programs. The report speculates that post-program medical encounter increases for these clients reflect the connection of clients to previously under-utilized physical and behavioral health treatments, especially among ATP participants who fully completed the program

Bernalillo County Health Initiative: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) Process Evaluation

February 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

The Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative (BHI) Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) program contracted seven providers to provide services to at risk children and their families across the full continuum of services including primary prevention, identification, early intervention, support and treatment, harm reduction, outreach, and services in children’s homes and within the community. The process evaluation covers the ACEs program from its inception (July 2017) to the end of the contracts (June 2021). This study includes a review of program required performance measures for all seven providers, service data of clients and their families served by the four community based programs, and interviews with staff from the four community-based programs.

State of New Mexico Aging & Long-Term Services Department - Statewide Needs Assessment

January 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This report reviews the findings of a pilot needs assessment on older adult need in New Mexico. Data were analyzed according to (1) statewide trends, (2) Planning and Service Areas (PSA), and (3) six pilot cities. PSA 5, which includes Navajo Nation was excluded, because data were not available. In general, we found that older adult need varied by PSA, but was especially high in PSA 6, encompassing tribal areas throughout New Mexico. Preliminary findings from field observations also indicated that PSAs may support populations from neighboring states, cities, or counties. Consumer data revealed that Congregate Meals and Home Delivered Meals accounted for the majority of services provided by ALTSD. It remains unknown whether older adults in New Mexico primarily need or desire those services—further research is needed to better understand this. UNM ISR concluded that the pilot needs assessment demonstrated the importance of conducting qualitative and community-level assessments of need among older adults.

Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Risk-Needs Framework Scores and New Bookings Alignment Review

January 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This report investigates the alignment of scores on the Criminogenic Risk and Behavioral Health Needs Framework (“risk-needs framework”) with recidivism likelihood as part of a broader evaluation of the Resource Reentry Center (RRC) and Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) in Bernalillo County. Recidivism is operationalized as a subsequent arrest beyond an initial booking into the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC). The capacity of the risk-needs framework to predict new bookings is compared with that of the Proxy Risk to Recidivate Screener (“Proxy”), one of the screening tools used to construct risk-needs framework scores. Retrospective analysis of jail data over an eight-month period for over 6,000 inmates originally released between July and October 2019 indicates that risk-needs framework scores do not correspond to jail readmission rates or length of stay in a consistent manner. The Proxy scores align much more closely with subsequent bookings and length of stay. If the goal of the risk-needs framework is at least partly to predict recidivism risk, this report recommends the Proxy be used in lieu of the full framework to screen arrestees’ risk to reoffend.

Preliminary Review of Administrative Data for the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

January 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This report is a preliminary review of data for a sample of inmate released to the Resource Reentry Center during fiscal year 2020 who were to have received services as part of the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program. Data on a sample of these program clients was reviewed to determine if the data was available and complete.

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center: Analysis of the Jail Population, December 31, 2020

January 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This is an analysis of the jail population at a point in time (December 31, 2020). The document gives an overview of the population including bookings and releases, length of stay, inmate demographics, sentencing status, charge information, assessment data, and preventive detention holds.

Education and Training Report in Brief

January 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This 4-page report in brief reviews eight contracts and performance measure data for Education and Training programs from March 2019 – November 2020 for the following behavioral health care providers: All Faiths, ARCA, BCCHC, MITC, NMBLC, NAMI - NM, and Serna Solutions. The purpose of this report is to describe the nature and short-term impact of different education and training interventions on training satisfaction metrics and short-term effects on training-related knowledge. The report in brief also highlights limitations to existing performance measure reporting and offers recommendations for improving performance measure data quality.

Education and Training Program Review

January 2021

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This report is a summary review of seven different behavioral healthcare providers’ Education and Training programs from March 2019 – November 2020. In this report, we provide a brief overview of cumulative performance measures across all providers, the specific terms of each provider’s contracts, a summative review of each provider’s most recently provided performance measures, a review of provider-specific performance measures where applicable, and identify provider-specific barriers to, and successes with, program implementation. We conclude this report by identifying common process themes across providers, comment on some limitations of the reported performance measure data such as unknown survey response rates, unknown sample sizes, and the possibility of response biases, and offer recommendations for improving performance measure data reporting.

Evaluation Status Report-Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

November 2020

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

Report in Brief: Bernalillo County Department of Behavorial Health Services CARE Campus Review, January 2014-August 2019

November 2020

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This report-in-brief reviews client characteristics, service use, and post-program medical encounters for the PIIP, ATP, Detox, SAC, and Mariposa programs of the DBHS CARE Campus for January 2014 through August 2019. Unique clients taking part in the programs decreased while the number of visits per capita rose over 2014-2017 and leveled off in 2018. Most clients were male, identified as White or Latino, and were in young to middle adulthood, but visits were highest among Native Americans and seniors. Clients of the ATP and Detox programs had elevated medical encounters post-program regardless of encounter type and increases were particularly steep for clients with the highest numbers of encounters. Increases in behavioral health encounters were higher among Detox than ATP clients for both mental health and substance use disorders.

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center: A 9-Year Follow-up on Recidivism Among Jail Inmates Released in 2010

November 2020

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This report follows a cohort of more than 28,000 inmates released from the Metropolitan Detention Center in 2010 over a nine-year follow-up time period. Overall recidivism is described as well as recidivism by sex, race/ethnicity, and age at release. Also presented are cumulative recidivism rates and rates by year of first return to custody.

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center: Analysis of the Jail Population, June 30, 2020

October 2020

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This report analyzes the jail population at a point in time (June 30, 2020). The document gives an overview of the population and capacity of the jail. It also discusses changes in bookings, releases, length of stay, population demographics, highest charges, and sentencing information over time.

Full Report: Bernalillo Department of Behavioral Health Services CARE Campus Review, January 2014 - August 2019

August 2020

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This report reviews client characteristics and service use patterns for the PIIP, ATP, Detox, SAC, and Mariposa programs of the DBHS MATS Campus for January 2014 through August 2019. It also describes subsequent client contacts with healthcare providers following their participation in the programs. The analysis finds an increasingly smaller group of clients received more services per capita over 2014-2017 and per capita visits were highest among Native Americans and seniors. On average, clients of the ATP and Detox programs increased their contacts with healthcare providers following their initial participation in the programs. These increases were evident regardless of whether encounters involved emergency, inpatient, or outpatient services and were particularly steep for clients with the highest frequencies of medical treatment overall.

Be Above the Influence Curriculum and Envision Your Future Program Review

June 2020

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This report reviews the DBHS DWI division prevention programs Envision Your Future (EYF) and the Be Above the Influence (BATI) curriculum. These reviews are designed as process evaluations and not outcome evaluations. Neither program has been studied as part of the Institute for Social Research’s rolling evaluation plan of DBHS programs.

