Contact:
Pamela
Broker, Director & C.E.O
208-676-8235
www.milestonesforyoungadults.com
It is an exciting time for Milestones for Young Adults! We spent
the summer delivering workshops and conducting graduations for
many of the young people that were in the process of finishing
their individual programs when The Brown Schools, who owned Milestones
Transitional Program, a program that I was the director of, filed
chapter seven bankruptcy.
This past spring was a time of sadness and excitement for the
staff of Milestones for Young Adults. We were sad that a journey
which started in August of 1998 with the purchase of CEDU by The
Brown Schools ended so atrociously. Many of our staff were with
CEDU prior to the purchase in 1998 and journeyed through the years
under the ownership of The Brown Schools. The experience of March
of 2005 was not within the realm of our imagination. Our hearts
grieved!
April 1, 2005 was the dawning of a new day with Milestones for
Young Adults. Milestones for Young Adults is financially backed
by an individual who knows the work we do and strongly felt it
needed to continue. I am the primary owner and three of our key
staff are vested owners. Please allow me to set the record straight.
One of the statements that has been printed in the press several
times is that we are in litigation regarding the bankruptcy of
The Brown Schools. Milestones for Young Adults has not been nor
is currently in litigation.
It is exciting to be involved with a program where the people
who are doing the work on the front line are also the owners and
final decision makers regarding the program. The staff of Milestones
for Young Adults has a combined total of 40 years of service to
this industry. One of the most refreshing changes since the first
of April is to work with students and families and not have the
almighty dollar be the primary reason for the end result. One
of the changes we made to the program is census. This program
team took a young adult program that had one student in August
of 2002 to a census of 29 in the summer of 2004. The team knew
that we did our finest and most effective work at a census of
15 to 20. I now have the autonomy and authority to set our own
census and not be driven solely by the bottom line, and have set
the census at 15, with a cap of 20.
Milestones for Young Adults is an individually driven program
and our staff are expert in directing and guiding students’ programs
through relationship. One of the keys to successful growth and
positive change in a young adult’s life happens when they allow
their mentors and life coaches’ access and influence in their
lives.
I want to thank so many of those in the Independent Educational
community and other programs and treatment facilities for their
support and encouragement. If you would like an information packet,
please contact me. You can also reach me on my cell phone which
is 208 699-2485. The entire staff of Milestones for Young Adults
look forward to continue assisting students and families in learning
to live life independently, successfully and abundantly.
