Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

Research & Data Analysis Division



JRA serves youth who have been adjudicated in Juvenile Court and sentenced for a minimum and maximum term. CSDB reports data for JRA youth in residential placements, or who have been in residential placement and moved out on parole. Learning and Life Skills Services and Consolidated Juvenile Services which JRA funds are not included. Specialized Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and/or Sex Offender treatment services are provided to all JRA youth as necessary in its Institutional, Youth Camp, Community, and Parole placements.

JRA Services

Included in this presentation:

Excluded in this presentation:

  • Learning and Life Skills Service
  • Consolidated Juvenile Services

Back to top of page Parole: Parole counselors supervise juvenile offenders released to parole status. Counselors provide structure, supervision, family and client support, and access to needed community services. Several distinct types of Parole are provided: 1. Regular, 2. Intensive, 3. Sex Offender, and 4. Basic Training Camp Aftercare.

Back to top of page Community Placement:  JRA clients are housed in the following types of small group facilities while working and/or attending schools in the community: 1. JRA-operated Community Facilities, 2. Contracted Community Facilities, and 3. Community Commitment Placements.

Back to top of page JRA Institutions and Youth Camps: All JRA institutions and youth camps provide treatment, education, and/or work experience in a secure facility. JRA Institutions include: Green Hill, Maple Lane, and Echo Glen. JRA Youth Camps include: Naselle, Mission Creek, Indian Ridge, and Basic Training camps.

Additional Services in Program Total

Some services are small and unlike the others. Programs may choose to include these only in the program total, rather than with dissimilar services. Client counts and expenditures for the following services appear in the program total only:

Special Sex Offender Disposition Alternative (SSODA) services are designed for first-time juvenile sex offenders allowing for community supervision and treatment as an alternative to standard institutional confinement.

Chemical Dependency Disposition Alternative (CDDA) services are designed for substance- abusing juvenile offenders allowing for community supervision and treatment as an alternative to standard institutional confinement.

Changes from NADB-Fiscal Year 94 to CSDB-Fiscal Year 99

Parole was reported as a single service in NADB for Fiscal Year 94. Four types of Parole are reported in CSDB for Fiscal Year 99: (1) Regular, (2) Intensive, (3) Sex Offender, and (4) Basic Training Camp Aftercare.

Group Home services reported in NADB for Fiscal Year 94 are now referred to as Community Facilities in CSDB for Fiscal Year 99.

The Community Residential Placement service category reported in NADB for Fiscal Year 94 is now referred to as Contracted Community Facilities in CSDB for Fiscal Year 99.

CSDB for Fiscal Year 99 includes two new facilities in the Institutions and Youth Camps report group: (1) the Indian Ridge Youth Camp and (2) the Camp Outlook Basic Training Camp.

Changes from CSDB-Fiscal Year 99 to CSDB-Fiscal Year 01

Option B services designed for lower risk juvenile offenders as an alternative to standard institutional commitment have been eliminated. They are not reported in CSDB for Fiscal Year 00.

Source: CSDB - State Fiscal Year 2001