Percent of facilities providing treatment services, by facility type*, 2020

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Serving Children, Families, and Communities

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Q:	What facility type is most likely to provide onsite residential treatment services?
A:	Residential treatment centers (99%) and long-term secure facilities (93%) were most likely to report providing onsite treatment services in 2020.

Percent of facilities providing treatment services, by facility type*, 2020

	Total	Detention Center	Long-term secure	Reception/ Diagnostic Center	Group home	Residential Treatment Center	Ranch/ wilderness camp	Shelter
Total number of facilities	1,323	599	136	28	219	452	22	82

Number of facilities providing onsite treatment	808	205	126	23	153	446	16	27

Any treatment service	61%	34%	93%	82%	70%	99%	73%	33%

Onsite treatment services¹
Mental health	84%	88%	92%	87%	70%	86%	69%	56%
Substance abuse	68%	70%	89%	91%	48%	71%	75%	22%
Sex offender	40%	30%	60%	61%	37%	45%	19%	19%
Violent offender	25%	26%	53%	52%	14%	28%	38%	7%
Arson	11%	6%	18%	30%	7%	12%	6%	4%

Notes: *Facility type counts sum to more than 1,323 facilities because facilities could select more than one facility type.
¹Percent based on number of facilities providing onsite treatment.

The COVID-19 pandemic had significant effects on all stages of the juvenile justice system, including juvenile residential facilities, which may have impacted multiple aspects of the 2020 JRFC data, such as reporting, the number of youth in residential placement, and the services received.

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Provision of treatment services varied by type of facility and service type in 2020. Long-term secure facilities were most likely to report providing mental health services, reception/diagnostic centers were most likely to report substance abuse services, and long-term secure and reception/diagnostic centers were most likely to report providing sex offender services and violent offender services.
With the exception of reception/diagnostic centers, relatively few facilities report offering arson services.

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08521.asp?qaDate=2020. Released on January 10, 2023.

Data Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Juvenile Residential Facility Census 2020 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: OJJDP.