PPT Slide
- When a juvenile in a correctional setting needs psychiatric care and treatment, there is often no psychiatric bed available in Virginia.
- As children's inpatient beds have closed, there has been no concentration on community alternatives.
- Since children lose Medicaid status in a correctional setting, there is no funding stream to support the treatment. CSB case management may continue but if the child is hours away, resources to fund the travel expense may be prohibitive.