CHILDREN'S COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES WINS RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE CONTRACT FOR DAY TREATMENT PROGRAM IN FLORIDA.MURFREESBORO, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 1996--Children's Comprehensive Services, Inc. ("CCS (1) (Common Channel Signaling) A communications system in which one channel is used for signaling and different channels are used for voice/data transmission. Signaling System 7 (SS7) is a CCS system, also known as CCS7. See SS7. ") (Nasdaq/NM: KIDS) today announced that it has been selected to negotiate a contract for the development and operation of an intensive day treatment program in Highlands County, Florida Highlands County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. The U.S. Census Bureau 2006 estimate for the population is 97,346.[1]. Its county seat is Sebring, FloridaGR6. The county comprises the Sebring, Florida Micropolitan Statistical Area. . The program, scheduled to open in September 1996, will be designed to provide a continuum of care, custody and treatment services for up to 30 youth who have been adjudicated delinquent delinquent 1) adj. not paid in full amount or on time. 2) n. short for an underage violator of the law as in juvenile delinquent. DELINQUENT, civil law. He who has been guilty of some crime, offence or failure of duty. by the Florida Department Florida is a department (departamento) of Uruguay. Population and Demographics As of the census of 2004, there were 68,181 people and 21,938 households in the department. The average household size was 3.1. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. of Juvenile Justice and who otherwise would be placed in residential programs. "We are delighted to have been selected to negotiate our second contract in Florida, a state that, along with Texas, has been a primary target of CCS's geographic expansion strategy," remarked William J Ballard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CCS. Children's Comprehensive Services provides, either directly or through management contracts, education and treatment services for at-risk and troubled youth. It currently has contracts to provide these services through the operation and management of specialized education programs and both open and secure residential treatment centers A residential treatment center, often referred to by the acronym RTC, is a live-in therapy/behavior modification facility for adolescents who suffer from a variety of emotional conditions, ranging from drug abuse to violence to sexual behavioral problems. for local, state and federal governmental agencies in Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas. CONTACT: Children's Comprehensive Services, Inc., Murfreesboro Kathryn Celauro or Donald B. Whitfield, 615/896-3100 |
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