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Image: Disabled or Aged Arrests

Arrests Among Working-Age Disabled Clients

The Role of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse

 

 
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Summary: This report examines arrest outcomes among clients who receive medical coverage through the state's Medicaid Disabled or General Assistance Unemployable (GA-U) programs. These clients are known as "working age disabled" because they are non-elderly adults who have been formally assessed to qualify for DSHS medical coverage due to a short- or long-term disability. We find that arrests are concentrated among clients with indications of alcohol or other drug problems and that treatment significantly reduces the risk of arrest among these clients.

 

 

 

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