Normative Services Inc. Academy in Sheridan, Wyoming.
A therapeutic youth home in Sheridan, Wyoming is closing its doors this spring after multiple states have dropped contracts with its parent company nationwide due to reports of violence, abuse and a death at another facility. When Normative Services Inc. Academy closes in March, nearly 50 kids from Montana will need to be transferred elsewhere.
NSI is owned by Sequel Youth and Family Services, a for profit company that runs juvenile treatment centers across the country. Typically, county and state agencies place foster kids, juvenile delinquents and children with behavioral problems in these facilities.
Wyoming youth mental health organization to close in March
January 28, 2021 GMT
SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) A youth mental health services organization based in Wyoming has announced it will stop operations in late March after analyzing the viability of its programs during the coronavirus pandemic.
Normative Services, Inc. Executive Director Clayton Carr said the academy will close its doors on March 22, The Sheridan Press reported Wednesday.
“Over the next two months, we will be working collaboratively with families, state agencies and case workers to transfer our students to appropriate programs with the therapeutic supports necessary for them to be successful,” the company said in a statement. “During that time, we will maintain all regulations and staffing ratios.”