1. Local Utility of Cost Benefit Analysis By: Erin Dalton, Allegheny County, PA

2. AGENDA How we got here Recent cost benefit studies Current project

3. Jail Collaborative Structure

4. Jail Collaborative’s 3 Strategies 5

5. Reentry Center Discharge Center Release w/in 48 hours Screening & Assessment RFP for Evidence Based Programs Treatment pods DUI Hotel Criminal Court Case Review One Judge, one defendant Postponements reduced IT infrastructure to capture reentry programs Current projects • Reentry Second Chance Act Adult Demonstration Second Chance Reentry Court Grant RWJ Family Support • Justice Reinvestment First set of county-sites State site • IT Development • Cost Benefit Analysis

6. DATA WAREHOUSE • Allegheny County Housing Authority • Allegheny County Jail • Allegheny County Coroner • Department of Public Welfare • Housing Authority City of Pittsburgh • Juvenile Probation • Pittsburgh Public Schools • Adult Probation • Pretrial Services • Criminal Court • • Children, Youth and Families • • Aging • • Drug & Alcohol • • Early Intervention • Mental Health • Intellectual Disabilities • Family Support Centers • • HeadStart • • Human Services Development Fund • • Homelessness & Housing • • Low Income House Energy Assistance • Program • • System of Care Initiative

7. COST BENEFIT STUDIES • Mental Health Court • Jail Collaborative • Costing Policy Options, Justice Reinvestment

8. MENTAL Health court Findings http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2007/RAND_TR439.pdf

9. Findings • Diversion successful • Short term: not more expensive • Longer term: saves money • “In the short run, the more effective MHC is at reducing incarceration, the more expensive it is to taxpayers” http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2007/RAND_TR439.pdf

10. Critical issues • Where costs/benefits accrue • Level of government • Individuals • External estimates • Costs of crimes • Criminal careers • Costs of criminal justice system versus treatment

11. Jail collaborative evaluation • Allegheny County is saving over $5.3 million/yr • Greatest cost-savings generated in areas of reduced victimization among county residents • Cost-savings ratio is approximately 6 to 1 • At 12 months post-release, the Collaborative inmates achieve a 50% lower recidivism rate compared to matched comparison group • No significant differences in the recidivism between Black and White inmates

12. Methods • Cost of jail stay • Cost of processing offenders in the criminal justice system • Costs of crime victimization • Cost of providing services at the jail • Cost savings associated with Collaborative participants’ recidivism reduction The greatest cost-savings generated areas of public safety and reduced victimization among county residents – 86 percent of total cost savings.

13. Costing policy options • Reduce ALOS by an average of one day to produce a 1.7% reduction in jail bed days • This is the equivalent of 17,929 days and $1,290,888* Urban Institute Presentation to Allegheny County

14. Cost benefit analysis – building capacity

15. School based probation – quantifying outcomes

16. Day reporting centers – identifying goals and outcomes

17. system wide measures and goals • Agreement around Costs • Understanding of cost-benefit analysis throughout the county • Process to incorporate better data into decision-making

18. innovations

19. innovations http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/rptfiles/10-08-1201.pdf