Evaluation Status Report-Mobile Crisis Teams

June 2020

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

Beginning in May 2018, co-responder Mobile Crisis Teams (MCTs) were created to provide specialized responses to 911 calls involving a behavioral health element. Law enforcement personnel from the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) and Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) are paired with licensed clinicians from HopeWorks to provide on-scene crisis management, assessment and referrals. This two page update was presented by the Bernalillo County Department of Behavioral Health Services to the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners at their regular administrative meeting on August 25, 2020. The report highlights evaluation activities to-date and preliminary insights into the implementation and effectiveness of these BHI-funded MCTs.

Failure to Appear and New Criminal Activity: Outcome Measures for Preventive Detention and Public Safety Assessments

January 2020

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This report reviews the impact of preventive detention motions on the Failure to Appear (FTA) and New Criminal Activity (NCA) rate for individuals in Bernalillo County charged with felony crimes and for which the Public Safety Assessment (PSA) was administered and used in the pretrial release decision making process from the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC).

Bernalillo County Public Safety Assessment Review: July 2017 to March 2019

December 2019

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This report reviews one of these pretrial risk assessment instruments and the use of this instrument in cases spanning both the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court (BCMC) and the Second Judicial District Court (SJDC) in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Bernalillo County implemented the Public Safety Assessment (PSA) in June 2017. The pretrial phase of a criminal case takes place at the beginning of the court case, after arrest, and prior to the trial and final disposition of the case.

Bernalillo County Department of Behavioral Health Services MATS Programs Review

October 2019

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This report reviews five Metropolitan Assessment Treatment Services (MATS) programs for the period of April 17, 2013 through June 30, 2018: the Public Inebriate Intervention Program (PIIP), Addiction Treatment Program (ATP), Detoxification and Treatment Program (Detox), Supportive Aftercare Community Program (SAC), and Mariposa Program (Mariposa).

Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative: Mobile Crisis Teams Call For Service February 2018 thru July 2019

September 2019

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

Mobile Crisis Teams (MCT) in Bernalillo County, New Mexico are designed to improve the outcomes of 911 police calls for service (CFS) in which an individual is having a behavioral health crisis by having both an officer and licensed clinician respond to the crisis.

MDC Receiving Screen Preliminary Data Review, February-May 2019

August 2019

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This is an initial and preliminary review of a small selection of data collected during the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) intake process using the recently implemented (February 2019) Receiving Screen form.

Bernalillo County Department of Behavioral Health Services: Updated Program Review

May 2019

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This report provides a preliminary review of five Bernalillo County Metropolitan Assessment Treatment Services (MATS) programs. These include the Public Inebriate Intervention Program (PIIP), the Addiction Treatment Program (ATP), the Detoxification and Treatment Program (Detox), the Supportive Aftercare Community Program (SAC), and the Milagro Mariposa Program (Mariposa).

Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative: Preliminary Review Mobile Crisis Teams Calls For Service Data

April 2019

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Data Collection

The following reviews CFS data that was received for the months of February 2018 through September 2018 from the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) and the Albuquerque Police Department (APD). Within this time period Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque have funded four MCTs which have been dispatched to a total of 1,536 CFS.

Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative: Preliminary Review Mobile Crisis Teams Clinician Encounter Data

April 2019

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Data Collection

This report describes data collected by the clinicians assigned to the MCTs and provides insight into the services provided by clinicians to clients involved in MCT calls for service. This report is based on data from the months of February 2018 through October 2018 provided by Hope Works. Hope Works is the agency responsible for the clinicians involved in MCTs.

Process Evaluation of the Bernalillo County - Be Above the Influence Marketing Campaign

January 2017

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This report reviews the Bernalillo County Be Above the Influence marketing campaign. The Be Above the Influence (B-ATI) marketing campaign began in July 2014 as a program to encourage teens in Bernalillo county to choose not to drink, do drugs, bully others, or commit violent acts.

Bernalillo County Department of Substance Abuse Programs (DSAP): Tavern Taxi and Pick me Up Take me home Report

September 2019

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

Tavern Taxi and Pick me up, Take me out are community based programs that are used to provide free, safe, and confidential rides to intoxicated drivers. The Bernalillo County Tavern Taxi program provides free rides to Albuquerque bar patrons when the bartender, or waiter/waitress calls a local cab company and requests a ride for an inebriated patron.

SafeTeen New Mexico Program 2016 Survey Results

September 2019

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

The following is a preliminary review of a survey administered to Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) students who were involved in the SafeTeen New Mexico School-Based Awareness Program during the past school year. Safe Teen uses the “Diffusion of Innovation” method to create behavior change in youth.

Bernalillo County Metro Detention Center Population Snapshot June 2016

November 2016

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This is an analysis of the jail population at a point in time (June 30, 2016). The document gives an overview of the population. It also discusses the population growth as well as the sentencing status and highest charges.

City of Albuquerque Heading Home Initiative Cost Study Report Final

May 2016

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This study focuses on a cost analysis that compares the cost of a wide variety of different services, which are described for standardized time periods before study group members entered the Heading Home Initiative program to the cost of services after study group members entered the Heading Home Initiative program for a similar time period.

Report in Brief: City of Albuquerque Heading Home Cost Study

May 2016

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

The goal of this research is to study the cost benefit of the Albuquerque, New Mexico Heading Home Initiative (AHH). The research is designed to study the costs before and after the provision of housing for chronically homeless persons in Albuquerque, N.M. This report includes a brief literature review, a short methodology section, a brief description of the study sample, and an analysis of interview and official service and cost data.

College Student Athletes Early Intervention Program at the University of New Mexico

March 2016

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

The Bernalillo County Department of Substance Abuse Programs (DSAP) contracts and works with the Public Safety Psychology Group (PSPG), Media Literacy and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), and the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) in an effort to prevent drug and alcohol abuse. Due to the age of college athletes, and the above average risk of heavy episodic drinking, getting to these groups of students early in their college and sport careers is vital.

City of Albuquerque Police Department On Body Camera System Research

February 2016

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This research study had several goals: document the use of the Albuquerque Police Department On-Body Camera System; provide information useful for informing the development of a policy regarding the use of the camera system and provide information to inform a method to audit the policy and the use of the camera system by police officers. Recommendations from the study incorporate call for service and video data as well as focus group input of field and investigative police officers.

Report in Brief: City of Albuquerque Police Department On Body Camera System Research

February 2016

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

A brief version of the research study of the Albuquerque Police Department on body camera system. The study had several goals: document the use of the Albuquerque Police Department On-Body Camera System; provide information useful for informing the development of a policy regarding the use of the camera system and provide information to inform a method to audit the policy and the use of the camera system by police officers. Recommendations from the study incorporate call for service and video data as well as focus group input of field and investigative officers.

Fall 2015 UNM Latina/o Graduate and Professional Student Fellowship Participant Survey Report

January 2016

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Survey

The purpose of this report is to detail the responses to a survey administered to the participants of the Fall 2015 Latina/o Graduate and Professional Student Fellowship. Hosted jointly by the Graduate Resource Center (GRC) and El Centro de la Raza at the University of New Mexico (UNM), the Fellowship Program provides Latina/o graduate students with resources, networks, and skills in order to support them in completing their degree programs and increase their representation within academic and professional organizations.

