Table 3. Percent of shelters, group homes and halfway houses, and residential treatment facilities providing access to mental health services, by type of service and proportion of offenders
| Proportion of offenders* | ||||
| Type of service | All facilities | Less than 25% | 25%–75% | Greater than 75% |
| Shelters | ||||
| (n = 269) | (n = 99) | (n = 73) | (n = 97) | |
| Any service | 81.0 | 83.8 | 82.2 | 77.3 |
| Screening | 53.8 | 53.7 | 66.8 | 43.2 |
| Evaluation | 44.7 | 47.5 | 52.6 | 35.1 |
| Emergency | 61.6 | 61.7 | 61.4 | 60.8 |
| Medication | 55.9 | 55.2 | 61.4 | 51.7 |
| 24-hour | 15.0 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 15.1 |
| Separate residential | 9.3 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 9.8 |
| Therapy | 41.0 | 48.6 | 42.0 | 31.8 |
| Group homes and halfway houses | ||||
| (n = 1,022) | (n = 263) | (n = 157) | (n = 602) | |
| Any service | 95.8 | 94.4 | 97.0 | 96.0 |
| Screening | 84.6 | 78.6 | 86.5 | 86.7 |
| Evaluation | 82.0 | 77.1 | 86.0 | 83.2 |
| Emergency | 81.8 | 76.7 | 83.1 | 83.7 |
| Medication | 87.4 | 86.9 | 90.5 | 86.8 |
| 24-hour | 46.2 | 42.2 | 52.0 | 46.4 |
| Separate residential | 39.7 | 39.1 | 52.0 | 36.8 |
| Therapy | 82.6 | 81.7 | 89.9 | 81.0 |
| Residential treatment facilities | ||||
| (n = 673) | (n = 118) | (n = 115) | (n = 440) | |
| Any service | 98.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 97.9 |
| Screening | 28.9 | 19.9 | 16.2 | 34.7 |
| Evaluation | 87.0 | 89.0 | 91.7 | 85.2 |
| Emergency | 84.5 | 85.6 | 89.1 | 82.9 |
| Medication | 90.2 | 96.6 | 91.7 | 88.1 |
| 24-hour | 34.7 | 37.7 | 44.5 | 31.4 |
| Separate residential | 63.3 | 70.8 | 84.3 | 55.9 |
| Therapy | 79.7 | 83.9 | 86.0 | 77.0 |
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
*On a one-day count.
Table based on 2,798 facilities.