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

31.	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
31a.	Periodic reports of adverse incidents (e.g., abuse, neglect, deaths, etc.)
31b.	Periodic demographic reports of population served
31c.	Periodic independent financial audits
31d.	Periodic independent reviews of program effectiveness (performed by staff external to the facility)
31e.	Routine interim on-site monitoring visits in relation to a facility's operations
	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
31g.	Periodic reports of adverse incidents (e.g., abuse, neglect, deaths, etc.)
31h.	Periodic demographic reports of population served
31i.	Periodic independent financial audits
31j.	Periodic independent reviews of program effectiveness (performed by staff external to the facility)
31k.	Routine interim on-site monitoring visits in relation to a facility's operations
31l.	Desk audits or record reviews

32.	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 juvenile justice or rehabilitation 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
32a.	Physical plant
32b.	Staffing issues (e.g., background checks, qualifications, ongoing training)
32c.	Financial management (e.g., fiscal integrity of the program or facility)
32d.	Use of approved seclusion and restraint
32e.	Use of psychotropic medications
32f.	Number of complaints, if any, of physical or sexual abuse or neglect
32g.	Number of other complaints, if any (e.g., health or safety concerns)
32h.	Presence of educational programming
32i.	Quality of educational programming
32j.	Other issues related to the provision of specific services (specify in Q32u)

	(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
32k.	Physical plant
32l.	Staffing issues (e.g., background checks, qualifications, ongoing training)
32m.	Financial management (e.g., fiscal integrity of the program or facility)
32n.	Use of approved seclusion and restraint
32o.	Use of psychotropic medications
32p.	Number of complaints, if any, of physical or sexual abuse or neglect
32q.	Number of other complaints, if any (e.g., health or safety concerns)
32r.	Presence of educational programming
32s.	Quality of educational programming
32t.	Other issues related to the provision of specific services (specify in Q32u)

	32u. What other issues or services, if any, did your agency monitor in the absence of a complaint?

33.	Do your agency's practices for reviewing or monitoring privately-operated facilities differ for secure versus non-secure 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.		Don't know
	6.		No response

	33a. If practices differ for secure and non-secure facilities, how do they differ?

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Full Report: GAO-08-346

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