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

9. In the absence of a complaint, does your agency require any of the following reviews or monitoring of government-operated residential facilities providing juvenile justice or rehabilitation services for youth?
(Check one for each row.)
    Required for all Required for most Required for some Not required Don't know No response
9a. Periodic reports of adverse incidents (e.g., abuse, neglect, deaths, etc.)
9b. Periodic demographic reports of population served
9c. Periodic independent reviews of program effectiveness (performed by staff external to the facility)
9d. Routine interim on-site monitoring visits in relation to a facility's operations
9e. Desk audits or record reviews
9f. Financial reports
   

10. 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 juvenile justice or rehabilitation 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
10a. Physical plant
10b. Staffing issues (e.g., background checks, qualifications, ongoing training)
10c. Use of approved seclusion and restraint
10d. Use of psychotropic medications
10e. Number of complaints, if any, of physical or sexual abuse or neglect
10f. Number of other complaints, if any (e.g., health or safety concerns)
10g. Presence of educational programming
10h. Quality of educational programming
10i. Other issues related to the provision of specific services (specify below)
   

  10j. What other issues or services, if any, did your agency review or monitor at its residential government-operated facilities?

11. Do your agency's practices for reviewing or monitoring government-operated facilities differ for secure versus non-secure residential facilities that provide juvenile justice or rehabilitation services for youth?
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12. How do the review or monitoring practices differ for secure versus non-secure facilities?


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