After a tumultuous year for Great Circle that included an FBI raid, abuse charges against multiple employees and the closure of its residential treatment program in Webster Groves, the behavioral
After a tumultuous year for Great Circle that included an FBI raid, abuse charges against multiple employees and the closure of its residential treatment program in Webster Groves, the behavioral
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Following a slew of problems including an FBI raid, employee arrests and legal battles, Great Circleâs residential treatment program at the behavioral health centerâs headquarters in Webster Groves has closed.
The nonprofitâs residential treatment program closed on Friday, April 30, but all other operations at the Webster Groves campus at 330 N. Gore Ave. will continue. That includes Great Circle Academy, an accredited K-12 school that provides specialized education and therapy services for hundreds of area students each school day. Other services also include family and parent support, home visits, foster care case management, autism respite and more.
Updated: 7:57 PM CST February 15, 2021
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. Great Circle, a child behavioral welfare organization, announced its Webster Groves campus was ending its residential treatment program.
In a press release, the organization said the residential program would come to an end once all new facilities can be found for the clients currently in the program. All other programs at the facility will continue, the press release said.
The decision comes less than a month after the state of Missouri announced it was suspending the placement of children in the program at the Webster Groves campus.
Other Great Circle locations will continue residential treatment programs, including campuses in Columbia, Marshall, Springfield and St. James.
The Missouri Department of Social Services has suspended new admissions to Great Circle in Webster Groves, and FBI agents were recently at the child welfare organization’s headquarters at the same