WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. (AP) — An embattled Missouri residential treatment program for troubled youth that started in 1832 as a home for orphans from the cholera epidemic has closed its doors as the federal government moves away from funding such facilities. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the child welfare and behavioral health organization Great…
WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. (AP) — Four additional employees of Missouri’s largest behavioral health organization are now charged with abusing residents, including two children with autism. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that all four employees of Webster Groves-based Great Circle are charged with abuse of a health care recipient. Great Circle in recent weeks has announced…
WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. (AP) — A behavioral health organization is shutting down its residential treatment facility in Webster Groves following an FBI raid and the arrests of three employees on suspicion of child abuse. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Great Circle didn’t explain what prompted the shutdown but said in a news release that…