New Beginnings is a secure residential treatment facility where youth are placed as part of the long-term Model Unit program or while awaiting placement in another secure facility. The Model Unit program is a six-level program that provides behavioral modification and community reintegration planning for the District’s most serious and chronic offenders. In FY2011, the average daily population of the Model Unit program was 43 youth and the average length of stay was 275 days. The average daily population for youth awaiting placement was 20 and the average length of stay was eight days.