| Facility Practices and Services |
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| Q: |
Mental Health: Are youth in residential placement evaluated for mental health needs? |
| A: |
Nearly all (99%) facilities reported evaluating youth for mental health needs in 2018. |
Facilities evaluating youth for mental health needs, by facility operation and facility type, 2018
|
Total
facilities |
Reporting
facilities |
All
youth |
Some
youth |
None |
| Total |
1,510 |
1,389 |
63% |
36% |
1% |
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| Facility operation |
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|
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|
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| Public |
903 |
847 |
55% |
44% |
1% |
| State |
331 |
316 |
72% |
27% |
1% |
| Local |
572 |
531 |
45% |
55% |
1% |
| Private |
607 |
542 |
77% |
23% |
1% |
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| Facility type1 |
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|
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| Detention center |
625 |
578 |
47% |
52% |
1% |
| Long-term secure |
164 |
162 |
83% |
17% |
0% |
| Reception/diagnostic center |
37 |
35 |
83% |
17% |
0% |
| Group home |
240 |
217 |
54% |
45% |
1% |
| Residential treatment center |
553 |
511 |
81% |
19% |
0% |
| Ranch/wilderness camp |
27 |
21 |
71% |
29% |
0% |
| Shelter |
116 |
107 |
50% |
50% |
0% |
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.
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- Six in ten (63%) reporting facilities evaluated all youth for mental health needs in 2018.
- Private facilities (77%) were more likely than public facilities (55%) to evaluate all youth, while state facilities (72%) were more likely than local facilities (45%) to evaluate all youth.
- Long-term secure and reception/diagnostic facilities were the most likely (83% each) to evaluate all youth in 2018. Group homes (54%), shelters (50%), and detention centers (47%) were the least likely to evaluate all youth, but were among the most likely to evaluate some youth (45% for group homes, 50% for shelters, and 52% for detention centers).
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08540.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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