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VillageReach metrics raise definitional questions on 'serious mental illness' and recidivism
Summary
The subcommittee reviewed VillageReach's draft measures for the justice‑system behavioral health implementation plan and debated how to define and measure 'serious mental illness' and recidivism for disaggregated outcome reporting.
Dean White, a part‑time project manager with Whatcom County Health and Community Services, and Bertie Safford, chair of the index committee, summarized VillageReach’s work and flagged three measurement questions for the behavioral‑health subcommittee on April 15.
VillageReach, the county’s contractor on the justice evaluation and performance‑measurement plan, consolidated 15 potential measures into four outcome areas: jail bookings, average length of jail stay, post‑release connections to care, and recidivism, White said. The consultant will disaggregate measures by…
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