Facility profile Florida

St. Augustine Youth Academy

Formerly St. John’s Youth Academy, Three Springs of St. Johns

Also known as Sequel of St. John's

Open St. Augustine, Florida

St. Augustine Youth Academy is a juvenile justice RTC in St. Augustine, Florida, operated by Youth Opportunity Investments. It has operated since 2022.

Timeline

From the records: who ran it and the deals that moved it, its names, and the deaths, incidents, inspection findings, lawsuits and news stories on file. Point at an event, or tap "More about this", for the details.

201520172021202220152022

  1. 2015

    1. Ownership

      Sequel Youth and Family Services began running it

      It ran the program until 2022.

  2. 2017

    1. OwnershipSeptember 1, 2017

      Sequel TSI: Sold a majority stake to Altamont Capital Partners

      Sequel Youth and Family Services ran St. Augustine Youth Academy at the time.

      Sequel TSI: Sold a majority stake to Altamont Capital Partners September 1, 2017

      Altamont Capital Partners announced a majority equity investment in Sequel through a holding company, SYFS Parent; terms were not disclosed. At the time Sequel ran 44 programs in 19 states, and APM Reports counted 35 residential treatment centers in 16 states. CEO John Stupak stayed on and co-founder Jay Ripley remained board chairman. Altamont's portfolio page lists the investment as active and says SYFS Parent later acquired Rebecca & Aaron Schools (2017) and Pine Cone Therapies (2020).

      source 1, source 2, source 3

  3. 2021

    1. Ownership

      Vivant Behavioral Health: Founded by Sequel co-founder Jay Ripley and bought most of Sequel's remaining centers

      Sequel Youth and Family Services ran St. Augustine Youth Academy at the time.

      Vivant Behavioral Health: Founded by Sequel co-founder Jay Ripley and bought most of Sequel's remaining centers

      Jay Ripley, one of Sequel's three founders, founded Vivant Behavioral Healthcare in 2021. Sequel sold most of its centers that had not closed to Vivant, which now controls most former Sequel treatment centers still open.

      source 1, source 2

    2. Lawsuit

      Mattie v. Sequel Youth and Family Services, LLC. et al

      Mattie v. Sequel Youth and Family Services, LLC. et al

      Ronald Lewis Mattie filed a civil rights employment discrimination action against Sequel Youth and Family Services, LLC and related entities on December 22, 2021. The plaintiff alleged discriminatory practices in violation of federal law. After a series of motions and orders, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida entered an order dismissing the case with prejudice on April 10, 2023.

      Outcome: Case dismissed with prejudice following a stipulation of dismissal and an order dismissing the case. On April 7, 2023, a Stipulation of Dismissal was filed. On April 10, 2023, an Order dismissing the case was entered.

      Court
      United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
      Case number
      3:21-cv-01264
      Status
      Dismissed

      All lawsuits on record

  4. 2022

    1. Ownership

      Sequel Youth and Family Services stopped running it

    2. Opened

      Opened in St. Augustine, Florida

Lawsuits

  • Mattie v. Sequel Youth and Family Services, LLC. et al 2021 | Dismissed | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 3:21-cv-01264 Names this facility

    Outcome: Case dismissed with prejudice following a stipulation of dismissal and an order dismissing the case. On April 7, 2023, a Stipulation of Dismissal was filed. On April 10, 2023, an Order dismissing the case was entered.

    Ronald Lewis Mattie filed a civil rights employment discrimination action against Sequel Youth and Family Services, LLC and related entities on December 22, 2021. The plaintiff alleged discriminatory practices in violation of federal law. After a series of motions and orders, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida entered an order dismissing the case with prejudice on April 10, 2023. The dismissal closed the case without a settlement or judgment on the merits.

Every case in the lawsuit directory

News coverage

Staff

Administration

Licensing and inspections

Licensed as
st johns youth academy; St. Augustine Youth Academy
Program
DJJ-unmatched-st-johns-youth-academy
License category
PREA
Executive director
Timothy Patterson
Licensed capacity
64
Licensing action
Active
Phone on file
(904) 417-7611
Licensed address
4500 Avenue D, St. Augustine, FL 32085

11 inspection reports on file. Search all Florida reports

Every report, by date: 2 findings in 2 reports
  1. Jun 30, 2026 SPEP - FY25-26
  2. Jun 30, 2026 SPEP - FY25-26
  3. Jun 30, 2026 SPEP - FY25-26
  4. Jun 30, 2026 QI Residential - FY25-26
  5. Jun 30, 2026 QI Residential - FY25-26
  6. Jun 30, 2025 QI Residential - FY24-25 - 1 finding
    1 finding

    • Limited compliance, DJJ review : Indicator 5.09 Searches and Full Body Visual Searches

      The program shall perform searches to ensure no contraband is introduced into the facility. The program has a written policy and procedures to ensure searches and full body visual searches, are conducted at the time of admission, after off-campus activities, and visitation. Youth are searched before all movement, during a new admission, during re-admission, after returning from visitation, when returning from off-campus activities and/or appointments, when suspected of having contraband, or when a youth is determined to be a security risk. The program conducts searches as a method to prevent the introduction of contraband and unauthorized items into the program. Policy indicates searches of youth are conducted after off- site transports, after visitation, before moving youth from an outside area into the building, and prior to moving youth from the building to an outside area. Three days of searches were observed by video. Seven of eighteen youth searches were not conducted or done improperly. Five searches were not conducted on any youth and two searches did not include all present youth. During the annual compliance review, observations of a youth transport, admission, and video observations of visitations support youth searches are completed as required by program policy. Youth search and full body visual search forms were reviewed and confirmed the program conducts full body visual searches at the time of admission and other off-site appointments. Searches were ...

  7. Jun 30, 2025 QI Residential - FY24-25 - 1 finding
    1 finding

    • Limited compliance, DJJ review : Indicator 5.09 Searches and Full Body Visual Searches

      The program shall perform searches to ensure no contraband is introduced into the facility. The program has a written policy and procedures to ensure searches and full body visual searches, are conducted at the time of admission, after off-campus activities, and visitation. Youth are searched before all movement, during a new admission, during re-admission, after returning from visitation, when returning from off-campus activities and/or appointments, when suspected of having contraband, or when a youth is determined to be a security risk. The program conducts searches as a method to prevent the introduction of contraband and unauthorized items into the program. Policy indicates searches of youth are conducted after off- site transports, after visitation, before moving youth from an outside area into the building, and prior to moving youth from the building to an outside area. Three days of searches were observed by video. Seven of eighteen youth searches were not conducted or done improperly. Five searches were not conducted on any youth and two searches did not include all present youth. During the annual compliance review, observations of a youth transport, admission, and video observations of visitations support youth searches are completed as required by program policy. Youth search and full body visual search forms were reviewed and confirmed the program conducts full body visual searches at the time of admission and other off-site appointments. Searches were ...

  8. Undated PREA - Year 3 Cycle 3
  9. Undated PREA
  10. Undated PREA - FINAL
  11. Undated PREA - Year 3 Cycle 4

Connections on the network map

The companies, people and programs our research map ties to this program. Open it on the network map.

Ownership

  • Sequel Youth and Family Services operated 2015-2022
  • Three Springs Inc. operated; past operator

Documents

Documents on file (8)
Merged from: Three Springs of St. Johns (1)

Research that mentions this program

The whole research library

Materials and links

External links

Archived pages

Record updated . Generated from the Kids Over Profits facility database. Suggest a correction