CONTENTS

Executive Summary

OFCO’s Role and Charge

• OFCO’s Statutory Role
  
• OFCO’s Review
  
• The Petition
  
• Preliminary Review
  
• Focus of the Full-Scale Review
  
• The Review Process
  
• Children in State Custody
  
• Advisory Panel and Expert Consultation
  
• Early Challenges
  
  • Special Funding
    
  • The "Shield" Law
    
  • Additional Challenges
• Constraints on the Review Process

Background

• The Community of Wenatchee
  
• The Wenatchee DCFS Office
  
• The Wenatchee Police Department
  
• The CPS/WPD Collaboration

The Wenatchee Investigations

• The Allegations
  
• Progression of Children’s Sex Abuse Allegations
  
  • Kinds of Allegations Commonly Made
    
  • Kinds of Allegations Less Commonly Made
    
  • Kinds of Allegations Uncommonly Made

Major Findings

• Interview Documentation
  
  • Observations
    
  • Findings
    
  • Analysis/Conclusions
• Child Interview Practices
  
  • Observations
    
  • Findings
    
  • Analysis/Conclusions
• Cross-Discipline Collaboration
  
  • Observations
    
  • Findings
    
  • Analysis/Conclusions

Recommendations

• Interview Documentation
  
• Child Interview Practices
  
• Cross-Discipline Collaboration

Appendix A: Wenatchee Consulting Panel
Appendix B: Additional Experts Consulted
Appendix C: Bibliography
Appendix D: Service Episode Report (SER) (Word Format)
Appendix E: Children’s Views and Experiences