NCJ Number
188862
Date Published
Agencies
OJJDP
Publication Type
Fact Sheet
Annotation
This report provides information on the first Juvenile
Residential Facility-Census (JRFC), a new effort by the U.S.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to collect
information about the facilities in which juvenile offenders are
held; the census was conducted in October 2000.
Abstract
The JRFC is one component of a multitiered OJJDP effort to
describe both the youth placed in residential facilities and the
environments of these facilities. JRFC will collect basic
information on facility characteristics, including size,
structure, security arrangements, and ownership. It will provide
information on the use of bedspace in the facility, which will
help indicate whether the facility is experiencing crowding. The
census will also solicit information about the type of facility,
such as detention center, training school, ranch, or group home.
This information will be complemented by a series of questions
about other residential services provided by the facility, such
as independent living and foster care. JRFC will collect
information on the health care, education, substance abuse
treatment, and mental health treatment provided to youth in these
facilities. The census will report on the use of screenings or
tests conducted to determine counseling, education, health, or
substance abuse needs and will examine prominent issues about
conditions of confinement. JRFC will be conducted biennially. To
disseminate the results of the census, OJJDP will develop a Web
site that will provide the results in tabular form.
Date Created: August 4, 2014