In 2004, Washington State received a grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation to help grow the JDAI project. Even before this became a statewide effort, several counties had already started using the JDAI model on their own. By following these strategies, Washington’s juvenile courts have safely reduced the number of young people held in locked detention. This model proves that we can keep the public safe while still helping young people succeed.
Check out the chart below to see a detailed timeline of how JDAI has grown over the years.
- 1998: King County starts using the JDAI model.
- 1999: Washington asks for a grant and expert help to grow the program.
- 2001: Pierce County joins. The first State Steering Committee meets to start working together.
- 2003: Washington receives a $200,000 grant to help put JDAI into action.
- 2004: While the state committee takes a break, Spokane, Whatcom, and Yakima counties join at the local level.
- 2007: Benton and Franklin counties join.
- 2008: Yakima leaves the formal program.
- 2009: Mason and Skagit counties join.
- 2010: Adams County joins.
- 2011: Clark County joins.
- 2012: Skagit leaves the formal program
- 2013: Snohomish County joins. Staff travel to New Jersey for special training.
- 2014: The State Steering Committee starts meeting regularly again. They finalize the group's members and create smaller teams to focus on specific goals
2015: Court leaders create new rules for detention data. Local leaders join the State Steering Committee.
2016: New work groups start looking at data quality and living conditions in detention.
2017: A partnership is formed to help study data. The first yearly JDAI Data report is published. Spokane leaves the formal JDAI program.
- 2018: A new team begins creating a "data dictionary" so that everyone uses the same definitions for data across the state.
- 2019: A major conference is held in Seattle. The state finishes its JDAI data dictionary.
- 2020: All sites begin special training on fairness and equity. Benton and Franklin counties leave the program.
- 2021: The group decides to release data reports every two years instead of every year. The final JDAI data rules are shared and approved across the entire state.
