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Teen on life support after assault at children's home
wdtony:
It probably could be a type of holding place used by social services. I am not familiar with the Ohio Cabinet's practices.
I think it is a bit weird what this woman said:
Jody Canupp, development director at One Way Farm, said the agency accepts children from nine Ohio counties, including Butler, Warren and Hamilton counties, but she declined to release the names of the other counties. According to the facility’s website, each of the male and female shelters have 20 beds available but Canupp also declined to release how many beds are currently filled.
When asked about the agency’s protocol for responding to fights, Canupp said, “I don’t care to answer that question,” and referred further comment to Fairfield Twp. police detectives.
So there are not 20 beds in this program, but a total of 40. And Canupp won't state her knowledge about protocol when it comes to fights. I would think the development director would be aware of all protocols.
Ursus:
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--- Quote from: "Ursus" ---There is a disturbing amount of overly positive PR about this place. They must use the same marketing strategy that Boys' Town uses: crush the voices of complaint by rallying overwhelming community support behind the program's efforts to "save the children."
Don't get me wrong, maybe this all is "really for real," and I can then be safely labeled a dour suspicious ol' bear, but... I've known of folks who really have devoted their lives to endeavors of this ilk, and they don't get even a fraction of the press coverage or community service awards the founder of this place does. Ya gotta wonder, especially in Ohio, just how that comes to be.
I was also a lil taken aback to read how much of a fan of "tough-love" she is. Maybe she means something different by that term than everybody else does. Maybe not.
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I think you must have access to sources I'm not familiar with, or somehow overlooked. I don't know who "she" is nor do I remember reading about "tough love". This information might change my perception of the place.
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"She" is the founder of One Way Farm, and her name is Barbara Condo.
Here is the article that I (obliquely) referred to. There is no date noted in either of the two links, and the Cincinnati Enquirer archives only go as far back as the mid 1990s, so I'm not sure exactly when this was originally published. My guess is that it was some time late 1982.
Alternate link for article includes grainy b&w pic of Condo in 1982 or 83.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
"WOMEN OF THE YEAR 1982"
Barbara Condo Knows One Way To Help Troubled Youths Change
Barbara Condo just returned from a vacation in Florida. She couldn't wait to get back.
"My family sent me off to get a rest. But I'm not used to all the peace and quiet. I had to turn on the TV every night just to get to sleep. I needed the noise."
The noise that Mrs. Condo loves is the activity at One Way Farm, of which she is the founding mother and spiritual bedrock. The family that sent her to Florida is the 11 teen-agers who live there with her.
Only three of them are hers, three of seven children who still remain at home. The rest are from broken homes, alcoholic or abusive parents, drug addictions, lives of crime, worlds they can't cope with. For helping them to cope with it anyway, Mrs. Condo has been named one of 10 Enquirer Women of the Year for 1982.
It is not the first time she has been named a woman of the year. A few years ago she was Fairfield's Woman of the Year.
Mrs. Condo and her husband, Jerry, formed One Way Farm about six years ago as a place for "trouble kids," where they could find refuge, either from their own families, jail or sometimes even from themselves. Since then, it has become something of a haven, not only for the youths, but for Butler Country Juvenile Court authorities who need to find some tough-love for their young offenders.
Tough-love is what the Condos specialize in. "You can teach kids who are full of hate," Mrs. Condo says. "I teach them some responsibility, and don't let them get by with things. If they're cons at 13, they'll be cons their whole lives, unless something changes. Here, they're productive. And loved. I'm blessed to be able to put that philosophy to use. It's my gift to the world."
That philosophy comes from direct experience. "I had such a rough childhood myself—cold, hungry, lonely and humiliated. But I just couldn't let it go to waste. I know what it is to want to be wanted so bad.
"Here, we recreate the extended family. We all live together, just like a family, and deal with everyday problems. If a kid comes home with a D, he's going to study harder. Even my own kids live here, and they've been raised with ex-offenders, drug addicts, even murderers. They're exceptional kids. They've had a million-dollar education without the cost."
Over the years, the Condos have been family to more than 200 youths. "My husband never knows what his family's going to consist of when he gets home from work (as a truck driver). He just comes in and introduces himself. A lot of people couldn't do that. I certainly couldn't do all this if he couldn't."
Mrs. Condo's work with the youths isn't a sometime thing, because the youths are not a sometime thing. They live right there. So does she. She works from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., and then some. "You never know when you're going to get a phone call."
Mrs. Condo measures her success in the tangible ways of the heart. "When one of the kids I've had calls me over Christmas, and maybe he's not even employed, and maybe she's got kids by then, and says 'I'm making it!'—that's success."
FRIDAY: Barbara Fitch
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The 1982 Women of the Year honorees will be recognized Feb. 25 during a
noon luncheon in the Grand Ballroom of Stouffer's Cincinnati Towers, Sixth and Elm Sts., downtown.
Tickets for the luncheon are $7 each. They may be purchased by mailing a check or money order and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Women of the Year Tickets, The Enquirer, 617 Vine St., Cincinnati 45201. Requests should indicate a preference for a meat or fish entree. Tickets may also be purchased in the Circulation Department on the third floor of The Enquirer. No tickets will be sold at the luncheon.
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cmack:
--- Quote from: "Ursus" ---Is it possible this place may be one of those "holding tanks" where kids get put upon removal from their families by social service agencies? It seems like these agencies have been getting more and more aggressive and taking some actions that are beyond the pale ... as far as what's in the best interests of the child is concerned.
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--- Quote from: "wdtony" ---So there are not 20 beds in this program, but a total of 40. And Canupp won't state her knowledge about protocol when it comes to fights. I would think the development director would be aware of all protocols.
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One thing we know about programs, especially ones that live off public money, is that they hate to have empty beds. In the end it all boils down to the money.
Ursus:
From the above article, emphasis added:
It is not the first time [Barbara Condo] has been named a woman of the year. A few years ago she was Fairfield's Woman of the Year.[/list]
That award was from the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce, if I'm not mistaken... Just google "chamber of commerce" + ohio + "voter fraud" and see what ya get! :D
cmack:
--- Quote from: "Ursus" ---Mrs. Condo and her husband, Jerry, formed One Way Farm about six years ago as a place for "trouble kids," where they could find refuge, either from their own families, jail or sometimes even from themselves. Since then, it has become something of a haven, not only for the youths, but for Butler Country Juvenile Court authorities who need to find some tough-love for their young offenders.
Tough-love is what the Condos specialize in. "You can teach kids who are full of hate," Mrs. Condo says. "I teach them some responsibility, and don't let them get by with things. If they're cons at 13, they'll be cons their whole lives, unless something changes. Here, they're productive. And loved. I'm blessed to be able to put that philosophy to use. It's my gift to the world."
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Okay, it's a Program. As such places go it may not be as bad as some others. There's a certain degree of protection that comes from having mail and phone privileges and going to public schools, and having unsupervised time away from campus, but the mentality appears to be largely the same.
It's that quote above "sometimes even from themselves" that I think irks me the most. There's a huge difference between being nurtured and guided on the one hand and being manipulated and trained like a circus animal on the other. There's a fine line between doing things for people and doing things to people.
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