Pubdate: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 Source: New York Times (NY) Copyright: 2001 The New York Times Company Contact: 229 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036 Fax: (212) 556-3622 Website: http://www.nytimes.com/ Forum: http://forums.nytimes.com/comment/ Author: Somini Sengupta ALBANY: OFFENDER PROGRAM CRITICIZED More than a third of juvenile offenders held in state facilities have not received drug treatment and counseling services mandated by the courts, an audit by the state comptroller, H. Carl McCall, has found. The audit also found that 27 percent of youths with special needs had not been evaluated, as required, when they entered the state juvenile justice system. The audit was based on a survey of 100 youths. A spokesman for the state's Office of Children and Family Services, Bill Van Slyke, said the study's methodology was flawed, and he called the report politically motivated. Somini Sengupta (NYT) - ---