Appendix D

APPENDIX D

REPRESENTATION OF CHILDREN IN CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
PROCEEDINGS
- Survey Data By County -

Table 1: All Cases Open as of August 1, 1997

		REPRESENTATION
	Total	Guardians Ad Litem - By Type				Attorney	CHILDREN UNREPRESENTED
	Dependency	Attorney	Volunteer	Professional	Total	Independent	By Anyone		By A GAL
County	Cases (3)			(non-attorney)	GALs (2)	Counsel	Total	% of Total	Total	% of Total
Adams (1)	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Asotin (1)	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Benton	149	0	85	0	85	35	29	19%	64	43%
Chelan	86	3	78	na	81	5	0	0%	5	6%
Clallam	125	0	125	0	125	0	0	0%	0	0%
Clark	487	9	250	90	349	2	136	28%	138	28%
Columbia	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0%	0	0%
Cowlitz	290	113	176	0	289	1	0	0%	1	0%
Douglas	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	0%	0	0%
Ferry	15	15	0	0	15	0	0	0%	0	0%
Franklin	48	0	33	0	33	13	2	4%	15	31%
Garfield (1)	0	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Grant	27	27	0	0	27	0	0	0%	0	0%
Grays Harbor	41	39	0	2	41	0	0	0%	0	0%
Island	69	2	60	1	63	0	6	9%	6	9%
Jefferson	55	0	52	3	55	0	0	0%	0	0%
King	2888	0	1400	0	1400	na	1488	52%	1488	52%
Kitsap	578	0	100	293	393	1	184	32%	185	32%
Kittitas	25	0	25	0	25	0	0	0%	0	0%
Klickitat (4)	na	na	0	0	0	na	0	0%	na	na
Lewis	321	133	183	0	316	5	0	0%	5	2%
Lincoln	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%
Mason	91	0	0	91	91	0	0	0%	0	0%
Okanogan	80	0	0	80	80	0	0	0%	0	0%
Pacific	42	0	0	42	42	0	0	0%	0	0%
Pend Oreille	12	12	0	0	12	0	0	0%	0	0%
Pierce	1607	0	200	1226	1426	1	180	11%	181	11%
San Juan	12	0	7	4	11	0	1	8%	1	8%
Skagit	127	0	0	127	127	0	0	0%	0	0%
Skamania	27	24	0	0	24	1	2	7%	3	11%
Snohomish	1099	0	516	0	516	1	582	53%	583	53%
Spokane (5)	878	0	350	na	350	45	483	55%	528	60%
Stevens	26	26	0	0	26	0	0	0%	0	0%
Thurston (6)	320	320	na	0	320	0	0	0%	0	0%
Wahkiakum	8	0	0	8	8	0	0	0%	0	0%
Walla Walla	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	0%	0	0%
Whatcom	167	0	0	167	167	0	0	0%	0	0%
Whitman	12	0	12	0	12	0	0	0%	0	0%
Yakima	601	0	180	421	601	0	0	0%	0	0%
TOTALS	10320	727	3835	2555	7117	110	3093	30%	3203	31%

Notes for Table 1:

No data were available for Adams, Asotin, or Garfield Counties.
Total GALs can be derived by adding Attorney, Volunteer, and Professional GALs.
The total number of dependency cases can be derived by adding Total GALs, Independent Counsel, and Unrepresented-By Anyone.
In Klickitat County, one attorney represented 43 children in abuse and neglect matters. For children 10 years and older, the attorney functioned as independent counsel; for younger children, the attorney functioned as an attorney GAL. The numbers in each category are unknown. Therefore, the Klickitat County data are not included in the table. Thus, the state totals for dependency cases are understated by 43. While all children in the county receive some form of representation, some number do not receive the services of a GAL.
In Spokane County, juvenile court staff represented an unknown number of children at hearings, but do not carry out other GAL duties. OFCO chose not to include these children under any GAL category given the extremely limited kind of representation they received. Thus, these children were included in the unrepresented totals. Spokane County is moving away from this system, and the number of unrepresented children will decrease accordingly.
In Thurston County, all children are represented by an attorney GAL. Additionally, some children are represented by volunteer GALs. Therefore, an unknown number of children have two GALs.

