Reports Database:
Return on Investment: Evidence-Based Options to Improve Statewide Outcomes

“The Washington State Legislature directed the Washington State Institute for Public Policy (Institute) to “calculate the return on investment to taxpayers from evidence-based prevention and intervention programs and policies.”

In this update, we identify public policies that have been shown to improve the following outcomes:

Child maltreatment
Crime
Education
Labor earnings
Mental health
Public assistance
Public health
Substance abuse

This report presents our findings as of July 2011. Prior to the 2012 Washington legislative session, we will update and extend these results.”