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View the Monitoring Staff and Operations in Juvenile Facilities through Data Management Recording

October 8, 2020/in DMC, JDAI, Juvenile Detention, Juvenile Facilities, Juvenile Justice, PREA /by Tracey Rosenlund

If you would like to see how a data system manages documentation for staff, register for access to this recording.

In juvenile justice organizations, managing staff at a facility can be as difficult as managing the youth and their cases. During this webcast, we will show a software system that assists Directors and Administrators with supervision and oversight of staff in addition to illustrating the standard functionality and case management capabilities for the facility’s day-to-day operations.

RiteTrack helps ensure supervisors are completing required follow-ups on incident reports, restraints, and seclusions in addition to necessary follow-ups for rooms checks, log notes and shift reports.

It also assures the facility is maintaining compliance with training certificates and personnel requirements with the use of an electronic personnel file.

The reporting capabilities in RiteTrack produce statistics that identify where staff may need additional direction or highlight where they are excelling in their work.

Register for this brief 30-minute recording to see how functionality in a client and case management system can also provide needed documentation and management for staff needs, too.

Contact us to request more information or to schedule a demonstration of the system.

Shifting Perspectives: Moving from a Punitive Stance to a Treatment-Based Approach in Juvenile Probation Recap

September 10, 2020/in DMC, JDAI, Juvenile Detention, Juvenile Facilities, Juvenile Justice, PREA /by Tracey Rosenlund

If you were unable to attend the live broadcast of the Shifting Perspectives: Moving from a Punitive Stance to a Treatment-Based Approach in Juvenile Probation webcast, you can register here to watch a recording.

The recognized best practices used in juvenile probation have changed dramatically over several years. The traditional probation model has shifted from a purely punitive and supervision model to a treatment and supervision model.

Juvenile probation now incorporates newfound best practices, length of probation guidelines, cognitive treatment-based approaches including addressing thinking errors. RiteTrack’s juvenile probation solution incorporates these probation treatment-based approaches into the case management flow of the system.

During this webinar you will see how a robust database solution enables your ability to document and store all treatment operations into one system. We will also examine how to incorporate the following areas into the interface:

Case Plans
Specialized dockets (e.g., drug court )
Treatment groups
Tracking Incentives
Risk Assessments
Dosage Hours
Probation Timelines

If you are currently using an offense-based system, often the treatment approach needs to be tracked in a different case management system. See how one system can track the day-to-day responsibilities of a probation department in addition to the treatment aspects of probation.

To conclude, we will demonstrate the comprehensive reporting capabilities including standard probation reports but also how it can compile specific treatment-based reporting. RiteTrack’s powerful functionality helps create an inclusive probation program that supports a treatment-based approach.

Register for this recording.

Contact us to request more information or to schedule a demonstration of the system.

Review the Recording of Analyzing & Reporting on Data from Juvenile Justice & Probation with Microsoft Excel Webcast

July 21, 2020/in DMC, JDAI, Juvenile Detention, Juvenile Facilities, Juvenile Justice, PREA /by Tracey Rosenlund

If you wanted to learn new ways to review, analyze and create reports in Microsoft Excel from your juvenile justice or probation data, you need not worry if you missed the live demonstration we hosted.

You can register to watch a recording here.

So whether you use RiteTrack or a different system to manage your juvenile data, you probably have faced the challenge of needing some specific information that your current system can’t produce. Some juvenile case management systems are difficult to generate this type of data from without involving the IT department or waiting for weeks.

For example, you may have received a request from stakeholders or administrators for a statistical report that wasn’t standard in your system. During this demonstration, the founder and Chairman of Handel Information Technologies will share with you powerful techniques to use in Microsoft Excel to extract better information from your current data.

Some of the topics covered in this webinar include:

Importing data into Excel
Formatting data tables
Filtering and sorting data
Producing powerful data visualizations
Analyzing data with pivot tables
Creating “what-if” analyses with solver and data table

So, the next time somebody asks you for a breakdown of statistics that isn’t standard in your system, you will no longer need worry or cringe. After watching this, you can use some of the powerful techniques from this demonstration to generate this data.

Register to watch the recording here, and email us with any questions you may have.

Getting the First Steps Right in Juvenile Facilities and Probation: Intakes and Risk Assessments Webinar Recording

June 22, 2020/in Juvenile Detention, Juvenile Facilities, Juvenile Justice /by Tracey Rosenlund

If you were unable to attend the live webinar showcasing RiteTrack’s intake and risk assessments functionality, you can access a recording here.

Every size of juvenile facility from 10 beds to 100+ beds must follow the same first step when a youth arrives: completing an intake process. Often this intake is accompanied by some type of risk assessment. Juvenile probation departments often utilize these first steps as part of their intake process.

