Research Reports

Feb 2009 | 11.140 | Online Library

Chemical Dependency Treatment, Public Safety

Providing chemical dependency treatment to low-income adults results in significant public safety benefits

David Mancuso, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Jan 2009 | 4.60TGH-AH | Online Library

Substance Use Outcomes: Tacoma General and Allenmore Hospitals

Six-Month Follow-up Survey of WASBIRT Patients, April 12, 2004 - March 31, 2008

Sharon L. Estee, PhD | Lijian He, PhD | Summer Yang | John Doane | Melissa Ford Shah, MPP

Jan 2009 | 4.73 | Online Library

GA-U Clients and Mortality

A DSHS collaborative study

Thomas Wickizer, PhD | Barbara Lucenko, PhD

Jan 2009 | 9.94 | Online Library

Employment Status of Medical Assistance Clients and Persons with Dependents with DSHS Medical Coverage; Statewide Data for CY 2007, By Firm Detail for January 2008 and June 2008

As Required by Engrossed Substitute House Bill 3079

David Mancuso, PhD | Lijian He, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Dec 2008 | 3.32 | Online Library

Co-Occurring Disorders Among DSHS Clients

As Required by Section 601(2) of the Omnibus Treatment of Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders Act of 2005

Barbara Lucenko, PhD | David Mancuso, PhD | Sharon L. Estee, PhD

Dec 2008 | 11.136 | Online Library

2007 Client Participation

Program Descriptions

Barbara Felver, MPA | Maija Sandberg, MSW | Linda Long Weaver, MA

Nov 2008 | 4.72 | Online Library

Access to Recovery Services Help Contain Medical Costs for Chemically Dependent Clients

Thomas Wickizer, PhD | Barbara Lucenko, PhD | David Mancuso, PhD

Oct 2008 | 4.69 | Online Library

DASA Treatment Expansion: October 2008 Update

David Mancuso, PhD | Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Oct 2008 | 4.70 | Online Library

Intensive Case Management within a Supportive Housing Facility

Preliminary Findings from the King County Pilot

Melissa Ford Shah, MPP | David Mancuso, PhD | Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Oct 2008 | 4.71 | Online Library

Intensive Case Management as a Community-Based Stand-Alone Service

Preliminary Findings from the Thurston|Mason Pilot

Melissa Ford Shah, MPP | David Mancuso, PhD | Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Aug 2008 | 11.138 | Online Library

Children of DOC incarcerated parents use DSHS services at very high rates

Rebecca Yette, MCS | David Mancuso, PhD | Jim Nearing | Barbara Felver, MPA | Elizabeth Kohlenberg, PhD

Jul 2008 | 5.34 | Online Library

Predictors of Out-of-Home Placement Among Children with Developmental Disabilities

Barbara Lucenko, PhD | David Mancuso, PhD | Bianca Janssen-Timmen

Jul 2008 | 9.93 | Online Library

Findings from the WMIP Client Surveys

Washington Medicaid Integration Partnership

David Mancuso, PhD | Melissa Ford Shah, MPP | Barbara Felver, MPA

May 2008 | 4.67 | Online Library

Treatment Works! For ADATSA Clients

David Mancuso, PhD | Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | Barbara Lucenko, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Apr 2008 | 11.245 | Online Library

Preliminary Analysis of the Geographic Distributions by School District Locales and Zip Code Tabulation Areas

Irina V. Sharkova, PhD | Sharon L. Estee, PhD | Elizabeth Kohlenberg, PhD

Apr 2008 | 4.66 | Online Library

DASA Treatment Expansion: April 2008 Update

David Mancuso, PhD | Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Apr 2008 | 11.135 | Online Library

2007 DSHS Employee Survey

Mar 2008 | 11.134 | Online Library

Activity Report, Washington State Institutional Review Board

July 2006-December 2007

Michael A. Garrick, PhD

Feb 2008 | 3.33 | Online Library

Alcohol and/or Drug Problems and Mental Illness are Key Risk Factors for Homelessness among Working-age Disabled DSHS Clients