Assessment of PREP: Longitudinal Survey Analysis

January 2016

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This is the second report of the longitudinal study of the PREP program performed by the University of New Mexico - Institute for Social Research.

Bernalillo County Department of Substance Abuse Programs (DSAP) Implementation Research

September 2019

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

The mission of The Bernalillo County Department of Substance Abuse Programs (DSAP) is to provide programming and services that reduce the impact of alcoholism, alcohol abuse, drug dependence, and drug abuse on the individuals, the community, the criminal justice systems, and the healthcare system in Bernalillo County.

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Report

November 2015

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This study involves pre and post training surveys of all eligible Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) staff, contractors, and volunteers who participate in PREA training. The report includes several sections including a review of existing data maintained by the MDC to document PREA related incidents at the MDC; a brief description of the development of the PREA trainings; the analysis of the PREA training pre- and post-surveys; and a conclusion with recommendations.

Pathways to a Healthy Bernalillo County Program - A Cost Study

October 2015

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

The main objective of this cost study is to estimate the efficacy of Pathways using two major outcomes, total UNMH hospital group charges and total number of visits to UNMH hospital group sites. From an initial pre and post comparison cost study conducted, we found that both total charges and visits for Pathways clients increased from the pre period to the post period across a variety of participants, type of care, services, and diagnoses.

2015 UNM Graduate and Professional Student Academy Participant Survey Report

July 2015

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Survey

This report describes the results of a survey administered to the participants of the 2015 Graduate and Professional Student Academy.

2014-2015 UNM Graduate and Professional Student Fellowship Participant Survey Report

July 2015

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Survey

This report describes the results of a survey administered to the participants of the 2014- 2015 Latina/o Graduate Fellowship. Hosted jointly by the Graduate Resource Center (GRC) and El Centro de la Raza at the University of New Mexico, the Fellowship Program provides Latina/o graduate students with resources, networks, and skills in order to support them in completing their degree programs and increase their representation within academic and professional organizations.

City of Albuquerque, Collaborative on Police - Community Relations - Phase One Report

June 2015

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Research

This study had two goals. First, to assess the implementation of the Collaborative following the process outlined in City Council Resolution R-2014-052 (Appendix A) and second to provide key themes distilled from the different sources of information described later. These key themes will be used during the Phase 2 Feedback Sessions to help in the drafting of community goals that will be prioritized. In Phase 3 the community goals will be implemented and a committee will be established to monitor and track progress to keep the process moving forward. The Collaborative was created by an Albuquerque City Council Resolution (R-2014-052) signed and enacted by the City Council and Mayor. The City of Albuquerque Office of Diversity and Human Rights and the Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution were given the responsibility for implementing the Collaborative.

Catholic Health Initiatives St. Joseph's Children Home Visiting Program Implementation Review

May 2015

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

The purpose of this study is to determine how well the CHI SJC program adheres to the program design and how well the program follows known best practices and/or science based practices. The CHI SJC program has not been studied to determine how the program operates. This study uses interviews of program administrators and staff, observations of services, focus groups, and a review of client files.

Bernalillo County Department of Substance Abuse: Public Inebriate Intervention Program

January 2015

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

A report on Bernalillo County's Public Inebriate Intervention Program in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Graduate Resource Center: Report in Brief

August 2014

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This report provides a review of GRC research focused on documenting the implementation of the GRC and progress towards meeting the goals of the GRC. This is done by synthesizing the results of five recent reports by ISR of the GRC. This report also includes a description of the GRC.

Bookings on Citable Charges: An Analysis of Arrests and Bookings in the Metropolitan Detention Center

August 2014

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

The purpose of this study is to determine the number of persons who are arrested and booked in the Metropolitan Detention Center on a citable offense. We categorized petty misdemeanor arrests into 5 categories: drug, public order, property, traffic, and violent crimes. Based on these categories we calculated the most frequent types of crimes in each category, the number of arrests for each category in a particular month, the average length of stay overall, and the average length of stay for each category.

Bernalillo County Department of Substance Abuse Programs: Assessment Center Review

July 2014

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This report reviews the Bernalillo County DSAP Assessment Center, its processes, the population it manages, the program options available to individuals coming to the Assessment Center, and a sample of cases assessed and referred by the AC to its program treatment options. The report makes several observations and recommendations for the AC to enjoin in its pilot program. Additionally, the report reviews programs around the nation using similar admissions or receiving processes, and reviews the design of an effective workflow process borrowed from the field of business process management and matched to the accessing and referring tasks the Assessment Center handles.

2014 UNM Graduate and Professional Student Academy Participant Survey Report

July 2014

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Survey

This report is based on the responses of 9 students to a web-based survey they were asked to complete as part of their Academy requirements. A total of 9 students participated in the Academy. The survey included various sections including a section requesting demographic information, educational background, employment history, their use and satisfaction with GRC/GSFI services, their opinions and experiences with their graduate program, reasons why they go to graduate school and finishing graduate school, their experiences with the Academy and their aspirations following graduate school.

Graduate Resource Center and Graduate Student Funding Initiative 2014 Student Survey Report

July 2014

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Survey

This report provides the results of the 2014 survey of the Graduate Resource Center (GRC) and the Graduate Student Funding Initiative (GSFI) participants and Graduate Studies (GS) students who did not participate in any GRC/GSFI services.

New Mexico Bail Bond Schedules: A Comparison of Bernalillo County's Bond Schedule to 21 New Mexico Jurisdictions

June 2014

Centers:

• CARA

This brief report compares the approved Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court and the Second District Court bail-bond schedule for misdemeanors and felonies, to the bond schedules used in 21 other jurisdictions in New Mexico.

2013-2014 UNM Graduate and Professional Student Fellowship Participant Survey Report

June 2014

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Survey

The graduate fellowship offered by El Centro de la Raza and the Graduate Resource Center (GRC) is intended to provide the Latina/o graduate community with academic support, resources, networks, and skills in order to help them successfully complete their graduate degrees.

Review of Services Provided by the Graduate Resource Center and Graduate Student Funding Initiative October 2012-September 2013

December 2013

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Survey

This document reports information collected from TutorTrac in 2013-2013. Information is reported for October 2012 through September 2013.

Graduate Resource Center and Graduate Student Funding Initiative Workshop Evaluations October 2012 - September 2013

December 2013

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This report covers the workshop evaluations completed by students who attended the Graduate Resource Center (GRC) and Graduate Student Funding Initiative (GSFI) workshops between October 2012 and September 2013.

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center: Analysis of the Jail Population - Briefing Note

December 2013

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This report illustrates the population of the MDC continues to exceeds the design capacity and operational capacity.

City of ABQ Heading Home Initiative Cost Study Phase 1

September 2013

Centers:

• CARA

The primary purpose of this study was to report on the cost effectiveness of the Heading Home Initiative program using two methods that have been used in previous studies. Similar to other studies and the previously completed Housing First Cost Study (2011) this study found a net cost benefit. The estimated benefit is fairly large and is conservative. With more complete information (i.e. emergency medical services and ambulance transports) we believe this benefit would have been greater.

