Construct | Measures and indicators | Time point | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | 8 months | 36 months | ||
Target implementation mechanisms | ||||
 Use of/capacity for performance monitoring | Performance Monitoring measure (primary) Adapted Routine Decision-Making scale [37] | X X | X X | X X |
 Use and functioning of nteragency teams | Adapted NCJTP Relationship Assessment Inventory [38] | X | X | X |
 Common goals and mission across agencies | Adapted NCJTP Goals/Mission scale [38] (primary) Agreement (kappa) among respondents within counties on ratings of the importance of providing mental health treatment services for justice-involved individuals | X X | X X | X X |
 System integration (vs. single programs) | Use of same screening/assessment instruments across agencies in the county | X | X | X |
 | Total score of 18+ on the NCJTP Relationship Assessment Inventory [38] | X | X | X |
Implementation outcomes | ||||
 Number of justice-involved clients who received behavioral health services (primary) | How many justice-involved individuals received any mental health service and how many received any substance use service in the agency in the past year | X | X | X |
 Number of behavioral health EBPP available | Questions asking whether each listed EBPP is available to justice-involved individuals in the county | X | X | X |
 Resources for behavioral health EBPP | Funding increases and decreases Staff numbers, roles, training NCJTPS’s Assess Your Resources scale [38] | X X X | X X X | X X X |
Covariates | ||||
 Baseline values of dependent variables | As assessed above | X |  |  |
 Months since county joined Stepping Up | Self-report and Stepping Up records | X |  |  |
 Matching score | Matching score used to choose matched comparison counties | X |  |  |
 Indicators of whether the county shares (a) their mental health administrator, and/or (b) justice administrators with other counties | Questions asking whether the county shares (a) their mental health administrator, and/or (b) justice administrators with other counties | X |  |  |
Descriptors and moderators | ||||
 Type of agency | NCJTP About Your Organization scale [38] | X | X | X |
 Staffing (type, number, urnover) | Adapted NCJTP Staffing scales [38] | X | X | X |
 Organizational support for innovation | Adapted NCJTP Assess Your Organizational Culture scale [38] | X | X | X |
 Policy context | State mental health diversion funding, legislative reforms | X | X | X |