Elizabeth Kohlenberg, PhD | David Mancuso, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Feb 2008 | 9.91 | Online Library

County Profiles, Birth and Unintended Pregnancy Statistics 1990 to 2006

Laurie Cawthon, MD | Peter Woodcox | Dorothy Lyons, MPA

Dec 2007 | 5.33 | Online Library

Individual Employment Support Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities

Dec 2007 | 9.90 | Online Library

Employment Status of Medical Assistance Clients and Persons with Dependents with DSHS Medical Coverage (Annual)

As required by Engrossed Substitute House Bill 3079

David Mancuso, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Nov 2007 | 11.133 | Online Library

2007 Client Survey: DSHS Clients Speak

Nancy K. Raiha, PhD | Monica Stanley, BA | Barbara Whitbeck | Amy Astle-Raaen, MSW | Deanna Rankos, PhD

Oct 2007 | 4.65 | Online Library

Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment Expansion

David Mancuso, PhD | Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Sep 2007 | 4.61. | Online Library

Medicaid Costs Declined Among Emergency Department Patients who Received Brief Interventions for Substance Use Disorders through WASBIRT

Medicaid-Only Aged, Blind or Disabled, April 2004-March 2006

Sharon L. Estee, PhD | Lijian He, PhD | David Mancuso, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Sep 2007 | 11.130 | Online Library

Activity Report, Washington State Institutional Review Board, Fiscal Year 2006

Michael A. Garrick, PhD

Sep 2007 | 11.132 | Online Library

Arrests Among Working-Age Disabled Clients

The Role of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse

David Mancuso, PhD | Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Jul 2007 | 9.89 | Online Library

Administering Medicaid: A School Time Study

Dario Longhi, PhD | Nayak Polissar | Blazej Neradilek | Barbara Felver, MPA

Jun 2007 | 4.62 | Online Library

About the Thurston/Mason ICM Pilot Participants

Baseline demographics, health conditions, criminal involvement, and use of alcohol/drug treatment

David Mancuso, PhD | Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | Bill Luchansky, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Jun 2007 | 4.63 | Online Library

About the King County ICM Pilot Participants

Baseline demographics, health conditions, criminal involvement, and use of alcohol/drug treatment

David Mancuso, PhD | Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | Bill Luchansky, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

May 2007 | 4.60WA.2007.1 | Online Library

Washington State Substance Use Outcomes: Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs Declined Among Emergency Department Patients who Received Brief Interventions for Substance Use Disorders through WASBIRT

Six-Month Follow-up Survey for Participants from All WASBIRT Sites, April 12, 2004 – March 31, 2006.

Sharon L. Estee, PhD | Lijian He, PhD | Summer Yang | John Doane | Andrea Stanley, BA

May 2007 | 4.60 | Online Library

The Washington State Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (WASBIRT) Project

Stephen O'Neil | Sharon L. Estee, PhD

Apr 2007 | 10.11 | Online Library

Vocational Rehabilitation Rates Since 2000

Aftermath: To what degree is field office performance stable after the 2000 decline?

Dario Longhi, PhD | Boqing Wang, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Apr 2007 | 11.108a-k | Online Library

DSHS Provider Surveys

Nancy K. Raiha, PhD | Monica Stanley, BA | Barbara Whitbeck | Jane M. Wood, MPA | Connie L. Woodyard

Feb 2007 | 10.10 | Online Library

Vocational Rehabilitation Rates Since 2000: A Study of Two Cohorts

Examining Washington State's Vocational Rehabilitation Rates: Why the decline?

