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UPDATE

Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.

"Child Abuse and Deceptive Marketing by Residential Programs for Teens"

Proposed Bill - Full Committee Hearing - News Articles
 

Video  Congressman Miller and McCarthy talk about their proposed Federal bill

 

Greg Kutz talks about abuse and deceptive marketing:

 

 

 

Interview reveals deceptive marketing practices:

 

Questionable tax donation scheme:

 

Video  Testimony from Program Participants:

 

 

More News

Congress is talking - it's time people listen!

"There is a very dangerous and national epidemic of National abuse and
neglect of children in privately-run residential programs ... whether those
programs market themselves as therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness
camps, or something else, in all too many cases we have seen this abuse and
neglect lead to the most horrific outcomes imaginable. The deaths of children
by the very people who were entrusted to care for them."
- Congressman Miller

Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.

Full Committee Hearing

on:

"Child Abuse and Deceptive Marketing by Residential Programs for Teens"

    Scheduled in room 2175 - Rayburn H.O.B.
Click here for Government Website

Click here for information re October 10, 2007 Hearing

GAO INVESTIGATES TROUBLED TEEN BOOT-CAMP STYLE PROGRAMS

Highlights of the GAO findings

Read what they uncovered - Click here for GAO report
(Note: A more comprehensive report will be prepared Winter 2008)

CONGRESSMAN GEORGE MILLER CALLS FOR A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING

 On October 10, 2007, The Committee of Education and Labor held a hearing
on cases of child abuse and neglect at private Residential Treatment Facilities.

  Video   Click here to watch the Congressional hearing
Parents share their stories of the abuse endured by their children
Congressman Miller pushes for Federal Regulations

Click here for more news and information

 

 

  CAICA would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to everyone who has worked to make this
  happen and to those who have continued to be a voice for children who no longer have a voice.
  We wish to extend a special thanks to Congressman George Miller who has spent years working on
  this issue and to the GAO. Additionally, a special thanks to the parents whose children lost their
  lives in residential treatment programs who painfully spoke at the hearing. 

                                 
                              Bob Bacon, father of Aaron           Paul Lewis, father of Ryan Lewis,     Congressman
                              Bacon. Aaron died while               and Cynthia Harvey, mother of        George Miller 
                              enrolled in a wilderness                Erica Harvey. Ryan and Erica died    
                              program in Utah.                         while enrolled in programs.

 

NEWS

April 24, 2008 Congress Takes Aim at Abusive Teen Programs House Bill Would Curb Worst Abuses (click here)
April 22, 2008 Teen 'Boot Camps' Again in Spotlight (click here)
March 26, 2008 Government to probe Tranquility Bay (click here)
October 13, 2007 Boot camp teens disciplined to death (click here)
October 13, 2007 Utah residential treatment programs: Eight dead kids and counting ... (click here)
October 12, 2007 Torture, starvation and death: how American boot camps abuse boys (click here)
October 11, 2007 Ten have died in wilderness therapy programs - and Congress wants to know why (click here)
October 11, 2007 Finding a good wilderness program may be all luck - NATSAP criticized (click here)
October 11, 2007 Parents tell of horrors at youth boot camps (click here)
October 11, 2007 Testimony recalls teen's tragic death (click here)
October 11, 2007 Troubled US teens suffer abuse, neglect at 'boot camps' (click here)
October 11, 2007 Parents call for greater oversight of boot camps: Congress is told poor training is a factor in deaths
 		 (click here)
October 11, 2007 Wilderness Therapy Scrutinized in Congress (click here)
October 11, 2007 Catherine Freer responds to House Hearings (click here)
October 11, 2007 Congressmen call for probe of some wilderness therapy programs (click here)
October 11, 2007 Death of boy in Missouri stands out in GAO report (click here)
October 10, 2007 PRESS RELEASE: GAO Report Finds Thousands of Allegations of Child Abuse at “Boot Camps” (click here)
October 10, 2007 U.S. Rep wants fed probe of Mo. boot-camp death (click here)
October 10, 2007 Congressional Hearing Addresses Abuses at Youth `Boot Camps' (click here)
October 10, 2007 Teen `Boot Camps' Get Congressional Scrutiny (click here)
October 10, 2007 GAO Report Finds Thousands of Allegations of Child Abuse at “Boot Camps”
Education and Labor Committee Hears Testimony from Parents of Children Who Died in the Programs
 		 (click here)
October 10, 2007 Alleged abuse at teen camps - Video  VIDEO (CBS) (click here)
October 10, 2007 Congress investigates teen boot camp abuse (click here)
October 10, 2007 Teen ‘boot camps’ get congressional scrutiny (click here)
October 10, 2007 GAO finds abuses at 'tough love' camps for troubled kids (click here)
October 10, 2007 Tough-Love Teen Camps A "Nightmare" (click here)
October 10, 2007 U.S. Rep wants fed probe of Mo. boot-camp death (click here)
October 10, 2007 House looks at how kids are treated at boot camps (click here)
October 10, 2007 After a teen's death, a wilderness therapy program heads to court (click here)
October 8, 2007 Congressional Hearing: Tough Love or Teen Torment: Will the Industry Finally Be Regulated? (click here)
October 7, 2007 GAO: Abuse allegations, apathy show need for ‘boot camp’ regulations (click here)
October 3, 2007 Missouri boot camp part of national investigation (click here)


 

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REFERRALS: CAICA is not a referral agency. CAICA does not refer to or promote facilities or transport companies for children or teens. CAICA warns parents that the parent pay / parent choice programs ie. Residential Treatment Centers, Therapeutic Boarding Schools, Behavior Modification Programs, Christian Programs, Positive Peer Culture Programs, etc., are not regulated by the Federal Government and that it is a "Buyer Beware" industry. CAICA provides the following for parents: Message to Parents, Help for Distraught and Desperate Parents, and Questions to Ask and Warning Signs.

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