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CRC Health Annual Report: "Highly Leveraged"
blombrowski:
The program side of the Luzerne County situation was primarily Mid-Atlantic Youth Services Corp. No affiliation to ASPEN or to the "parent-choice" world of residential providers as far as I can tell.
It's a real stretch to try to implicate John Reuben or any of the ASPEN folks directly in this situation.
There were some unidentified wilderness and residential programs as I recall in one of the articles, that the judges may have referred kids to that they may have also received kickbacks other than those owned by MAYSC, but again there were no names named. As far as I know those programs that the judges referred kids to were in Pennyslvania, and ASPEN owns no programs in Pennsylvania.
If anyone has more info on the programs involved, please do tell.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: "blombrowski" ---It's a real stretch to try to implicate John Reuben or any of the ASPEN folks directly in this situation.
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Not exactly. Pennsylvania facilities provided the most revenue for Aspen.
--- Quote ---According to CRC Health/AEG:
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--- Quote ---For 2008, Pennsylvania facilities accounted for approximately 12.3% of our total revenue, Utah facility accounted for approximately 12.0% of our total revenue, our California facilities accounted for approximately 11.9% of our total revenue, our Arizona facilities accounted for approximately 11.6% of our total revenue, and our North Carolina facilities accounted for approximately 10.2% of our total revenue. If our treatment facilities in these states are adversely affected by changes in regulatory and economic conditions, our revenue and profitability may decline.
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Someone was handing money to the Judges, not saying it was STICC or the Reuben guy, but if they come up dirty the cops should question anyone who might be involved, and Reuben moved to Philly last year, 40 mi. from Allentown.
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---Therapeutic programs are never a problem getting them integrated into communities.
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LOL, tell that to the small town whose citizens basically said "No. Just no." when someone tried to open up a program in their town. This had nothing to do with human rights; apparently the idea of a building full of delinquents in their neighborhood didn't sit well with them. Long story short, the bid was rejected.
But who said anything about therapeutic anything? We're talking about Aspen Education Group here.
Programs flock to where they can get away with it. Lax regulation and oversight is both a precursor to judicial abuses and program construction. So the judicial abuses and Aspen's revenue aren't directly connected, but also not entirely a coincidence. Wherever there's a local culture of child abuse being okay, that's where you'll find programs.
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---Programs flock to where they can get away with it. Lax regulation and oversight is both a precursor to judicial abuses and program construction. So the judicial abuses and Aspen's revenue aren't directly connected, but also not entirely a coincidence. Wherever there's a local culture of child abuse being okay, that's where you'll find programs.
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Well i say stuff a bomb up the arse of someone in charge of one and they might think twice the next time they want to open one.
Whooter:
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Programs flock to where they can get away with it. Lax regulation and oversight is both a precursor to judicial abuses and program construction. So the judicial abuses and Aspen's revenue aren't directly connected, but also not entirely a coincidence. Wherever there's a local culture of child abuse being okay, that's where you'll find programs.
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Most businesses look for the most favorable place to establish themselves, not just programs.... low tax rate, acceptable community, ability to conduct their business with the least amount of resistence from local officials and regulations. Businesses want to have as much a free hand as possible. The town next to me voted out a plan by Walmart to build there... huge outcry and protest until they moved on. So it depends on the community. Walmart isnt all that evil of a business.
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