Dario Longhi, PhD | Boqing Wang, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA | Sandy Adams, MBA

Jan 2007 | 9.88 | Online Library

Findings from the WMIP Client Surveys

David Mancuso, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Dec 2006 | 9.86 | Online Library

CSO Profiles: Maternal Characteristics and Birth Outcomes For Community Services Offices, 1991-2004

Laurie Cawthon, MD | Peter Woodcox | Dorothy Lyons, MPA | Kristal Rust | Craig Woodworth, BA

Dec 2006 | 11.131 | Online Library

2006 DSHS Employee Survey

Nancy K. Raiha, PhD | Deanna Rankos, PhD | Monica Stanley, BA | Deborah Macy | Barbara Whitbeck

Nov 2006 | 9.84 | Online Library

Group Services For Pregnant and Parenting Women

An Exploratory Study

Laurie Cawthon, MD | Can Du, PhD | Trisha Keenan-Wilkie, MA | Kristal Rust | Diamanta L Tornatore

Nov 2006 | 9.85 | Online Library

Employment Status of Medical Assistance Clients and Persons with Dependents with DSHS Medical Coverage

As required by Engrossed Substitute House Bill 3079

David Mancuso, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Oct 2006 | 4.58 | Online Library

Research Based Prevention Outcomes

State Incentive Grants | SIG

Sep 2006 | 4.56 | Online Library

DASA Providers and Stakeholders Respond

Nancy K. Raiha, PhD | Hakan Axelsson, DIHR | Barbara Felver, MPA

Sep 2006 | 9.83 | Online Library

TAKE CHARGE

Final Evaluation First Five Years: July 2001-June 2006

Laurie Cawthon, MD | Trisha Keenan-Wilkie, MA | Dorothy Lyons, MPA | Kristal Rust

Aug 2006 | -- | Online Library

The effect of substance abuse treatment on Medicaid expenditures among general assistance welfare clients in Washington State

Milbank Quarterly, 84(3):555-576.

Thomas Wickizer, PhD | A Krupski | K Stark | David Mancuso, PhD | Kevin Campbell, PhD

May 2006 | 6.53 | Online Library

Serving TANF Families with Limited English Proficiency

Fred P. Fiedler, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

May 2006 | 6.54 | Online Library

GA-U Clients: Challenges and Opportunities

David Mancuso, PhD | Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

May 2006 | 9.82 | Online Library

First Steps Database: The First Steps Program 1989-2004

Laurie Cawthon, MD

May 2006 | 11.127 | Online Library

Activity Report, Washington State Institutional Review Board, Fiscal Year 2005

Michael A. Garrick, PhD

Apr 2006 | 9.81 | Online Library

First Steps Database: Infant Mortality and SIDS

Laurie Cawthon, MD

Apr 2006 | 11.128 | Online Library

2005 DSHS Client Survey

Nancy K. Raiha, PhD | Monica Stanley, BA

Feb 2006 | 11.129 | Online Library

Work First Sanctions: Client Survey Findings

Recent Findings

Elizabeth Kohlenberg, PhD

Jan 2006 | 4.60WA.2006.1 | Online Library

Substance Use Outcomes: Six-Month Follow-up Survey of WASBIRT Clients April 2004 – January 2005

Sharon L. Estee, PhD | Nella Lee, PhD | Lijian He, PhD

Jan 2006 | 11.126 | Online Library

Activity Report, Washington State Institutional Review Board, Fiscal Year 2004

Michael A. Garrick, PhD

Dec 2005 | 4.54 | Online Library

School Youth Outcomes of Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment

Dario Longhi, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Dec 2005 | 9.80 | Online Library

Employment Status of Medical Assistance Clients

David Mancuso, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Nov 2005 | 9.78 | Online Library

First Steps Database: Obesity and Pregnancy

Laurie Cawthon, MD | Phyllis Reed

Aug 2005 | 9.74 | Online Library

Children's Medical Caseload

Why the Decline? Part I and Part II

David Mancuso, PhD | Kathryn Beall | Barbara Felver, MPA | Vicki Wilson, PhD | Jenny Hamilton

Aug 2005 | 9.77 | Online Library

CSO Profiles

Birth and Unintended Pregnancy Statistics for Community Services Offices, 1991 to 2002

Jul 2005 | 11.97 | Online Library

Activity Report DSHS/DOH Human Research Review Board, Fiscal Year 2003

Michael A. Garrick, PhD

Jun 2005 | 8.26 | Online Library

PACE, An Evaluation

David Mancuso, PhD | Greg Yamashiro | Barbara Felver, MPA

Apr 2005 | 4.52 | Online Library

2003 County Profile of Substance Use and Need for Treatment Services

Washington State Needs Assessment Household Survey

David Mancuso, PhD | Michael Gilson, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Apr 2005 | 8.27fs | Online Library

