74.14C.050 - Implementation and evaluation plan.

Implementation and evaluation plan.

By December 1, 1995, the department, with the assistance of the family policy council, two urban and two rural public health and safety networks to be chosen by the family policy council, and two private, nonprofit agencies with expertise and experience in preservation services shall submit to the legislature an implementation and evaluation plan that identifies:

     (1) A valid and reliable process that can be used by caseworkers for accurately identifying clients who are eligible for intensive family preservation services and family preservation services. The plan shall recognize the due process rights of families that receive preservation services and recognize that family preservation services are not intended to be investigative for purposes of chapter 13.34 RCW;

     (2) Necessary data by which program success will be measured, projections of service needs, budget requests, and long-range planning;

     (3) Regional and statewide projections of service needs;

     (4) A cost estimate for statewide implementation and expansion of preservation services on a phased-in basis beginning no later than July 1, 1996;

     (5) A plan and time frame for phased-in implementation of preservation services on a statewide basis to be accomplished as soon as possible but no later than July 1, 1997;

     (6) Data regarding the number of children in foster care, group care, institutional placements, and other out-of-home placements due to medical needs, mental health needs, developmental disabilities, and juvenile offenses, and an assessment of the feasibility of providing preservation services to include all of these children;

     (7) Standards and outcome measures for the department when the department provides preservation services directly; and

     (8) A process to assess outcome measures identified in RCW 74.14C.030 for contractors providing preservation services.

[1995 c 311 § 9; 1992 c 214 § 6.]