Licensure and Certification of Private Facilities Receiving No Government Funds

24. Does your agency license or certify private facilities that plan to provide residential juvenile justice services to youth aged 12-17 and receive no government funds (e.g., faith-based and other private facilities that are totally funded by the private sector)?
(Check only one answer.)
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4. (Click here to go to Question 26.)
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25. Which, if any, of the following types of initial licensure does your agency provide to private facilities that plan to provide residential juvenile justice or rehabilitation services to youth aged 12-17 and receive no government funds (e.g., faith-based and other private facilities that are totally funded by the private sector)?
(Check one for each row.)
    Our agency provides Our agency does not provide Don't know No response
25a. License to operate a business
25b. License to provide a residence for youth
25c. License to provide specific juvenile justice or rehabilitation services
25d. Certification to provide specific juvenile justice or rehabilitation services
   

26. Does your agency require licensure or certification of private facilities that plan to provide residential juvenile justice services to youth aged 12-17 and receive no government funds (e.g., faith-based and other private facilities that are totally funded by the private sector)?
(Check only one answer.)
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4. (Click here to go to Question 28.)
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27. Which, if any, of the following types of initial licensure or certification does your agency require for private facilities that plan to provide residential juvenile justice or rehabilitation services to youth aged 12-17 and receive no government funds (e.g., faith-based and other private facilities that are totally funded by the private sector)?
(Check one for each row.)
    Required Not required Don't know No response
27a. State or local license to operate a business
27b. State license to provide a residence for youth
27c. State license to provide specific juvenile justice or rehabilitation services
27d. State certification to provide specific juvenile justice or rehabilitation services
27e. State certification to provide education
27f. Independent accreditation to provide services, such as Council on Accreditation (COA), Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
   


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