Part of this is old news, i.e., that
Homeward Bound owns
Family Front; we already figured
that one out. Also, as reported last week (post just prior to this one), Homeward Bound formed a partnership with George Posner's
Educational Consulting Services (Syracuse, NY and Salt Lake City, UT).
The
new news (at least to me) is that Homeward Bound has
also formed partnerships with
Turnabout/Stillwater Academy (South Jordan, UT) and
ANASAZI Foundation (Mesa, AZ), and are looking to form
more such alliances with others in the industry.
Although mention of the "partnership" hasn't yet made it to the
"aftercare" section of Turnabout/Stillwater Academy's website, I did find it in their "News" section. See
HERE for more info.
According to Anasazi's website,
their said partnership is actually
old news from earlier this year (I guess I musta missed it; maybe that was one of the time periods that fornits was off-line this year). See
HERE for rectification of that prior omission.
I think this is a trend that we'll see more of as the economy continues to worsen: organizations involved in the troubled teen industry will
diversify (broadening the scope of services they provide),
consolidate (trim off locations/programs which are less lucrative), and
form partnerships/alliances with other organizations in the industry in an attempt to remain viable/survive.
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Homeward BoundLehi, Utah
Homeward Bound Creates Family FrontOffers "partnerships" with respected educational consulting firmsContact:
Tim Thayne Ph.D.
CEO/Founder
801-768-1441
http://www.homewardbound.nethttp://www.familyfront.comOctober 15, 2008
Tim Thayne Ph.D., founder of Homeward Bound, which has been offering in-home aftercare services for four years, announced an expansion of their services by creating Family Front, "a wholly owned subsidiary of Homeward Bound." The stated purpose of Family Front is "to support families earlier in the process… to provide an effective alternative to a much more costly and disruptive out-of-home placement."
To better provide more treatment options at more affordable prices, Homeward Bound and Family Front are looking to develop "partnerships" with educational consultants and program providers. According to their web site
http://www.homewardbound.net [partnerships] have been developed with Educational Consultant George Posner's Educational Consulting Services, New York and Utah,
http://www.gposner.com, Turnabout/Stillwater Academy, Salt Lake City, 866-359-4600 and ANASAZI foundation, 800-678-3445,
http://www.anasazi.org.
"By including intensive in-home services and multi-systemic support as an option within the overall treatment plan, treatment lengths can be shortened," said Dr. Tim Thayne, founder and CEO of Homeward Bound. "This makes the placement of troubled teens in out-of-home treatment settings more financially feasible to a larger number of families than ever before."
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