King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) is rolling out the latest version of the DCHS Dashboard! The dashboard shows the local impact of key initiatives and department priorities in the region. The latest version includes financial data, housing data, and updates on the Health Through Housing initiative.
DCHS annually administers more than $1 billion in public dollars to ensure King County residents can access a broad range of services, including behavioral health treatment, housing, child care resources, education and employment opportunities for youth and young adults, veterans services, senior supports, and remove barriers for those with developmental disabilities. Together, these efforts strengthen our communities and build partnership with organizations large and small across the region.
This newly updated department-wide dashboard adds on to the prior dashboard and includes the Housing and Community Development Division (HCD) that oversees affordable housing investments, capital projects, housing stability, and housing policy. The dashboard also now includes a key initiative in DCHS, Health Through Housing along with department wide financial data. You will also be able to see 2023 data for the Behavioral Health and Recovery Division and the Developmental Disabilities and Early Childhood Supports Division, along with department initiatives: Best Starts for Kids (BSK), MIDD Behavioral Health Sales Tax (MIDD), and the Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy (VSHSL). The DCHS dashboard is key in monitoring our impact in communities. Through this tool you can see who participates in programs and activities, geographic distribution of services, and how people access services.
Data in Action
The King County School-to-Work (S2W) program works with teachers, school districts, and families to connect students with developmental disabilities to employment services while they are still in high school transition programs. In an effort to continuously improve outreach activities, King County staff conducted a S2W analysis of who the program is reaching by school district, support needs, and race and ethnicity of students. Staff used what they learned through this analysis, and relationships with community partners and families to improve outreach efforts and increase equitable access to the S2W program across King County.
The DCHS Performance Measurement and Evaluation team will continue to build on the dashboard each year and once all five divisions and all department initiatives are included will seek to provide combined impact in key areas. This work wouldn’t be possible without the partnership and coordination of many community organizations around King County.
Next year, the DCHS Dashboard will include information from all five DCHS divisions, and provide a robust tool to inform action, assess progress, and identify trends across the human services network.
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