After abuse reports, California approves $8 million for youth returning from troubled treatment programs
Jan. 14, 2021
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DaeJah Seward is seen outside her place of work in Sacramento, Calif. on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020.Paul Chinn / The Chronicle 2020
California will spend more than $8 million to find safer homes for children returning from troubled out-of-state residential programs, in response to a Chronicle and Imprint investigation into rampant reports of abuse at the facilities.
Officials in counties across the state are now spending the money, approved by the state Legislature in December, to recruit foster families and bolster mental health and behavioral support services for the 131 young people California is calling back from treatment programs across the country.
Bay Briefing: Encouraged by Trump, mob attacks Congress
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Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.Jon Cherry / Getty Images
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Thursday, Jan. 7, and there is still very little sign of California’s coronavirus surge letting up. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
A dark day
Rioters seeking to help install President Trump for a second term contrary to November’s election results breached the Capitol building on Wednesday, following a rally in which Trump repeated false claims of election fraud, told supporters it was “a time for strength” and urged the crowd to march to the Capitol.
Confronted over abuse, California is bringing 116 kids home from faraway programs. Counties are scrambling
Dec. 18, 2020
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Maxwell, shown near her Stockton home, says staff at out-of-state facilities where she was sent abused children in their care.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Josiah, 19, at Ph
oenix Green Park in Sacramento, spent one year at Lakeside Academy in Kalamazoo, Mich., where a teen died after Sequel staff piled on him.Salgu Wissmath / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
County officials across California are scrambling to find new homes for more than 100 children with mental health and behavioral issues, following the state’s landmark decision to stop shipping these young people to faraway facilities.
New lawsuit filed against Sequel facility By Caroline Klapp | December 17, 2020 at 10:43 PM CST - Updated December 18 at 12:26 AM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A new lawsuit was filed against a Lawrence County psychiatric youth treatment facility claims staff abused and neglected a then 14-year-old boy who needed help. Sequel Youth & Family Services is being sued for abuse and neglect of children. An attorney says his client lived in a house of horrors and they want the company shutdown. (Source: WAFF)
This is just the newest twist in a massive investigation into Sequel Youth and Family services we’ve been covering for months.
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