Table 6. Percent of juvenile justice facilities providing access to mental health services that received funds and/or mental health services from other sources, by type of service and type of other source*

        Source of mental health service
        Mental health system
Type of service Number of facilities Juvenile justice system Any mental health Local (CMHCs) State (agencies and hospitals) Private psychiatric hospitals Social service/child welfare system Family
Screening 932 48.9 25.1 15.8 14.2 4.2 22.6 13.6
Evaluation 802 47.3 32.8 21.2 17.5 6.3 25.6 14.2
Emergency 994 38.4 34.7 21.7 17.0 7.1 18.1 13.6
Medication 954 40.9 17.0 8.8 10.6 3.0 28.0 29.4
24-hour 274 26.0 45.0 16.9 26.3 14.2 21.7 22.7
Separate residential 328 39.4 28.6 13.6 20.0 6.1 30.5 16.7
Therapy 680 42.4 29.0 18.6 14.0 2.8 22.1 14.2

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 C2 for detail.
CMHC=community mental health center or agency

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