There can't be an investigation into AARC, there's nothing to investigate. Dean Vause did not work in Miller Newton's cult. AARC uses a brand new mode of treatment completely unrelated to Kids, and thus Straight. Dean Vause is a licensed mental health professional. He obtained his PhD after completing a lengthy period of clinical research. The Clinical staff at AARC is composed of licensed mental health professionals, as is the Peer Staff. The Clients stay in host homes in which they are continually monitored by adults who have been vetted to ensure the safety of their adolescent charges. The treatment involves the most modern, scientifically proven methods. Clients in AARC are never deprived of their rights, and are free to communicate with their friends and family throughout their stay in AARC. There is not now, nor has there ever been a punishment phase in AARC called Zero Club in which other clients are given total control of Newcomers, monitoring them while they bathe and move their bowels.
AARC's expenditures are entirely in keeping with a facility that keeps 30-36 adolescents during the day.
Since the Peer Counselors are all trained professionals, there is no risk of the Peer Counselors inflicting harm upon their charges. Likewise, because AARC does not use the Oldcomer/Newcomer dynamic that was used in Straight and Kids, the potential for abuses by Oldcomers was avoided.
Sorry to disappoint.