Patterns of Prescription Opiate Use by Aged, Blind or Disabled Clients in Washington State

Aged, Blind, Disabled Clients And Prescription Opiates: Areas Of Concern

Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | David Mancuso, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Mar 2005 | 9.72 | Online Library

TAKE CHARGE, Interim Evaluation

Laurie Cawthon, MD | Trisha Keenan-Wilkie, MA | Dorothy Lyons, MPA | Kristal Rust | Can Du, PhD

Mar 2005 | 9.75b | Online Library

Updated Time Study Plan to be Implemented in 2005-6

School Based Medicaid Administrative Match Program

Dario Longhi, PhD | Nayak Polissar

Feb 2005 | 11.125 | Online Library

Chemical Dependency Treatment for Disabled, Blind and Aged Clients: Alternative Health and Nursing Home Cost Offset Models

Elizabeth Kohlenberg, PhD | David Mancuso, PhD | Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD

Jan 2005 | 11.122 | Online Library

2002 to 2004 DSHS Employee Survey: Employees speak out

Nancy K. Raiha, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Jan 2005 | 11.123 | Online Library

What Do RDA Customers Want?

Elizabeth Kohlenberg, PhD | Nancy K. Raiha, PhD

Jan 2005 | N/A | Online Library

Medicaid Integration...Coordinating Care, Improving Outcomes, Saving Dollars

Ed Hidano

Nov 2004 | N/A | Online Library

Closing the Alcohol & Drug Treatment Gap - On Drugs, Crime & Dollars

Dennis Braddock | Barbara Felver, MPA

Aug 2004 | 5.32fs | Online Library

Community Institutional Cost Comparison Example: RHC to DDD Community Care

Elizabeth Kohlenberg, PhD | Boqing Wang, PhD | Roger Calhoun

Jul 2004 | 11.120 | Online Library

Chemical Dependency Treatment Reduces Emergency Room Costs and Visits

Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | David Mancuso, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Jul 2004 | 11.121 | Online Library

Reducing Emergency Room Visits Through Chemical Dependency Treatment: Focus on Frequent Emergency Room Visitors

David Mancuso, PhD | Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Jun 2004 | 4.49 | Online Library

Methadone Treatment For Opiate Addiction Lowers Health Care Costs And Reduces Arrests And Convictions

Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | Sharon L. Estee, PhD | David Mancuso, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Jun 2004 | 4.50 | Online Library

Non-Methadone Chemical Dependency Treatment for Opiate Addiction Reduces Health Care Costs, Arrest and Convictions

Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | Sharon L. Estee, PhD | David Mancuso, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Jun 2004 | 11.119 | Online Library

Frequent Emergency Room Visits Signal Substance Abuse And Mental Illness

Washington State's Aged, Blind, & Disabled Clients

David Mancuso, PhD | Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Apr 2004 | 9.70 | Online Library

County Profiles, Birth and Unintended Pregnancy Statistics 1990 to 2002

Amy R. Ritualo, MA | Laurie Cawthon, MD | Peter Woodcox

Mar 2004 | 4.48 | Online Library

Gravely Disabled Pilot Project

Client Characteristics and Initial Indicators of Change

Doug Baker, MA | Sharon L. Estee, PhD

Jan 2004 | 11.116 | Online Library

2003 DSHS Statewide Survey of Washington Residents

Gilmore Research Group | Nancy K. Raiha, PhD

Jan 2004 | 11.117fs | Online Library

Methadone and Non Methadone Treatment of Persons Addicted to Opiates Results in Lower Health Care Costs and Reduced Arrests and Convictions

Washington State Supplemental Security Income Recipients

Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | Sharon L. Estee, PhD | Barbara Felver, MPA

