Caseload Report Instructions

 

All data should be reported as of the last working day of the month. For example, the August 2021 report should reflect data as of August 31, 2021.

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Regular Full-Time Community Supervision Officers (CSOs):  Include only full-time community supervision officers who spend at least 50% of their time on supervision or supervision-related duties supervising one or more direct offenders on regular caseloads. 

 

Include any CSO funded through the caseload reduction grants under regular full-time CSO, even if you have established a specialized caseload through this grant, such as a High and Medium Risk Caseloads (HMRC). This will enable us to calculate the impact of the caseload reduction funding on regular direct caseloads. Include any offenders supervised by a CSO funded through a caseload reduction grant under regular offenders under supervision. 

 

Part-Time CSO: Include CSOs who supervise one or more direct cases and works less than 40 hours per week.

 

Specialized CSO: Include only full-time community supervision officers who spend at least 50% of their time on supervision or supervision-related duties supervising one or more direct offenders on specialized caseloads. 

 

Specialized Caseload:  For purposes of this study, specialized caseloads include caseloads that are dedicated to serving a population with identified needs and which meet one of the following conditions:

1) The caseload is funded by CJAD and subject to special grant conditions.

2) The caseload has been created by the CSCD and the CSCD has developed specific policies limiting the size of the caseload to focus time and resources on the offenders’ needs.  Caseloads that do not have a caseload size restriction should be counted as regular caseloads.

Do not include as a Specialized caseload any caseload funded by the caseload reduction grants.

 

Other CSO: Include CSOs who supervise at least one direct offender and spend more than 50% of their time on supervisory or administrative tasks under ‘Other.’ Include any CSO supervising at least one direct offender but does not fit the definition of a regular, specialized, or part-time CSO.

 

COMPLETING THE REPORT

 

Number of CSOs:  Enter the number of community supervision officers, supervising at least one direct offender, in the appropriate column, as defined above. 

 

The total of ‘Regular’, ‘Specialized’, ‘Part-Time’ and ‘Other’ CSOs must equal the total number of employed CSOs reported on the August 2021 Monthly Community Supervision Staff Report.

 

 

Offenders Under Supervision:  In the appropriate boxes under each CSO type, enter the number of direct and pretrial felons and misdemeanants supervised by the CSOs included in ‘Number of CSOs’ for that column.  

 

Direct and pretrial offenders supervised by regular full-time officer need to be counted in the appropriate box in the ‘Regular Full-Time CSO’ column.

 

Direct and pretrial offenders supervised by part-time officers need to be counted in the appropriate box in the ‘Part-Time CSO’ column.

 

Direct and pretrial offenders supervised by specialized officers should be counted in the appropriate box in the ‘Specialized CSO’ column.

 

Direct and pretrial offenders supervised by officers who spend more than 50% of their time on supervisory or administrative tasks or who do not meet the definition of regular, specialized, or part-time CSO should be counted in the appropriate box in the ‘Other CSO’ column.

 

REMINDERS

 

The total of ‘Regular Full-Time CSO’, ‘Specialized CSO’, ‘Part-Time CSO’ and ‘Other CSO must equal the total number of employed CSOs reported in Section I.A. on the August 2021 Monthly Community Supervision Staff Report.

 

If the number of CSOs is greater than zero in any column, the number of offenders in that same column must also be greater than zero.

 

If number of offenders included in a column is greater than zero, the number of CSOs counted in that column must also be greater than zero.

 

 

QUESTIONS

 

Please contact the Research and Evaluation Section at 512-305-9300 if there are questions about the report.