Facility profile Nevada

Focal Point Academy

Closed Mesquite, Nevada

Focal Point Academy was a program in Mesquite, Nevada. It operated from 2006 to 2009.

About Focal Point Academy

Paid Sue Scheff for referrals.source

It was licensed only as a foster home, not for residential treatment.source

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Timeline

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20062007200920062009
  1. 2006

    1. Opened

      Opened in Mesquite, Nevada

  2. 2007

    1. Incident

      Lawsuit

      In 2007 a Florida couple filed a complaint alleging consultant Sue Scheff placed their child at Focal Point Academy without disclosing she was paid by the...

      Lawsuit

      In 2007 a Florida couple filed a complaint alleging consultant Sue Scheff placed their child at Focal Point Academy without disclosing she was paid by the program or that it was licensed only as a foster home (allegation).

      source

    2. IncidentJuly 2007

      Lawsuit

      A complaint filed in July 2007 alleged Sue Scheff failed to disclose she was paid by Focal Point Academy in Nevada, which was licensed only as a foster home...

      Lawsuit July 2007

      A complaint filed in July 2007 alleged Sue Scheff failed to disclose she was paid by Focal Point Academy in Nevada, which was licensed only as a foster home, not for residential treatment.

      source

  3. 2009

    1. Closed

      Closed

Lawsuits

  • Scott Green and Michele Green v. Susan L. Scheff, et al. Filed | Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida

    Scott and Michele Green sued Sue Scheff, her referral company Parents Universal Resource Experts (P.U.R.E.), Focal Point Academy of Mesquite, Nevada, its co-owner Glen Horlacher, and recruiter Boyd Hooper in Broward County, Florida circuit court; the complaint is dated June 2007. They allege Scheff presented herself as an unpaid parent advocate while Focal Point paid her per referral, and that Hooper posed as a school administrator while working as a paid recruiter. They allege the school misrepresented its accreditation, therapy and teachers, never did the paid assessment, let their son choose his own medications, left an ear infection untreated, and did nothing when he reported repeated beatings and sexual assaults by other students, instead isolating him when he tried to call home. They allege they removed him in 2006 and never received a promised refund. The document shows only the complaint.

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Incidents on record

  1. 2007 Lawsuit

    In 2007 a Florida couple filed a complaint alleging consultant Sue Scheff placed their child at Focal Point Academy without disclosing she was paid by the program or that it was licensed only as a foster home (allegation).source

  2. July 2007 Lawsuit

    A complaint filed in July 2007 alleged Sue Scheff failed to disclose she was paid by Focal Point Academy in Nevada, which was licensed only as a foster home, not for residential treatment.source

Staff

Administration

  • Glen Horlacher

    Former Ownersource

  • Shaquel Cannon

    Former Ownersource

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Documents

From the Unsilenced archive

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

Materials and links

Survivor posts and discussion

Reference and research

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