Washington reports Phase 1 gains in the Trueblood settlement and files its Phase 2 plan for King County
In the Phase 2 plan filed June 24, 2021, the parties describe Phase 1 (July 2019 to June 2021) as constrained by COVID-19, which slowed admissions and transfers and delayed construction. They report that the state hired 18 additional forensic evaluators, with in-jail competency evaluations finished within required timelines more than 85 percent of the time in most months, and opened 50 additional beds at Eastern State Hospital, with 40 more nearing completion at Western State and another 48 under construction.
The filing says outpatient competency restoration programs began operating in the Spokane and Pierce regions in July 2020, with the Southwest region following in August, and that forensic navigators started work in all three Phase 1 regions in July 2020. Forensic outreach teams and housing-and-recovery peer services were also deployed. Lessons learned include how hard it was to find housing, engage partners and fill workforce positions.
Phase 2, running July 2021 to June 2023, shifts the regional focus to King County. The document is a useful marker of what the settlement had put in place by mid-2021.
Source: Trueblood Phase 2 Implementation Plan – FINAL — U.S. District Court, W.D. Wash. (court filing hosted by Disability Rights Washington), by U.S. District Court, W.D. Wash. (filing in Trueblood v. DSHS, No. C14-1178 MJP)
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