Facility profile Ohio

Straight – Cincinnati

Later called KHK a Pathway Family Center

Also known as Kids Helping Kids, Pathway Family Center

Closed Milford, Ohio

At a glance

Address: Milford, OH
Former locations: Hebron, KY (until 1990); Hebron, KY into the former Straight Inc. building in Milford, OH in 1993 (until 1993); source 1, source 2
Operated: 1982 to 1987
Operator: Straight Inc.

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Straight – Cincinnati was a program in Milford, Ohio, operated by Straight Inc. It operated from 1982 to 1987.

2 incidents on record
1 news article
21 staff members named

About Straight – Cincinnati

It was a Pathway Family Centers program.source It was run by Pathway Family Centers.source It was purchased by Pathway Family Center.source

Its address was 6070 Branch Hill-Guinea Pike, Milford, OH 45150.source Kids Helping Kids in Hebron, Ohio and Kidscope in Columbus, Ohio were related programs.source

It was accredited by CARF.source

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.

19822008

1982
1. Opened
  Opened in Milford, Ohio
1987
1. Closed
  Closed
2003
1. Incident
  Abuse
  A 2003 treatment abuse claim alleged a resident was hit and restrained by staff at the Kids Helping Kids/Pathway Family Center facility in Cincinnati; the outcome is unknown.
  Abuse
  source
2008
1. Incident
  Closure order
  The Milford, OH facility closed permanently in autumn 2008 after years of bad publicity and protests; the program said economic realities caused the closure.
  Closure order
  source

As Pathway Family Center

Straight Inc Cincinnati

News coverage

Times of Northwest Indiana Jan 14, 2007 Expose

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.

Incidents on record

2003 Abuse

A 2003 treatment abuse claim alleged a resident was hit and restrained by staff at the Kids Helping Kids/Pathway Family Center facility in Cincinnati; the outcome is unknown.source
2008 Closure order

The Milford, OH facility closed permanently in autumn 2008 after years of bad publicity and protests; the program said economic realities caused the closure.source

Videos

The Ira Joe Fisher Show: Kids Helping Kids Watch on YouTube

Staff

Administration

Betty Rushing
Gerald "Jerry" Rushing
Penny Walker

Former Executive Director, Vice President, Executive Director, and CEO, Directorsource
Elsewhere in the industry
- Pathway Family Center Vice President/Former Director of Kids Helping Kids
- KHK a Pathway Family Center
George Ross

Founder
Elsewhere in the industry
- Life Staff
- Straight – Orlando Psychiatrist who designed its methods
- Pathway Family Center Founder
- Straight, Inc. Executive, Officer
- Possibilities Unlimited Former Founding Director
- Kids Helping Kids of Hebron, KY founder

Notable staff

William Glick

Former Associate Director
Winifred Boyd

Former senior program counselor
Jerry Delaney

Former Senior Program Counselor
Peggy Rulli

Former Executive Staff Trainee
Charlie Broussard

Former Executive Trainee
Janet Cassiere

Former Executive Trainee
Christine Miloser

Former Executive Trainee
Michael Dennisuk

Former Executive Trainee
Greg Corbin

Former Junior Staff
Richard Heyman

Former Medical Directorsource
Elsewhere in the industry
- Pathway Family Center Pediatrician
- Straight, Inc. Pediatrician
Gil Stevens

Former Associate Director Administrative Services
Barbara Pinson

Former Trainee
Nikki Upson

Former Trainee
Carol Dell'Alba

Former Trainee/ Program Counselor
Elaine Koucky

Former Host Home Counselor Trainee
Elaine Beeler

Former Host Home Counselor
Cathy Vaught

Former Nurse Supervisor

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Ownership

Kids Helping Kids of Hebron, KY
Pathway Family Center past operator

Names

KHK a Pathway Family Center Earlier name

Documents

Documents on file (16)

Merged from: Pathway Family Center (1)

Pathwayreport Isac 131 KB

From the Unsilenced archive

2 documents about Straight – Cincinnati that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their whole folder: Kids Helping Kids.

Materials and links

Survivor posts and discussion

Reference and research

From SCIAD NET.

Reporting this program

This program closed in 1987, so the state agency that licensed it can no longer act against it. Other channels may still be able to: the boards that license the people who worked here, law enforcement, and the civil courts.

The Ohio reporting channels list each one and what it can do. Time limits depend on the state, the kind of harm and the survivor's age, and many states have lengthened or removed them for child sexual abuse, so a program closing long ago does not by itself mean it is too late. Laws change, so the time limits we list were correct when we checked them but may have been updated since; a lawyer can tell you where things stand now.

Straight – Cincinnati

About Straight – Cincinnati

Timeline

1982

1987

2003

2008