I have read thru as much as I could from where I left off. The issue of “due process of law” does not apply to these programs because they are not technically being committed (at least to the programs that I have checked into). I spoke to admissions at Cross Creek and they like to have a 72 hour evaluation done on the child before being admitted and they can provide places in the area where this can be done or you can choose your own. So at least for the state of Utah the kids can transition into a program after they have been evaluated and attain a signature from their legal guardian(s) to oversee their child. There may be places which are required to go thru a commitment process and get a court order from a judge, but I have not seen these yet. This is where the due process would come in that a few were asking about.
As far as posting private emails on the internet there is no law which covers this that I could find, but it is surely a breach of trust. As for the children in the program, what I found was as long as the letter was not sealed and addressed then the child or family cannot take any action against the school for disseminating the information or making it public. In a private setting, which does not have an inhouse post office, an envelope which has been sealed and addressed can take on a similar legal status as being posted, but this would take some argument and would depend on the contents of the letter.
So based on this finding Femanons exposure and the programs exposure are both on the same level of breach of trust.
I see Katie has come back to post more of her story. I was worried that maybe she got scared off.
NeilW