City of ABQ Heading Home Cost Study Report in Brief

September 2013

Centers:

• CARA

The goal of this research is to study the cost benefit of the Albuquerque New Mexico Heading Home Initiative. This report includes a brief literature review, a short methodology section, a brief description of the study sample, and an analysis of study interview and cost data.

Review of Services Provided by the Graduate Resource Center and Graduate Student Funding Initiative October 2011-September 2012

June 2013

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Survey

This report provides information collected from TutorTrac. The information is reported for October 2011 through September 2012.

Graduate Resource Center and Graduate Student Funding Initiative 2012 Student Survey Report

June 2013

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Survey

This report provides the results of the 2012 survey of the Graduate Resource Center (GRC) and the Graduate Student Funding Initiative (GSFI) participants and Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) students who did not participate in any GRC/GSFI services.

2012-2013 UNM Latina/o Graduate and Professional Student Fellowship Participant Survey Report

June 2013

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Survey

The information in this report is based on a web-based survey conducted by the Institute for Social Research at UNM. Sixteen of the 19 students completed the survey. The survey included various sections including demographic information, educational background, employment history, their use and satisfaction with GRC/GSFI and El Centro services, their opinions and experiences with their graduate program, reasons why they go to graduate school and finishing graduate school, their experiences with the Fellowship and their aspirations following graduate school.

UNM Graduate and Professional Student Academy Participant Survey Report 2012-2013

June 2013

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Survey

This report is based on the responses of 11 students to a web-based survey they were asked to complete as part of their UNM Graduate & Professional Student Academy requirements. The survey included various sections including demographic information, educational background, employment history, their use and satisfaction with GRC/GSFI services, their opinions and experiences with their graduate program, reasons why they go to graduate school and finishing graduate school, their experiences with the Academy and their aspirations following graduate school.

Graduate Resource Center and Graduate Student Funding Initiative Workshops Evaluations October 2011-September 2012

June 2013

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Program Evaluation

This report describes the workshop evaluations completed by students who attended Graduate Resource Center (GRC) and Graduate Student Funding Initiative (GSFI) workshops between October 2011 and September 2012 and completed a workshop evaluation.

City of Albuquerque Yellow Light Timing Change and All-Red Clearance Interval Time Change Effectiveness Study Final Report.

September 2012

Centers:

• CARA

This study reports on the safety impact of a change in the yellow light interval timings at 18 intersections in Albuquerque, and changes in the all-red light clearance timings at two intersections on the safety measured by changes in crashes and the type of severity of crashes.

Report in Brief: City of Albuquerque Yellow Light Timing Change and All-Red Clearance Interval Timing Change Effectiveness Study.

September 2012

Centers:

• CARA

This study reports on the safety impact of a change in the yellow light interval timings at 18 intersections in Albuquerque, and changes in the all-red light clearance timings at two intersections on the safety measured by changes in crashes and the type of severity of crashes.

Assessment of PREP: Academic Year 2010-2011.

November 2011

Centers:

• CARA

This report is the second in a series of annual reports to assess the PREP program at UNM. The PREP program is funded by the Minority Opportunities in Research section of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health.

Longitudinal Assessment of PREP 2006-2011.

November 2011

Centers:

• CARA

In addition to annual assessments of the PREP program at UNM, the ISR and PREP staff worked in collaboration to assess the long-term affects attending PREP has had on former PREP scholars. This report provides the results of the web-based survey that former PREP scholars were asked to complete in order to assess the PREP program longitudinally.

Report in Brief: City of Albuquerque Red Light Camera Study.

October 2011

Centers:

• CARA

The goal of this study is to report on the traffic safety impact of the Red Light Camera (RLC) system in Albuquerque, N.M. The report in brief includes a literature review, a short methodology section, a brief description of the RLC system, and an analysis of study crash and cost data.

Report on the Project to Collect Uniform Crime Data in New Mexico, Phase 2.

August 2011

Centers:

• CARA

This paper includes a brief review of the federal Uniform Crime Report (UCR) program and a description of the six Phase 2 Objectives and the efforts to achieve those Objectives. This report also highlights Phase 1 Objectives.

Report in Brief: City of Albuquerque Housing First Cost Study.

August 2011

Centers:

• CARA

The goal of this study is to research the cost benefit of the Albuquerque, N.M Housing First Program. The research is specifically designed to study the costs before and after the provision of housing for chronically homeless persons in Albuquerque, N.M.

Jail Diversion Literature Review

June 2011

Centers:

• CARA

Jail Based Substance Abuse Treatment Literature Review.

June 2011

Centers:

• CARA

City of Albuquerque Housing First Cost Study Final Report.

May 2011

Centers:

• CARA

The goal of this study is to research the cost benefit of the Albuquerque, N.M Housing First Program. The research is specifically designed to study the costs before and after the provision of housing for chronically homeless persons in Albuquerque, N.M.

Report in Brief: Project to Collect Uniform Crime Data in New Mexico.

April 2011

Centers:

• CARA

Review of the Bernalillo County Addiction Treatment Program (ATP).

January 2011

Centers:

• CARA

This report is an evaluation of the Bernalillo County Addiction Treatment Program (ATP). ATP is a single program with two components, a Jail-Based component and an Aftercare component. The purpose of this report is to assess whether the processes of the ATP Jail-Based and Aftercare components have been fully implemented.

Report in Brief: Felony DWI Sentencing to Treatment Study.

December 2010

Centers:

• CARA

This study determines the extent to which offenders convicted of a felony DWI are being sentenced to be screened using the state mandated screening instrument, the treatment received by DWI offenders and the sentences of DWI offenders compared to mandatory minimum sentences.

Assessment of PREP: Academic Year 2009-2010.

November 2010

Centers:

• CARA

This report provides an annual assessment of the PREP program at UNM. It provides the results of a web-based survey of pre and post PREP scholars and mentors and makes future recommendations for the program based on the results and analysis of the survey.

City of Albuquerque Red Light Camera Study Final Report.

October 2010

Centers:

• CARA

The overall goal of this study is to report in the safety impact of the Red Light Camera (RLC) system in Albuquerque, N.M. on traffic safety measured by changes in crashes, the type and severity of crashes, and changes in the cost of crashes.

Report in Brief: City of Albuquerque Red Light Camera Study.

October 2010

Centers:

• CARA

The overall goal of this study is to report in the safety impact of the Red Light Camera (RLC) system in Albuquerque, N.M. on traffic safety measured by changes in crashes, the type and severity of crashes, and changes in the cost of crashes.

Final Report: External Evaluator's Final Report: GK-12 EMRGE Project.

August 2010

Centers:

• CARA

This final report chronicles the GK 12 Ecohydrogeology in the Middle Rio Grande Environment Project.

Progress Report: GK-12 E-MRGE Project 2008-2009 School Year.

April 2010

Centers:

• CARA

This progress Report includes the activities of the Ecohydrogeology in the Middle Rio Grande Environment (E-MERGE) project, through the 2008-2009 school year.

Analysis of Five Years of Booking on Citable Offenses in the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center.

