Health and mental healthcare and juvenile justice (Department Of Services For Children, Youth, And Their Families)

Jonathan Rudenberg filed this request on behalf of Joshua Dankoff with the Department Of Services For Children, Youth, And Their Families of Delaware.
Multi Request Health and mental healthcare and juvenile justice
Submitted May 23, 2023
Due June 14, 2023
Est. Completion None
Status
Awaiting Response

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From: Joshua Dankoff

Subject: Delaware Freedom of Information Act Request: Health and mental healthcare and juvenile justice (Department Of Services For Children, Youth, And Their Families)

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To Whom It May Concern,

This is a request for records under your state public records law. I am requesting copies of public records regarding health and behavioural health service delivery in youth correctional facilities in your jurisdiction, to inform a comparative research project regarding health and mental health care delivery in juvenile detention facilities across the US. Specifically, I request information regarding the following:
1. Name and contact details for those responsible for health and behavioural health services provisions at all locations where juveniles are incarcerated within your jurisdiction.
2. Regulations, policies and procedures that govern the operation of health and behavioral health provision for juveniles incarcerated within your jurisdiction. This includes health intake, room confinement, medication management, access to specialist and dental services, discharge planning services, and other health and behavioral health related policies.
3. Contracts from January 1, 2021 to the time the request is filled between your agency and any healthcare provider including both physical health and behavioral health.
4. Records concerning your jurisdiction’s most recent application to Centre for Medicaid Services (CMS) for an 1115 Medicaid waiver (if applicable), and any response, with specifically focus on how and whether such a waiver applies to provision of Medicaid funded services for detained juveniles.
5. Records relating to financing for health and behavioural health care delivery in your jurisdiction.

I request the records be provided electronically. If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me. However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of the administration of juvenile justice. This information is not being sought for commercial purposes.

If access to the records I am requesting will take longer than allowed by statute, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies of the requested records.

If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.

Thank you for considering my request.

Sincerely,

Tess Kelly
Fellow, Harvard FXB Centre for Health and Human Rights

Joshua Dankoff
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Citizens for Juvenile Justice
617.338.1050

From:

Subject: FOIA Request Confirmation to DSCYF_FOIA@delaware.gov

Email

May 24, 2023

Your FOIA request was emailed to DSCYF_FOIA@delaware.gov on May 24,
2023 with the following information:

REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS
PURSUANT TO THE DELAWARE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
29 Del. C. ch. 100

Tess Kelly

MuckRock News DEPT MR#146136 263 Huntington Ave Boston, MA 02115

(617) 299-1832

requests@muckrock.com

RECORDS REQUESTED: (Be as specific as you can, describing types of
records, dates, parties to correspondence, subject matter, etc. The
public body will make every reasonable effort to assist you in
identifying the record being sought. Requests for voluminous records
may be delayed.)
To Whom It May Concern, This is a request for records under your
state public records law. I am requesting copies of public records
regarding health and behavioural health service delivery in youth
correctional facilities in your jurisdiction, to inform a comparative
research project regarding health and mental health care delivery in
juvenile detention facilities across the US. Specifically, I request
information regarding the following: 1. Name and contact details for
those responsible for health and behavioural health services
provisions at all locations where juveniles are incarcerated within
your jurisdiction. 2. Regulations, policies and procedures that govern
the operation of health and behavioral health provision for juveniles
incarcerated within your jurisdiction. This includes health intake,
room confinement, medication management, access to specialist and
dental services, discharge planning services, and other health and
behavioral health related policies. 3. Contracts from January 1, 2021
to the time the request is filled between your agency and any
healthcare provider including both physical health and behavioral
health. 4. Records concerning your jurisdiction’s most recent
application to Centre for Medicaid Services (CMS) for an 1115 Medicaid
waiver (if applicable), and any response, with specifically focus on
how and whether such a waiver applies to provision of Medicaid funded
services for detained juveniles. 5. Records relating to financing for
health and behavioural health care delivery in your jurisdiction. I
request the records be provided electronically. If there are any fees
for searching or copying these records, please inform me. However, I
would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure
of the requested information is in the public interest and will
contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of the
administration of juvenile justice. This information is not being
sought for commercial purposes. If access to the records I am
requesting will take longer than allowed by statute, please contact me
with information about when I might expect copies of the requested
records. If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each
specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the
information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me
under the law. Thank you for considering my request. Sincerely, Tess
Kelly Fellow, Harvard FXB Centre for Health and Human Rights Joshua
Dankoff Director of Strategic Initiatives Citizens for Juvenile
Justice 617.338.1050
There may be costs involved in responding to your request. The public
body can require you to examine the records at the office of the
public body. Refer to the public body’s policy or regulations for
information about costs and access to records.
Please contact if cost are greater than 25.00
*Within 15 business days from receipt of your request the public body
must either provide you with access to the records, deny your request,
or state that additional time is needed

NOTICE: Under Delaware’s Freedom of Information Act, 29 Del. C.
§§ 10001-10007 (“FOIA”), a FOIA request or petition, along with
any information contained therein or any documents attached thereto,
submitted to any “public body” subject to FOIA, including, without
limitation, any board, bureau, commission, department, agency or
committee of the State, may itself be deemed a “public record”
subject to disclosure under FOIA.

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