| Facility Practices and Services |
| Q: |
Education: Are youth in residential placement evaluated for educational needs? |
| A: |
More than 9 in 10 (92%) of all reporting facilities evaluated youth for educational needs in 2018. |
Facilities evaluating youth for educational needs, by facility operation and facility type, 2018
|
Total
facilities |
Reporting
facilities |
All
youth |
Some
youth |
None |
| Total |
1,510 |
1,434 |
88% |
4% |
8% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Facility operation |
|
|
|
|
|
| Public |
903 |
881 |
89% |
4% |
7% |
| State |
331 |
324 |
94% |
5% |
2% |
| Local |
572 |
557 |
85% |
4% |
11% |
| Private |
607 |
553 |
88% |
4% |
8% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Facility type1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Detention center |
625 |
607 |
88% |
4% |
8% |
| Long-term secure |
164 |
163 |
93% |
6% |
1% |
| Reception/diagnostic center |
37 |
35 |
91% |
9% |
0% |
| Group home |
240 |
221 |
79% |
7% |
14% |
| Residential treatment center |
553 |
513 |
94% |
3% |
3% |
| Ranch/wilderness camp |
27 |
24 |
92% |
0% |
8% |
| Shelter |
116 |
115 |
72% |
9% |
19% |
Notes: 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.
- Nearly 90% of all reporting facilities evaluated all youth for educational needs in 2018.
- The largest proportion of facilities that evaluated all youth for educational needs were state facilities (94%). Private facilities (88%) were more likely than local facilities (85%) to evaluate all youth for educational needs.
- With the exception of detention centers, group homes, and shelters, more than 90% of all facilities evaluated all youth for educational needs in 2018. Nearly 9 in 10 (88%) detention centers evaluated all youth for educational needs in 2018, while fewer than 8 in 10 group homes and shelters evaluated all youth for educational needs.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08530.asp?qaDate=2018.
Released on May 15, 2020.
Data Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Authors' analysis of Juvenile Residential Facility Census 2018 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: OJJDP.
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