As far as costs- check this out- the GH would charge 185 per day (per kid) and the kid goes to public sd so that's no cost to them, the parent "agrees" to pay for clothing, supplies, medical and dental care. The place looks like a dump and they have approx 12 boys there at a time. And the parent pays CS while the kid is there. What gets me about this is the amount of people I have found that are in the youth commissions "programs" or services that also work for Department of Juvenile Justice. That seems extremely fishy. And, the state/local funding for the GH was cut a few years ago but fed funding for reentry was approved last year- this program was not a reentry program but is overseen by the same agency that oversees local reentry services. And come hell or high water, they want my son filling that bed in the gh.
