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Excelsior Youth Center

Closed Aurora, Colorado

At a glance

Address: 15001 E Oxford Ave, Aurora, CO 80014
Operated: Opened 1973; source
Serves: Ages 11 to 18; source

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Excelsior Youth Center was a program in Aurora, Colorado. It opened in 1973.

2 news articles
3 staff members named

News coverage

The Sacramento Bee Jun 29, 1998 Expose

Comparative Analysis of Juvenile Rehabilitation Programs and Methods

An investigative report examines the differing operational methods and philosophies of private youth facilities and juvenile delinquency programs housing California youth. The article highlights various approaches to rehabilitation, ranging from peer pressure and strict orientation phases to therapeutic models and independent living programs, while raising questions regarding oversight and effectiveness.
The Sacramento Bee Jun 29, 1998 Expose

Oversight of youth-offender camps often falls short

An investigative report by The Bee highlights systemic failures in the oversight and licensing of out-of-state youth-offender facilities utilized by California. The investigation details instances of staff misconduct, sexual abuse, physical restraint violations, and child deaths occurring in facilities with minimal cross-state regulatory monitoring.

Staff

Administration

Joan Gabrielson

Executive Director (2008)source

Notable staff

Terry Hoffman

Director of Admissions (2008)source
Arnold Goldstein

Associate Director (2008)source

Documents

Documents on file (1)

Woodbury Reports Mentions (1)

Woodbury Reports, July 2008 (#167), Pp. 16-17: Excelsior Youth Center 1 MB

From the Unsilenced archive

26 documents about Excelsior Youth Center that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their whole folder: Excelsior Youth Center.

Documents (26)

Research notes

Accreditation: accredited by COA and the North Central Association for middle and high school curriculum
Ages: young women ages 11-18
Start year: 1973 (source)
Ages 11-18 (source)

Reporting this program

This program closed, 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 Colorado 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.