Solstice RTC
| Solstice RTC | |
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| Address | |
1904 W Gordon Ave , , 84075 | |
| Coordinates | 41°04′30″N 112°00′00″W / 41.075°N 112.000°WCoordinates: 41°04′30″N 112°00′00″W / 41.075°N 112.000°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Information | |
| School type | For-profit program, residential treatment center for adolescents classified as emotionally disturbed |
| Owner | Family Help & Wellness, formerly Aspen Education and CRC Health Group |
Solstice RTC is a residential treatment center in Layton, Utah, for students ages 14–18.
Background[edit]
Solstice RTC (also called "Solstice West") is a Family Help & Wellness behavior-modification program that opened in 2008. It is marketed as a residential treatment center for teenage girls (as assigned at birth) ages 14 to 18. The program states that it specializes in treating girls struggling with trauma, attachment, loss, and addictions, but they also treat girls with a history of any of the following: depression, anxiety, substance abuse, eating disorders, self-harm, suicidal ideation, ADHD, adoption and attachment issues, family conflict, academic problems, processing difficulties, social anxieties, and emotional distress. The average length of stay is reported to be between 9 and 12 months. Solstice RTC has been a NATSAP member since 2009.
Solstice RTC is located in Layton, Utah. It is actually located only 4 miles from (and on the same road as) Island View RTC, an Aspen Education Group program now owned by Family Help & Wellness and marketed under the name Elevations RTC. Two of the three founders of Solstice (and many Solstice staff members) formerly worked at Island View RTC before leaving to create Solstice.
A program called Samaya RTC originally opened on June 28, 2007 at the same address as Solstice RTC. Samaya was closed less than a year later due to a failure to renew its license. Solstice RTC immediately opened in the location just days later. In fact, in an advertisement for Solstice RTC, there is a section that actually substitutes the word Solstice for Samaya. It appears that Solstice RTC is the re-brand of Samaya RTC.
In 2012, Solstice RTC expanded and opened another treatment center in Weaverville, North Carolina, called Solstice East. Solstice East's program is identical to that of Solstice West. In 2017, the program further expanded and opened Equinox RTC, which is a clone of Solstice except it caters to teenage boys.
Partnership with Family Help and Wellness[edit]
Solstice is partnered with Wilderness Training & Consulting, LLC, an Oregon-based company doing business as Family Help & Wellness.[1][2] The company was founded by Tim Dupell,[1] who was the executive vice president and CFO of Aspen Education from 1999 until 2004.
Family Help expanded by purchasing and re-opening other treatment facilities that had closed.[3]
Programming[edit]
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Controversy[edit]
Private Equity
Solstice West RTC's provider company, Family Help & Wellness, is owned by private equity firm Trinity Hunt Partners, which first invested in 2014. Family Help has close ties to Aspen Education Group. Family Help was founded in 2008 by Tim Dupell, the former EVP and CFO of Aspen, and multiple Aspen sites that were closed reopened under FHW.[4]
National Association for Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP)
Solstice West RTC belongs to the National Association for Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP), which is a membership program. In December 2020, after an increase of survivor record requests, the president of NATSAP advised programs on a leaked call to decline Protection & Advocacy organizations, whose job is to ensure people with disabilities are not mistreated, access to non-public parts of their programs and review it with an attorney.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tim Dupell Partner Letter – Elevations RTC". elevationsrtc.com. Elevations RTC. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ↑ "Oregon Secretary of State". egov.sos.state.or.us. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
- ↑ "Rollups: Private Equity Eyes Youth Treatment Centers as a Takeover Target". 17 February 2022.
- ↑ O'Grady, Eileen (February 2022). "The Kids Are Not Alright: How Private Equity Profits Off of Behavioral Health Services for Vulnerable and At-Risk Youth" (PDF). Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Miller, Jessica (December 2, 2020). "Utah's 'troubled-teen industry' warned about investigation launched by Disability Law Center". Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "NATSAP: Solstice West RTC Full Member". May 2022. Unknown parameter
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