Study for the Joint Appropriations Interim Committee and the Joint Education Interim Committee of the Wyoming Legislature Referencing 2004 Session Laws, Chapter 111 Court Ordered Placements of Children.

Table of Contents

• cops_study.pdf -1
• A Study for the 1
• SECTION 2 – Introduction 5
• SECTION 3 – Wyoming Department of Education Purview 6
• Basic Educational Services 6
• COPS Providers Educational Tuition Rates 7
• COPS Positions Provided in 2004 Laws, Chapter 111 8
• Special Education & Related Services 9
• Special Education 9
• Related Services 10
• COPS Providers and Federal Education Funds 10
• State of Residence 10
• SECTION 4 – Wyoming Department of Family Services Purview 11
• Treatment Services 11
• DFS COPS Residential Services Rate 11
• Medicaid 12
• Northeast BOCES 13
• Northwest BOCES 13
• Region V BOCES 14
• SECTION 7 - Private Residential Treatment Centers in Wyomin 15
• Cathedral Home for Children 16
• Normative Services 17
• Youth Emergency Services, also known as Y.E.S. House, was es 18
• SECTION 8 - Residential Treatment Centers Outside of Wyoming 19
• Colorado Boys Ranch 20
• Copper Hills Youth Center 20
• Copper Hills Youth Center was established in 2000. It is lo 20
• Devereux Cleo Wallace Center 21
• Devereux Cleo Wallace Center was founded in 1943. It is loc 21
• Hill Crest Behavioral Health Services 21
• Intermountain Children’s Home 21
• Intermountain Children’s Home was founded in 1909 and locate 21
• KIDS Behavioral Health 22
• KIDS Behavioral Health was established in 2001 and is locate 22
• YouthTrack-Utah 22
• SECTION 9 – Other Areas of Study 23
• Group Homes 23
• Day Treatment 23
• Roosevelt Learning Center 24
• Sunrise School 24
• Cathedral Home for Children 24
• Jeffrey C. Wardle Academy 25
• Y.E.S. House 25
• SECTION 10 – Juvenile Detention 26
• Educational Services and Detention 26
• Detention and DFS 27
• Detention Facilities 29
• Juveniles Held in Adult Jails in 2003 With Average Length of 29
• Average Length 29
• Fremont County Juvenile Detention Center 30
• Juveniles Held in FCJDC in 2003 30
• Offense 30
• Fremont County Juvenile Detention Center 32
• Education programs include physical education three times pe 32
• Jeffery C. Wardle Academy 33
• Frontier Correctional Systems 33
• Juveniles Held in Jeffery C. Wardle Academy in 2003 34
• Offense 34
• Staffing 34
• Educational Programs 34
• Jeffery C. Wardle Academy Detention Center 35
• School yr. 1 35
• School yr. 2 35
• Students Served 35
• Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Inc. 35
• Frontier Correctional Systems 35
• Juveniles Held in RJDC in 2003 36
• Offense 36
• Average Length 36
• Staffing 36
• Educational Programs 37
• Regional Juvenile Detention Center 37
• School yr. 1 37
• Juvenile Detention and the WDE 38
• Juvenile Detention and the School Districts 38
• Average Length of Stay in Detention Facility 7/1/03-6/30/04 38
• Detention Detention Average Days 38
• Encounters Days in Detention 38
• Jeffrey C. Wardle Academy - Cheyenne 1,174 17,023 38
• Regional Juvenile Detention Center - Casper 1,577 38
• The study found that approximately 15 percent of those child 38
• We also found that approximately 25 percent of those childre 38
• Juvenile Detention Summary 38
• SECTION 11 – Concurrent Studies 40
• HB 33 40
• SACJJ 40
• LSO – Management Audit Study 42
• SECTION 12 – Statistical Information 43
• History of COPS Expenditures and Number of Children Served 43
• Ages of COPS Children for the Period 7/1/03-6/30/04 43
• Average Cost of Stay in COPS Facility – 7/1/03-6/30/04 45
• Estimate of Future COPS Costs 45
• SECTION 13 – Recommendations 47
• Cost Efficient Alternatives 47
• Consolidation of Agency Services 49
• Future Studies 51
• EXHIBIT C 56
• Commonly Used Acronyms 56