State Court Administrator's Office Competency Programs Analyst

SUMMARY 
Operating a competency dockets analysis program to provide training, awareness of resources, data collection, and evaluation support to specialized judicial programs throughout the state

BACKGROUND
Several judicial districts across the state have implemented specialized programs to handle competency cases.  Most often known as “competency dockets” these programs provide a forum wherein the legal parties, system stakeholders, and community providers can meet regularly to discuss the progress of clients, as they navigate through the competency restoration system.  These programs are not standardized, nor are they necessarily guided by best practices recommendations.  Prior to funding approval, the State Courts Administrator’s Office had no way to support or evaluate these programs throughout the state.

ELEMENTS
Training, diversion, technical assistance, statewide program data collection and evaluation

PROGRAM STAFF
One competency dockets program analyst

CAPACITY
No clients - this program serves competency dockets.

ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES
Increase in stakeholder knowledge of competency processes, statewide and local resources; Increase in communication of cross-jurisdictional knowledge as promising practices are evaluated; Increase in statewide data collection on competency dockets

STANDOUT ASPECTS
The focus of this program is on building knowledge of independent pilot programs being implemented across the state.  The knowledge this program will create will help with statewide gap identification, refining effective processes, and efficient resource deployment.

FUNDING
$222,644 for two years