October 2009

Centers:

• CARA

Analyzing Calls for Service to the Albuquerque Police Department.

June 2009

Centers:

• CARA

This is the last of four reports in a series by the ISR addressing issues related to calls by the public for police services in the City of Albuquerque. This paper includes several sections: previous work, results of our survey, an analysis of 15 months of calls, crime data and a conclusion.

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court DWI-Drug Court Cost Study

May 2009

Centers:

• CARA

This study was completed to enhance the outcome study of the BCMC DWI/Drug Court program with a review of the cost of the DWI/Drug Court program

GK-12 Optics and Photonics Education Project.

November 2008

Centers:

• CARA

This report chronicles the GK-12 Optics and Photonics Education project (OPE) in Albuquerque, NM. The objective of the project was to improve math, science, and engineering education at the K-12 level. This report covers the project evaluation and addresses what is happening in the program, what is working, what problems are occurring and what changes (if any) should be made to the program.

Report in Brief: Second Chance Center Preliminary Study.

October 2008

Centers:

• CARA

The Second Chance Center (SCC) is designed as a secure, long-term rehabilitation facility. It is designed to house criminal justice offenders with substance abuse problems. This program evaluation focuses on a process evaluation which focuses on how the program has been implemented and how it operates and how current practices impact the delivery of the program.

Second Chance Center Preliminary Process Evaluation Study.

October 2008

Centers:

• CARA

The Second Chance Center (SCC) is designed as a secure, long-term rehabilitation facility. It is designed to house criminal justice offenders with substance abuse problems. This program evaluation focuses on a process evaluation which focuses on how the program has been implemented and how it operates and how current practices impact the delivery of the program.

Estimated Number of Offenders in New Mexico Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center Repeat Bookings on DWI Charges

September 2008

Centers:

• CARA

Analysis of Traffic Warrant Bookings in the Metropolitan Detention Center.

August 2008

Centers:

• CARA

The IRS conducted a review of all individuals booked on traffic warrants into the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC). This report looks at how bookings on traffic warrants impact the population at the Bernalillo County MCD.

Preliminary Draft: Analyzing Calls for Service to the Albquerque Police Department.

June 2008

Centers:

• CARA

This paper is the first in a series of four reports addressing issues related to calls by the public for police services on the City of Albuquerque. It reviews available literature on the subject, a description of one month of data from the APD, a review of potential research goals for future analysis, and the implications and benefits from further detailed analysis of call data.

Progress Report: GK-12 E-MRGE Project 2006-2007 School Year.

January 2008

Centers:

• CARA

This Progress Report details the activities of the E-MRGE program during the 2006-2007 school year. At the time of printing, the project has completed one year and the Fall Semester of the second year.

Study of the Recruiting Competitiveness of the Albuquerque Police Department.

November 2007

Centers:

• CARA

The Institute for Social Research (ISR) uses specific factors to determine the competitive status of the APD. This report analyses the APD's competitiveness in recruitment of new law enforcement. This study compares recruitment elements such as salary and uniform allowances (among other things) to other recruitment practices in the country and particularly in the region.

Albuquerque Metropolitan Central Intake Preliminary Review of Clients with Multiple Request for Services.

July 2007

Centers:

• CARA

With funding from the City of Albuquerque's Department of Family and Community Services Division of Behavioral Health (DBH), the Albuquerque Metropolitan Central Intake (AMCI) staff assesses clients to determine if they need drug or alcohol treatment. This analysis provides information analyzing clients who have requested services more than once and it also compares information for clients who have requested services more than once to clients who have requested services once.

City of Albuquerque Hogares Day Treatment Program Evaluation Final Report.

June 2007

Centers:

• CARA

The ISR was awarded the evaluation contract for the review of the Child and Adolescent Early Intervention Program and the Day Treatment Program for adolescent substance abusers. The ISR engaged the Center for Progressive Policy and Practice, Incorporated, a consulting firm experienced in the delivery and evaluation of substance abuse treatment and prevention services. This report is to determine the effectiveness of the new programs.

City of Albuquerque Housing First Program Evaluation Report.

June 2007

Centers:

• CARA

The Housing First model is designed to keep people who are chronically homeless and diagnosed with severe mental illness housed. The program is administered by the Supportive Housing Coalition of New Mexico. This report is a preliminary process evaluation of the Housing First program focused on reviewing program and client information and a review of a small sample of client case management records.

City of Albuquerque Assertive Community Treatment Team Program Evaluation Report.

June 2007

Centers:

• CARA

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams are generally intended to serve individuals with serious mental illnesses using team approach to provide comprehensive, community-based psychiatric treatment, rehabilitation, and support. This report covers information about the ACT program including how clients are referred, what happens at the facilities and the ISR provides assessments of the referred individuals in the ACT program.

City of Albuquerque Youth Development Incorporated Child and Adolescent Early Intervention Family Therapy Project Program Evaluation Final Report.

May 2007

Centers:

• CARA

Beginning in the Fiscal Year 2005, the City of Albuquerque appropriated new funding to expand behavioral health services and prevention and early intervention services targeting high risk youth. This report provides the evaluation of this project to determine the effectiveness of these efforts in improving the lives of the clients and reducing involvement of these clients in criminal activity.

Report in Brief: GK-12: E-MRGE: Ecohydrogeology in the Middle Rio Grande Environment.

February 2007

Centers:

• CARA

The University of New Mexico partnered with the Socorro and Belen school districts to conduct a three-year GK-12 program exploring Ecohydrogeology in the Middle Rio Grande Environment (E-MRGE). The ISR observed classrooms in order to ascertain whether the goals of the program were met.

Progress Report: GK-12 Optics and Photonics Education Project 2006-2007 School Year.

January 2007

Centers:

• CARA

In 2003, the faculty of the School of Engineering (SOE), the College of Arts & Sciences (A&S), and the College of Education (COE) at UNM in partnership with the Albuquerque Public Schools, proposed a graduate teaching project to the National Science Foundation (NSF). The ISR provides the evaluation of this program.

Drug Use, Addiction and the Criminal Justice Population in Bernalillo County.

July 2006

Centers:

• CARA

This report documents the extent of drug use among the criminal justice involved population in Bernalillo County and the availability of substance abuse treatment services for this population. More specifically, it focuses on the individuals who come into contact with the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) and to a lesser extent the Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention Center (JDC).

Results for the Citizen Review Board Survey.

July 2006

Centers:

• CARA

In spring 2005, the ISR was contracted by the New Mexico Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Network to perform an evaluation of the New Mexico Child Abuse and Neglect Citizen Review Board (CRB) project. The ISR used a survey in their investigation in order to analyze the effectiveness of the CRB

A Preliminary Review of Metropolitan Detention Center's Community Custody Program.

June 2006

Centers:

• CARA

This outcome study includes two parts; the first includes a profile of the Community Corrections Program (CCP) inmate that is both successful and unsuccessful. The second, is a quasi-experimental design to evaluate the progress the Community Corrections Program (CCP) has made toward achieving its program goal of reducing overall recidivism rates among DWI offenders.

Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) DWI Addiction Treatment Programs (ATP) Outcome Study for DWI Offenders

May 2006

Centers:

• CARA

This report provides the analysis of the DWI Addiction Treatment Programs (ATP) client satisfaction survey. In addition, the ISR has provided two outcome studies to the MDC ATP; this report is the follow-up to those reports.

Brief Analysis of Bernalillo County's Safe Ride Program

April 2006

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This brief report is designed to provide a preliminary cost benefit analysis of the Bernalillo County Safe Ride program.

A Preliminary Review of Bernalillo County's Safe Ride Program

April 2006

Centers:

• CARA

This preliminary review of Bernalillo County's Safe Ride program includes information on program hours, clients served and DWI crashes in the county.

Juvenile Detention Center (MDC) AYUDA Program Outcome Study Final Report.

December 2024

Centers:

• CARA

This outcome study on the Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention Center's AYUDA program looked at the outpatient component of the program for juveniles who were booked and released from the detention center into the community. Program effectiveness for reducing overall recidivism was analyzed using a comparison group of individuals who did not participate in the AYUDA program.

Final Report-Updated: Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) DWI Addiction Treatment Program (ATP) Outcome Study.

July 2005

Centers:

• CARA

Status of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center: Analysis of the Jail Population - Briefing Note

July 2005

Centers:

• CARA

Type:

• Analysis

This briefing note provides an analysis of the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) jail population.

Evaluation of the Eleventh Judicial District Court San Juan County Juvenile Drug Court: Quasi-Experimental Outcome Study Using Historical Information.

June 2004

Centers:

• CARA

This outcome study sought to better understand the effectiveness of the drug court program in San Juan County in reducing the incidences of crime as measured by new referrals and new petitions as juveniles or arrests as adults after leaving the program compared to a similarly matched group that did not participate in the program.

Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Addictions Treatment Program (ATP) Outcome Study Final Report.

June 2004

Centers:

• CARA

The ISR reviewed and analyzed the client satisfaction surveys and conducted an outcome study. In addition, the ISR provides technical assistance for the programs database. The goal of this preliminary outcome study is to better understand the effectiveness of the Addictions Treatment Program in reducing the incidence of crime as measured by new bookings for study group participants after they were discharged from treatment and whether they were successful or not.

Local DWI Grant Program Statewide Evaluation Final Report

June 2004

Centers:

• CARA

The ISR entered into a contract with the Department of Finance Administration's (DFA) Local Government Division (LGD), to provide evaluation research services and technical assistance to the Local DWI Grant Program administered by the LGD.

Average Daily Population in the Jail

May 2004

Centers:

• CARA

This report looks at the average daily jail population in Bernalillo County. The report concludes that the prison is overcrowded. The Second Chance Program is designed to take inmates that take up most bed days. This report looks at the population problem in the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention center and makes recommendations to alternative avenues to solve the problem

Local DWI Grant Program Statewide Evaluation: DRAFT Treatment Standards

April 2004

Centers:

• CARA

Local DWI Grant Program Statewide Evaluation: DRAFT County Level Information System.

April 2004

Centers:

• CARA

This evaluation makes recommendations to counties to adopt standardized performance measures as well as implement a standardized format for the evaluation plans.

Estimated Eligible Population for Proposed Second Chance Program.

April 2004

Centers:

• CARA

This brief and preliminary report uses Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) data to describe the potential population eligible for the proposed Second Chance Program.

Hepatitis C Media Campaign Evaluation: Final Report.

April 2004

Centers:

• CARA

The Hepatitis C Social Marketing Campaign, funded by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and implemented by the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) was an attempt to raise awareness of Viral Hepatitis and prevent its spread among at risk groups.

Results Summary: ENLACE in Albuquerque TVI Ambassadors Program 2002-03.

April 2004

Centers:

• CARA

During the summer 2003, the ISR staff conducted a comprehensive review of all student files held by TVI Ambassadors for the purpose of helping to improve data collection and program implementation for the Ambassadors at the Technical-Vocational Institute (TVI).

Summary of ENLACE in New Mexico: Engaging Latino Communities for Education: ENLACE in New Mexico.

January 2004

Centers:

• CARA

ENLACE is a national, multi-million dollar effort funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to help communities weave together existing programs and introduce new ones that increase opportunities for Hispanics to enter and complete college.

Results Summary: ENLACE in Albuquerque, Albuquerque Family Centers 2002-2003

November 2003

Centers:

• CARA

Results Summary ENLACE in Albuquerque Los Companeros Program 2002-2003.

November 2003

Centers:

• CARA

The overall goal of the Los Companeros mentoring program is to make middle school students more prepared for the rigors of secondary school. ISR staff administered surveys to participating mentees, mentors, and teachers near the end of the Spring 2003 academic semester. Survey results for each of the three participatory groups are provided herein in the form of descriptive statistics and categorical analyses of survey responses.

Southern New Mexico ENLACE Parent University Program: Parent Survey Summary Report 2002-2003 School Year.

November 2003

Centers:

• CARA

The Parent survey was designed to collect information from parents who participated in the ENLACE funded Parent University program during the 2002-2003 academic school year. The data collected in this research effort is not only to find ways in which to improve the program, but also for program sustainability and further program development. This report provides a summary of the responses from the completed surveys received.

Results Summary: ENLACE in Albuquerque, Chicano Studies Program 2002-2003.

October 2003

Centers:

• CARA

The Chicano Studies course is designed to target Albuquerque high school Hispanic students in order to address the high dropout rates of Hispanic students. The program has been implemented by ENLACE at three high schools. ISR staff administered surveys at the beginning of the academic year in 2002 and another survey at the end of the spring term in 2003. This report examines student responses, along with descriptive information about the school and course.

El Centro de la Raza Survey Results Report.

October 2003

Centers:

• CARA

This report provides the preliminary analysis of the survey data that describes responses to different questions asked to the students who use El Centro de la Raza.

Local DWI Grant Program Final Report: Two-Year Outcome Study of the New Mexico Local DWI Grant Program in Five Counties.

October 2003

Centers:

• CARA

This study compares DWI offenders who were screened, received services, and successfully completed treatment in County DWI programs with DWI offenders who did not successfully complete treatment. The study also considers factors affecting re-arrest after discharge.

Report in Brief: Two-Year Outcome Study of the New Mexico Local DWI Grant Program in Five Counties.

October 2003

Centers:

• CARA

This study compares DWI offenders who were screened, received services, and successfully completed treatment in County DWI programs with DWI offenders who did not successfully complete treatment. The study also considers factors affecting re-arrest after discharge.

Report in Brief: Comparison of Trends in Alcohol-Involved Crashes Among New Mexico Counties.

August 2003

Centers:

• CARA

In the 1990's, numerous state and local government agencies implemented programs intended to lower DWI rates in New Mexico. This study does not establish any linkage between programs and patterns of alcohol-involved crashes with injuries. The focus of this report is on the patterns of change over time. The study compares crash data over time from 1990 thru 2001, across counties and groups of counties.

