Facility profile Ohio
Pathway Family Center
Formerly Straight – Midwest, Inc., Kids Helping Kids of Cincinnati, Kids Helping Kids, Straight Inc Cincinnati
Closed
Milford, Ohio
Pathway Family Center was a residential treatment center in Milford, Ohio, operated by Pathway Family Center. It operated from 2006 to 2008.
As Pathway Family Center
News coverage
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Straight to Pathway archived copy
This article examines the proposed expansion of Pathway Family Center, a juvenile drug treatment program, into Valparaiso, Indiana, amid local community debates. Former participants and watchdog organizations raised concerns regarding the program's confrontational peer-therapy methods and operational lineage stemming from the defunct Straight Inc. network, while program leadership defended the facility's current practices and oversight.
Staff
Administration
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George Ross
Founder
Elsewhere in the industry
- Life Staff
- Straight – Orlando Psychiatrist who designed its methods
- Straight, Inc. Executive, Officer
- Straight – Cincinnati Founding Director, Co-founder
- Possibilities Unlimited Former Founding Director
Notable staff
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Terri Nissley
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Helen Gowanny
Elsewhere in the industry
- an Administrator at the [Straight Inc
- a Dispatcher with the Mecosta County Sheriff's Department from 1979 until 1984
- Pathway Family Cener founder
- Straight Inc. program director
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Penny Walker
Staff (2002)source
Elsewhere in the industry
- Straight – Cincinnati Former Executive Director, Vice President, Executive Director, and CEO, Director
Rules and practices
Practices
- Restraint
- Seclusion or isolation
- Level system
- Strip searches
- Forced medication
- Behavior contracts
- Confrontation groups
- Limits on contact with family
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Names
- Kids Helping Kids
- Kids Helping Kids of Cincinnati
- Straight – Midwest, Inc.
Ownership
Documents
Documents on file (1)
From Surviving Straight Inc.
77 documents about Pathway Family Center that Surviving Straight Inc. published and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Surviving Straight Inc.'s website.
Kids Helping Kids, A Pathway Family Center - Straight Renamed
- February 7, 2006 - Open Letter On Child Abuse Task Force
- Februaty 10, 2006 - Protest Tonight of Kids Helping Kids, Milford
- February 11, 2 006 - Kids Helping Kids: A Cincinnati Beacon/Real Talk Live Ongoing Investigation
- February 14, 2006 - Kids Must Stand Up for Their Rights
- February 14, 2006 - Interview With A Survivor
- March 5, 2006 - Kids Helping Kids and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Is There a Connection?
- March 14, 2006 - An Inside Perspective on KHK: Interview with a Former Client and Employee
- March 18, 2006 - The Debate Rages: Kids Helping Kids
- March 26, 2006 - KHK Protest Friday March 31st
- April 2, 2006 - KHK Protestors Face The Elements in Columbus
- December 2, 2007 - Survivors Protest Kids Helping Kids
Kids Helping Kids, A Pathway Family Center - Straight Renamed: CLOSED - Kids Helping Kids, A Pathway Family Center (Ohio) and Pathway Family Center (Michigan)
Kids Helping Kids, A Pathway Family Center - Straight Renamed: Newspaper Articles
Corporate Documents
- Straight Midwest =Tri State Drug Rehabilitation & Counseling Program, Inc. - DBA Kids Helping Kids
- Straight Midwest Articles of Incorporation Feb 1980 - (first name Kids Helping Kids was incorporated under)
- Straight Midwest Articles of Incorporation - Nov 1980 - adds amendments to Articles
- June 1981 Miscellaneous Corp Filings
- 2003 KHK Corporate Filing with Ohio Secretary Of State
Former ISAC Corp Docs - Kids Helping Kids & Pathway Family Center: Parent Handbook and Contract - Kids Helping Kids
Former ISAC Corp Docs - Kids Helping Kids & Pathway Family Center: Other Program Documents
