Facility profile Oregon

Bridges Boys Academy

Closed Bend, Oregon

At a glance

Address: 67030 Gist Road, Bend, Oregon 97701
Operated: 1997 to 2017

Also see

Database recordLocation Index
Oregon hubEvery facility, lawsuit, and bill in Oregon

Know something we do not?

Corrections, documents and first-hand accounts go into the review queue and are checked before they are published.

Full submission form

Bridges Boys Academy was a program in Bend, Oregon. It operated from 1997 to 2017.

1 incident on record
18 staff members named

About Bridges Boys Academy

It was licensed as a therapeutic boarding school according to Oregon DHS.source It was registered as a private school in Oregon; not licensed as a drug/alcohol treatment program.source

Incidents on record

Abuse

HEAL received 6 reports (three from parents, three from former residents) alleging psychological abuse, intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraud and parental alienation at Bridges Boys Academy.source

Staff

Administration

Joan McComber

Former Executive Director, Co-ownersource
Elsewhere in the industry
- SageWalk, The Wilderness School Field/family therapist
- SageWalk Wilderness Therapist
Kelley Jones

Former Program Directorsource
Elsewhere in the industry
- Montcalm School Director
Larry Solie

Former Executive Director (before 2004, r/troubledteens wiki)source
Elsewhere in the industry
- SageWalk Wilderness Executive Director, 2004

Notable staff

Archie Hamilton

Former Mentorsource
Elsewhere in the industry
- Bridges Academy Mentor Staff
Brian Hodges

Former Night Staffsource
Eric Jacobs-Nicholls

Former Case Managersource
Glenn Murray

Former Night Staffsource
Leslie Preston

Former Business Svc. Mgr.source
Mark Morris

Former Medication Managersource
Elsewhere in the industry
- Eastern Oregon Youth Correctional Facility Staff
- Kirkland Institute Staff
Matthew Hogstad

Former Night Staffsource
Matthew Ray

Former Mentorsource
Maureen Bidasolo

Former Admissions/Intakesource
Elsewhere in the industry
- Bridges Academy Admissions Counselor / School Nurse
Paige Tapia

Former Support Servicessource
Elsewhere in the industry
- Bridges Academy Office and HR Manager
Peter Lear

Former Counselor (Addiction Studies/Research)source
R. Scott Jones

Former Night Staffsource
Elsewhere in the industry
- Stillwater Academy Therapist, Program Director, Owner and Executive Director, 2002-2025
- Turnabout/Stillwater Academy Program Director, 2009
- Outback Therapeutic Expeditions Therapist
- the program as a Therapist from 2002 until 2020
Ryan Massey

Former Mentorsource
Scott Getty

Former School Nursesource
WIllow Huffine

Clinical director
Elsewhere in the industry
- Evoke Cascades Psychologist, Therapist, 2005-2021
- SageWalk Wilderness Nurse
- Second Nature psychologist

Connections on the network map

The companies, people and programs our research map ties to this program. Open it on the network map.

Documents

From the Unsilenced archive

5 documents about Bridges Boys Academy that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their whole folder: Bridges Boys Academy.

Reporting this program

This program closed in 2017, so the state agency that licensed it can no longer act against it. Other channels may still be able to: the boards that license the people who worked here, law enforcement, and the civil courts.

The Oregon reporting channels list each one and what it can do. Time limits depend on the state, the kind of harm and the survivor's age, and many states have lengthened or removed them for child sexual abuse, so a program closing long ago does not by itself mean it is too late. Laws change, so the time limits we list were correct when we checked them but may have been updated since; a lawyer can tell you where things stand now.