Comparison of Trends in Alcohol-Involved Crashes Among New Mexico Counties.

August 2003

Centers:

• CARA

In the 1990's, numerous state and local government agencies implemented programs intended to lower DWI rates in New Mexico. This study does not establish any linkage between programs and patterns of alcohol-involved crashes with injuries. The focus of this report is on the patterns of change over time. The study compares crash data over time from 1990 thru 2001, across counties and groups of counties.

Report in Brief Local DWI Grant Program Final Report: Bernalillo County Treatment Study.

August 2003

Centers:

• CARA

The goal of this preliminary outcome study was to better understand the effectiveness of treatment funded by the Department of Finance Administration in reducing the incidence of DWI. The study looks at the effectiveness of outpatient substance abuse treatment for DWI offenders in Bernalillo County.

ENLACE New Mexico: 2002-2003 Evaluation Report.

July 2003

Centers:

• CARA

The purpose of this evaluation is to document the progress of all activities associated with the ENLACE in New Mexico initiatives and to assess their outcomes.

Discharge Planning Process Analysis New Mexico Corrections Department Probation and Parole Division

July 2003

Centers:

• CARA

The purpose of this report is to examine the overall pre-parole discharge planning process of the various bureaus within the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) as it relates to sharing of information and inmate preparedness. This summary report considers the entire interview and focus group data collected from all the facilities by the ISR.

Creating a College-Going School Culture in Northern New Mexico: School-Based Program Models in Three Rural Communities

April 2003

Centers:

• CARA

2002 HTP ENLACE Fellows: Results Survey.

April 2003

Centers:

• CARA

Each academic year, ENLACE administrators of the Hispanic Teacher Pipeline (HTP) select up to 20 Hispanic Educational Assistants (EAs) as ENLACE fellows. The ISR administered a survey to current HTP scholarship recipients pursuing their education in teaching; this summary report provides research findings based on survey responses from the 13 HTP scholarship recipients

Motor Vehicle Related Deaths in New Mexico: Alcohol and Ethnicity.

February 2003

Centers:

• CARA

This report, prepared for the State of New Mexico Local Government Division of the Department of Finance Administration, details the history and overview of motor vehicle accidents in the U.S. and New Mexico. The purpose of the study is to examine the differences in alcohol-involved fatalities and fatality rates across the Anglo, Hispanic, and Native American ethnic groups using an objective measure of alcohol involvement.

Program View, Engaging Latino Communities in Education: ENLACE in New Mexico.

January 2003

Centers:

• CARA

This report gives a overview of what the ENLACE program looks like, the findings from the ISR staff, site descriptions, the importance of policy implications, and the events and activities that ENLACE has sponsored. ISR provides the evaluation of the ENLACE program.

Fact Sheet: Engaging Latino Communities for Education: ENLACE in New Mexico.

January 2003

Centers:

• CARA

This report reviews the findings to date of the ENLACE program in New Mexico. It covers events and activities, and ENLACE lessons learned.

Report in Brief: ENLACE in Albuquerque.

October 2002

Centers:

• CARA

The ENLACE initiative is a national, multi-million effort funded by the Kellogg Foundation to help communities weave together elements of existing programs and introduce new ones to increase opportunities for Latino/a students to enter and complete college. The ISR staff has implemented a variety of data collection methods for use in short- and long-term project assessments. In addition, the staff has developed culturally specific (bilingual) evaluation instruments, methods, and protocols for use in conducting more thorough evaluations of the impacts of statewide ENLACE initiatives on our targeted population.

Understanding the Nexus: Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse Among the Arrestee Population in Albuquerque.

October 2002

Centers:

• CARA

A grant awarded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to the ISR provides much needed information on the concurrence of substance abuse and domestic violence. This study uses interview methods of a total of 696 domestic violence arrestees to examine their self-reported drug use during the most recent incidence of domestic violence.

Enlace Family Centers Results Summary-September 2002.

September 2002

Centers:

• CARA

The ISR conducted a comprehensive review of all student files obtained from Family Center staff during the academic year 2001-2001. This file review summary is intended to help Family Centers improve their various data collection processes by providing suggestions and encouraging feedback from staff members in according with this summary review.

Report n Brief: Local DWI Grant Program Statewide Evaluation.

September 2002

Centers:

• CARA

The ISR completed a two-year contract with the New Mexico Department of Finance Administration's Local Government Division to provide research services, training and technical assistance to support the Local DWI Grant Program. The purpose of this briefing is to outline the major findings and recommendations in the Local DWI Grant Program Statewide Evaluation Final Report.

Evaluation of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan DWI/DRUG Court Final Report

September 2002

Centers:

• CARA

This report is the evaluation of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan DWI/Drug Court data. It includes a summary of demographic data, an analysis of data using logistic regression, a look at client recidivism, and an analysis of incarceration and probation costs.

Evaluation of the Third Judicial District Court Sandoval County Juvenile Drug Court: Quasi-Experimental Outcome Study Using Historical Information.

July 2001

Centers:

• CARA

The goal in conducting this preliminary outcome study was to better understand the effectiveness of drug courts in terms of whether they 'work' in reducing the incidence of crime as measured by re-arrests of participants after they leave the program when compared to a matched comparison group.

Final Report: Process Evaluation of the Third Judicial District Adult Drug Court Programs in Las Cruces, N.M.

May 2001

Centers:

• CARA

The ISR was contracted by the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) to conduct a process evaluation of the Third Judicial District Adult Drug Court programs. This report provides the findings of the study.

Executive Report: Validation of the Risk/Needs Assessment for use in New Mexico.

January 2001

Centers:

• CARA

The ISR has completed several reports during its contracts with the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD), Probation and Parole Division (PPD) to validate the Risk/Needs Assessment (RNA) currently used by the NMCD PPD. Several analyses and reports have been completed as part of the process of validating the RNA and have focused on two different measures of risk: technical violations and termination status. The current report completes this series of analyses and focuses on measures of subsequent arrests.

Evaluation of the Second Judicial District Court Juvenile Drug Court: Quasi-Experimental Outcome Study Using Historical Information.

December 2001

Centers:

• CARA

This outcome study sought to better understand the effectiveness of the Juvenile Drug Court program in Bernalillo County in reducing the incidences of crime as measured by new referrals and new petitions as juveniles or arrests as adults after leaving the program compared to a similarly matched group that did not participate in the program.

Evaluation of the First Judicial District Court Adult Drug Court: Quasi-Experimental Outcome Study Using Historical Information.

December 2001

Centers:

• CARA

This quasi-experimental outcome study of the First Judicial District Drug Court looked to examine the effectiveness of the program in reducing further incidences of crime using a matched historical comparison group.

Evaluation of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court Sandoval County Juvenile Drug Court: Quasi-Experimental Outcome Study Using Historical Information.

December 2001

Centers:

• CARA

This outcome study sought to better understand the effectiveness of the Drug Court program in Sandoval County in reducing the incidences of crime as measured by new referrals and new petitions as juveniles or arrests as adults after leaving the program compared to a similarly matched group that did not participate in the program.

