Facility profile Utah
RAFA Academy
RAFA Academy is a therapeutic boarding school in Hurricane, Utah.
About RAFA Academy
Also drawn on: The Salt Lake Tribune, "Troubled teen industry: RAFA Academy’s connections to Diamond Ranch, where a girl died".
News coverage
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Hurricane approves water rate increase; academy business license revoked
The Hurricane City Council voted to revoke the business license of Rafa Academy, LLC, a proposed youth treatment facility slated to operate in the former Diamond Ranch Academy building, after city officials discovered required state licensing had not been obtained. Representatives for the facility stated they would not move forward with the licensing process. City officials noted that a private boarding school, Utah Prep, has applied for a business license at the same location to operate an educational program without rehabilitative services.
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Utah Regulators Reviewing License Application for New Program on Former Diamond Ranch Academy Campus
State regulators in Utah are reviewing a licensing application for RAFA Academy, a proposed program intending to operate on the former campus of Diamond Ranch Academy. Diamond Ranch Academy was closed after state licensers declined to renew its license following the 2022 death of Taylor Goodridge. State officials are examining the facility's connections and staff overlaps with the previously closed program.
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