Percent of facilities providing treatment services, by facility type*, 2018

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

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Facility Practices and Services

Q:	What facility type is most likely to provide onsite residential treatment services?
A:	Residential treatment (97%) and long-term secure facilities (96%) were most likely to report providing onsite treatment services in 2018.

	Total	Detention Center	Long-term secure	Reception/ Diagnostic Center	Group home	Residential Treatment Center	Ranch/ wilderness camp	Shelter
Total number of facilities	1,510	624	164	37	240	554	27	116

Number of facilities providing onsite treatment	932	220	158	29	142	535	23	56

Any treatment service	62%	35%	96%	78%	59%	97%	85%	48%

Onsite treatment services¹
Mental health	86%	87%	96%	83%	79%	88%	83%	70%
Substance abuse	70%	71%	89%	76%	51%	73%	78%	32%
Sex offender	36%	25%	47%	66%	27%	44%	17%	16%
Violent offender	21%	24%	37%	45%	14%	21%	26%	5%
Arson	10%	7%	16%	31%	5%	13%	4%	4%

Notes: *Facility type counts sum to more than 1,510 facilities because facilities could select more than one facility type.
¹Percent based on number of facilities providing onsite treatment.

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Provision of treatment services varied by service type in 2018. At least 8 in 10 facilities reported providing mental health services; 96% of long-term secure facilities reported providing mental health services in 2018. In contrast, only 10% of facilities reported providing arson treatment services in the same year.

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08521.asp?qaDate=2018. Released on May 15, 2020.

Data Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Juvenile Residential Facility Census 2018 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: OJJDP.