Facility profile Utah
Youth Foundation Success Academy
Formerly Horizon Academy (2004 to 2013)
Later called Three Points Center
Youth Foundation Success Academy was a program in La Verkin, Utah, formerly run by World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS). It operated from 2013 to 2014.
About Youth Foundation Success Academy
Horizon Academy reopened at La Verkin, UT as Youth Foundation Inc./Youth Foundation Success Academy.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.
2013
Renamed Youth Foundation Success Academy
It had been Horizon Academy.
Opened in La Verkin, Utah
Criminal charge
Cross Creek youth supervisor Donald M.
Criminal charge
Cross Creek youth supervisor Donald M. Brown Jr., 48, was charged with ten counts of dealing in harmful material to a minor (third degree felony) for showing boys pornographic images of himself; he was fired the day of his arrest.
source
2014
Closed
As Horizon Academy
News coverage
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Mitt Romney's Campaign Connections to Abusive Adolescent Treatment Programs
The article examines the connections between presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign fundraisers and residential treatment programs facing widespread allegations of abuse. Founders Robert Lichfield of the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS) and Mel Sembler of Straight Inc. faced numerous lawsuits and investigations regarding allegations of physical restraint, food and sleep deprivation, and psychological abuse.
Staff
Administration
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Jade Robinson
Founder
Elsewhere in the industry
- Casa by the Sea Co-founder and owner, Administrator, Director, Co-founder, 1998-2026
- Tranquility Bay Staff, before 1998
- Horizon Academy Owner and Director, Founder and Owner, Director, Owner, 2004-2026
- Second Chances Director, 2020
- Cross Creek Manor Staff, before 2025
- Spring Creek Lodge Academy Staff member, before 2025
- Bell(e) Academy Founder and Co-Owner, 2003
- Never Give Up Youth Healing Services
- Morava Academy
- Cross Creek Programs
- High Impact transferred kids to
Notable staff
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Adam Ahquin
Elsewhere in the industry
- Second Chances Admissions Director, 2020
- Second Chances in Southern Utah Founder and Owner, Owner
- Olympus Academy Staff
- Horizon Academy Staff
- Maximum Life Skills Academy Staff, 2025
As Youth Foundation Success Academy
Incidents on record
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2013 Criminal charge
Cross Creek youth supervisor Donald M. Brown Jr., 48, was charged with ten counts of dealing in harmful material to a minor (third degree felony) for showing boys pornographic images of himself; he was fired the day of his arrest.source
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Ownership
- Cross Creek Programs
- WWASPS
Names
Documents
Woodbury Reports Mentions (1)
Merged from: Cross Creek Programs (2)
From the Unsilenced archive
35 documents about Youth Foundation Success Academy that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their whole folder: Youth Foundation Success Academy.
Documents
- 2013_05_16___Teen_falls_60_feet_at_Kanarraville_Falls.pdf
- 2013_08_01___Former_youth_home_employee_charged_Part_1.pdf
- 2013_08_01___Former_youth_home_employee_charged_Part_2.pdf
- 2013_08_17___Ex_youth_facility_staffer_pleads_guilty_Part_1.pdf
- 2013_08_17___Ex_youth_facility_staffer_pleads_guilty_Part_2.pdf
- 2013_11_13___Youth_counselor_gets_120_days_for_showing_kids_porn.pdf
- Additional Links for Youth Foundation Success Academy.xlsx
- Chaffin-1.pdf
- Chaffin-10.pdf
- Chaffin-11.pdf
- Chaffin-12.pdf
- Chaffin-2.pdf
- Chaffin-3.pdf
- Chaffin-4.pdf
- Chaffin-5.pdf
- Chaffin-6.pdf
- Chaffin-7.pdf
- Chaffin-8.pdf
- Chaffin-9.pdf
- Lichfield 1.pdf
- Youth Foundation - Billing Changes .pdf
- Youth Foundation - Expired SOS.pdf
- Youth Foundation - Jade Robinson Resigns.pdf
- Youth Foundation - Rebuttal by C Pullan RE Optimum Billing Letter.pdf
- Youth Foundation - Reports by Connie T.pdf
- Youth Foundation - Reports by Linda Thomas.pdf
- Youth Foundation About Us.pdf
- Youth Foundation Email about Restraining Order against Optimum Billing.pdf
- Youth Foundation Enrollment Agreement.pdf
- Youth Foundation Letter to Parents RE Lawsuit against Optimum Billing.pdf
- Youth Foundation Overview from WWASP Survivors.pdf
- Youth Foundation Parent Emails.pdf
- Youth Foundation-08-01-2013-Youth Foundation Success Academy Youth Supervisor charged for showing porn to students.pdf
- Youth Foundations Wiki from Fornits.pdf
- Youth Foundations-05-16-2013--Teen rescued after falling about 60 feet at Kanarraville Falls.pdf
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