- Academy at Swift River
- Talisman Academy
- Stone Mountain School
- SUWS Adolescent & Youth Programs
- Adirondack Leadership Expeditions
Some parts of SUWS remains in operation. Also other independent programs have announced their closure. Among the most well-known programs among survivors was Lighthouse Ministries of North West Florida formerly known as Victory Christian Academy. When the program was located in California a girl died there while she was put to work on something she wasn't trained professional do. Construction work demands education and the program was kicked out of California. They soon found a safe haven in Florida where the authorities doesn't care about religious programs.
However resent coverage in the media put the spotlight on programs like the Lighthouse. Their past was presented to the public. They had no choice but to close. However the closure came too late for the author Michele Ulriksen who died in 2011. Her book "Reform at Victory" showed the ordeal she and the other girls were forced to endure.
2013 seems to be a fine year. So far no teenagers have died in a group home or wilderness program which would be the first for several decades. We will cross our fingers and hope the best.
Sources:
- Aspen Education Group Closes Five Programs (Strugglingteens - industry marketing firm)
- Factsheet about Academy at Swift River (Fornits Wiki)
- Factsheet about Stone Mountain School (Fornits Wiki)
- Factsheet about Adirondack Leadership Expeditions (Fornits Wiki)
- Factsheet about SUWS (Fornits Wiki)
- Reform at Victory
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