Dec 2003 | 3.29 | Online Library

Washington State Mental Health Services: Cost Offsets and Client Outcomes

Fact Sheet

Sharon L. Estee, PhD | David Mancuso, PhD

Dec 2003 | 9.69 | Online Library

TAKE CHARGE, Process Evaluation

Amy R. Ritualo, MA | Laurie Cawthon, MD | Trisha Keenan-Wilkie, MA | Linda Long Weaver, MA

Dec 2003 | 11.114fs | Online Library

Treatment of Stimulant Addiction Including Addiction to Methamphetamine Results in Lower Health Care Costs and Reduced Arrests and Convictions

Washington State Supplemental Security Income Recipients

Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD | Sharon L. Estee, PhD | Greg Yamashiro

Nov 2003 | 11.115 | Online Library

No Wrong Door e-Room Evaluation

Jason Fry, BS | Francia Reynolds, MSW | Elizabeth Kohlenberg, PhD

Oct 2003 | 9.75a | Online Library

Time Study Plan, School Based Medicaid Administrative Match Program Washington State

Dario Longhi, PhD | Nayak Polissar

Sep 2003 | 11.113 | Online Library

2003 Department of Social and Health Services Client Survey

Nancy K. Raiha, PhD

Aug 2003 | 11.111 | Online Library

Early Experiences in Service Integration: What We Can Learn from No Wrong Door Startups

Dario Longhi, PhD | Elizabeth Kohlenberg, PhD

Apr 2003 | 11.110 | Online Library

Activity Report, Washington State Institutional Review Board, Fiscal Year 2002

Michael A. Garrick, PhD

Mar 2003 | 4.43 | Online Library

Implementing Science Based Prevention: The Experiences of Eighteen Communities and Progress Towards Inter-Agency Coordination to Reduce Alcohol and Substance Abuse Among Adolescents

Evaluation Report for the Washington State Incentive Grant (July 1998 - July 2002)

Christina Roberts, PhD | Dario Longhi, PhD

Mar 2003 | 9.66 | Online Library

First Steps Database: First Steps, Family Planning, and The Changing Economy

Laurie Cawthon, MD | Diana Larsen-Mills, MPA

Feb 2003 | 11.109 | Online Library

Washington State Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Cost Offset Pilot Project

2002 Progress Report

Sharon L. Estee, PhD | Daniel J. Nordlund, PhD

Jan 2003 | 3.27 | Online Library

Adult Aged, Blind, and Disabled Clients Served by the Mental Health Division

Characteristics and Use of Services, Fiscal Year 2001

David Mancuso, PhD | Sharon L. Estee, PhD

Jan 2003 | 9.65 | Online Library

Expenditures and Use of DSHS Services: Aged, Blind, and Disabled Clients, FY 2001

Sharon L. Estee, PhD | David Mancuso, PhD

Dec 2002 | 3.28 | Online Library

Medical Cost Offsets Associated with Mental Health Care

A Brief Review

Nancy Anderson, MD | Sharon L. Estee, PhD

Oct 2002 | 4.41 | Online Library

Evaluation Report on the Spring 2001 Collaborative Assessment Process

Christina Roberts, PhD | Dario Longhi, PhD

Sep 2002 | 11.107 | Online Library

2002 Department of Social and Health Services Client Survey

Jane M. Wood, MPA | Nancy K. Raiha, PhD

Aug 2002 | 4.45 | Online Library

Employment Outcomes of Chemical Dependency Treatment: Analyses from Washington State

Bill Luchansky, PhD | Lijian He, PhD

Aug 2002 | 4.46fs | Online Library

Substance Abuse Treatment & Hospital Admissions: Analyses from Washington State

Bill Luchansky, PhD | Lijian He, PhD | Dario Longhi, PhD

May 2002 | 9.62 | Online Library

First Steps Database: Infant Mortality and SIDS

Laurie Cawthon, MD

Apr 2002 | 11.105 | Online Library

WHAT DO WE WANT TO CHANGE?

The White Center and Boulevard Park, November 17th, 2001, Community Decision Group Report

Elizabeth Kohlenberg, PhD | Annie Laurie Armstrong, MPA

Facilities, Finance and Analytics Administration

Research Reports

Connect with DSHS

Access and Inclusion

Language Access