Author Topic: CARF/PFC/STRAIGHT Connections... (Read 1929 times)

Anonymous · « **on:** December 11, 2007, 10:16:25 PM »

Dear readers, after reading this article, well, whatever, this is incredible news!

http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbc ... 61/RSS1003

What I'd like to know, among thousands of other things of course, :rofl: is how could a so-called "reputable" accreditation agency actually think that FIRST PHASE, etc etc etc... you know, is good for a kid? I mean COME ON!!

this BS is amazing.

Oh, and a proverbial cherry on top here is at the end of the article, it states that PFC has licensed facilities in Northwest IN. Well, Where is it? Terri won't email me, the director of the Porter IN YMCA, uh, Ms. Miller says she doesn't know but would find out, but hasn't yet... uhm, some dude says he knows someone who says they do, but the person he knows is um thus far invisible to me, and the saga continues. What gives?

Please, if you know where this building is, other than their deal goin on inside the Duneland Wellness Center in Chesterton, by all means, please post it ASAP. You see, simply being a referrer/assessor at Duneland doesn't appear to qualify PFC/STRAIGHT/CARF to make such erroneous statements to the press. Indiana referrers/assessors don't need licenses. Hmmmmmmmmmm. Well now, I surely hope the doctors that work there at Duneland are ALL licensed. Without a seperate building with the PFC logo on the front of it, how can they claim that that have one?

Thank you

Ursus · « **Reply #1 on:** December 12, 2007, 06:01:24 AM »

This looks more like one of those phony "press releases" than an article. The sequence of paragraphs and the wording of "this accreditation decision" are pretty much exactly like the paragraph sequence and wording of similar announcements vis a vis CARF's accreditation of other programs. Sometimes these programs see fit to devote a page on their website to this announcement as well.

There must be a template floating around at CARF... insert program specs here, accreditation history here, last paragraph is supplied by the program itself - shitpit in a nutshell style.

Link expanded:

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Cincinnati.Com
Community Press & Recorder
Pathway Family Center awarded accreditation
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

MILFORD - CARF, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, International announced that Pathway Family Center has been accredited for a period of three years for its outpatient treatment for alcohol and other drugs/addictions (children and adolescents) and therapeutic communities for integrated alcohol and other drugs/mental health (children and adolescents) programs. The latest accreditation is the first consecutive three-year accreditation the international accrediting body has awarded to Pathway Family Center. CARF establishes consumer-focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality of programs and services.

This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization and shows the Pathway Family Center's substantial conformance to the CARF standards. Receiving a three-year accreditation, Pathway Family Center completed a rigorous peer review process and has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that its programs and services are of the highest quality, measurable and accountable.

CARF states "Pathway Family Center's practice of treating the family issues surrounding adolescent substance abuse concurrently with the adolescent, with corresponding graduating levels of goal achievement and progress for the parents, culminates in the provision of a valuable service component. This is an exemplary practice of family inclusion, participation, production and accomplishment."

Pathway Family Center is a nonprofit substance abuse treatment center for adolescents. Pathway provides a complete continuum of care including: Drug screening, substance abuse assessment and referral, outpatient services and a unique long-term treatment program. Pathway is a family-centered facility that focuses on teaching coping strategies, life skills and strengthening both individual and family relationships. A staff of professionals are experts in substance abuse and behavioral problems. Pathway Family Center has licensed locations in Michigan, Indiana, Northwest Indiana and Ohio, and has been servicing adolescents and their families since 1993. For additional information, contact Summer Deepe 575-7300 or call our 24-hour parent helpline at 800-261-4605.

