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To promote and protect the health and well being of Alaskans.

End Result A: Eligible Alaskans and Veterans will live in a safe environment.

In FY09, the medication error rate decreased to .13% while medications administered increased to an average of 499,366 per fiscal quarter, up from 434,464 in FY06. In FY09, our sentinel event injury rate from falls decreased to 2.7%, down from 2.9% in FY07.

End Result B: The quality of life for Alaskans with serious behavioral health problems is enhanced.

	From FY07 to FY08, there was a 19.8% decrease in the number of distinct out-of-state RPTC recipients of care.
	Preliminary data for 2008 indicates an Alaska suicide death rate of 24.6 suicides for all ages per 100,000 population. This rate is more than double the stated target of 10.6.
	API's admission rate decreased 7.6% from 1,270 patients in FY08 to 1,173 in FY09 and the readmission rate decreased 1.00%, from 14.29% in FY08 to 13.29% in FY09.

End Result C: Children who come to the attention of the Office of Children's Services are, first and foremost, protected from maltreatment.

	The target to decrease the rate of substantiated allegations of child maltreatment in Alaska was not met in FY09, as there was a 1.6% increase in the rate of maltreatment per 1,000 children from FY08 to FY09.
	Average recurrence rates decreased by .5% from FY08 to FY09. Alaska's recurrence maltreatment rate reported for the first quarter of FY10 is the lowest since 2007.
	The rate of maltreatment in out-of-home care improved from an annual average of 1.8% in FY08 to .9% in FY09.
	The Office of Children's Services frontline worker vacancy rates have increased by 2.4% from FY08 to FY09. Turnover rates have decreased 1% during that same time period.

End Result D: Quality management of health care coverage services to providers and clients

	The division has decreased the average time to pay a claim from 18 days to 11 days from FY07 to FY08. This represents a 39% reduction.
	The percentage of claims without error and paid within ten days decreased to 70% in FY08 compared to 72% in FY07.
	Since payment errors are frequently related to lack of appropriate documentation of services, improved provider training and outreach on required documentation for Medicaid payment is underway.

End Result E: Juvenile offenders' success in the community following completion of services is improved, resulting in higher levels of accountability and public safety.

	The defined recidivism rate for juveniles released from secure treatment in FY07 and followed up in FY09 was 45.1%.
	The defined recidivism rate for the probation population was 30.28%, a percentage similar to that identified in the previous two years.
	The number of juvenile referrals (reports of juvenile offenses from law enforcement) made to the Division of Juvenile Justice declined 13.7% between FY08 and FY09 and declined 17.7% between FY07 and FY09.
	The proportion of juveniles with at least one offense (a criminal charge in a report from law enforcement alleging a juvenile perpetrator) diverted from the formal court process matched the goal of 70%.

End Result F: Low income families and individuals become economically self-sufficient.

In FY09, the Alaska Temporary Assistance Program showed a 5% decline in the number of families receiving benefits.

End Result G: Healthy people in healthy communities

	In 2007, 70% of two year olds were fully immunized, which was below the 80% target rate, but slightly above the 67% in FY06. Alaska ranked 45th in the country for fully immunized two year olds.
	The post-neonatal death rate for 2008 was 3.0 per 1,000 live births, above the target of 2.3 per 1,000 live births, but below the rate of 3.3 per 1,000 in 2007.
	6.1% adult diabetes prevalence for 2006-2008; prevalence has increased 80% since 1998-2000.
	The adult obesity rate was 27.9% in 2008, below the 28.2% in 2007. However, this was higher than the 26.6% national average and did not meet the 18% target rate.

End Result H: Senior and physically and/or developmentally disabled Alaskans live independently as long as possible.

There is a slight increase to utilization of the supported employment Medicaid waiver service in recent years. SDS will encourage increased usage in future years as appropriate.

End Result I: Administrative services are delivered efficiently and effectively.

	In FY08, the HSS Commissioner's office succeeded in meeting the goal of responding within 14 days of receiving a complaint or inquiry.
	In FY08 the department reduced processing days for grant awards and legislative inquiries. Processing time for purchase requisitions and invoices increased. Capital Grant Awards remained the same.

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