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Kids Helping Kids Corporate Timeline
Kids Helping Kids is located in Milford, Ohio and was previously known as Straight, Inc. - Cincinnati.
The following documents show how Kids Helping Kids of Kentucky and Straight, Inc. Cincinnati became what is now
Kids Helping Kids, Ohio.
Some of the documents are copies made from microfilm and may be blurred.
February 6, 1980: Straight - Midwest, Inc. incorporated in Kentucky.
May 13, 1981: Straight - Midwest, Inc. changed its name to Tri-State Drug Rehabilitation and Counseling
Program, Inc.
The last page of the name-change resolution indicates that at the time, Straight - Midwest, Inc./Tri-State was operating in
Kentucky under the name of Kids Helping Kids.
January 1982: The first kids arrived at Straight, Inc.-Cincinnati (6074 Branch Hill Guinea Pike, Milford) from St. Petersburg, Florida.
March 22, 1982: The Straight Foundation, Inc. (a Florida company) incorporated in Ohio - 2 months after they began taking "clients".
January 8, 1987: The Straight Foundation, Inc. of Ohio changed its name to Straight, Inc.
1987, Date Unknown: Following years of allegations of abuse, including beatings, brutal physical restraint, excessive
use of isolation, and deprivation of food and sleep, Straight, Inc.-Cincinnati closed and transferred kids to Straight programs in Atlanta
and Detroit. Court proceedings against Straight, Inc.-Cincinnati were to begin that same day.
August 31, 1993: The Straight Foundation officially signed the property (6074 Branch Hill Guinea Pike) over to Tri-State Drug Rehabilitation and Counseling
Services of Kentucky, doing business as Kids Helping Kids. The deed was signed by Joseph Garcia, Vice President
of Straight Foundation, aka Straight, Inc.
September 21, 1993: Tri-State Drug Rehabilitation and Counseling Services (aka Kids Helping Kids, Kentucky and Straight-Midwest, Inc.) reports the use of the fictitious name Kids Helping Kids in Ohio.
Internal documents showing the rules and treatment modality of Straight, Inc. and Kids Helping Kids are available on our Kids Helping Kids and Straight page.
Additional Information
Protesters Demand Investigation of Kids Helping Kids
Protest at Kids Helping Kids
Inside Kids Helping Kids
Kids Helping Kids/Straight, Inc. Corporate Document History
Comparison of Kids Helping Kids and Straight, Inc. According to Program Documents
For more information about Straight, Inc., please see our Archives and visit these other web sites:
thestraights.com
A Survivor's View of Straight
Mel Sembler, founding member of Straight, Inc.
Survivors
One of the best ways you can help prevent abuse is to share your story.
If you would like to submit a statement about your experience,
use the form below.
 Federal Declaration Form
If you have documents and are willing to share them with us,
please contact us immediately.
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