| July 31, 2004 | Agreement reached |
| November 9, 2004 | Settlement approved by court |
| December 6, 2004 | Panel’s first meeting and official formation date |
| July 15, 2005 |
Preliminary Report by Panel:
Outcomes, Benchmarks, Action Steps for Mental Health and Adolescent
Services |
| July 31, 2005 | Plaintiffs’ counsel offered opportunity to participate in quality service review process of the Department in collaboration with Panel |
| October 31, 2005 |
Panel may modify/augment Outcomes, Benchmarks and Action
Steps in the Settlement Agreement. |
| February 2006 |
Implementation Plan published |
| March 2006 |
First Monitoring Report published (addresses activities through December 31, 2005) |
| September 2006 |
Second Monitoring Report published (addresses activities through June 30, 2006) |
| April 2007 |
Third Monitoring Report published (addresses action steps through December 31, 2006 and FY06 benchmark data) |
| October 2007 |
Fourth Monitoring Report published (addresses action steps through June 30, 2007 and CY06 foster parent survey data) |
| July 2008 |
Revised Implementation Plan published |
| October 2008 |
Fifth Monitoring Report published (addresses action steps through June 30, 2008 and CY07 and FY07 outcomes data; based on requirements of Revised Implementation Plan) |
| March 2009 |
Sixth Monitoring Report published (addresses action steps through December 31, 2008 and FY08 outcomes data; based on requirements of Revised Implementation Plan) |
| October 2009 |
Seventh Monitoring Report published (addresses action steps through June 31, 2009 and CY08 outcomes data; based on requirements of Revised Implementation Plan) |
| March 2010 |
Eighth Monitoring Report published (addresses action steps through December 31, 2009 and FY09 outcomes data; based on requirements of Revised Implementation Plan) |
| 2009—2011 |
Monitoring reports to be issued each March and September |
| July 31, 2011 | Barring enforcement proceedings, settlement agreement ends |
