Facilities evaluating youth for educational needs, by facility operation and facility type, 2020

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

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Facility Practices and Services

Q:	Education: Are youth in residential placement evaluated for educational needs?
A:	More than 9 in 10 (93%) of all reporting facilities evaluated youth for educational needs in 2020.

	Total facilities	Reporting facilities	All youth	Some youth	None
Total	1,323	1,275	90%	3%	8%

Facility operation
Public	838	818	90%	3%	7%
State	317	311	94%	1%	5%
Local	521	507	88%	4%	8%
Private	485	457	88%	4%	8%

Facility type¹
Detention center	599	583	90%	3%	6%
Long-term secure	136	133	96%	3%	1%
Reception/diagnostic center	28	25	96%	0%	4%
Group home	219	212	77%	5%	18%
Residential treatment center	452	434	96%	2%	2%
Ranch/wilderness camp	22	22	95%	5%	0%
Shelter	82	81	73%	5%	22%

Notes: The term ‘youth’ refers to persons under age 21 who were in a facility because they were charged with or adjudicated for an offense.

Counts include evaluations conducted either on or offsite the facility location.

Percent based on number of reporting facilities.

¹ Facility type counts sum to more than the total number of facilities because facilities could select more than one facility type.

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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In 2020, 90% of all reporting facilities evaluated all youth for educational needs.
The largest proportion of facilities that evaluated all youth for educational needs were state facilities (94%). The proportion of private facilities and local facilities that evaluated all youth for educational needs was the same in 2020 (88% each).
With the exception of group homes and shelters, more than 90% of all facilities evaluated all youth for educational needs in 2020. Fewer than 8 in 10 group homes and shelters evaluated all youth in 2020.

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08530.asp?qaDate=2020. Released on January 10, 2023.

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