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FOX Crying about PFC
« on: February 20, 2009, 09:44:22 AM »
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/lo ... expectedly



Teen Addiction Center
Closes

Last Edited: Thursday, 19 Feb 2009, 8:25 PM EST
Created On: Thursday, 19 Feb 2009, 4:54 PM EST

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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Money problems have forced the former Pathway Family Center in Southfield to close its doors.

"I was getting high and getting drunk every day. That's basically all I did ... I got arrested, and I went to jail ... I was basically dropped out of high school. I didn't care about myself. I didn't care about my family or my future," said Samantha.

The 19-year-old girl was one of the lost teenagers who found herself at Pathway. Her life was spiraling out of control from a cocaine and alcohol addiction. Another teen, who wishes to remain anonymous, was headed in the same direction. "I considered myself an alcoholic and a drug addict, and i'm 18 years old," he said.

These kids and their families say the program, which has been running for 16 years, was a godsend, but now the non-profit center has closed its doors. A company spokesperson said mounting financial problems and Michigan's tough economy left them with no choice.

The center's vice president of marketing told FOX 2 News that 20 staff members lost their jobs and some of the 30 patients were transferred out of state to another facility in Indiana. This was the only long-term treatment center for teens in Michigan, and the families say the community needs this program.

"I don't see an end in sight for teens experimenting with drugs. I think that it's everywhere in every school system and across the board," said one parent.

That's why a group of parents and staff members have been meeting independently to try and continue the lifesaving work that dramatically changed young lives. However, it all comes down to money. They estimate about $250,000 will need to be raised and have no idea who will provide that funding.

For more information or to make a donation, contact Changes Recovery Center at (248) 552-8111
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Re: FOX Crying about PFC
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2009, 09:57:59 AM »
OOOOOOHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :waaaa:  :waaaa:  :waaaa:  :waaaa:  :waaaa:  :waaaa:  :waaaa:  :waaaa:  :waaaa:


NOT PFC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :waaaa:  :waaaa:  :waaaa:  :waaaa:  :waaaa:  :waaaa:


WHY :waaaa:  :waaaa:  :waaaa:  PFC??? WHYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!?  :waaaa:  :waaaa: WHY!!!!!!!!!??????  :waaaa:  :waaaa:  :waaaa:  :waaaa:  :waaaa:  :waaaa:


Aw jeez, break my legs and buy me a bicycle already!!!  :roflmao:  :roflmao:  :roflmao:  :roflmao:
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Re: FOX Crying about PFC
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2009, 11:00:29 AM »
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That's why a group of parents and staff members have been meeting independently to try and continue the lifesaving work that dramatically changed young lives. However, it all comes down to money. They estimate about $250,000 will need to be raised and have no idea who will provide that funding.

For more information or to make a donation, contact Changes Recovery Center at (248) 552-8111

Great!  Yet another clone!
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Re: FOX Crying about PFC
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2009, 11:01:36 AM »
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That's why a group of parents and staff members have been meeting independently to try and continue the lifesaving work that dramatically changed young lives. However, it all comes down to money. They estimate about $250,000 will need to be raised and have no idea who will provide that funding.

For more information or to make a donation, contact Changes Recovery Center at (248) 552-8111

• I found at least two "Changes Recovery Center" online. The most likely candidate, which has just opened shop, is: http://www.changesrecoverycenter.org/ The Home page header reads: "Changes: A therapeutic community rebuilding dreams for teens."

• A Notice of Intent was published about a week ago:
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Notice of Intent
Changes Recovery Center, 6892 West Maple Rd., West Bloomfield, MI. 48322, has applied for a substance abuse license through the Michigan Dept. of Community Health, substance abuse licensing section. The license will allow us to provide outpatient substance abuse services. Comments should be directed to Friendship Circle, 6892 West Maple Rd., West Bloomfield MI 48322.
Publish: February 12, 2009
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• Domain registration info for Changes Recovery Center from Network Solutions:
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Domain ID:D155228838-LROR
Domain Name:CHANGESRECOVERYCENTER.ORG
Created On:30-Jan-2009 13:17:42 UTC
Expiration Date:30-Jan-2010 13:17:42 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Abacus America Inc dba Names4Ever (R14-LROR)
Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:ARL59
Registrant Name:Gregory Brewer
Registrant Organization:Vowire LLC
Registrant Street1:5922 Felske Dr
Registrant Street2:
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Registrant City:Brighton
Registrant State/Province:MI
Registrant Postal Code:48116
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.8102292400
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Registrant FAX:+1.8102297791
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Re: FOX Crying about PFC
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2009, 11:25:26 AM »
To reduce any potential confusion further on down the road, here are the other two "Changes Recovery Center" that I found:

1.) A seemingly mainstream non-profit in Georgia, apparently focused on assisting teenage girls.
    CHANGES RECOVERY CENTER INC
    3760 BENCHMARK DR
    ATLANTA, GA
    30349-3512
2.) A "credit cleaning" company based in California, but with offices in Michigan, according to a lawsuit I found. Judging by the number of times this company changed names, I kinda doubt that they will be a source for any confusion (probably no longer known by that name as I write this). Somehow, even through acquisition of this company by "other" companies, one salient feature remained the same: 100% ownership by a Ute Goldkuhl. See ALSO.
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Re: FOX Crying about PFC
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2009, 11:40:49 AM »
Quote from: "Ursus"

