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[edit]{(request edit (R)} The following edits are suggested to make the entry more inclusive of the services provided and locations of the facilities, and to suggest different citations for some information in various sections to replace those that cite opinion pieces vs. straight news stories.
Re Section: Treatment:
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KidsPeace provides a range of services to children in need of mental and behavioral health treatment and their families.(1)
The largest KidsPeace facility is its Orchard Hills Campus located in Orefield, Pennsylvania, outside of Allentown, Pennsylvania. It is a 262-acre (106 ha) campus that includes an inpatient children’s psychiatric hospital and several residential treatment programs. It also includes such amenities as an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a ropes course, an apple orchard, playgrounds, a gym with wrap-around track, driving range, multiple athletic fields, recreation lounges and more. To educate the children in its care, KidsPeace utilizes its own private schools, staffed with specially trained teachers.
At its Graham Lake Campus in Maine, KidsPeace provides residential treatment; Autism Spectrum Disorders residential treatment; therapeutic day treatment; and a licensed, approved special-purpose school. It has five other offices around the state to provide services like foster care; a supported families program; a family visitation program and outpatient mental health services.
In Georgia, the KidsPeace Bowdon Campus is a 60-bed residential facility, with a separate unit that houses males ages 12-17 with sexual issues. The Georgia operation also provides therapeutic outpatient services. The on-site KidsPeace School of Georgia is accredited through the Carroll County School System by the Southern Accreditation of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
In 2015, KidsPeace School of Georgia received Bronze level recognition by U.S. News & World Report’s listing of the best high schools in the nation. (2)
KidsPeace Mesabi Academy is the organization’s only juvenile justice facility. It is licensed by the Minnesota Department of Corrections and is a member of the Minnesota Counsel of Child Caring Agencies (MCCCA), and offers services for delinquent and non-delinquent males ages 10–18, as well as Extended Juvenile Jurisdiction youth to age 21.
KidsPeace also provides foster care and community programs services through offices in Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and Indiana.
KidsPeace is accredited by The Joint Commission in Georgia, North Carolina and Pennnsylvania, and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. KidsPeace does not discriminate in regard to admissions in terms of sex, race, creed, color, national origin, LEP (Limited English Proficiency), religious beliefs, disabilities or handicapping conditions.
According to the organization’s annual report, in 2014 there were 11,183 children in KidsPeace programs. Since 1882, KidsPeace has treated more than 200,000 children in need.(3)
Re Section: Physical harm and sexual assault concerns
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In 1993, Dean Sine, a counselor in the Orefield, Pennsylvania facility, restrained a 12-year-old boy by sitting on his buttocks and then lower back. The boy reported that he couldn't breathe, but the restraint was continued until after the boy was unresponsive, when it was discovered that the boy had stopped breathing. Resuscitation attempts failed, and the counselor was subsequently charged and acquitted of homicide in criminal court in 1995.[4]
In August 2003, Dean Sine pleaded guilty to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old boy in 1994. KidsPeace declined to comment on whether Sine was an employee at the time of the incident.[5]
In 2007, admissions to KidsPeace were halted by state officials due to seven children sustaining broken bones while being restrained by KidsPeace staff. Admissions resumed in December 2007.[6]
Re Section: Methadone overdose incident
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In April 2008, two 16-year-old girls accessed a counselor's supply of methadone pills in her car. The girls took a total of 28 pills, resulting in one girl fatally overdosing and another being partially paralyzed. The girls were being given a ride home from a group home for children with drug problems.[7]
re Section: Financial issues, pension default, and bankruptcy
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As of 2010, the pension plan for KidsPeace was underfunded by $42 million. In January 2012, KidsPeace failed to make a $1.4 million bond payment. In March 2012, a lien was filed against KidsPeace for failing to contribute $3 million to its retirement plan. As a partial result, Moody's downgraded KidPeace's bond rating to a C.[8]
In May 2013, KidsPeace filed or Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[9}{10} The bankruptcy filing listed organizational debts totaling nearly $249 million, including nearly $100 million in unfunded pension obligations. Also in May 2013, the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation assumed control of the KidsPeace pension plan after KidsPeace officials defaulted on making required payments.[11]
KidsPeace emerged from bankruptcy protection in July 2014 (6)
IN 2012, executives at KidsPeace received compensation of up to $318,235 per year (12)
References:
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1. www.KidsPeace.org
2. http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/georgia/districts/carroll-county/kidspeace-5748
3. “Outcomes and Annual Report 2015”, KidsPeace
4. http://articles.mcall.com/1995-06-30/news/3028158_1_kidspeace-boy-s-death-sine
5. http://articles.mcall.com/2003-08-05/news/3490547_1_sine-victim-assaults
6. http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-pa-kidspeace-out-of-bankruptcy-20140801-story.html
7. http://articles.mcall.com/2008-06-26/news/4123407_1_kidspeace-methadone-girls
10. http://www.omnimgt.com/main/pages/home.aspx
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Thank you for your consideration in this matter. 204.186.233.186 (talk) 15:43, 18 December 2015 (UTC)