Fort Behavioral Health in Fort Worth closes its residential adolescent program after a Star-Telegram investigation found violations & abuse
halting its adolescent programs, which have been cited by state regulators for dozens of violations this year.
Administrative staff at the facility told employees in September that they were halting new adolescent admissions, the former employee said. Then, she said, the facility’s administration called another meeting last week and notified staff that the adolescent programs were closing. Fort Behavioral staff then began notifying parents and families of the closure, and told them their children needed to be picked up this upcoming Wednesday.
One parent, Carla Egbert, said Fort Behavioral called her late last week and told her she needed to pick up her son, who had been admitted to the facility’s autism program Camp Worth. She said she was told she had to pick up her son from Camp Worth no later than this Wednesday. (Fort Behavioral’s Camp Worth program is separate from and unrelated to the
The Star-Telegram has repeatedly requested comment from Fort Behavioral’s executives, including owner Bobby Patton and Mallick the CEO. The executives have not responded to those calls and emails. Additionally, Fort Behavioral attorney Craig Crockett, reached by phone Monday afternoon, declined to comment.
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