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Che Gookin:
Hmm, none of this is jiving with the information I have. I'm most interested in their Georgia Wilderness camp, but the entire expanded AMI culture of light boat repairs and shit is of interest as well. Reminds me of outward bound in Florida who went from long term treking with kids on a more or less voluntary basis to adjudicated youth. I remember one of them dying in an Outward bound trek as well.

Once I develop my source more, and it is groovy for me to reveal more information, I'll do so.

Though the whole AMI connection in florida explains some things to me.

Ursus:

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--- Quote from: "Ursus" ---My guess is this is one of those private juvenile corrections facilities at the heart of it. AMIkids states that they are a non-profit, but ... in these kinds of cases, especially when it comes to juvie corrections, the administrators usually make at least six-figure salaries with plenty o' perks. I s'pose some might say that's not equivalent to much these days, but it is not exactly a vow of poverty either.

Perhaps it was started with the best of intentions, and perhaps ... once upon a time, when some of the original founders were more integrally involved, the dream was still young, and it was far far smaller ... that may have been the case, more or less. Maybe not. It's hard to tell from company histories. They always tell the tale so glowingly.
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Non-Profit Companies are required to put excess profits towards their goals and not distribute them to stockholders or the founders.  The money goes towards future preservation of the company.  In the early 60’s, 70’s and 80’s  the majority of these non-profits were depending on volunteers to supply the man power to run them.  Some even up to the President took very little salary.  But they began to lose good help in the late 1980’s and could not compete with for-profit organizations so they started to compensate their employees in an effort to stay in business.  So since then many of the non-profit upper echelon have enjoyed handsome salaries and bonuses which attracted the types of people needed to steer the ship and keep it afloat.
So, yes, the employees do make a profit and some of the upper management do very well but this was a move that had to be done to keep the non profits from going under.  

Also coinciding with this drop off…..The 80’s generation was one of entitlement with little desire to help others without being compensated for their effort.  They contributed very little of their time or net income to charities.  Things have not improved very much since then.
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I imagine that the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (aka the Welfare Reform Act) ... may have altered that landscape as well, at least in the human services subsector.

See also:


* Evolution Or Extinction: A Strategy for Nonprofits in the Marketplace by Edward Skloot. In: Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Jun 2000; vol. 29: pp. 315 - 324.
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_R ... tunity_Act

Anne Bonney:

--- Quote from: "DannyB II" ---Like I said it is a place for juvie's to learn a trade, check out a dude by the name of Clem Clausen, freind of mine works there. Dribble, I talk about things I really know about unlike you and your buddy Ursus who think throwing "copies and paste" up on the wall to see if it sticks, is a great past time.
All that that your buddy posted is great, he can copy and post with the best.  

Danny
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It's called sourcing.   Ya know....backing up what you say with facts?  You should try it sometime.

Ursus:

--- Quote from: "DannyB II" ---Like I said it is a place for juvie's to learn a trade...
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Perhaps that's what you were thinking of when you said "give them something more then what prison would give them," but, in fact, you never actually said anything about them learning a trade.  ;)  

In fact, it was Anne Bonney who should get credit for bringing that up.

Here are Anne's comments once again, specific to the issue of kids learning a trade at AMIkids:

When I was a kid our next door neighbor worked as a scuba instructor for one of the FL facilities. It was basically teaching kids marine mechanics and other marine technical skills. It was a good place to get your boat hauled out and a bottom job done inexpensively. All male, out-patient and pretty tame, from what I remember of the couple of visits there. The guys mostly had long hair and smoked cigarettes (things that never would've been tolerated in most programs. The time period I'm familiar with was during the '70s.), they had tutors there teaching high school courses to help them get their diploma. There was a pool table/game room for down time, no 'therapy' sessions but the instructors were there if the kids needed someone to talk to. The emphasis was more on learning a trade skill than 'character education'. It seemed to work pretty well, back then at least. I have no idea what they're like now.[/list]

Ursus:

--- Quote from: "DannyB II" ---They take kids that would otherwise be hanging out in juvie and try to give them something more then what prison would give them.
Danny
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Hmm. Gotta wonder just what that "something more" was in the following abuse incidents summarized on the Dallas News website. Of pertinence to this thread are two facilities owned and/or run by AMIkids that the Texas Youth Commission contracts out to. It should be noted that they are not the worst in this collection; however, they are there.

I assume each paragraph is taken from a different abuse report.

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Mistreatments at TYC Contract facilities
Abuse allegations for private contract facilities 2000-2006

Incident descriptions from confirmed abuse reports

Since 1974, TYC has contracted with private facilities to house its inmates. Over the years, contract facilities also have provided specialized services not available at TYC prisons. Operators include small locally owned businesses, county governments, nonprofits and large corporations. The descriptions listed for each facility are a sample from actual TYC records. Some contain graphic language...


* Associated Marine Institutes -- Rio Grande Marine Institute
8 confirmed / 26 total

It is alleged that staff facilitated an assault of youth by other youth.

The three youths were instructed to clean (buff) the floor in Room 3. Staff took the 3 youths to the supply room and advised them get several chemicals from the closet. Staff advised the 3 youths which chemicals to get, but did not know which chemicals they got out of the closet. They (staff and youth) went to clean Room 3 and began buffing the floor with tile chemicals that the youth had obtained from the closet. While the youth were buffing the floor, they began to feel a burning sensation on their legs from chemicals that the buffer was splashing on them. They advised staff and the nurse. The nurse felt that the youth needed to go for outside treatment to [location] for the burning sensation. They were taken to [location]. One of the youth had his leg become swollen around his tattoo. The doctor at the clinic stated that the chemicals had been absorbed by the ink of the tattoo.

While medication was being distributed by [staff], he accidentally gave the wrong medication (Keflex 500 mg.). The program nurse, Sylvia Hernandez, advised Mr. Ibarra that the youth was to be monitered all night. The nurse called the youth's doctor to see if youth needed to be seen by him. According to the doctor's office, if the youth is not allergic to antibiotics, nothing would happen to the youth's health.

Kid took his Zoloft from staff office while staff was in there; shared the pills; 4 kids taken to ER.
* Associated Marine Institutes -- WINGS For Life
5 confirmed / 6 total

While giving medication to youth program staff allowed [youth] to grab a prescription bottle of her isperidone. While still in the office, staff wasted time talking to the youth trying to get her to ... at which time youth quickly removed the lid and placed all pills in her mouth and swallowed about... called and youth taken to the hospital. It was deemed a suicide attempt.

TYC youth [youth] alleged that staff [staff] engaged in sexual contact with TYC youth. And... during placement at the WINGS program.

[Staff] is a former employee of WINGS. He is currently living with... She is on parole and is pregnant... we did not receive a specific due date. She indicated to her... that there was no physical contact between her and [staff] while she was in the program. [Youth] was released from the WINGS program I November 2002. [Staff's] employment at the WINGS program was terminated in February 2003.

... a former employee of WINGS, emailed TYC a long list of complaints regarding medical issues and medical staff at the WINGS program.

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