Sequel Youth and Family Services

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Sequel Youth and Family Services
Headquarters
Huntsville, Alabama
Key people
John "Jay" Ripley
Revenue$154,000,000
Number of employees
about 2,500[1]

Sequel Youth and Family Services is a private for-profit firm based in Huntsville, Alabama that runs a nationwide system of residential treatment, private pay residential, therapeutic group homes, community-based programs, and alternative education services in the United States.[2] It was established in 2006.

Facilities[]

In 2021, the firm ran these facilities:[3]

Alabama[]

  • Sequel TSI of Courtland
  • Sequel TSI of Montgomery Montgomery
  • Sequel TSI of Owens Cross Roads
  • Sequel TSI of Tuskegee

Arizona[]

Florida[]

  • Alachua Academy in Gainesville
  • Charles Britt Academy in St. Petersburg
  • Columbus Youth Academy in Tampa
  • Duval Academy in Jacksonville
  • Marion Youth Academy in Ocala
  • Palm Beach Youth Academy
  • Pompano Youth Treatment Center in Pompano Beach
  • St. John’s Youth Academy in St. Augustine
  • SequelCare of Florida

Idaho[]

  • Mountain Home Academy

Illinois[]

  • Northern Illinois Academy in Aurora

Iowa[]

  • Clarinda Academy (closed)
  • Forest Ridge Youth Services in Estherville
  • Woodward Academy
  • Woodward Community Based Services in Urbandale

Kansas[]

  • Lakeside Academy in Goddard

Maine[]

  • SequelCare of Maine

Nevada[]

  • Sequel Alliance Family Services in Reno

New Jersey[]

  • Capital Academy in Camden

New Mexico[]

  • Bernalillo Academy in Albuquerque

New York[]

Ohio[]

  • Torii Behavioral Health Columbus

Oregon[]

In 2019, press reports indicated that although the firm did not have any faculties in Oregon, it was contracted to hold foster children in out-of-state facilities.[4] Some of these children were sent to Red Rock Canyon School and Mount Pleasant Academy, both in Utah. These facilities were closed by the company after a riot at Red Rock and press reports of assaults, sex crimes, and drug abuse.[5]

South Dakota[]

  • Sequel Transition Academy near Sioux Fall

Tennessee[]

  • Norris Academy in Andersonville

Texas[]

  • Pine Cone Therapies in Missouri City, Keller, and Southlake

Utah[]

  • Falcon Ridge Ranch in Virgin
  • Lava Heights Academy in Tocqueville

Abuse[]

There have been a number of cases of abuse at Sequel facilities.[6]

In mid 2019, the firm closed Mount Pleasant Academy and Red Rock Canyon School both in St. George, Utah after press reports of sexual abuse and a riot at the Red Rock Canyon facility.[7] Ten members of staff at the Red Rock Canyon School had been charged with child abuse.[8]

In April 2020, a child was killed by staff at the now-closed Lakeside Academy in Kalamazoo. As a result of the death, the company lost its license to operate in the state and facility was closed.[9]

In February 2021, the company announced it would close the Clarinda Academy in Iowa. The school, which operated under a contract with the Iowa Department of Human Services, faced charges of rape of children, beatings, and indefinite use of solitary confinement.[10]

In March 2021, a staff member at the Falcon Ridge Academy in Virgin, Utah was arrested on charges of sexual battery. This school is designed to help girls suffering from the results of sexual trauma.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Sequel Youth & Family Services LLC". D&B Business Directory. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Sequel Youth & Family Services LLC". Bloomberg. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Locations". Sequel Youth and Family Services. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  4. ^ Drake, Lauren (20 November 2019). "Out-Of-State Business That Housed NW Foster Youth Wants To Open In Oregon". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  5. ^ Miller, Jessica (15 July 2018). "Embattled company to close a second Utah treatment center for troubled teens". Salt Lake City Tribune. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  6. ^ Steigrad, Alexandra; Manskart, Noah (3 March 2021). "Alamo Drafthouse's new co-owner embroiled in child neglect scandal". New York Post. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  7. ^ Rood, Lee (18 July 2019). "Firm accused of abusing troubled teens in Iowa, elsewhere under fire again". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  8. ^ Miller, Jessica (15 July 2018). "Embattled company to close a second Utah treatment center for troubled teens". Salt Lake City Tribune. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  9. ^ Boldrey, Ryan (2 April 2021). "Closed Kalamazoo youth home where teen died is focus of MSNBC special". M Live. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  10. ^ Sahouri, Andrea May (5 February 21). "Clarinda Academy closing after years of alleged abuse, sexual assault of teens". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 3 April 2021. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ Bancroft, Kaitlyn (11 March 2021). "Employee at teen behavior facility arrested for sexual battery, showing porn to minors". Saint George Spectrum & Daily News. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

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