A bipartisan congressional report reveals that service shortages confine eligible children in juvenile facilities, indicating systemic care gaps.
Across multiple states, children who are eligible for community‐based mental health services remain confined to juvenile facilities because the treatment they need simply isn't available — leaving youth incarcerated not for offenses but for gaps in the mental health system, according to a newly published bipartisan congressional report.
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