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Devereux Cleo Wallace Center
Devereux Cleo Wallace Center was a residential treatment center in Westminster, Colorado, operated by Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health. It operated from 1948 to 2023.
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1948
Opened in Westminster, Colorado
2023
Closed
2026
Hundreds of calls to Colorado child abuse hotline from youth treatment centers go uninvestigated
The Colorado Sun: Of 1,154 calls to Colorado's child abuse hotline from youth treatment centers in five years, 92% were screened out. Jennifer Brown's investigation for The Colorado Sun.
Hundreds of calls to Colorado child abuse hotline from youth treatment centers go uninvestigated June 8, 2026
The Colorado child abuse hotline received 1,154 calls from youth treatment centers in the past five years, with 92% of the calls being screened out by county child welfare officials. The calls reported various issues, including injuries, sexual allegations, and children running away.
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Hundreds of calls to Colorado child abuse hotline from youth treatment centers go uninvestigated
Of 1,154 calls to Colorado's child abuse hotline from youth treatment centers in five years, 92% were screened out. Jennifer Brown's investigation for The Colorado Sun.
The Colorado child abuse hotline received 1,154 calls from youth treatment centers in the past five years, with 92% of the calls being screened out by county child welfare officials. The calls reported various issues, including injuries, sexual allegations, and children running away. An investigation into one of the centers, Tennyson Center, revealed a youth counselor was charged with sexual assault of a child.
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The schools that take Colorado’s ‘most vulnerable’ children are disappearing
Colorado's specialized facility schools, which serve students with intense behavioral, mental health, and special education needs, have significantly declined in number due to low state funding, staffing shortages, and regulatory changes. This contraction has led to reduced capacity, longer waitlists, and increased strain on public school districts and families seeking appropriate placements.
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Devereux Will Expand Migrant Children Facility in Westminster
The behavioral health nonprofit Devereux plans to expand its unaccompanied migrant children shelter in Westminster, Colorado, increasing capacity from eighteen to thirty beds for boys, with plans to add twenty beds for girls. While the Westminster facility has maintained a positive relationship with local advocates, the parent organization has faced accusations of staff misconduct and endangering the welfare of children at facilities in other states.
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Devereux Receives License for Migrant Children Shelter in Westminster
The Colorado Department of Human Services approved a license for Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health to operate a shelter for unaccompanied male migrant teenagers in Westminster, Colorado. The facility, contracted through the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement, has a capacity for up to fourteen youth. Critics and community members have raised concerns regarding the organization's history and past safety incidents within its broader network.
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Devereux Wants to Open Child Migrant Shelter in Westminster
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, a Pennsylvania-based behavioral health nonprofit, has applied for a license to open a shelter for unaccompanied migrant children at its Westminster, Colorado facility. The proposed facility would house up to sixteen male youths aged fourteen to seventeen under a contract with the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement. Historical records indicate that staff at Devereux facilities have previously faced allegations of staff misconduct, and a resident died following a physical restraint incident at a former Colorado campus in 2003.
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29 documents about Devereux Cleo Wallace Center that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their whole folder: Devereux Cleo Wallace Center.
Documents
- 1-1.pdf
- 1-2.pdf
- 1-3.pdf
- 1-4.pdf
- 1-5.pdf
- 1-6.pdf
- 1-7.pdf
- 1-8.pdf
- 1-main.pdf
- 1960_02_12___School_for_handicapped_children_gutted_by_fire_.pdf
- 1987_03_17___Kahle_allegations_unfounded_Part_1.pdf
- 1987_03_17___Kahle_allegations_unfounded_Part_2.pdf
- 1991_06_02___State_hospital_stay_to_cost_mom_11000_Part_1.pdf
- 1991_06_02___State_hospital_stay_to_cost_mom_11000_Part_2.pdf
- 1993_12_24___Teen_dies_at_Westminister_youth_center.pdf
- 1993_12_25___Asphyxiation_of_17_year_old_boy_ruled_accidental.pdf
- 1994_10_09___Drug_therapies_essential_doctor_says_Part_1.pdf
- 1994_10_09___Drug_therapies_essential_doctor_says_Part_2.pdf
- 1999_08_23___Childrens_psychiatric_institution_illegally_confined_kids_state_says.pdf
- 1999_09_01___Children_not_illegally_locked_up_center_says.pdf
- 1999_09_09___Childrens_hospitals_risk_losing_funds.pdf
- 2. Facility_s List of Inspections and Occurrences.pdf
- 2002-5-20DevereuxProgram.pdf
- 3A. Citation_s Text-2.pdf
- 3A. Citation_s Text-3.pdf
- 3A. Citation_s Text-4.pdf
- 3A. Citation_s Text-5.pdf
- 3A. Citation_s Text.pdf
- Additional Links for Devereux Cleo Wallace Center.xlsx
From SCIAD NET
7 documents about Devereux Cleo Wallace Center that Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. SCIAD NET keeps them on Google Drive, where they open.
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