Table 2.Number and percent distribution of juvenile justice facilities providing access to mental health services, by type of facility and type of service

Type of Mental Health Service
Type of facility All Facilities Any Service Screening Evaluation Emergency Medication 24-hour Separate residential Therapy
Number of facilities
All facilities 2,798 2,639 1,796 2,064 2,257 2,288 967 1,039 1,932
Detention centers 501 467 358 280 425 371 136 86 217
Shelters 269 218 145 120 166150 40 25 110
Reception/diagnostic centers 32 32 24 26 25 29 13 11 19
Group homes and halfway houses 1,022 979 864 838 836 893 472 406 844
Ranches/camps/farms 139 127 88 88 108 98 34 21 80
Residential treatment facilities 673 664 195 585 568 607 234 426 537
Training schools 162 152 124 128 131 141 23 65 126
Percent distribution of facilities
All facilities 100.0 94.3 64.2 73.8 80.7 81.8 34.6 37.1 69.0
Detention centers 100.0 93.2 71.4 55.8 84.9 74.1 27.1 17.2 43.4
Shelters 100.0 81.0 53.8 44.7 61.6 55.9 15.0 9.3 41.0
Reception/diagnostic centers 100.0 100.0 75.0 81.0 76.8 91.4 40.2 33.9 59.9
Group homes and halfway houses 100.0 95.8 84.6 82.0 81.8 87.4 46.2 39.7 82.6
Ranches/camps/farms 100.0 91.4 63.6 63.2 77.6 70.7 24.5 15.0 57.5
Residential treatment facilities 100.0 98.7 28.9 87.0 84.5 90.2 34.7 63.3 79.7
Training schools 100.0 93.8 76.5 78.8 80.9 86.9 14.0 40.1 77.8

Source: 1998 Inventory of Mental Health Services in Juvenile Justice Facilities, from the Survey and Analysis Branch, Division of State and Community Systems Development, Center for Mental Health Services

Back to Mental Health 2000