Facility profile Florida
Brooksville Youth Academy
Formerly Camp E-How-Kee (1968 to 2012), Eckerd Youth Challenge Program, Eckerd Academy at Brooksville
Also known as Challenge Youth Academy
Brooksville Youth Academy is a psychiatric residential treatment facility in Brooksville, Florida, formerly run by Eckerd Connects. It has operated since 2012.
About Brooksville Youth Academy
It was renamed to Eckerd Academy at Brooksville.source It was run by Eckerd Connects.source
Survivor testimony
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Reported on survivor forums
- Fornits: Eckerd youth counselor charged with child abuse in florida (2003, 1 post)
- Fornits: R.I. P. Mr. Eckerd (2004, 19 posts)
- Fornits: Edckerd youth camps and long term effects. (2006, 3 posts)
- Fornits: Eckers camps and long term effects. (2006-2010, 11 posts)
- Fornits: The Privatization of Eckerd Academy (2008, 2 posts)
As Camp E-How-Kee
It closed in 2012.source
Also drawn on: New Perspectives 3/05 - Camp E-How-Kee, 2005.
Staff
Administration
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Patrick Curley
Director (2008)source
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C. Mike Smith
Directorsource
Elsewhere in the industry
- College Excel Academic Director
- Camp E-How-Kee Director
- Avalon Hills Eating Disorder Program HR Manager
- Union Juvenile Residential Facility Executive Director (2010–2018)
- St John's Youth Academy St. John's Youth Academy Executive Director (2015)
- Eckerd Youth Alternatives Camp Director Camp Director
As Brooksville Youth Academy
Nothing on record is dated to these years yet.
Licensing and inspections
- Licensed as
- BROOKSVILLE YOUTH ACADEMY; challenge youth academy
- Program
- AHCA-57000114
- License category
- Residential Treatment Center for Children and Adolescents
- Executive director
- Johnnie Downing
- Licensed capacity
- 72
- License expires
- 05/16/2028
- Licensing action
- Active
- Phone on file
- (352) 799-5654
- Licensed address
- 201 CULBREATH RD, BROOKSVILLE, FL 34602
13 inspection reports on file. Search all Florida reports
Every report, by date
- Nov 24, 2025 Complaint — 1 deficiency
- Oct 21, 2025 Complaint — 1 deficiency
- Oct 6, 2025 Complaint — 1 deficiency
- Feb 27, 2025 Complaint — 1 deficiency
- Nov 6, 2024 Complaint — 1 deficiency
- Oct 28, 2024 Complaint — 1 deficiency
- May 16, 2024 Complaint — 1 deficiency
- Apr 3, 2024 Complaint — 1 deficiency
- Jan 16, 2024 Complaint — 1 deficiency
- Nov 7, 2023 Complaint — 1 deficiency
- Sep 27, 2022 Complaint — 1 deficiency
- May 10, 2022 Initial Licensure — 1 deficiency
- Undated PREA - FINAL
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Names
- Eckerd Academy at Brooksville
- Eckerd Youth Challenge Program
Documents
Woodbury Reports Mentions (4)
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Woodbury Reports, April 2009 (#176), P. 15: Eckerd Academy At Deer Lodge; Camp E-Sun-Alee; Camp E-How-Kee Woodbury Reports page -
Woodbury Reports, June 2008 (#166), P. 17: Brooksville Youth Academy Woodbury Reports page -
Woodbury Reports, March 2007 (#151), P. 28: Camp E-How-Kee Woodbury Reports page -
Woodbury Reports, March 2007 (#151), Pp. 28, 30: Eckerd Academy At Deer Lodge; Camp E-Sun-Alee; Camp E-How-Kee Woodbury Reports page
From the Unsilenced archive
10 documents about Brooksville Youth Academy that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their whole folder: BROOKSVILLE YOUTH ACADEMY - 57000114.
- 12656140.pdf
- 12679421.pdf
- 2022-05-10 Initial Licensure Statement of Deficiencies No Deficiencies_d94dd0de65c0.pdf
- 2022-09-27 Complaint Statement of Deficiencies No Deficiencies_fe3ffac47f3d.pdf
- 2023-11-07 Complaint Statement of Deficiencies No Deficiencies_8f6cfa1250bf.pdf
- 2024-01-16 Complaint Statement of Deficiencies No Deficiencies_458cac7e5c4d.pdf
- 2024-04-03 Complaint Statement of Deficiencies Deficiencies Cited_f0438af6fd15.pdf
- Facility_Profile_57000114.pdf
- Inspection Details_57000114.pdf
- Inspection Reports Index_57000114.pdf
From SCIAD NET
2 documents about Brooksville Youth Academy that Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. SCIAD NET keeps them on Google Drive, where they open.
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