Resources that Support the JOCHS Approach
Partnership Conditions and Legal Relationships
The JOCHS process begins with the development of a partnership between public health, public safety and community health clinics. Each jurisdiction configures a unique partnership, but most will include local departments of mental and public health, probation, and education plus community health centers and other community-based youth-serving agencies. A crucial step to establishing connectivity for youth brought to detention and community health services will be an evaluation of the feasibility of federally qualified health center (FQHC) participation and a subsequent negotiation of terms and conditions.
COCHS obtained assistance from legal counsel to develop a manual describing the various legal relationships possible between health care centers and local correctional facilities. The issues for health centers apply equally to adult and juvenile facilities. JOCHS recommends a review of this manual before undertaking the following implementation task list.
- Affiliations between Health Centers and Local Correctional Facilities to Provide Continuity of Care for Offenders, produced by COCHS with Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LP, legal counsel for the National Association of Community Health Centers.
Implementation Task List
When a local jurisdiction makes the decision to partner with a local community health clinic to provide care in its juvenile detention facility clinic, there is a series of implementation tasks that must be undertaken by the agencies involved. JOCHS has created a basic list of tasks that is fairly comprehensive and will apply to most partnerships. A thorough review of pertinent state and federal standards and regulations and best practices for health care in juvenile detention will guide the implementation process.
Standards:
National Center for Youth Law
- A Snapshot Of Federal Laws Establishing Rights And Opportunities For Poor Youth Involved In The Child Welfare And/Or Juvenile Justice Systems
Prepared by Patricia Arthur for the Child Welfare League of America
2006 Juvenile Justice Symposium: Building Successful Alliances to Improve Outcomes
http://www.youthlaw.org/fileadmin/ncyl/youthlaw/events_trainings/A_Snaps...
California Standards Authority. Facilities Standards and Operations Division
(Sacramento, CA):
- Minimum Standards for Juvenile Facilities: Titles 15 and 24 Regulations (2004 and 2007)
http://www.nicic.org/Library/022897 - Minimum Standards for Juvenile Facilities: 2007 Guidelines. [Rev. ed.]
http://www.nicic.org/Library/022898
The State of New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety
Office of the Attorney General
- New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission
http://www.nj.gov/oag/jjc/index.html - NJ JJC Manual of Standards for Juvenile Detention Facilities
http://www.nj.gov/oag/jjc/pdf/njjjc_manual_of_standards_2006.pdf
National Commission on Correctional Health Care
- Standards for Health Services in Juvenile Detention and Confinement Facilities (2004)
http://www.ncchc.org/pubs/index.html
State of New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department
- Juvenile Detention Standards:
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/NMAC/_title08/T08C014.htm
Medicaid / Title 19 Resources
National Academy for State Health Policy:
- A Medicaid Primer for Juvenile Justice Officials
http://www.nashp.org/Files/shpbriefing_medicaidforjuvenilejustice.pdf - A Multi-Agency Approach to Using Medicaid to Meet the Health Needs of Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth
http://www.nashp.org/Files/Multi_Agency_NASHP.pdf - Meeting the Health Needs of Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System
http://www.nashp.org/_docdisp_page.cfm?LID=CDDC67F8-D4E0-4353-B96FD1134D...
American Journal of Public Health
- Medicaid Insurance Policy for Youths Involved in the Criminal Justice System
http://www.ajph.org/cgi/reprint/95/10/1707
Consent for Medical Treatment
Teen Health Rights (California), a project of the National Center for Youth Law
http://www.teenhealthrights.org
- Consent to Medical Treatment for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: California Law A Guide for Health Care Providers
http://www.teenhealthrights.org/fileadmin/teenhealth/teenhealthrights/ca...
Selected Research
- Costs of Incarcerating Youth with Mental Illness
Commissioned by the Chief Probation Officers of California: http://www.cpoc.org
http://67.199.72.34/php/Information/Papers/papers.php - Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Selection of articles on Juvenile Justice System and Mental Health Policy
http://www.nationwidechildrens.org/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownloa... - Fact sheet on Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
www.act4jj.org/media/factsheets/factsheet_29.pdf
Organizations
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention:
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov
National Academy for State Health Policy:
http://www.nashp.org
National Center for Youth Law:
http://www.youthlaw.org
Youth Law Center:
http://www.ylc.org
National Center for Juvenile Justice State Juvenile Justice Profiles:
http://www.ncjj.org/stateprofiles/
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:
http://www.rwjf.org
The California Endowment:
http://www.calendow.org
The Community Clinics Initiative:
http://www.communityclinics.org
National Association of Community Health Centers
http://www.nachc.org