• A Notice of Intent was published about a week ago:
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Notice of Intent
Changes Recovery Center, 6892 West Maple Rd., West Bloomfield, MI. 48322, has applied for a substance abuse license through the Michigan Dept. of Community Health, substance abuse licensing section. The license will allow us to provide outpatient substance abuse services. Comments should be directed to Friendship Circle, 6892 West Maple Rd., West Bloomfield MI 48322.
Publish: February 12, 2009


I wonder how that OUTpatient part will hold up.
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Re: FOX Crying about PFC
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2009, 12:08:20 PM »
Changes
David Bowie

I still don't know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild
A million dead-end streets
Every time I thought I'd got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But I've never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I'm much too fast to take that test

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Don't want to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time

I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence and
So the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Don't tell t hem to grow up and out of it
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Where's your shame
You've left us up to our necks in it
Time may change me
But you can't trace time

Strange fascination, fascinating me
Changes are taking the pace I'm going through

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Oh, look out you rock 'n rollers
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Pretty soon you're gonna get a little older
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
I said that time may change me
But I can't trace time
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Re: FOX Crying about PFC
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2009, 12:12:15 PM »
I've always loved that song.  Especially the highlighted line below.....



Quote from: "Changeling"
Changes
David Bowie

I still don't know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild
A million dead-end streets
Every time I thought I'd got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But I've never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I'm much too fast to take that test

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Don't want to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time

I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence and
So the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Don't tell t hem to grow up and out of it
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Where's your shame
You've left us up to our necks in it
Time may change me
But you can't trace time

Strange fascination, fascinating me
Changes are taking the pace I'm going through

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Oh, look out you rock 'n rollers
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Pretty soon you're gonna get a little older
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
I said that time may change me
But I can't trace time
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Re: FOX Crying about PFC
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2009, 12:20:41 PM »
Quote from: "Anne Bonney"
I wonder how that OUTpatient part will hold up.
They mean host homes.  AARC, for example tries to claim it's outpatient as did it's predecessor, Kids.
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Re: FOX Crying about PFC
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2009, 12:25:56 PM »
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Domain Name:CHANGESRECOVERYCENTER.ORG
Created On:30-Jan-2009 13:17:42 UTC

Fwiw, the website was created ?1 week after PFC-Southfield, MI allegedly closed (some discrepancy as to the actual date), and 1 day after THIS article appeared. Notice of Intent for Changes Recovery Center was published just 13 days after the website was created.

Looks like someone knew what was coming for some time before everyone else did.
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Re: FOX Crying about PFC
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2009, 12:29:02 PM »
Quote from: "psy"
Quote from: "Anne Bonney"
I wonder how that OUTpatient part will hold up.
They mean host homes.  AARC, for example tries to claim it's outpatient as did it's predecessor, Kids.


Yep.  'Zactly what I'm talkin' 'bout.
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Re: FOX Crying about PFC
« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2009, 12:30:57 PM »
Jeffrey Spilman is the name on the incorporation papers, so is he the same dude that does all that entertainment shit up there? He's on a youtube video with Clint Eastwood.

VERIFY PLEASE VERIFY PLEASE... LOL
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Re: FOX Crying about PFC
« Reply #12 on: February 20, 2009, 12:44:55 PM »
Quote from: "Ursus"
Looks like someone knew what was coming for some time before everyone else did.
Which implies this new place wasn't really the parent's idea.
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Jeffrey Spilman
« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2009, 01:05:21 PM »
Quote from: "Changeling"
Jeffrey Spilman is the name on the incorporation papers, so is he the same dude that does all that entertainment shit up there? He's on a youtube video with Clint Eastwood.

VERIFY PLEASE VERIFY PLEASE... LOL

My guess is that they are one and the same. There is a Jeffrey Spilman who is an entertainment lawyer in Michigan/California, and who also majored in theater while in college (UMich):

    Jeffrey Spilman’s Experience

    • Managing Partner
    S3 Entertainment Group
    (Entertainment industry)
    Currently holds this position

    • Partner
    The Spilman Firm, PLLC
    (Law Practice industry)
    November 2001 — Present (7 years 4 months)

    Entertainment Law Firm with emphasis on the film industry. Offices in Troy, Michigan and Los Angeles, California.


    Jeffrey Spilman’s Education

    • Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University
    Juris Doctor, Law, 1981 — 1984
    Activities and Societies: Entertainment Law Journal

    • University of Michigan
    BA, Political Science/Theater, 1977 — 1980[/list]

    http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/jeffrey/spilman
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    Re: FOX Crying about PFC
    « Reply #14 on: February 20, 2009, 01:54:26 PM »
    Hmm, very good Ursus.  

    According to an "official" source, this LEVEL THREE and above activity at the PFC MI facility would still be a licensed activity since, at this particular moment in time, it is considered to be the "outpatient" portion of the program and the PFC license and program closure paperwork has not yet been received by MCDH. Therefore any more LEVEL TWO or LEVEL ONE's either went to Indy or left the program. PFC is essentially running on 3 cylinders instead of 5, or at least trying to. But how can you start someone at LEVEL THREE in a STRAIGHT INC based modality? This will be very interesting to see.

    Why does PFC claim to have closed, like in the news reports and told MCDH that they were closing, but then act in this manner? Something is not adding up at all. The in house teacher there PFC, Tom Gratch, was apparently not certified as such and apparently some credits don't count somehow in the school system outside of PFC. HMMM!!!
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