The State Hospital provides mental health services. The Utah State Board of Education contracts with Provo School District to provide an educational program to all school-age children at the State Hospital in Provo.
Mountain Brook Elementary and East Wood High School are self-contained schools providing specialized educational services to the students at the State Hospital. In addition to general education services, the Youth Center provides additional personnel for specialized services, such as interveners, speech/language pathologists, counselors, and psychologists.
There are two primary units at the Youth Center, the Children's Unit and the Adolescent Unit. Together, these two programs serve approximately 75 to 100 school-age students.
The Children's Unit (Mountain Brook) serves youth ranging from age six to age 13. The Adolescent Unit (East Wood) serves youth ages 13 to 18 years. Both units are usually at or near capacity.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $1,153,200 from all sources for Youth Center. This is a 0 percent change from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $1,153,200 from the General/Education Funds, a change of 0 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
The Education Contracts--Youth Center program has the following statutory requirements:
- UCA 53A-1-403: Places the direct responsibility for the education of persons under the age of 21 years in the custody of the Department of Human Services, or a juvenile detention agency with the State Board of Education.
The entire budget amount represents costs associated with educating the handicapped students. Program funds are passed through to Provo School District.
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.