2025 Session Last amended: 2011 session

§ 256M.80 — Program Evaluation

Plain-Language Summary

Each county must report data to the state commissioner by March 1 each year on the outcomes and performance measures included in its service plan. The state commissioner must then publicly release a report each year showing how all counties are progressing on improving safety, permanency, and well-being for vulnerable children and adults.

256M.80 PROGRAM EVALUATION.

Subdivision 1.County evaluation.

Each county shall submit to the commissioner data from the past calendar year on the outcomes and performance indicators in the service plan. The commissioner shall prescribe standard methods to be used by the counties in providing the data. The data shall be submitted no later than March 1 of each year. §

Subd. 2.Statewide evaluation.

Six months after the end of the first full calendar year and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall make public the counties’ progress in improving the outcomes of vulnerable children and adults related to safety, permanency, and well-being.

History:

1Sp2003 c 14 art 11 s 9; 1Sp2011 c 9 art 1 s 30

History: History: 1Sp2003 c 14 art 11 s 9; 1Sp2011 c 9 art 1 s 30

Practical Notes

These public annual reports allow residents, advocates, and legislators to see how well each county is doing in protecting vulnerable people. If your county is consistently underperforming, this data can be used to advocate for better services or corrective action. The reports are a tool for accountability and transparency in how public money for vulnerable services is spent.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes