Investigative Series Archives - ICAPA Network https://icapanetwork.org/category/investigative-series/ Institutional Child Abuse Prevention and Advocacy Network Sat, 21 Mar 2026 02:59:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/icapanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ICAPA-Signature.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Investigative Series Archives - ICAPA Network https://icapanetwork.org/category/investigative-series/ 32 32 214654886 What Is the Troubled Teen Industry? https://icapanetwork.org/what-is-the-tti/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:20:05 +0000 https://icapanetwork.org/?p=2950 Every year, tens of thousands of American children are sent to residential programs that promise to fix them. This is the Troubled Teen Industry, and this is what you need to know about it.

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]]> 2950 A Troubled History: How the TTI Began and Why It Persists https://icapanetwork.org/history-of-the-tti/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:20:05 +0000 https://icapanetwork.org/?p=2951 The Troubled Teen Industry has roots that run back to a 1950s drug rehabilitation cult. Understanding where it came from is essential to understanding why it is still here.

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]]> 2951 TTI vs. Congregate Care: Understanding the Difference https://icapanetwork.org/tti-vs-congregate-care/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:20:04 +0000 https://icapanetwork.org/?p=2952 One of the most important distinctions in child welfare policy is one of the least understood: the difference between the Troubled Teen Industry and legitimate congregate care.

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]]> 2952 How Children Enter the TTI: Pipelines and Public Funds https://icapanetwork.org/tti-pipelines-public-funds/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:20:04 +0000 https://icapanetwork.org/?p=2953 The TTI receives approximately $23 billion in public funds annually. Taxpayers fund this industry through Medicaid, juvenile justice, child welfare, and school districts.

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]]> 2953 TTI vs. Juvenile Detention: Two Systems, One Pipeline https://icapanetwork.org/tti-vs-juvenile-detention/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:20:03 +0000 https://icapanetwork.org/?p=2955 When a teenager ends up in front of a judge, they are often presented with what looks like a choice. In practice, both options can be equally harmful - and the TTI is the more dangerous one.

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]]> 2955 Seminars and LGATs: The Pseudo-Therapy at the Heart of the TTI https://icapanetwork.org/seminars-lgats-tti/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:20:02 +0000 https://icapanetwork.org/?p=2958 Many TTI programs advertise clinical therapy. What many actually deliver are Large Group Awareness Trainings derived from the adult human potential movement of the 1960s.

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