Inside a taxpayer-funded treatment center for adoptees, tales of abuse, neglect and little oversight
Inside Calo Programs in Missouri, a taxpayer-funded treatment center for adoptees: an Associated Press look at abuse, neglect and little oversight.
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We are a collaborative of Troubled Teen Industry (TTI) survivors and advocates. Our mission is to educate the public about the current and historical dangers of the TTI, in pursuit of the ultimate goal of keeping all children safe from abuse. We are not affiliated with any political party, group, or candidate.
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Essential reporting
Reporting on the troubled teen industry we think everyone should read.
An Oklahoma boarding school promised help for troubled girls. Students say they got punishment instead.
Ashlynd Baecht's investigation of New Lifehouse Academy, an unlicensed Christian program for girls in rural Oklahoma: restraint, food restriction and unpaid labor, by former students' accounts.
An Investigation into Military-Style Juvenile Boot Camps and the Death of Gina Score
Gina Score, 14, collapsed on a run at a South Dakota state boot camp and died of heatstroke while staff took her collapse for defiance. Bruce Selcraig's account of the camp and the system around it.
About Canyon State Academy, Savage Leadership Challenge, State Training School in Plankinton
In Loving Memory
Remembering the children whose deaths in the Troubled Teen Industry were preventable. We grieve them today and every day.
Visit the memorial »Legislation We're Tracking
- Children: other; prohibition of use of certain restraint while transporting youths to certain youth residential treatment programs (Preventing Restraints in Youth Transport Act)
- Child welfare: transport escort services (Safe Passage for Youth Act)
- Child abuse or neglect: reporting.
Lawsuit Tracker
- Brooke Parker v. Teen Challenge of Oklahoma, Inc., et al.
- Lauren Bence v. Teen Challenge of Oklahoma, Inc., et al.
- Second family v. Provo Canyon School (2026, medical malpractice)
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All inspection reports »Residential facilities providing religious, behavioral, and mental health treatment to children exist all over the world. Some of these facilities are known to be part of the Troubled Teen Industry, while others have not yet been verified. Any facility where children live and receive care requires additional oversight. This directory helps communities monitor local programs and advocate for accountability. Click your home state for a list of facilities near you, or click here for international programs.
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