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Washington State Institute for Public Policy Benefit-Cost Results
The WSIPP benefit-cost analysis examines, on an apples-to-apples basis, the monetary value of programs or policies to determine whether the benefits from the program exceed its costs. WSIPP’s research approach to identifying evidence-based programs and policies has three main steps. First, we determine “what works” (and what does not work) to improve outcomes using a statistical technique called meta-analysis. Second, we calculate whether the benefits of a program exceed its costs. Third, we estimate the risk of investing in a program by testing the sensitivity of our results. For more detail on our methods, see our Technical Documentation.
Current estimates replace old estimates. Numbers will change over time as a result of model inputs and monetization methods.
Juvenile Justice Date of
Benefits minus costs (net present value)
$56,830
$36,027
$34,418 $24,313 $21,103 $18,179 $14,190 $12,026 $11,261 $10,770 $9,530 $9,321 $8,877 $8,858
$7,961
$6,834 $6,716 $6,161
$5,404
$4,999
$3,887
$2,966
$2,853
$2,833
$2,399
($545) ($1,102)
($2,389)
($12,162) ($6,227)
($3,325) ($8,941) ($4,488) ($10,128)
Chance benefits will exceed costs
93 %
96 %
100 % 96 % 93 % 75 % 94 % 92 % 92 % 95 % 97 % 64 % 96 % 81 %
98 %
58 % 76 % 76 %
63 %
66 %
52 %
62 %
94 %
76 %
56 %
49 % 39 %
48 %
40 % 41 % 0%
Program name
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for youth in the juvenile justice system
Functional Family Therapy (FFT) for youth in state institutions
Education and Employment Training (EET, King County) Functional Family Therapy (FFT) for youth on probation Parenting with Love and Limits
Functional Family Parole
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Boot camps
Other family-based therapies (non-name brand)
Wilderness experience programs
Adolescent Diversion Project
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care
Coordination of Services
Mentoring
Diversion, no services (vs. traditional juvenile court processing)
Teaching-Family Model
Intensive supervision (parole)
Multisystemic Therapy (MST)
Multisystemic Therapy (MST) for juveniles convicted of sex offenses
Aggression Replacement Training (ART) for youth in state institutions
Multisystemic Therapy (MST) for juveniles with substance use disorder
Aggression Replacement Training (ART) for youth on probation
Diversion with services (vs. traditional juvenile court processing)
Victim offender mediation
Therapeutic communities for juveniles with substance use disorder
Vocational and employment training Diversion with services (vs. simple release)
Other substance use disorder treatment for juveniles (non- therapeutic communities)
Family Integrated Transitions for youth in state institutions Drug court
Intensive supervision (probation)
benefits taxpayer benefits
Costs
($2,187)
($3,530)
($877) ($3,531) ($2,848) ($3,530) ($402) $2,910 ($1,844) ($6,570) $982 ($10,972) ($427) ($3,356)
$1,099
($22,766) ($2,195) ($7,973)
($9,056)
($1,631)
($7,964)
($1,632)
$585
($626)
($4,794)
($1,999) ($880)
last literature review
Jun. 2017
Jul. 2017
Dec. 2015 Jul. 2017 Jun. 2017 Jun. 2017 Dec. 2014 Apr. 2018 Sep. 2015 Sep. 2015 Jul. 2015 Jul. 2017 Sep. 2015 Jun. 2014
Jul. 2015
Jun. 2015 Sep. 2015 Aug. 2017
Aug. 2017
Jun. 2017
Aug. 2017
Jun. 2017
Jul. 2015
Apr. 2012
Aug. 2017
Jun. 2017 Jul. 2015
Aug. 2017
Dec. 2014 Jul. 2014 Sep. 2015
Total benefits
$59,017
$39,557
$35,295 $27,844 $23,951 $21,709 $14,592 $9,116 $13,105 $17,340 $8,548 $20,293 $9,303 $12,215
$6,861
$29,600 $8,911 $14,134
$14,459
$6,631
$11,851
$4,598
$2,269
$3,459
$7,193
$1,453
($222)
($90)
$5,936
($5,616) ($5,640)
Taxpayer Non-
Benefit to cost ratio
$26.99
$11.21
$40.25 $7.89 $8.41 $6.15 $36.31 n/a $7.11 $2.64 n/a $1.85 $21.80 $3.64
n/a
$1.30 $4.06 $1.77
$1.60
$4.06
$1.49
$2.82
n/a
$5.52
$1.50
$0.73
($0.25)
($0.04)
$0.49
($1.69) ($1.26)
$12,239 $46,779
$8,399 $31,158
$8,846 $26,449 $7,022 $20,822 $6,169 $17,782 $4,951 $16,758 $3,597 $10,995 $1,662 $7,454 $3,226 $9,879 $5,724 $11,616 $2,153 $6,395 $5,083 $15,210 $2,645 $6,658 $3,918 $8,297
$1,714 $5,148
$8,040 $21,560 $2,116 $6,795 $3,876 $10,258
$3,823 $10,636 $1,508 $5,122 $3,657 $8,193 $1,279 $3,320
$538 $1,731 $1,078 $2,381 $1,830 $5,363
($1,475) $2,929 $60 ($283)
$413 ($502)
($2,479)
$2,440
($664) ($826)
$3,495
($4,952) ($4,813)

Program name
Date of last literature review
Total benefits
Taxpayer benefits
Non- taxpayer benefits
Costs
Benefits minus costs (net present value)
Benefit to cost ratio
Chance benefits will exceed costs
Scared Straight
May. 2015
($10,033)
($2,773)
($7,260)
($108)
($10,141)
($92.81)
2%
Other treatment for juveniles convicted of sex offenses (non-MST)
Aug. 2017
($18,570)
($2,868)
($15,702)
($9,536)
($28,106)
($1.95)
15 %
Other Juvenile Justice topics reviewed:
Program name
Date of last literature review
Notes
Other group home programs (non-name brand)
Jun. 2015
Click for meta-analytic results
Team Child
Mar. 2017
Click for meta-analytic results
Connections Wraparound
Jan. 2013
No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for substance use disorder: Integrated treatment model
Jun. 2017
No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest.
Electronic monitoring
Sep. 2015
No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest.
Group homes (Boys Town)
Sep. 2015
No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest.
Group homes (Sanctuary Model)
Jun. 2015
No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest.
Group homes (Stop-Gap model)
Jun. 2015
No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest.
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
Jan. 2014
No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest.
Step Up
May. 2015
No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest.
You Are Not Your Past
Jan. 2013
No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest.
Youth Advocate Programs—Mentoring
Aug. 2018
No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest.
Teen Courts
Oct. 2006
See previous WSIPP publication for past findings.
For further information, contact:
(360) 664-9800, institute@wsipp.wa.gov
Printed on 12-16-2019
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