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Full Report Appendix	January 2012
Transforming Child Welfare in Washington State: Performance-Based Contracting Marna Miller, Stephanie Lee
The 2009 Washington State Legislature passed Second Substitute House Bill 2106, requiring the Children’s Administration of the Department of Social and Health Services to: • Convert existing contracts with service providers to performance-based contracts and reduce the overall number of contracts; and • Set up two demonstration sites to compare child welfare case management by private agencies with child welfare case management by DSHS employees. The legislation also established the Child Welfare Transformation Design Committee to advise DSHS in this effort. The Washington State Institute for Public Policy (Institute) was directed to report on the transition to performance-based contracts and, in 2015, evaluate the outcomes of case management performed by private agencies compared with that of DSHS employees. This initial report to the legislature and governor provides a brief description of the legislation and an overview of the progress to date in converting and consolidating CA contracts. The Institute will provide a final report on performance-based contracts in June 2012, and an evaluation report of the demonstration project in April 2015. Document ID: (12-01-3902)