Facility Practices and Services |
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Q: |
Mental Health: When are youth in residential placement facilities evaluated for mental health needs? |
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Three-quarters (76%) of facilities reported evaluating youth for mental health needs within one week of admission in 2018. |
Timing of mental health needs evaluation, by facility operation and facility type, 2018
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Total facilities |
Reporting facilities |
Within 24 hours |
Between 24 hours and 1 week |
More than 1 week |
Other |
Not evaluated |
Total |
1,510 |
1,388 |
35% |
41% |
6% |
17% |
1% |
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Facility operation |
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Public |
903 |
846 |
37% |
38% |
4% |
20% |
1% |
State |
331 |
317 |
44% |
35% |
7% |
12% |
1% |
Local |
572 |
529 |
32% |
40% |
2% |
25% |
1% |
Private |
607 |
542 |
33% |
45% |
10% |
12% |
1% |
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Facility type1 |
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Detention center |
625 |
577 |
35% |
40% |
2% |
22% |
1% |
Long-term secure |
164 |
163 |
55% |
35% |
2% |
8% |
0% |
Reception/diagnostic center |
37 |
35 |
51% |
37% |
9% |
3% |
0% |
Group home |
240 |
217 |
24% |
34% |
15% |
26% |
1% |
Residential treatment center |
553 |
511 |
41% |
43% |
9% |
8% |
0% |
Ranch/wilderness camp |
27 |
21 |
33% |
48% |
5% |
14% |
0% |
Shelter |
116 |
107 |
18% |
44% |
7% |
32% |
0% |
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.
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- Public facilities (37%) were more likely than private facilities (33%) to evaluate youth for mental health needs within 24 hours of admission in 2018. State facilities were the most likely to evaluate youth for mental health needs within 24 hours of a youth's admission in 2018.
- At least half of reception/diagnostic centers (51%), and long-term secure facilities (55%) evaluated youth within 24 hours of admission. All other facilities types were more likely to evaluate youth within one week.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08541.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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