Facility profile Arizona

In Balance Ranch Academy

Open Huachuca City, Arizona

In Balance Ranch Academy is a program in Huachuca City, Arizona, operated by New Legal Name: Align Origin. It has operated since 2004.

About In Balance Ranch Academy

It was dropping the Keystone and University of Nebraska high school curricula in favor of their own developed multimedia classes.source It had a New school building: computer lab (20 laptops), science lab, 4 classrooms, library, multipurpose room.source It had a new academic building over 4,000 square feet, for offices, classes, and a cafeteria.source

It was accredited by Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA); North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCACASI).source

Survivor testimony

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Lawsuits

  • John R. v. United Behavioral Health, et al. Ruling issued | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division | 2:18-cv-35-TC-DAO Names this facility

    Outcome: On September 24, 2021 the court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment and denied the plaintiffs' motion, upholding the denial of coverage for all three programs.

    John R. and his son Charles R. sued United Behavioral Health and his employer's health plan under ERISA after the insurer denied coverage for the son's treatment as a teenager from 2014 to 2016. The treatment included about two months at Summit Achievement wilderness program in Maine, about two and a half months at Second Nature Blue Ridge in Georgia, and about a year and a half at In Balance Ranch Academy in Arizona. The insurer denied the Summit and In Balance claims on procedural grounds and the Second Nature claim as not medically necessary. On September 24, 2021 Judge Tena Campbell granted summary judgment to the defendants and affirmed all three denials. The case is about insurance coverage, not abuse at the programs.

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Staff

Administration

  • Betsy Barrasso

    Founder, Admissions Director, Owner, Admissions Director and Owner (2004-2013)source

  • Patrick J. Barrasso

    Founder, Founder and Executive Director, CEO (2004-2009)source

    Elsewhere in the industry

    • In Balance Continuum of Care Founder, 2013

Notable staff

  • Anthony Barrasso

    Wilderness Director (2008)source

    Elsewhere in the industry

  • Cathy Sweeney

    Outreach Coordinator (2006)source

  • Julian Greene

    Former Academic Department (2009)source

  • Lisa Stark

    Parent Liaison (2009)source

  • Lynda Hendricks

    Academic Director (2009)source

    Elsewhere in the industry

    • In Balance Continuum of Care Staff, 2013

  • Shannon Petrovich

    Clinical Director (2013)source

  • Ugo Uche

    Lead Therapist (2006)source

  • Ed Rusnak

    Primary Therapist, Transitional Living program (2009)source

    Elsewhere in the industry

    • Cottonwood De Tucson Clinical--Family Program, 2014

Documents

Documents on file (13)
Woodbury Reports Mentions (11)

From the Unsilenced archive

1 document about In Balance Ranch Academy that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their whole folder: In Balance Ranch Academy.

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