To provide a count of juveniles in state, county, municipal and privately run
juvenile correctional facilities. The data collection was launched in 2000 and
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, Title 42, United States
Code Section 5661 provides authority for conducting this data collection. Response
to this data collection is voluntary. JRFC collects data from over 3100 public and private juvenile detention and
correctional facilities that house delinquent and/or status offenders. Collects data on facility characteristics including physical health, mental
health, education, substance abuse, deaths and a one day count of residents. This is a biennial census. A mail-out census with mail, fax, or Web-based reporting options. The Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)is responsible
for generating reports from the data file that is delivered by Census staff.
Data are subject to confidentiality limitations. Provides data to OJJDP for program planning and funding. Researchers use the
data to analyze trends. It is a primary source for statistics on rates of national juvenile confinement,
facility and program characteristics. Census of Juveniles
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