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Juvenile correctional facilities

OJJDP PREA

2020-ZF-FX-0005
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$90,650

Bulletin Summarizes Findings from 2016 Juvenile Residential Facility Census

OJJDP has released "Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2016: Selected Findings." This bulletin presents findings from OJJDP’s Juvenile Residential Facility Census, a biennial survey that collects data on every state’s public and private juvenile residential facilities. Findings from the 2016 census indicate that the number of youth in residential placement continues to decline, a trend that has lasted nearly two decades. The data also indicate...