Washington State JDAI History

JDAI statewide expansion officially began in 2004, when the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) awarded a grant to Washington State to support JDAI expansion. Prior to statewide expansion beginning in earnest, several jurisdictions were already working to shift their systems towards the JDAI model. King County began implementing significant reform efforts in 1998, Pierce County began implementation in 2003, and several other counties began discussing how to implement JDAI in their local jurisdictions in 2003. Washington juvenile courts using JDAI strategies have significantly reduced their use of secure detention while also maintaining public safety through implementation of this model. See the chart below for a more detailed timeline of JDAI milestones achieved since implementation began.

  • King County began implementing JDAI
  • Application submitted to AECF for Grant/TA to support JDAI
  • Pierce County formally began implementing JDAI
  • Reducing DMC through JDAI Confinement/Training
  • First JDAI State Steering Committee meetings held
  • AECF awarded Washington a $200,000 grant to support JDAI implementation
  • State Steering Committee disbanded due to work happening at the local level
  • Spokane, Whatcom, and Yakima Counties joined JDAI
  • Benton-Franklin Counties joined JDAI
  • Yakima withdrew as a formal JDAI site
  • Mason & Skagit Counties joined JDAI
  • Adams County joined JDAI
  • Clark County joined JDAI
  • Skagit withdrew as a formal JDAI site
  • Snohomish County joined JDAI
  • New Jersey site visit/training conducted
  • JDAI State Steering Committee re-established, regular meetings began
  • Membership of Steering Committee finalized
  • Sub-committees formed
  • Detention guidelines pursued by JCAs and detention managers
  • State Steering Committee began including all local coordinators and JCAs
  • Two workgroups started: Data Quality and Conditions of Confinement
  • JDAI retreat for local coordinators held in Leavenworth, Washington
  • Contract executed with the Administrative Office of the Courts to support JDAI data analysis
  • The first Annual JDAI Data Report was published covering the 2016 calendar year
  • Spokane withdrew as a formal JDAI site
  • JDAI Data Workgroup begins building a JDAI data dictionary
  • Ad Hoc work group formed to design a training with Cultures Connecting for all court and detention staff
  • Annual JDAI Data Reports continue to be completed for each calendar year through 2019
  • JDAI Inter-site Conference held in Seattle
  • JDAI data dictionary finalized and accepted by the JDAI State Steering Committee
  • Contract executed with Cultures Connecting and training for all JDAI sites began
  • Benton-Franklin withdrew as a formal JDAI site
  • Determination made to shift JDAI data reporting to biennial instead of annual
  • JDAI data dictionary shared with committees, boards, and workgroups within AOC and WAJCA and support/approval obtained from all parties
  • Final JDAI dictionary renamed to include the whole state as the Data Guidelines