Anonymous · « **Reply #2 on:** December 12, 2007, 03:52:09 PM »

Did ya'll know that CARF accredited KHK when it was owned by TriState Drug Rehabilitation and Counseling Program Inc. (dba Kids Helping Kids)? Before it was TSDRCP, it was STRAIGHT, Midwest. Jeez. Well it's true. Besides, The phone lines at the Ohio facility called KHK have been ringing inside PFC Michigan/Indianapolis offices for years. CARF should have known that this program is all the same damn thing. Point being is that they worded it like this is the first time they've awarded a 3 year accreditation, blah blah blah.. Well, there's more than one UNtruth in their statement. Prior to PFC's acquisition of KHK in Ohio, PFC had been accredited by COA, but not any more, :rofl: COA appears to be more reputable, but both agencies should never accredit criminal child abuse. Did COA drop them? Makes me wonder how they retain credibility in the 'professional' world. Kinda cheapens the legitimate folks's credentials.

Ursus · « **Reply #3 on:** December 13, 2007, 02:46:19 AM »

CARF awards accreditation to lots of facilities it shouldn't. And lots of three-year accreditation these days it seems. They accredit Narconon (Scientology, anyone?), SLS Health, and eGetgoing, "the only nationally accredited online alcohol and drug treatment program" (CRC Health, owner of Aspen Ed), amongst many others...

'SLS in Brewster, NY?'
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?t=23220

From: 'Big Fish CRC Trawls The Waters' (re. eGetGoing)
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?p=281844#281844

See also here for some more general info on CARF:
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?p=285281#285281

Anonymous · « **Reply #4 on:** December 13, 2007, 11:20:15 AM »

hmmm, I wonder if CARF should join the ranks of "the watchlist". hmmm

:-?

Anonymous · « **Reply #5 on:** September 24, 2008, 12:26:53 PM »

Despite the fact that CARF awards many allegedly abusive programs, the one that stands out to me is SLS Health. This program is so bad that even though CARF accredited them they did so with STIPULATIONS and forced the company to mention that fact on it's websites. You must be pretty bad to get CARF accreditation with stipulations! Maybe CARF wants to give itself some breathing room since SLS' licenses/operating certificates were just revoked by the State of New York?

Anonymous · « **Reply #6 on:** September 24, 2008, 09:28:08 PM »

In the state of Indiana, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHA) licenses PFC based on their CARF accreditation. According to the DMHA Deputy Director Kendra Ballenger, DMHA never visited the Indianapolis PFC building when it re-certified them earlier this year. They essentially take the word of CARF that PFC is operating according to the rules. Also earlier this year a stink was raised about how PFC was claiming it had 4 licensed facilities, 2 in IN, but there really was only one. CARF found it interesting that PFC was falsely advertising their service in this manner and lo and behold, within a week or so, they corrected ONE page on their website but failed to do a complete job. Now they are going through the hoops to open that new facility.
Meanwhile, DMHA does not consider the straight inc treatment model to be abusive/fraudulent/criminal... If someone can convince CARF that the straight inc treatment model should be banned, then DMHA will listen. When PFC lost their COA accreditation in 2007, they failed to notify DMHA of this fact, which is required by the IAC 4.4 there in Indiana, but DMHA basically held their hand and 'reminded' them and PFC supplied DMHA with the CARF summary report and they never skipped a beat. Point being, CARF is certainly a culprit at this point.

Also, just for the record, the CADC there in Porter County has stepped into the spotlight yet again. Many of its "board members" are former PFC customers. This could get interesting sooner than later.

RG

psy · « **Reply #7 on:** September 25, 2008, 01:22:00 AM »

Quote from: "Rusty's Goat"

If someone can convince CARF that the straight inc treatment model should be banned, then DMHA will listen.

And as soon as you can do that, PFC will suddenly claim to have "reformed" and have entirely "new" methods. I've seen this happen before. They just change the names on everything.

Anonymous · « **Reply #8 on:** September 25, 2008, 10:04:33 AM »

A well designed report, complete with diagrams, would give the reader a much clearer perspective into the mechanics of the straight inc modality. Add to it some former client testimony and there really should be NO way for anyone to deny or otherwise dismiss any of it. When lining up the handbooks, rulebooks from PFC/KHK/STRAIGHT Inc. etc, you may as well have kept the straight inc one and just replaced the front cover. Terminology changes are easily explained with a diagram.

RG

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