| Study of
the Health, Safety, Welfare and Civil and Other Rights of
Children in Government and Private Facilities in Nevada
On
November 16, 2005
, the Legislative Commission contracted with the NICRP
to conduct a study of the health, safety, welfare and civil
and other rights of children in certain government and
private facilities in
Nevada
. The study
included three primary components:
·
Analysis of the facilities’ policies and
procedures that are related to the health, safety, welfare,
treatment and civil and other rights of children in their
care;
·
Analysis of all complaints filed by or on the
behalf of a child in any of the facilities, beginning with
complaints filed on or after January 1, 2000, including
accepting complaints directly during the project period; and
·
Conducting unannounced site visits at each
facility, which included observational tours and interviews
with administration, staff and youth.
There were 30
different facilities included in this study which were
divided into five different categories based on the primary
function of the facility: Detention, Correction, Child
Welfare, Treatment and Group Homes.
During the course of the study, NICRP collected
almost 4,000 complaints, conducted over 30 site visits,
reviewed 30 sets of policies and procedures and completed
more than 300 interviews with administrators, staff and
youth. Click
here to view the final report. |
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Complaint
Collection Project for Youth Residential Facilities in
Nevada
Under
a continuation contract with the Nevada State Legislative
Counsel Bureau, NICRP accepted complaints regarding 30
facilities that house children across the state of
Nevada
. Included
facilities forwarded all internal grievances to NICRP for
summary and analysis. In
addition NICRP had a toll free number and online complaint
form available to anyone to file a complaint regarding any
of the included facilities.
NICRP collected this information until June
2007 and prepared a report analyzing all complaints received
during the project period.
This project is a continuation of the "Study of
the Health, Safety, Welfare, and Civil and Other Rights of
Children in Government and Private Facilities in
Nevada" funded by the Nevada State Legislature and
mandated pursuant to A.B. 580 of the 2005 Legislative
Session. A full report of the study was presented to
the Legislative Subcommittee on December 7, 2006.
To see the full report,
click here. |
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