Wolverine Human Services CEO Judith Fischer Wollack thought an upcoming meeting with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services meant the juvenile corrections nonprofit’s secured facility in Buena Vista was coming off its provisional license.
Investigations into Michigan juvenile facility found ‘corporal punishment,’ documents show
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The Lt. Clarence Fischer Center at the Wolverine Human Services campus in Vassar. MLive file photo. The Saginaw News/MLive.comThe Saginaw News/MLive.com
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VASSAR, MI - Recent special investigations into Wolverine Human Services’ Clarence Fischer Center at its campus in Vassar centered on two violent altercations between a resident and a staffer in late 2020, according to documents obtained by MLive through the Freedom of Information Act.
Both investigations feature a violent incident involving individuals referred to as “Staff 1″ and “Youth A.” In both cases, the investigation established the staff member inflicted corporal punishment, a violation of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ licensing rules. It’s unclear if the pseudonyms refer to the same people in both reports.
3 of 4 remaining Wolverine juvenile facilities in Michigan have open investigations, state says
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The Lt. Clarence Fischer Center at the Wolverine Human Services campus in Vassar. MLive file photo. The Saginaw News/MLive.comThe Saginaw News/MLive.com
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VASSAR, MI - Three of four Wolverine Human Services juvenile corrections facilities operating in Vassar and Detroit have open state investigations into licensing violations, according to Michigan Department of Health and Human Services public information officer Bob Wheaton.
Clarence Fischer Center in Vassar, a non-secure residential substance abuse treatment facility for boys and girls aged 12 to 17, has a 2nd provisional license, which is the same status the Wolverine Secure Treatment Center in Buena Vista Township had before the state recommended its license be revoked and it decided to close.
Documents show abuse allegations that led to closing of Wolverine juvenile facility in Buena Vista
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Sleeping rooms in the substance abuse treatment unit at Wolverine Secure Treatment Center, 2424 S. Outer Drive in Buena Vista Township. (The Saginaw News | March 26, 2009)
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SAGINAW, MI Documents provided to MLive by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services detail its investigations into misconduct at Wolverine Health Services’ Buena Vista Township juvenile detention facility, alleging “willful and substantial” violations of 10 state rules and regulations.
A Notice of Intent letter from MDHHS Department of Child Welfare Licensing Director Rachel Willis to Wolverine CEO Judith Fischer Wollack summarizes the findings of a recent investigative report and other previously investigated incidents at Wolverine Secure Treatment Center, located at 2424 N. Outer Drive in Buena Vista Township.
Wolverine juvenile facility will close in Buena Vista by end of April
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One of the inmate residents wears a sweatshirt with the motto of the Wolverine Human Services juvenile detention center on Outer Drive in Buena Vista Township. MLive file photo.
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SAGINAW COUNTY, MI - A juvenile corrections facility operating in Buena Vista Township is closing its doors by the end of April after the state announced it was working to revoke its license, according to internal emails obtained by MLive.
Wolverine Human Services Chief Operating Officer Thomas Krolicki announced the closing in a mass email to staff Wednesday evening.