Table 5. Percent of juvenile justice facilities providing access to mental health services that received funds and/or mental health services from other source, by facility type and type of other source*

        Other source paying for/providing mental health service
        Mental health system
Type of facility Number of facilities Juvenile justice system Any mental health Local (CMHCs) State (agencies and hospitals) Private psychiatric hospitals Social service/child welfare system Family
All facilities 1,193 62.7 46.9 31.2 28.9 12.5 40.1 34.2
Detention centers 456 80.3 58.1 44.4 33.7 16.8 43.3 49.0
Shelters 201 40.8 44.2 29.5 25.0 11.6 51.6 35.1
Reception/diagnostic centers 26 50.5 45.2 34.6 20.8 20.7 7.7 15.4
Ranches/camps/farms 108 55.0 45.6 27.9 15.3 9.8 24.3 20.8
Residential treatment facilities 257 58.2 40.2 21.0 31.2 9.0 51.3 26.8
Training schools 145 53.1 28.8 12.0 26.4 7.2 12.0 12.9

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
*Other sources can be involved in services provision in addition to or in lieu of services paid for and/or provided by the facility itself.
Excludes 979 group homes and halfway houses not asked this question. Table based on 1,193 facilities, the number providing at least one mental health service and completing the long form. (See technical appendix table C1 for detail.)
CMHC=community mental health center or agency

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