Beginning in 2007, the department must annually review
and report on the performance of subcontractor organizations
participating in the independent youth housing program, as well
as the performance of the program as a whole.
(1) Reporting should be within the context of the state
homeless housing strategic plan under RCW 43.185C.040 and any
other relevant state or local homeless or affordable housing
plans. The outcomes of the independent youth housing program
must be included in the measurement of any performance measures
described in chapter 43.185C RCW.
(2) The independent youth housing program report must
include, at a minimum, an update on the following program
performance measures, as well as any other performance measures
the department may establish, for enrolled youth in consultation
with the department of social and health services, to be measured
statewide and by county:
(a) Increases in housing stability;
(b) Increases in economic self-sufficiency;
(c) Increases in independent living skills;
(d) Increases in education and job training attainment;
(e) Decreases in the use of all state-funded services over
time;
(f) Decreases in the percentage of youth aging out of the
state dependency system each year who are eligible for state
assistance as reported to the department by the department of
social and health services; and
(g) Recommendations to the legislature and to the
interagency council on homelessness as described under RCW 43.185C.170 on program improvements and on departmental
strategies that might assist the state to reach its goals of:
(i) Ensuring that all youth aging out of the state
dependency system have access to a decent, appropriate, and
affordable home in a healthy safe environment to prevent such
youth from experiencing homelessness; and
(ii) Reducing each year the percentage of young people
eligible for state assistance upon aging out of the state
dependency system.
[2007 c 316 § 5.]
NOTES:
Finding -- 2007 c 316: See note following RCW 43.63A.305.