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Consultant outlines data needs, limits and next steps for Whatcom County justice system performance dashboard
Summary
Julia (consultant) presented the performance and evaluation measurement plan to the Whatcom County IPRTF on June 16, describing which outcome indicators are immediately calculable, which require new agreements or tools, and what the county must do to build a cross‑system dashboard.
Julia (consultant) presented the performance and evaluation measurement plan to the Whatcom County IPRTF on June 16, describing which outcome indicators are immediately calculable, which require new agreements or tools, and what the county must do to build a cross‑system dashboard.
"You can't, measure what you can't define, and you can't track what you can't measure," Julia told the task force while summarizing the evaluation framework and the four key outcome goals: reduce the number of people in jail, shorten length of stay, increase connections to care, and lower recidivism.
Julia said two of those four goals can be calculated now from existing jail management system data (Spillman JMS): reducing the number of people in jail and shortening time spent in…
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