Steve Lerch - February 2004

In response to a performance audit of the state’s mental health system, the 2001 Washington State Legislature passed ESSB 5583, which calls for the development of an outcomes-based performance system to be implemented by the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). This legislation also directs the Institute to conduct a longitudinal study of long-term state-funded mental health client outcomes. This report describes the research steps involved in the longitudinal study and provides preliminary information on the sample of individuals to be analyzed.

Marna Miller - February 2004

The Dependency and Termination Equal Justice Committee (DTEJC) was established by the Office of Public Defense, at legislative direction, to study several aspects of child dependency cases. To inform itself about service providers and practices of the courts and of DSHS, the DTEJC elected to survey five populations. This report focuses on the survey of chemical dependency treatment providers.

For reports on related surveys click on the links below.

Court Survey
Evaluator Survey
Service Provider Survey
Social Work Supervisor Survey
Timing of Services to Parents

Marna Miller - February 2004

The Dependency and Termination Equal Justice Committee (DTEJC) was established by the Office of Public Defense, at legislative direction, to study several aspects of child dependency cases. To inform itself about service providers and practices of the courts and of DSHS, the DTEJC elected to survey five populations. This report focuses on the survey of the juvenile courts.

For reports on related surveys click on the links below.

Chemical Dependency Treatment Provider Survey
Evaluator Survey
Service Provider Survey
Social Work Supervisor Survey
Timing of Services to Parents

Marna Miller - February 2004

The Dependency and Termination Equal Justice Committee (DTEJC) was established by the Office of Public Defense, at legislative direction, to study several aspects of child dependency cases. To inform itself about service providers and practices of the courts and of DSHS, the DTEJC elected to survey five populations. This report focuses on the survey of facilities that provide psychological evaluations of parents in child abuse and neglect cases.

For reports on related surveys click on the links below.

Chemical Dependency Treatment Provider Survey
Court Survey
Service Provider Survey
Social Work Supervisor Survey
Timing of Services to Parents

Marna Miller - February 2004

The Dependency and Termination Equal Justice Committee (DTEJC) was established by the Office of Public Defense, at legislative direction, to study several aspects of child dependency cases. To inform itself about service providers and practices of the courts and of DSHS, the DTEJC elected to survey five populations. This report focuses on the survey of a subset of facilities that provide services other than chemical dependency to parents in child abuse and neglect cases.

For reports on related surveys click on the links below.

Chemical Dependency Treatment Provider Survey
Court Survey
Evaluator Survey
Social Work Supervisor Survey
Timing of Services to Parents

Marna Miller - February 2004

The Dependency and Termination Equal Justice Committee (DTEJC) was established by the Office of Public Defense, at legislative direction, to study several aspects of child dependency cases. To inform itself about service providers and practices of the courts and of DSHS, the DTEJC elected to survey five populations. This report focuses on the survey of social work supervisors.

For reports on related surveys click on the links below.

Chemical Dependency Treatment Provider Survey
Court Survey
Evaluator Survey
Service Provider Survey
Timing of Services to Parents

Marna Miller - February 2004

The Dependency and Termination Equal Justice Committee (DTEJC) was established by the Office of Public Defense, at legislative direction, to study several aspects of child dependency cases. To inform itself about service providers and practices of the courts and of DSHS, the DTEJC elected to survey five populations. This report draws information from the surveys for a visual display of times required to complete various services and mandated court timelines.

For reports on the individual surveys, click on the links below.

Chemical Dependency Treatment Provider Survey
Court Survey
Evaluator Survey
Service Provider Survey
Social Work Supervisor Survey

Robert Barnoski - January 2004

In 1997, the Washington State Legislature passed the Community Juvenile Accountability Act (CJAA) to reduce juvenile crime by establishing “research-based” programs in the state’s juvenile courts. The CJAA funded the nation’s first statewide experiment concerning research-based programs for juvenile justice. Because selected treatment programs had already been researched elsewhere in the United States, usually as small scale pilot projects, the question here was whether they work when applied statewide in a “real world” setting. This report indicates that the answer to this question is yes— when the programs are competently delivered.

Polly Phipps - January 2004

The 1998 Legislature significantly revised public safety and treatment policies regarding mentally ill offenders charged with misdemeanors by extending the criminal competency restoration process to misdemeanant defendants, broadening the involuntary civil commitment process for both misdemeanor and felony offenders, and strengthening information sharing provisions of the law. The Legislature directed the Institute to evaluate the outcomes of competency restoration and involuntary civil commitment treatment under the new law. This study addresses whether the legislation influenced the process of competency evaluation and whether the main legislative objectives have been met.

Steve Lerch - January 2004

As part of an overall economic development strategy, state and local governments have provided a variety of financial incentives to attract new businesses or encourage existing firms to remain or expand. Some cities and states have enacted accountability measures to better gauge whether job creation and other economic development goals are being met and to provide additional information on economic development spending. This report provides brief descriptions of three broad approaches to accountability provisions.