{"id":788,"date":"2024-08-15T15:00:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidsoverprofits.org\/staging\/?p=788"},"modified":"2024-11-04T16:32:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T16:32:44","slug":"nbc-news-8-on-your-side-wfla-mother-expresses-concern-over-sons-treatment-at-polk-halfway-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidsoverprofits.org\/staging\/nbc-news-8-on-your-side-wfla-mother-expresses-concern-over-sons-treatment-at-polk-halfway-house\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC News 8 On Your Side WFLA: Mother expresses concern over son\u2019s treatment at Polk Halfway House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfla.com\/8-on-your-side\/is-this-going-to-be-the-last-time-i-see-him-mother-concerned-over-sons-treatment-at-polk-halfway-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">August 15, 2024 NBC News 8 On Your Side WFLA: Mother expresses concern over son\u2019s treatment at Polk Halfway House<\/a><br>Programs Mentioned: Polk Halfway House, Lake Academy, Tampa Residential<br>Read more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TRIGGER WARNINGS: restraint, description of injuries, child death, suicide, medical neglect<br><br>Parent Companies: TrueCore Behavioral Solutions, AMI Kids<br><br>Lydia Perkins reported that her son is being abused and neglected at Polk Halfway House<br><br>Her son has been transferred to Tampa Residential, another facility operated by TrueCore<br><br>AMI Kids will take over operation of Polk Halfway House on September 1, 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 15, 2024 NBC News 8 On Your Side WFLA: Mother expresses concern over son\u2019s treatment at Polk Halfway HousePrograms Mentioned: Polk Halfway House, Lake Academy, Tampa ResidentialRead more TRIGGER WARNINGS: restraint, description of injuries, child death, suicide, medical neglect Parent Companies: TrueCore Behavioral Solutions, AMI Kids Lydia Perkins reported that her son is being&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,16],"tags":[38,41,39,40,37],"class_list":["post-788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-amikids","tag-florida","tag-polk-halfway-house","tag-tampa-residential","tag-truecore"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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