Table 2: Cases filed between August 1, 1997 and July 31, 1998

		REPRESENTATION
	Total	Guardians Ad Litem - By Type				Attorney	CHILDREN UNREPRESENTED
	Dependency	Attorney	Volunteer	Professional	Total	Independent	By Anyone		By A GAL
County	Cases (3)			(non-attorney)	GALs (2)	Counsel	Total	% of Total	Total	% of Total
Adams (1)	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Asotin (1)	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Benton	70	0	40	0	40	20	10	14%	30	43%
Chelan	40	0	39	0	39	1	0	0%	1	3%
Clallam	82	0	82	0	82	0	0	0%	0	0%
Clark	141	8	100	12	120	0	21	15%	21	15%
Columbia	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	33%	1	33%
Cowlitz	85	36	47	0	83	2	0	0%	2	2%
Douglas	8	0	7	0	7	1	0	0%	1	13%
Ferry	8	8	0	0	8	0	0	0%	0	0%
Franklin	28	0	13	0	13	14	1	4%	15	54%
Garfield (1)	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Grant	50	50	0	0	50	0	0	0%	0	0%
Grays Harbor	108	79	0	29	108	0	0	0%	0	0%
Island	49	9	36	0	45	0	4	8%	4	8%
Jefferson	29	0	25	4	29	0	0	0%	0	0%
King	1088	0	343	0	343	na	745	68%	745	68%
Kitsap	202	0	50	120	170	32	0	0%	32	16%
Kittitas	11	0	11	0	11	0	0	0%	0	0%
Klickitat	21	na	0	0	0	na	0	0%	na	na
Lewis	144	41	103	0	144	0	0	0%	0	0%
Lincoln	9	9	0	0	9	0	0	0%	0	0%
Mason	33	0	0	33	33	0	0	0%	0	0%
Okanogan	39	0	0	39	39	0	0	0%	0	0%
Pacific	56	0	0	56	56	0	0	0%	0	0%
Pend Oreille	12	12	0	0	12	0	0	0%	0	0%
Pierce	409	0	55	354	409	0	0	0%	0	0%
San Juan	5	0	4	1	5	0	0	0%	0	0%
Skagit	9	0	0	9	9	0	0	0%	0	0%
Skamania	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0%	0	0%
Snohomish	460	0	76	0	76	0	384	83%	384	83%
Spokane	359	0	150	na	150	15	194	54%	209	58%
Stevens	27	27	0	0	27	0	0	0%	0	0%
Thurston	124	124	na	0	124	0	0	0%	0	0%
Wahkiakum	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0%	0	0%
Walla Walla	53	1	48	0	49	0	4	8%	4	8%
Whatcom	55	0	0	55	55	0	0	0%	0	0%
Whitman	19	1	18	0	19	0	0	0%	0	0%
Yakima	193	0	Na	Na	193	0	0	0%	0	0%
TOTALS	4031	406	1249	713	2561	85	1364	34%	1449	36%

Notes for Table 2:

No data were available for Adams, Asotin, or Garfield Counties.
Total GALs can be derived by adding Attorney, Volunteer, and Professional GALs.
The total number of dependency cases can be derived by adding Total GALs, Independent Counsel, and Unrepresented-By Anyone.
In Klickitat County, one attorney represented 21 children in abuse and neglect matters. For children 10 years and older, the attorney functioned as independent counsel; for younger children, the attorney functioned as an attorney GAL. The numbers in each category are unknown. Therefore, the Klickitat County data are not included in the table. Thus, the state totals for dependency cases are understated by 21. While all children in the county receive some form of representation, some number do not receive the services of a GAL.
In Spokane County, juvenile court staff represented an unknown number of children at hearings, but do not carry out other guardian ad litem duties. OFCO chose not to include these children under any GAL category given the extremely imited kind of representation they received. Thus, these children were included in the unrepresented totals. Spokane County is moving away from this system, and the number of unrepresented children will decrease accordingly.
In Thurston County, all children are represented by an attorney GAL. Additionally, some children are represented by Volunteer GALs. Therefore, an unknown number of children have two GALs.
The statewide totals for Volunteer and Professional GALs are understated because in Yakima County, the breakdown in these categories was unknown.