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Under scrutiny, company that claimed to help troubled youth closes many operations and sells others by Curtis Gilbert  Five years ago, Sequel Youth & Family Services ran a chain of treatment programs that took in and tried to help troubled kids from all over the U.S. It was valued by investors at more than $400 million. The company dreamed of dominating America’s $220 billion behavioral health care industry. Today, Sequel has all but vanished. Following a barrage of abuse scandals and media attention, including a 2020 investigation by APM Reports, the company has shut down close to half of its treatment centers and sold most of the rest to a new company. ▻ Read the story Also from American Public Media  
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