Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol (SPEP)
Overview of the Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol (SPEP), a tool used to evaluate juvenile justice services and identify opportunities to improve program quality, effectiveness, and outcomes.
The Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol (SPEP) evaluates how closely delinquency interventions, as provided, align with the features of the most effective evaluated programs in the field, including homegrown ones with high quality evaluations and very positive reductions in recidivism. Thus the SPEP is an evaluation tool that identifies shortcomings in current juvenile programs, and provides guidelines for improvement in order to optimize intervention effectiveness and positive outcomes statewide. The SPEP evaluates services in the following categories:
- Service Type (e.g., cognitive behavioral; group counseling)
- Service Quantity/Dosage (Duration and intensity of contact hours)
- Service Quality (e.g., written protocols/manuals; training; fidelity monitoring; corrective action)
- Juvenile Characteristics (e.g., risk to re-offend; level of youth served)
Click one of the buttons below to access SPEP reports for individual programs.
Currently Open Residential Programs
Note: Reports for Residential programs closed prior to the FY 2021-22 review year have been archived and are available upon request.
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPEP REPORTS, CONTACT:
Ben Marrufo
Director, Office of Fidelity, Accountability, and Support
(386) 589-1833