Final Report: Validation of the Risk/Needs Assessment Instrument for use in New Mexico.

March 2001

Centers:

• CARA

This current report completes a series of reports to fulfill a contract with the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD), Probation and Parole Division (PPD) to validate the Risk/Needs Assessment (RNA) instrument. This report specifically focuses on measures of subsequent arrests.

Final Report: Process Evaluation of the Second Judicial District Court Juvenile Drug Court in Albuquerque N.M.

November 2000

Centers:

• CARA

The ISR was contracted by the Second Judicial District Court (SJDC) to conduct a process evaluation of the Second Judicial District Juvenile Drug Court. The evaluation revises the existing ISR-designed juvenile drug court database for use by the SJFC Juvenile Drug Court. The report provides the findings of the evaluation.

Final Report: Unit Cost System for Services Provided by Contracted Community Corrections Private Providers

August 2000

Centers:

• CARA

The ISR was contracted by the state of New Mexico, Probation and Parole Division (PPD) to create a standard unit pricing system for privately provided program services in the Community Corrections Program (CCP). A unit cost system will enable the private agency providers contracted to CCP to accurately estimate the total cost of services per client when bidding for contracts.

New Mexico Community Corrections Program Data Analysis, 07/01/97-06/30/1999: Final Report

April 2000

Centers:

• CARA

This report is the evaluation of client level data for the State of New Mexico Corrections Department.

Final Report: Community Custody Program Data Analysis, 07/01/1997

April 2000

Centers:

• CARA

The ISR was contracted by the State of New Mexico Corrections Department to perform an evaluation of client level data for clients. This report discusses the methods of the evaluation and the findings.

Executive Report Validation of the Risk Needs Assessment for Use in New Mexico: Preliminary Findings.

March 2000

Centers:

• CARA

Process Evaluation of the Genesis Program at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility.

December 1999

Centers:

• CARA

This report is a process evaluation of the Residual Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) program at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility (SNMCF) in Las Cruces New Mexico. This final report describes the project's activities in sufficient detail to permit a replication of the project's design, including all data collection and data analysis procedures, findings, and relevant literature.

Status Report: Summary.

December 1999

Centers:

• CARA

Final status report summarizing the usefulness of the risk.needs assessment tool.

Final Report: Mental Health Survey

August 1999

Centers:

• CARA

Mental Health Survey: Final Report

August 1999

Centers:

• CARA

In November 1998, the Metropolitan Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (MCJCC) contracted the ISR to conduct research on existing community services provided to individuals with mental and/or developmental disabilities who have contact with the criminal justice system. This report provides the analysis of the survey.

Feasibility Study for an Integrated Criminal Justice Information System Final Report.

August 1999

Centers:

• CARA

In November 1998, the Metropolitan Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (MCJCC) contracted the ISR to perform a study evaluating the feasibility for an integrated criminal justice information system. This report highlights the contract tasks, both completed and not completed and the findings of the evaluation.

Status Report: Overview.

June 1999

Centers:

• CARA

In this status report on the Overview section of the PPO Survey, we followed up on the criteria officers use to determine risk status, refer to treatment and otherwise serve offenders as a means of facilitating their progress. This information is used to determine whether the current instrument needs revising for use in New Mexico.

Status Report: Measuring Outcomes.

June 1999

Centers:

• CARA

This status report covers an analysis of the section of the PPO Survey in which we inquired about the tools and strategies used by Probation/Parole officers to manage and monitor the outcomes of their clients.

Status Report: Scoring Procedures.

June 1999

Centers:

• CARA

This fifth status report focuses on the sections of the survey that address Probation/Parole Officers opinions regarding the scoring procedures and measuring devices utilized in the current Risk Needs Assessment instrument.

Status Report: A Breakdown of the Risk Needs Assessment by section.

May 1999

Centers:

• CARA

This fourth status report provides details on the data collected regarding the use if specific aspects of the separate forms of which the Risk Needs Assessment Instrument is composed. This data serves to complement the validation of the current Division Risk/Needs Assessment instrument also conducted by the ISR.

Validation of the Risk/Needs Assessment for use in New Mexico: Preliminary Findings.

March 1999

Centers:

• CARA

The New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD), Probation and Parole Division (PPD) contracted the ISR in order to validate the Risk/Needs Assessment (RNA) instrument that is currently used in Wisconsin and to ascertain whether this model can be extended to New Mexico. This report is the first step in the process to validate the RNA instrument.

Status Report: A preliminary Analysis of the Probation and Parole Officer Survey - Computer Usage/Training.

February 1999

Centers:

• CARA

This study report is one in a series of deliverables for our current New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD, Probation and Parole Division (PPD) evaluation of Community Corrections (CC) Programs statewide. This third status report focuses on the use of computers by Probation and Parole Officers in fulfilling their job responsibilities on a daily basis.

Final Report: Process Evaluation for the Administrative Office of the Courts Drug Court Programs.

December 1998

Centers:

• CARA

Status Report: A Preliminary Analysis of the Probation and Parole Officer Survey-Training Section,

November 1998

Centers:

• CARA

This second status report of the Probation/Parole Officer (PPO) Survey focuses on discerning the adequacy of the initial PPD training according to the perspective of Probation/Parole officers and ascertaining PPOs impression of the mission of the division and how this might relate to their own goals and objectives in carrying out their job responsibilities on a daily basis.

Status Report: An Analysis of Second Judicial District Court Client Data.

October 1998

Centers:

• CARA

This report profiles program participants to enable Drug Court staff to target existing resources based upon successful and unsuccessful participants as well as other criteria.

Community Corrections Alpha IV Data Analysis, 1/1/96-6/30/97.

July 1998

Centers:

• CARA

Status Report: Performance-Based Evaluation.

June 1998

Centers:

• CARA

This report briefly summarizes the issues within the Adult Community Corrections programs. The ISR will conduct a performance-based evaluation in order to address the issues outlined in this report.

Status Report: Unit Cost System for Services.

June 1998

Centers:

• CARA

The ISR was contracted by the state of New Mexico to determine a standard unit pricing system for program services, particularly for the Community Corrections Department (CCD). The ISR was contracted for a period in order to deliver a report containing a standard unit pricing system that the CCD could use.

Status Report: A Preliminary Analysis of the Probation and Parole Officer Survey.

June 1998

Centers:

• CARA

This status report is one in a series of deliverables for a New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD), Probations and Parole Division (PPD) evaluation of Community Corrections (CC) Programs statewide. This report covers the results of the survey and includes future tasks.

Status Report: Validating the New Mexico Risk/Needs Assessment Instrument.

June 1998

Centers:

• CARA

This status report is one in a series of deliverables for an evaluation of the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD), Probation and Parole Division (PPD) of the Community Corrections (CC) Program statewide. This report provides a preliminary analysis of the data collected through the contract period.

Evaluation of the Albuquerque Target Cities Program.

January 1993

Centers:

• CARA

The Albuquerque Target Cities Project was refunded by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) for two years. CSAT is required to have an evaluation component to continue funding which is carried out by the ISR.