Paris Hilton sent me a hoodie as a thank you gift for helping pass the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act! Biden signed #SICAA into law on 12/24/24.Years of advocacy in Washington DC paid off!Promoting a safer world for struggling teens and families. Mental health treatment shouldn’t cause trauma.

Fordyce officer resigns after ‘unjustified use of force’ on handcuffed teen in 2023 Police officials in Fordyce said an officer has resigned after an “unjustified use of force” during a 2023 incident when a teen was hit by an officer while handcuffed.

Did you catch us on the news last night? 📺🎥
An investigation by our Abuse & Neglect Team uncovered the disturbing incident.

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#ProtectARChildren #DisabilityRightsAR #PRTF #ResidentialTreatment #Abuse #Fordyce #Reform #SICAA #TroubledTeenIndustry #Arkansas

Biden signs 50 bills into law - including and Paris Hilton-backed legislation The Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act is designed to hold teenage treatment centers and care facilities accountable

So proud that #SICAA passed and was signed into law by Biden.

This bill brings us one step closer to protecting children from harm in the #TroubledTeenIndustry.

💖 @carolinealexcole.bsky.social, Rebecca Mellinger, Paris Hilton & 11:11 Media Impact 💖

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Hi, this is my first post on bluesky! I'm a TTI Survivor, and here's some of my story:
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#sicaa #stopinstitutionalchildabuse #troubledteenindustry #tti

Conflicted feelings about #SICAA passing. Disappointed I hadn't heard about it until my friend texted me that it passed. I'm especially disappointed in the silence from autism advocates! This directly effects us, this is what we're fighting for. Praise it, criticize it - just talk about it.

Happy Monday! What a good day to pass the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act in the US House of Representatives! #GoSICAA #SICAA @yep4rights.bsky.social @carolinealexcole.bsky.social

The import business: How Arkansas residential psych facilities make money on out-of-state kids - Arkansas Times “The majority of these kids in these facilities are in foster care who don’t really have anywhere else to go,” one advocate said. "As long as they are housed out of sight, no one is really going to as...

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#DisabilityRightsAR #ProtectARChildren #ChildWelfare #ReformNow #EndExploitation #ChildSafetyFirst #PRTFReform #AccountabilityNow #PRTF #ARPX #SICAA #TroubledTeenIndustry

Hit 900 followers today and I really appreciate it. Hoping to share with a wide audience when the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act passes the House and gets signed into law! Hoping before the year’s end! 🤞🤞🤞 #SICAA #TroubledTeenIndustry #ProtectKids #FamiliesNotFacilities

Preventing the Need for Congregate Care| The Imprint Congressional intern Julia Stumler calls on Congress to take several steps to prevent congregate care for older youth in foster care.

"For four in 10 youth who are placed in congregate care, Stumler cites, there is no clinical need for them to live in a group facility. And “research consistently shows that children fare best in families, not facilities.”'

#TroubledTeenIndustry #SICAA

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Well, I personally think these troubled teen industry hellholes should be shut down. They’re full of neurodivergents who weren’t appropriately accommodated usually. There’d be far fewer troubled teens if we’d accommodated their needs when young. #SICAA is a start though.

Screenshot of a tweet from Paris Hilton on X, dated December 10, 2024, at 6:02 PM, reading: "This is our moment: Tomorrow the Senate could pass my bill The Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act with @SenJeffMerkley @JohnCornyn @TTuberville to bring badly-needed oversight to protect kids in residential treatment programs. No one should go through what I went through and I am praying it passes as it has so much bipartisan support 🙏."

ICARS sends heartfelt support for the passage of the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act. Protecting vulnerable children is long overdue. Thank you ParisHilton, 11:11 Impact, and the courageous survivors who shared their stories to make this possible. 🙏 #SICAA #StopInstitutionalChildAbuse"