The state reached a settlement with troubled Tampa Bay Academy that allows its mental health center to admit children if it pays a $50,000 fine and meets every standard set by regulators. ...more

January 16, 2009

The state has reached a settlement with the troubled Tampa Bay Academy, which will be allowed to admit patients into its long-term mental health care program when it shows it meets every standard set by regulators. ...more

January 15, 2009

The state officially stopped Tampa Bay Academy on Friday from providing long-term mental health care to the most troubled children, but the academy's problems aren't unique to its corporate parent in Texas. ...more

January 10, 2009

The official rebuke to the troubled Tampa Bay Academy comes at 5 p.m. today – the time when state regulators said they will suspend the academy's license for what they called "gross mismanagement" of mental health care. Barring a last-minute decision – the academy's executives have appealed to regulators with an improvement plan – the for-profit mental health center in Riverview will no longer be able to provide long-term residential care to children and teenagers who suffer from severe mental illness. ...more

January 9, 2009

Priorities Upside Down During my 12-year tenure as a state legislator in New Hampshire, I had the responsibility at one point to serve as chairman of the House Committee on State Institutions in order to oversee the operation and standards of our Youth Development Center (YDC) along with other state facilities. Governmental overview of state institutions is always needed, although experience shows that it is seldom productive. ...more

January 7, 2009

A troubled youth mental health center in Riverview has laid off more than a third of its staff now that the state has removed many of the children in its care. ...more

January 4, 2009

A troubled youth mental health center in Riverview has laid off more than a third of its staff now that the state has removed many of the children in its care. ...more

January 3, 2009

Three years ago, the Department of Children & Families found many of the same problems at the Tampa Bay Academy that other state regulators found this month: inadequate staffing, abuse complaints and an alleged sexual assault. ...more

December 30, 2008

PAST AND PRESENT •In late 2005, the Department of Children & Families stopped Tampa Bay Academy from admitting new patients after finding inadequate staffing, abuse complaints and an alleged sexual assault. DCF renewed the academy's license after subsequent inspections. ...more

December 30, 2008

State officials found that an inadequate and poorly trained staff at the Tampa Bay Academy in Riverview led to abuse complaints, patient escapes and at least one alleged sexual assault. Three years ago. ...more

December 29, 2008