Former ISAC Corp Docs - Kids Helping Kids & Pathway Family Center: ODADAS Program Re Certification Inspection Reports of Kids Helping Kids
- Nov 1995 DEFICIENCIES FOUND by ODADAS
- Oct/Nov 1997 DEFICIENCIES FOUND by ODADAS
- Nov 1997 DEFICIENCIES FOUND by ODADAS
- Jan 2000 DEFICIENCIES FOUND by ODADAS
- Feb 2000 KHK's Correction Report Re: Jan 2000 Deficiencies
- Jan 2002 Conditional Certification/DEFICIENCIES FOUND by ODADAS
- March 2002 KHK's Corrective Action Report re: Jan 2002 Conditional Certification/Deficiencies
- April 2002 ODADAS Letter to KHK Acknowledges KHK's Corrective Action Plan
- Jan/Feb 2005 DEFICIENCIES FOUND by ODADAS
- March 2005 KHK's Corrective Action Report re: Jan 2005 Deficiencies
- March 2005 KHK's Corrective Action Report - Corrective Documents
- April 2005 ODADAS Letter to KHK Acknowledges KHK's Corrective Action Plan
Former ISAC Corp Docs - Kids Helping Kids & Pathway Family Center: ISAC Request to ODADAS to Reclassify Kids Helping Kids as an In-Patient or Residential Treatment Program
- Cover Sheet
- Reclassification Request Cover Letter
- Document Description Report
- Section 1
- Section 2
- 2000-01 ODJFS Complaint Against KHK's Unlicensed Host Homes
- Dec 2000 ODJFS Letter to KHK - RE: KHK's Unlicensed Host Homes
- Dec 2000 KHK Letter to ODJFS - Re: Unlicensed Host Homes
- Dec 2000 KHK Internal Document - Host Home Component - to ODJFS
- Ohio Revised Code Section 5103.02
- Jan 2001 ODJFS Letter to KHK re: Application for Certification
- 2001 KHK Application for Certification to Recommend Foster Homes for Certification
- Section 3
- Dr. Singer's Conditions for Mind Control
- CIA Memorandum Re: Brainwashing - from Dulles to Hoover 1956
- Lipton's Draft Principles TC Programming ONDCP
- Section 4
- June 29, 1993, Pathway Family Center Using Straight, Inc. Fax
- 1994 MDIHS Letter Re: PFC host home strategy (also"...alleviating ...difficulties Straight Inc encountered...")
- Aug 4, 1994 Complaint Against PFC & Sept 1994 response from Dept of Public Health
- Aug 23, 1994 MI Dept Public Health Letter to PFC - Re: Separate But Associated Housing Component
- 1994 PFC Letter to MI Dept of Social Services Re: Foster Care Placement License (...also "dedicated to preserving....Straight treatment model")
- Aug 1994 PFC Letter to MI Dept Of Social Services - Re: Foster Care Placement License
- July 1995 PFC Letter to Licensing Center for Substance Abuse Services - RE: Host Homes
- Aug 21, 1995 Letter to PFC Re: No Liability For Host Home Association
- 1995 Memo Re: Pathway Family Center, License Status (formerly Straight)
- Dec 20, 1995 Letter From MI Dept Social Services to PFC Re: Failure to Comply With Foster Care & License Requirements
- Mar 20, 1998 PFC Letter to Licensing Center for Substance Abuse Services - Re: Host Home Association
- May 16, 2003 2 PFC Letters Misrepresenting Their Origins & Misrepresenting ISAC
- 2004 Pathway Family Center, Preliminary Accreditation Report
- 2005 PFC Therapist Job posting for Milford Ohio KHK (6 mos before PFC acquired KHK)
- 2005 PFC Nurse Job posting for Milford Ohio KHK (6 mos before PFC acquired KHK)
- 2005 Kids Helping Kids Website Misrepresents KHK's Origins
- Section 5
- Kids Helping Kids - The Rules
- Straight Inc 1983 - The Rules
- 2003 KHK Memo Re: Host Home Visitors
- KHK Inappropriate Music Groups
- KHK Treatment Description
- KHK Helpful Hints for Taking Household
- KHK 2007 Clients Rights
- Section 6
Former ISAC Corp Docs - Kids Helping Kids & Pathway Family Center
More Straight SpinOffs (Straight Renamed) by George Ross: Kids Helping Kids - 1981-1993, Hebron, KY, then 1993-2008 Cincinnati, OH
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Materials and links
External links
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- survivingstraightinc.com (archived copy)
- survivingstraightinc.com (archived copy)
- survivingstraightinc.com (archived copy)
- survivingstraightinc.com (archived copy)
- Archived website (Wayback Machine)
- Archived website (Wayback Machine)
- Archived website (Wayback Machine)
- heal-online.org (archived copy)