Better Off: # of youth/young adults with no new legal charges in the last 2 months of treatment before discharge for offenses committed during that time (Annual)
Current Value
7
Definition
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Data Discussion
(Annual FY): The annual target percentage for youth/young adults with no new legal charges within 2 months of program discharge is 75%. A total of 100% or 8 of 8 youth/young adults received no new legal charges in the last 2 months of treatment before discharge during FY22.
*MST EA Reasons for Non-Completion of Treatment
- Moved from Baltimore County
- Lack of Engagement
- Placed in detention for event prior to MST EA involvement
- Placed in detention for event occurring at the very beginning of MST EA involvement
Definitions:
Legal Charges: EA has not received legal charges in the last 2 months of treatment as measured by official arrest/charge records and client self-report.
Client Discharge:
Discharge Criteria
The determination to discharge an EA from MST-EA is based upon evidence of intervention effectiveness as evaluated from multiple perspectives (e.g. EA, social network members, school, probation officer) indicating that:
- a majority of the Overarching Goals for the case have been met and sustained;
- the EA has few significant behavioral health and justice-related problems;
- the EA can effectively manage any recurring problems and functions reasonably well for at least 3 to 4 weeks;
- the EA is making reasonable educational/vocational efforts;
- the EA is involved with prosocial peers and is not involved with, or is minimally involved with problem peers; and
- the therapist and supervisor feel the EA has the knowledge, skills, resources, and support needed to handle subsequent problems.
Discharge from MST-EA may also occur when few of the Overarching Goals have been met, but despite consistent and repeated efforts by the therapist and supervisor to overcome the barriers to further success, the treatment has reached a point of diminishing returns for the additional time invested.