Phase III of the project and subsequent efforts will focus upon adapting these standards into formats that facilitate a general accreditation process for TCs in correctional settings. The plan for this phase consists of the establishing a collaborative liaison with the ACA to guide the adaptation of these standards into its appropriate format. When funded, Phase III will require approximately four months to complete. Some of the main tasks of this phase are listed in Table 3.

Table 3

Main Tasks for Phase III

Planning meetings with the collaborative team. Reviews of standards—related material in ACA formats to provide a framework for translation. Selection of an appropriate format for correctional settings Revision of the current prison based standards into correctional formats Revision of the current for field protocol for assessing standards into correctional formats. Field Testing of the ACA version of the standards format in several sites Review and approval of the and revisions of the ACA standards and assessment versions Final Products: Reformulation of Standards into the ACA Format