Review or Monitoring of Government-operated Facilities in the Absence of a Complaint

7. In the absence of a complaint, does your agency require any of the following reviews of its government-operated residential facilities providing targeted health, mental health, or substance abuse services for youth?
(Check one for each row.)
    Required for all Required for most Required for some Not required Don't know No response
7a. Periodic reports of adverse incidents (e.g., abuse, neglect, deaths, etc.)
7b. Periodic demographic reports of population served
7c. Periodic independent reviews of program effectiveness (performed by staff external to the facility)
7d. Routine interim on-site monitoring visits in relation to a facility's operations
7e. Desk audits or record reviews
7f. Financial reports
   

8. In 2006, did your agency review or monitor any of the following issues--in the absence of a complaint-- at government-operated residential facilities providing health, mental health, or substance abuse services for youth?
(Check one for each row.)
    Yes, monitored for all Yes, monitored for most Yes, monitored for some No, did not monitor Don't Know No response
8a. Physical plant
8b. Staffing issues (e.g., background checks, qualifications, ongoing training)
8c. Use of approved seclusion and restraint
8d. Use of psychotropic medications
8e. Number of complaints, if any, of physical or sexual abuse or neglect
8f. Number of other complaints, if any (e.g., health or safety concerns)
8g. Presence of educational programming
8h. Quality of educational programming
8i. Other issues related to the provision of specific services
   

  8j. What other issues or services, if any, did your agency review or monitor in the absence of a complaint at its residential government-operated facilities?


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