Lake.............Not sure what they do if he has no finanical means of paying for anything. I know we have state funded programs here. They are hard to get into. I imagine if you are sentenced to one then you go right away. My AD was in a state funded facility once. I did have to agree with her.....it was awful. Legally you are not responsible for him at the age of 19. However if you want him to go to a better place than a state facility then they might allow that at your expense. I guess under those circumstances you might have to go to his hearing and talk to his attorney to let him know you would be willing to do that if you choose to.
This is just food for thought.........just not sure.
Lo