Washington Revised Code Title 13. Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders § 13.34.830. Child protection and child welfare--Racial disproportionality--Evaluation--Report

(1) Within amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, or within funding made available by private grant or contribution, the Washington state institute for public policy shall evaluate the department of social and health services' use of structured decision-making practices and implementation of the family team decision-making model to determine whether and how those child protection and child welfare efforts result in reducing disproportionate representation of African American, Native American, and Latino children in the state's child welfare system.  The institute shall analyze the points in the system at which current data reflect the greatest levels of disproportionality.  The institute shall report its findings to the legislature and the department of social and health services by September 1, 2010.

(2) If adequate funding is not made available through state appropriation or through private grant or contribution to simultaneously study the impact on racial disproportionality of both the structured decision-making process and family team decision-making model, the institute shall first study and report on the family team decision-making model.  The department of social and health services and the Washington state institute for public policy jointly, shall: