Routine Monitoring and Follow-up of Private Facilities in the Absence of a Complaint

26. In 2006, did your agency require any of the following routine monitoring activities or follow-up of private facilities be performed--in the absence of a complaint?
(Check one for each row.)

  (1) Private facilities that receive ANY government funds
 
    Required for all Required for most Required for some Not required No such facility in state Don't know No response
26a. Periodic reports of adverse incidents (e.g., abuse, neglect, deaths, etc.)
26b. Periodic demographic reports of population served
26c. Periodic independent financial audits
26d. Periodic independent reviews of program effectiveness (performed by staff external to the facility)
26e. Routine interim on-site monitoring visits in relation to a facility's operations
26f. Desk audits or record reviews
   

  (2) Private facilities that receive NO government funds
 
    Required for all Required for most Required for some Not required No such facility in state Don't know No response
26g. Periodic reports of adverse incidents (e.g., abuse, neglect, deaths, etc.)
26h. Periodic demographic reports of population served
26i. Periodic independent financial audits
26j. Periodic independent reviews of program effectiveness (performed by staff external to the facility)
26k. Routine interim on-site monitoring visits in relation to a facility's operations
26l. Desk audits or record reviews
   

27. In 2006, did your agency routinely monitor or follow-up, or authorize for monitoring or follow-up, any of the following issues--in the absence of a complaint--at private residential facilities providing health, mental health, or substance abuse services for youth?
(Check one for each row.)

  (1)Private facilities that receive ANY government funds
 
    Yes, monitored for all Yes, monitored for most Yes, monitored for some No, did not monitor No such facility in state Don't know No response
27a. Physical plant
27b. Staffing issues (e.g., background checks, qualifications, ongoing training)
27c. Financial management (e.g., fiscal integrity of the program or facility)
27d. Use of approved seclusion and restraint
27e. Use of psychotropic medications
27f. Number of complaints, if any, of physical or sexual abuse or neglect
27g. Number of other complaints, if any (e.g., health or safety concerns)
27h. Presence of educational programming
27i. Quality of educational programming
27j. Other issues related to the provision of specific services (specify in Q27u)
   

  (2) Private facilities that receive NO government funds
 
    Yes, monitored for all Yes, monitored for most Yes, monitored for some No, did not monitor No such facility in state Don't know No response
27k. Physical plant
27l. Staffing issues (e.g., background checks, qualifications, ongoing training)
27m. Financial management (e.g., fiscal integrity of the program or facility)
27n. Use of approved seclusion and restraint
27o. Use of psychotropic medications
27p. Number of complaints, if any, of physical or sexual abuse or neglect
27q. Number of other complaints, if any (e.g., health or safety concerns)
27r. Presence of educational programming
27s. Quality of educational programming
27t. Other issues related to the provision of specific services (specify in Q27u)
   

  27u. What other issues or services, if any, did your agency monitor in the absence of a complaint?


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