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Guide to Client Services and Expenditures

A Brief Summary

Client Services and Expenditures. This report contains client services and expenditures of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) from July 1993 through June 1994 (state fiscal year 1994 or Fiscal Year 94). About 82% of DSHS expenditures and approximately 90% of the estimated clients are included. In addition, the value of federally funded food stamps is included. Costs identified are for benefits or services provided directly to individual clients. This report furnishes the following:

• DSHS Divisions and Programs In this Report
• Counties Ranked by Percent of population Using DSHS Services
• County population and DSHS Service Use
• Maps which show DSHS clients as a percentage of the state and county population
• Tables which show how the state and county populations use DSHS services

Services Provided by DSHS. DSHS provides a variety of services and grants to individuals and families with one or more of the following difficulties:

• Poverty
• Recent refugee status
• Long-lasting physical or mental disability which affects the basic activities of daily life or creates employment difficulties
• Severe chemical dependency or substance abuse
• Family stress which includes abuse or neglect of children or dependent adults
• Juvenile criminal adjudication

Divisions and Administrations. Divisions are listed with their programs. In this report the term division indicates either of the two primary DSHS organizational units, Administrations and Divisions. Each division administers multiple programs for clients with specific problems, characteristics or needs.

More detail is provided in the Division Glossary. The glossary also mentions some small services which are integrated into the division totals but not reported separately. Changes from the Fiscal Year 92 NADB reports are also noted.

Services Not in this Report. This report includes only those services and expenditures which are attributable directly to individual clients. Some services do not meet this criteria, such as services from a provider that did not have client records available. Clients using these services are counted only if they participated in another program. Services not included are listed by division.

Modified: Thursday August 16 2007

To Contact Department of Social and Health Services, go to the DSHS Contact Information Web page. Technical Site Comments: DSHS Webmaster. Copyright 2007 Washington State Department of Social and Health Services.