Almost
one million DSHS clients (43.7 percent) were served by two or more
of the nine DSHS programs during FY2007. The table below shows
how many clients were “shared” between two, three, four or more DSHS
programs.
The “shared clients” have more complex service needs, and hence are
more costly to serve. In FY 2007, the average annual expenditure for
clients who used just one DSHS program was $787, one-eighth the cost
($6,976) of clients served by two or more programs.
Drop-down boxes provide more detail on the types of services used by these clients.
Overview: FY2007 DSHS Clients Receiving Services from Multiple Programs (PDF)
Source: Research and Data Analysis Division, Client Services Database (CSDB). For questions about the CSDB reports or requests for special tabulations, contact the Client Services Database, Office of Data Analysis, RDA by phone, (360) 902-0701, or e-mail: rdacsdb@dshs.wa.gov
