TDCJ-CJAD Data Manual - Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Caseload ReportPurpose:The 79th Texas Legislature appropriated $14,092,422 per year for each year of the FY 2006-2007biennium to reduce caseload sizes of probation officers. This funding was continued by the 80 thTexas Legislature for the FY 2008-2009 biennium.Rider 71 of the TDCJ appropriation states that these funds “shall be used to fund additionalcommunity supervision officers to reduce caseloads consisting of medium and high riskoffenders”, and this requirement was stipulated in special grant conditions for CSCDs receivingcaseload reduction grants.A new appropriation act efficiency measure for TDCJ-CJAD established a target of reducingcaseloads to 95 and the Caseload Report was instituted in January 2006 to assess progress inreducing caseload size.Deadline:Specific deadlines for the Caseload Report will be announced approximately two weeks prior tothe due date. Generally, the Caseload Report schedule is as follows:ReportTimeframeFebruaryAugustDeadlinemid-Aprilmid-OctoberProcedures:Approximately one month prior to the deadline, the Research and Evaluation Unit will contactCSCD directors via email announcing the timeframe of the report and the deadline forsubmission of the report. CSCD directors are responsible for ensuring that CSCD staffresponsible for submitting the data are informed of the deadline and any additional informationprovided. Approximately one week prior to the deadline, the Research and Evaluation Unit willsend a follow-up email to CSCD directors reminding them of the impending deadline.Departments who do not submit data by the deadline will be contacted by the Research andEvaluation Unit.Website:http://cjadweb.tdcj.state.tx.us/Research/CaseloadReportContact:Ben McCulloch 512-475-1796 ben.mcculloch@tdcj.state.tx.us- 63 ­