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Northern Illinois Academy

Title	Date	Link	Archive	Tags	Type
DHS field staff and other visitors to NIA program_Redacted.pdf	2019-09-04			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
6.20.19 Site Visit REPORT.pdf	2019-09-20			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
6.19 Northern Illinois Academy Invoice_Redacted.pdf	2019			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
160211-0 Exe_Redacted.pdf	2019-01-14			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
2.19 Northern Illinois Academy Invoice_Redacted.pdf	2019			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
2.19 Northern Illinois Academy Invoice (2)_Redacted.pdf	2019			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
5.19 Northern Illinois Academy Invoice_Redacted.pdf	2019			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
DCFS Concern_Redacted.pdf	2019-04-15			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
3.19 Northern Illinois Academy Invoice 1_Redacted.pdf	2019			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
PDFNotesNIA-uannonced visit 8-9-19_Redacted copy 2.pdf	2019-08-09			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
JW June 2019 site visit report-1.pdf	2019			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
Visit to Northern Illinois Academy.pdf	2019-09-10			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
DCFS License 033118 to 033122 (1).pdf	2018-04-30			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
Visitors to NIA-Case workers and others involved in the case. 9-4-19_Redacted.pdf	2019-09-04			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
4.19 Northern Illinois Academy Invoice_Redacted.pdf	2019			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
3.19 Northern Illinois Academy Invoice 2_Redacted.pdf	2019			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
Child 3 Holds_Redacted (Part 2).pdf	2019-05-17			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
Child 3 Holds_Redacted.pdf	2019-08-11			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
Fwd_ Northern Illinois Academy Abuse_Redacted.pdf	2019-06-20			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
NIA-uannonced visit 8-9-19_Redacted.pdf	2019-08-09			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
6.20.19. WOUDA NIA REPORT Summary.pdf	2019-06-20			[{'tag': 'Alabama'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	DHS Records
US lawmakers request investigation into congregate care facilities, including one Oregon relied heavily on	2021-02-16			[{'tag': 'Auldern Academy'}, {'tag': 'Clarinda Academy'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Iowa'}, {'tag': 'Lakeside Academy'}, {'tag': 'Michigan'}, {'tag': 'Normative Services Academy'}, {'tag': 'North Carolina'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}, {'tag': 'Wyoming'}]	News
Youth were abused here.' More than 40 states have sent their most vulnerable kids to facilities run by a for-profit company named Sequel. Many of those kids were abused there.	2020-09-28			[{'tag': 'Capital Academy'}, {'tag': 'Clarinda Academy'}, {'tag': 'Forest Ridge Youth Services'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Iowa'}, {'tag': 'Kansas'}, {'tag': 'Kingston Academy'}, {'tag': 'Lakeside Academy'}, {'tag': 'Mesabi Academy'}, {'tag': 'Michigan'}, {'tag': 'Minnesota'}, {'tag': 'New Jersey'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Ohio'}, {'tag': 'Red Rock Canyon School'}, {'tag': 'Riverside Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Pomegranate'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}, {'tag': 'Tennessee'}, {'tag': 'Utah'}, {'tag': 'Woodward Academy'}]	News
Washington Misses Its Deadline To Bring Foster Kids Home From Troubled Out-Of-State Group Facilities	2020-12-02			[{'tag': 'Clarinda Academy'}, {'tag': 'Idaho'}, {'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Iowa'}, {'tag': 'Lakeside Academy'}, {'tag': 'Michigan'}, {'tag': 'Mountain Home Academy'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Red Rock Canyon School'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}, {'tag': 'Utah'}]	News
Washington becomes latest state to ditch Sequel	2020-12-09			[{'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Lakeside Academy'}, {'tag': 'Michigan'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	News
Employee charged with choking special needs student at mental health care facility in Aurora	2020-01-28			[{'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	News
State pulling all students in its care from Northern Illinois Academy following reports of abuse	2021-05-18			[{'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	News
Man gets 10 years for sexual assault of resident at juvenile health facility	2019-02-22			[{'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	News
Aurora residential facility employee charged with sex assault of minor staying at center	2018-01-09			[{'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	News
Sequel confronts more abuse allegations amid concerns about its finances	2021-05-21			[{'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	News
State removes youths from Aurora residential facility after â€˜troubling reports of improper treatment' - Chicago Tribune	2021-05-14			[{'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	News
State pulling all students in its care from Aurora youth residential treatment facility following reports of abuse \| WGN-TV	2021-08-16			[{'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	News
Northern Illinois Academy Archived Website	2021			[{'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	Program Documents
Northern Illinois Academy Report	2021-05-04			[{'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	Public Records
Administration to Transition Students Out of Northern Illinois Academy Following Findings of State-Commissioned Equip for Equality Report	2021-05-14			[{'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	Public Records
Washington State Canceling Sequel Contract	2020-01-24			[{'tag': 'Illinois'}, {'tag': 'Northern Illinois Academy'}, {'tag': 'Sequel Services'}]	Public Records
Montana is sending troubled kids to out-of-state programs that have been accused of abuse	2022-03-25				News
Teen Sexually Assaulted 13-Year-Old Girl During Field Trip in Aurora: Lawsuit	2019-10-18				News
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Disclaimer: The program archive contains information about the many different forms of troubled teen industry/congregate care facilities such as therapeutic boarding schools, residential treatment centers, boot camps, faith-based academies, behavioral modification programs, secured group homes, and wilderness programs. Information provided in the archive is for informational and educational purposes only.

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