Questions Loom Over Future of At-Risk Youth as State Shuts Down HYCA

Questions Loom Over Future of At-Risk Youth as State Shuts Down HYCA

Source: Getty / Getty KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind. — For nearly two decades, the Hoosier Youth Challenge Academy (HYCA) has served as a “beacon of hope” for Indiana’s at-risk teens. Now, as the academy prepares for its final graduation this June, a storm of controversy is erupting over the decision to close the facility—and the apparent “gag order” preventing staff from speaking out. Internal documents and interviews with local advocates reveal a community…