U.S. Policy Finally Addresses Institutional Child Abuse in the Troubled Teen Industry

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For the first time in U.S. policy, a bipartisan bill, the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act (SICA) was passed into law at the very end of 2024. This legislation aims to provide oversight and collect data to ideally assist in improvements by better understanding the landscape and practices of residential treatment programs for “troubled teens” […]

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