| Facility Practices and Services |
| Q: |
Education: When are youth in residential placement facilities evaluated for educational needs? |
| A: |
More than 8 in 10 (88%) facilities reported evaluating youth for educational needs within one week of admission in 2018. |
When facilities evaluate youth for educational needs, by facility operation and facility type, 2018
|
Total
facilities |
Reporting
facilities |
Within
24 hours |
Between 24
hours and
1 week |
More than
1 week |
Other |
Not
evaluated |
| Total |
1,510 |
1,435 |
22% |
66% |
3% |
1% |
8% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Facility operation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Public |
903 |
883 |
24% |
66% |
2% |
1% |
7% |
| State |
331 |
325 |
17% |
78% |
3% |
0% |
2% |
| Local |
572 |
558 |
28% |
59% |
1% |
1% |
11% |
| Private |
607 |
552 |
20% |
66% |
4% |
2% |
8% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Facility type1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Detention center |
625 |
609 |
27% |
63% |
1% |
0% |
8% |
| Long-term secure |
164 |
163 |
15% |
81% |
3% |
0% |
1% |
| Reception/diagnostic center |
37 |
35 |
14% |
83% |
3% |
0% |
0% |
| Group home |
240 |
221 |
19% |
57% |
6% |
3% |
14% |
| Residential treatment center |
553 |
512 |
18% |
75% |
3% |
2% |
3% |
| Ranch/wilderness camp |
27 |
24 |
8% |
79% |
4% |
0% |
8% |
| Shelter |
116 |
115 |
26% |
53% |
0% |
2% |
19% |
Notes: Counts include evaluations conducted either on or offsite the facility location.
Respondents are allowed to select more than one time period in which they evaluate youth. From these responses, a hierarchy is imposed to reflect the earliest time period that the facility reported. For example, a facility that selected 'within 24 hours' as well as 'between 24 hours and 1 week' will appear as a facility that evaluated 'within 24 hours'.
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.
- More than one-fifth (22%) of facilities reported evaluating youth for educational needs within 24 hours of admission in 2018. Facilities were more likely to evaluate youth more than a day after admission, but within the first week.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08531.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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