During this webcast you will see the RiteTrack functionality that assists juvenile organizations with intake processes no matter the size or caseload. Unlike other offerings available, this system was designed specifically for juvenile facilities and probation.

If intakes and risk assessments have incorrect information or are incomplete, it complicates the admission process creating extra work for staff and administrators alike. The flexibility of the system enables organizations to complete risk assessments within the software’s interface and can generate an easily digestible summary of the assessment data.

During this session you will see how the system manages:
• New intakes
• Intakes for previously-admitted youth
• Missing intake data identification
• Risk assessments
• Intake and risk assessments reporting

An information and case management system such as this ensures data is accurately entered, easily accessible, and simply reported on.

Click here to register for access to the recording.

Email us to schedule a demonstration of this module or any of our others.

Improving JDAI Compliance and Reporting: Better Today than Yesterday Webinar Recording Available

May 27, 2020/in DMC, JDAI, Juvenile Detention, Juvenile Facilities, Juvenile Justice, PREA /by Tracey Rosenlund

Many juvenile justice communities strive to comply with JDAI standards but struggle with the required JDAI data collection.

If you missed this presentation, you can still register to watch it here.

During this webinar, we examined how RiteTrack increases your facility’s capabilities to measure, track and report on its JDAI efforts. We also reviewed how JDAI communities can utilize such a system to analyze data and use it to formulate questions related to JDAI information. The comprehensive RiteTrack system provides the framework needed to help any facility adhere to evolving JDAI standards.

The secret lies in documenting and tracking this in the daily case management functions. RiteTrack’s JDAI reporting produces comprehensive reports for race, gender, age, and geography, as well as other requirements including daily population counts, quarterly reports, etc. Additionally, it compiles the required JDAI reporting in real time and eliminates a separate method of JDAI data collection.

Key features in the system demonstrated included:

Tracking assessments
Tracking treatment plans & progress notes
Generating JDAI reports (race, gender, age, geography, etc.)
Reporting on facility data
- Incidents
- Room confinements
- Restraints
Reporting for JDAI requirements (daily population counts, quarterly reports, etc.)

RiteTrack’s sophisticated web-based interface and industry-best security model ensures only the right people have access to appropriate and relevant information from any location–including JDAI compliance, standards and reporting.

So, whether you are running a county detention facility or a JDAI community, you should take a look at this offering because RiteTrack supports an emphasis on treatment and rehabilitation, along with resident and facility management.

Register to watch the recording here.

Email us to schedule a demonstration of this module or any of our others.

Making Data-Driven Decisions in Juvenile Justice Agencies Webinar Recording

May 6, 2020/in DMC, JDAI, Juvenile Detention, Juvenile Facilities, Juvenile Justice, PREA /by Tracey Rosenlund

If you weren’t able to attend the live webcast of Making Data-Driven Decisions in Juvenile Justice Agencies, you can register to watch the recording here.

Today organizations have more data available to them than ever before. Yet, few organizations truly understand how to harness this data and turn it into information and knowledge. Meanwhile, collecting reliable data in a juvenile justice organization may be cumbersome and time consuming.

However, this data is imperative because it alerts an organization to trends, issues, and successes.

During this webinar, we demonstrated how a comprehensive software system designed specifically for juvenile case management provides critical information through the day-to-day operations of an organization and compiling data into comprehensive reports.

Standard system reporting includes populations reports, yearly statistical comparisons, admission statistics, JDAI/PREA/ACA/OJJDP, and seclusion or restraint incidents.

We also looked at our one-of-a-kind interface with Performance-based Standards (PbS) reporting system.

To wrap up we examined how to utilize juvenile-specific data in making decisions about the youth and the operations of your organization.

In juvenile justice it is imperative to make decisions based on facts not beliefs, and data collection through a centralized database system is a reliable way to ensure accurate data.

Register to watch the recording today.

Improving Data Management for Juvenile Probation Webinar Recording

April 2, 2020/in DMC, JDAI, Juvenile Detention, Juvenile Facilities, Juvenile Justice, PREA /by Tracey Rosenlund

You may not have had a chance to attend our webcast during the live presentation, but if you work in juvenile probation and are using a system that meets the needs of the court more than the responsibilities within probation, register to watch the recording showcasing a system designed specifically for juvenile probation programs.

RiteTrack was created to meet both the specific and unique case management needs in juvenile probation departments and encompasses the unique monitoring and treatment needs as well and can replace outdated, cumbersome-to-use, or paper-based systems.

Register for access to the recording to see how RiteTrack’s web-based technology empowers an organization to improve case management duties and perform them electronically.

