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Julian Youth Academy

The River View Christian Academy (RCVA), formerly known as Julian Youth Academy, is a fully accredited, private Christian boarding school in Lee County, Texas. RCVA is a program of Teen Rescue, Inc. RCVA helped teen girls in need of regular supervision. RCVA provided an individualized education program, coaching, intervention, parent-training support groups, a high staff-to-student ratio, and aftercare support.

History

The campus burned in 2003. The owners tried to rebuild, but faced legal battles with San Diego County.

The school was mentioned in an October 2007 hearing conducted by the United States Government Accountability Office.

In 2009, they leased the old cascade school campus in Shasta County.

In 2011 a mummified baby was found on the campus in Shasta County. It belonged to a staff member, who told the police that she had not fed the baby when it was born.

Julian Youth Academy now operates as River View Christian Academy.

In 2016, California introduced the Community Care Facilities Act of 2016 requiring that the school would need to acquire a Community Care License from the state. They had previously been exempt until this new legislation and the owner, Phil Ludwig, refused to pay the daily $200 fine resulting in a warrant being issued on January 8, 2019.

The facility has been said to provide conversion therapy to children who are gay, lesbian or bisexual. It has been alleged that the facility has punished these children. Californian authorities were investigating the school for these reasons in 2019, and considering closing it.

References

  1. ^ "All Girls School for Behavior | About River View Christian Academy". River View Christian Academy. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  2. ^ Marshack, Megan (October 31, 2003). "Teens homeless from Cedar fire". North County Times.
  3. ^ Julian Youth Academy Fire Recovery, Teen Rescue homepage
  4. ^ I support the bill to End Institutionalized Abuse Against Children Act of 2005, a statement from a survivor of the facility
  5. ^ 111th Congress (2009) (Feb 9, 2009). "H.R. 911". Legislation. GovTrack.us. Retrieved Mar 5, 2009. Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2009{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Mendez, Mat (2011-11-11). "Update: Shasta County Woman Arrested For Killing Secret Baby; Infant Found Mummified". KRCR. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  7. ^ Shasta County Woman Arrested in Death of Newborn Archived 2012-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, by: Alan Marsden, KHSL TV, November 8, 2011
  8. ^ Woman held in death of baby found hidden at Christian school, by Robert J. Lopez, LA Times blog, November 9, 2011
  9. ^ Palma, Bethania (2019-06-17). "Did Calif. Authorities Raid Christian School and Order It to Change Its Beliefs on Sex?". Snopes. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  10. ^ Mackey, Meaghan (2019-06-14). "A faith-based school in Whitmore is being accused of punishing students for being gay". KTVL. Retrieved 2024-04-09. The Department of Social Services has determined that because the staff controlled every aspect of the children's lives on campus, it needs to have a community care license.
  11. ^ Sobel, Arial (12 September 2018). "California Christian School Alleged to Be Conversion Therapy Nightmare". Advocate. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  12. ^ Kingkade, Tyler (12 June 2019). "California Wants To Shut Down A Christian School Accused Of Punishing Students For Being Gay". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  13. ^ Palma, Bethania (17 June 2019). "Did Calif. Authorities Raid Christian School and Order It to Change Its Beliefs on Sex?". Snopes News. Retrieved 9 April 2024.