United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2008-04-24 monographic deposited born digital 21 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-696T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-696T P0b002ee180390430 f:d08696t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-696T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-696T GAO-08-696T Accountability Child abuse Data collection Data integrity Educational facilities Federal agencies Federal aid for criminal justice Federal aid to states Federal funds Federal regulations Federal/state relations Health and behavioral care standards Health care facilities Investigations by federal agencies Juvenile correctional facilities Mental care facilities Reporting requirements Risk management Sexual abuse Staff utilization Standards State programs Suicide prevention Surveys Teenagers Wrongful death Youth program goals or objectives Program implementation Testimony A81862 Nationwide, federal funding to states supported more than 200,000 youth in facilities seeking help for behavioral or emotional challenges in 2004. Recent federal reviews and investigations highlighted maltreatment in some facilities, resulting in hospitalizations and deaths. This testimony discusses (1) what is known about incidents that adversely affect youth well-being in residential facilities, (2) the extent that state oversight ensures youth well-being in these facilities, and (3) the factors that affect the ability of federal agencies to hold states accountable for youth well-being in residential facilities. This testimony is based on GAO's ongoing work, which included national surveys to state agencies of child welfare, health and mental health, and juvenile justice for the year 2006. GAO achieved an 85 percent response rate for each of the three surveys. The work also included site visits to four states (California, Florida, Maryland, and Utah) and discussions with the Departments of Education (Education), Justice (DOJ), and Health and Human Services (HHS). Interim work related to this testimony was completed between November 2006 and March 2008, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-696T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-696T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-696T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-696T.pdf GAO-08-696T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-696T Testimony GAO-08-696T; Residential Facilities: State and Federal Oversight Gaps May Increase Risk to Youth Well-Being; Accountability Child abuse Data collection Data integrity Educational facilities Federal agencies Federal aid for criminal justice Federal aid to states Federal funds Federal regulations Federal/state relations Health and behavioral care standards Health care facilities Investigations by federal agencies Juvenile correctional facilities Mental care facilities Reporting requirements Risk management Sexual abuse Staff utilization Standards State programs Suicide prevention Surveys Teenagers Wrongful death Youth program goals or objectives Program implementation Public Law 106-310