RiteTrack manages case notes, tracks fines, fees, restitution, and tracks drug testing results and community services ordered by the court.

The case management approach enables sophisticated data collection from the information entered by staff. This data can be used to create probation reports within the interface, and these reports are exportable to various formats including Excel and PDF documents. Standard reports in RiteTrack include annual reporting and case summaries which compile important data based on the case managements functions. These reports provide a high-level overview of what’s happening in your probation program organization along with trends in your community.

RiteTrack can address many of the unmet needs in your juvenile probation department. Register and watch the recording today to see the powerful system firsthand.

Let us know if you would like to set up an online demonstration of the module or if you would like more information about RiteTrack.

Handel Customers Leverage RiteTrack During Coronavirus Pandemic

March 26, 2020/in Handel News, Juvenile Justice, News, Technology, Tribal Government /by Even Brande

Multi-County Juvenile Detention Center Upgrades to RiteTrack for Facility Management

March 24, 2020/in DMC, JDAI, Juvenile Detention, Juvenile Facilities, Juvenile Justice, PREA /by Tracey Rosenlund

The Multi County Juvenile Detention Center (MCJDC), in Lancaster Ohio, is a 48-bed facility that went live with RiteTrack in 2018. Multi County was using an old detention management system primarily for intake. Their old system could not manage incident reports, room confinement calculations or youth personal property. This system also didn’t allow for data collection or reporting capabilities, and the facility relied on paper documentation and Excel spreadsheets to supplement it and help run the organization.

Register to watch the case study recording where you can hear the director and assistant director of MCJDC discuss their experiences with implementing and using RiteTrack as their case management and reporting database system.

*Incident reports log pertinent information for situations and feature a notes field where staff can elaborate on the incident.*

You may be able to relate to the Director of the MCJDC, Dana Moore, who said in the past if she wanted medical information on a youth or to see if a social worker met with a youth that she would have to ask the staff. Now with RiteTrack all Director Moore must do is open the youth’s file in RiteTrack, and all the information on a youth is stored in one easily accessible location. Moore can see how many incident reports she had, the type of incident reports, along with demographic data on the youth at the facility.

Director Moore also reported that staff is more engaged with the youth. The staff feel more empowered in their interactions as they have access to information on youth. MCJDC employees also report that the RiteTrack system is easy to use, and they can locate information quickly. Dana and the MCJDC staff report that intakes are completed in less than half the time it took previously which enables staff to have more time to provide service to the youth.

Handel worked closely with MCJDC to customize reports that provide Moore with up-to-the-minute data on what’s occurring in the facility as well as summarizing the previous day’s events involving the youth. Director Moore is now able to utilize a case management and facility management system that meets the requirements of the State of Ohio and facilitates real-time data collection. Required annual reports often took days to compile but are now completed within a few moments drawing from the data entered daily into RiteTrack. These reports can be exported to Excel or PDF formats as well. Exporting to these formats from RiteTrack is standard functionality.

One of the biggest differences Director Moore sees between the previous solutions and RiteTrack is the support provided by Handel. “With the old vendor there could be days of e-mailing back and forth before we could get an answer,” but with Handel she said “I always get an immediate response with we call even on evenings or weekends. It doesn’t matter because the project manager was always there for us.”

For more information about RiteTrack or to schedule a demonstration click here.

Message to our customers regarding COVID-19

March 16, 2020/in Handel News, Juvenile Justice, News, Technology, Tribal Government /by Josh Becker

Greetings,

We want all customer and partners to know that we are here to support you during the current COVID-19 pandemic. In times like these RiteTrack becomes ever more important for our customers. We have already heard from customers who have expressed that RiteTrack allows them to work remotely without disrupting services to their clients. As of this writing, there are only three confirmed cases of coronavirus in the State of Wyoming and it is about 300 miles from our office here in Laramie, and all Handel employees in Wyoming are still working from our corporate office. In the event that there is a need for quarantine, all employees are set up to work uninterrupted from home. We remain confident that this pandemic will have little to no impact on our ability to service our customers.

For both our existing and prospective clients, we want to stress the importance of handling this challenging situation with as little disruption as possible to the services that you provide. We know your clients are your number one priority and want to help in anyway possible. We are happy that RiteTrack can help facilitate uninterrupted communication and service delivery. If there is anything you need from us during this time please do not hesitate to contact us. We are here for you. Whether you need more temporary licenses for remote users, help with streamlining processes, or just have questions; please do not hesitate to reach out.

We are all aware of the significant challenges facing so many globally right now. We are also confident that we will all come out stronger when this is over. We are proud to be your software vendor in these difficult times.

Sincerely,

Josh Becker

CEO