CHILDREN'S COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES INITIATES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR 30-BED, JUVENILE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY IN CALIFORNIA; WILL ALSO MANAGE THE FACILITY'S TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR HELICON, INC.MURFREESBORO, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- May 24, 1996--William J Ballard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 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 CCS has initiated an educational program at a 30-bed, juvenile facility in Riverside County, California Riverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County to the Colorado River, which is the border with Arizona. . It will also manage the facility's residential treatment programs for Helicon Helicon (hĕl`ĭkŏn), Gr. Elikón, mountain group, c.20 mi (30 km) long, central Greece, in Boeotia; it rises to 5,736 ft (1,748 m). Helicon formed part of the border between ancient Boeotia and Phocis. , Inc., a not-for-profit corporation A not-for-profit corporation is a corporation created by statute, government or judicial authority that is not intended to provide a profit to the owners or members. A corporation that is organized to provide profits to its owners or members is a for-profit corporation. to which CCS provides consulting, management and marketing services in California and Tennessee. The juvenile facility was developed as part of a joint program by five California counties, Riverside, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Orange, San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. and San Diego, each of which can fill six beds at the facility. At full enrollment, the facility is expected to provide total revenues to CCS in excess of $800,000 per year from both its educational program and the management of Helicon's treatment program. Mr. Ballard remarked, "We are pleased to announce our participation in the operation of this facility, which builds on the long relationships both Helicon and CCS have developed in California and, in particular, Riverside County. The program also demonstrates the continued progress we are making in the marketing campaign launched in the fall of 1994, which was designed to enable CCS to expand existing programs, enter new geographic territories and replicate certain of the Company's most promising programs on a broader basis." Children's Comprehensive Services provides, either directly or through management contracts, education and treatment services for at-risk youth. It currently offers these services through the operation and management of special education schools and both open and secured residential treatment centers for local, state and federal government agencies in Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana and Tennessee. CONTACT: Children's Comprehensive Services, Inc., Murfreesboro Donald B. Whitfield, 615/896-3100 |
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