Document Description Report

 

 

This report is a detailed description of the supporting evidence and documentation provided by ISAC Corporation in its reclassification request to ODADAS.

 

SECTION 1:

 

In March of 2005, ISAC Corporation sent a Client Questionnaire to a parent and her son, a client of KHEC. This document confirms allegations of physical and psychological abuse in the ISAC Corporation complaint against KHK; dated April 4, 2005. Furthermore, these abuses extended into the host home used by the client. This document clearly supports the ISAC Corporation claim that treatment extends to the host homes used by KHK.

 

SECTION 2:

 

This section starts with copies of a complaint to ODJFS against the use of host homes in December of 2000. ODJFS closed this complaint after Penny Walker, executive director of KHK, received an application for a license to “recommend” foster homes. A letter from ODJFS to Penny Walker advising her of requirements to be licensed was included in this section. The next document is the “Kids Helping Kids Host Home Component” letter. It describes the host home model in detail. Of particular concern is the statement: “KHK’s professional liability insurance specifically addresses coverage for host home incidents. Limits are $l,000,000I$3,000,000.” This indicates that host homes use KHK treatment on clients, regardless of their phase status. Phases range from ito 5 and may include aftercare in certain circumstances.

In a letter dated December 14, 2000 to ODJFS licensing specialist Jeannie Ruggieri, Penny Walker states “Our clients do not actually move into a host home, since they do not take their possessions or any more than a change of clothes.” This is clearly more evidence that host homes perform KI-IK treatment. ISAC Corporation is also concerned about what happens to first phase clients on Sundays. The building is closed, however, the phasers are “holed up” at the host homes, unable to relax and take a day off in the “Natural Environment”.

Included in this section is a copy of Section 5103.02, from the House Bill 408. A letter acknowledging that ODJFS sent KHK an application is also included. No copies of any license were included in the ODJFS package sent to ISAC Corporation. An inquiry has been made to determine if in fact KHK has the license for which they applied.

 

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Margaret Singer, PhD was an expert on thought reform. She spent countless hours researching and reporting about it throughout her life. As Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, she wrote the report that is included