The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(1) A “community transition coordination network” is a system of coordination that facilitates partnerships between supervision and service providers. It is anticipated that an offender who is released to the community will be able to utilize a community transition coordination network to be connected directly to the supervision and/or services needed for successful reentry.

(2) “Evidence-based” means a program or practice that has had multiple-site random controlled trials across heterogeneous populations demonstrating that the program or practice is effective in reducing recidivism for the population.

(3) An “individual reentry plan” means the plan to prepare an offender for release into the community. A reentry plan is developed collaboratively between the supervising authority and the offender and based on an assessment of the offender using a standardized and comprehensive tool to identify the offenders’ risks and needs. An individual reentry plan describes actions that should occur to prepare individual offenders for release from jail or prison and specifies the supervision and/or services he or she will experience in the community, taking into account no contact provisions of the judgment and sentence. An individual reentry plan should be updated throughout the period of an offender’s incarceration and supervision to be relevant to the offender’s current needs and risks.

(4) “Local community policing and supervision programs” include probation, work release, jails, and other programs operated by local police, courts, or local correctional agencies.

(5) “Promising practice” means a practice that presents, based on preliminary information, potential for becoming a research-based or consensus-based practice.

(6) “Research-based” means a program or practice that has some research demonstrating effectiveness, but that does not yet meet the standard of evidence-based practices.

(7) “Supervising authority” means the agency or entity that has the responsibility for supervising an offender.