Sunday, December 7th, 2008

A series of emails have been released by the

International Survivors Action Committee about the current status
of operations taking place at the Milford, Ohio branch of
Pathway Family Centers, known as Kids Helping Kids.
According to emails from Jim Lapczynski,
(a legal representative employed with ODADAS, Ohio Dept.
of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services) Pathway Family Centers
has decided to close their Milford, Ohio
location of Pathways.

This decision comes to light after over a month of emails and
reporting, as well as, investigating of this particular issue.
Chief Operating Officer, Kevin Beatty is stating as follows:

“The purpose of this email is to inform you of KidsHelping Kids, a Pathway Family Center’s (UPI# 12497) intention to temporarily discontinue services in Ohio. This includes both assessments and all clinical treatment. Also as indicated, our certification will be returned via mail.”

Well, I don’t know about you but I am going to make sure that I see that returned license in person!

The program and it’s chief officer are placing blame for this current event on today’s struggling economy, and denying that anything else could have contributed to it’s closure.  This I do find hard to believe considering that Pathway Family Centers has been under heavy scrutiny for four years now.  They became even more diluted with scrutiny under the public’s watchful eye as soon as they obtained control of Kids Helping Kids.

Stay Tuned! We will have more about this story as soon as it comes in.