Overview Milwaukee WIser Choice

1. Overview Milwaukee WIser Choice January 2007

2. Pre-WIser Choice vs. Post-WIser Choice(August 2006 analysis; comparable 13-month periods)

3. Change in Screens and Episodes of Treatment, Pre- and Post-WIser Choice

4. Clients Completing Treatment by Month,July 2004 to November 2006

5. Scope of GPRA Outcomes Assessment • As part of Milwaukee WIser Choice, clients are assessed for federal GPRA outcomes at intake, at 30 days (“first status GPRA”), and at 90 days (“second status GPRA”). • 82% of clients given clinical appointments do present for treatment (wait-listed or still-incarcerated excluded). • 68% of all clients who present for treatment at their first appointment continue in treatment for at least 30 days. • In 2006, 73% of all clients who continued in treatment for at least 30 days did have a “first status GPRA” completed. • Both successful and unsuccessful clients may complete or discontinue treatment prior to the “second status GPRA.”

6. Change in Alcohol Use after 30 Days

7. Change in Alcohol Use after 90 Days

8. Change in Drug Use after 30 Days

9. Change in Drug Use after 90 Days

10. Change in Employment/School Enrollment after 30 and 90 Days

11. Change in Homelessnessafter 30 and 90 Days

12. Change in Arrests in Previous 30 Days after 30 and 90 Days

13. Change in Lack of Family Connectionafter 30 and 90 Days

14. Of 2196 clients completing both Intake and First Status (30-Day) GPRAs from 6-20-05 to 11-30-06: • 331 clients who were neither employed nor enrolled in school/job training at intake were employed or enrolled in school/job training after 30 days of services. • 102 clients who were homeless at intake were no longer homeless after 30 days of services. • 181 clients who had been arrested in the 30 days prior to intake were not arrested during the first 30 days of services. • 109 clients who had little or no positive contact with their families were having positive contact after 30 days of services.