Licensing Practices for All Private Facilities

28.	Are each of the following items required for private residential facilities providing juvenile justice or rehabilitation services for youth to obtain initial licensure from your agency?
	(Check one for each row.)

		Required for all	Required for most	Required for some	Not required	Do not provide licensure	Don't know	No response
28a.	Pass inspection of physical plant
28b.	Provide evidence of safe child care practices
28c.	Have written procedures for reporting physical or sexual abuse or neglect of youth
28d.	Meet all staff qualifications requirements, including training
28e.	Perform staff background checks
28f.	Meet specified staff-to-child ratios
28g.	Provide evidence of appropriate educational programming
28h.	Have procedures in place for use of approved seclusion and restraint techniques
28i.	Have written suicide prevention plans
28j.	Provide proof of accreditation from appropriate independent accrediting organization
28k.	Provide audited financial statement

	28l. What other initial licensing requirements, if any, does your agency have for private residential facilities providing juvenile justice or rehabilitation services for youth?

29.	Do private facilities that receive no government funds (including faith-based facilities) have to meet the same licensing requirements as facilities that receive government funds?
	(Check only one answer.)
	1.		Very much the same
	2.		Generally the same
	3.		Generally different
	4.		Very different
	5.		No requirements for either
	6.		Don't know
	7.		No response

	29a. If requirements differ for the two types of facilities, how are they different?

30.	Are the licensing requirements or standards that your agency requires secure privately-operated facilities to meet when they open the same or different from those for non-secure privately-operated residential facilities that provide juvenile justice or rehabilitation services for youth?
	(Check only one answer.)
	1.		Very much the same
	2.		Generally the same
	3.		Generally different
	4.		Very different
	5.		No requirements or standards for either
	6.		Don't know
	7.		No response

	30a. If requirements differ for secure and non-secure facilities, how are they different?

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Full Report: GAO-08-346

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