Maryland Regulation|Section 07.02.10.19 - Accountability and Reporting

                                                
 07.02.10.19. Accountability and Reporting 
 
A. A local department administering youth transitional services shall track: 
 
(1) The number of youth receiving transitional and aftercare services;
 
(2) The characteristics of the youth receiving transitional and aftercare services;
 
(3) The type and quantity of services being provided to youth; and
 
(4) The outcomes for participating youth.
 
B. Outcome measures used to assess the operation and effectiveness of the youth transitional services shall include: 
 
(1) Educational attainment;
 
(2) Employment;
 
(3) Avoidance of dependency;
 
(4) Homelessness;
 
(5) Non-marital child birth;
 
(6) Incarceration; and
 
(7) High risk behaviors.
 
C. National Youth in Transition Database. 
 
(1) The purpose is to: 
 
(a) Develop a data collection system to track the youth transitional services provided to youth; and
 
(b) Develop outcomes that measure success in preparing youth for their transition from out-of-home placement to independence.
 
(2) The Administration shall collect data on youth in two intervals. 
 
(a) The baseline data shall be collected on all youth in out-of-home placement within 20 days of the youth's 17th birthday to track the needs of the youth.
 
(b) Follow-up data shall be collected when the youth attains 19 years old and 21 years old.
 
(3) Data shall be collected in the following areas:
 
(a) Strength and needs assessment;
 
(b) Academic support;
 
(c) Post-secondary educational support;
 
(d) Career preparation;
 
(e) Employment programs or vocational training;
 
(f) Housing education and home management training;
 
(g) Budget and finance management;
 
(h) Health education and risk prevention;
 
(i) Family support and healthy marriage education;
 
(j) Mentoring;
 
(j) Supervised independent living;
 
(k) Room and board financial assistance; and
 
(l) Education financial assistance.
 
(5) Outcomes shall measure:
 
(a) Financial self-sufficiency;
 
(b) Experience with homelessness;
 
(c) Educational attainment;
 
(d) Positive adult connections;
 
(e) High-risk behavior; and
 
(f) Access to health insurance.
 (Regulations .19, Independent Living Preparation Program, adopted effective March 4, 2002 (29:4 Md. R. 416))