Filed 11:00 a.m. EST
12.18.2025
Ohio investigates Mohican Young Star Academy.
By The Marshall Project – Cleveland
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State suspends admissions at Mohican Young Star Academy
Weeks after The Marshall Project – Cleveland found escalating violence at Mohican Young Star Academy, Ohio officials have suspended admissions to the embattled youth treatment center.
The move leaves juvenile court judges and local children’s services agencies that rely on the facility — including in Cuyahoga, Summit, Hamilton and Lucas counties — reassessing contracts or preparing to relocate youth, many of whom have complex behavioral and mental health needs.
Mohican Young Star Academy, a youth residential treatment facility an hour northeast of Columbus, Ohio, is surrounded by a state forest. Nate Smallwood for The Marshall Project
The youth treatment facility “has demonstrated a pattern of serious noncompliance and/or committed violations that pose a substantial risk to the health and safety of residents in its care,” Eric Wandersleben, a spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health wrote in an emailed statement to The Marshall Project – Cleveland.
The pause on admissions will remain in place until the violations are corrected, Wandersleben said.
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If you have information about a child living in an Ohio youth treatment center, contact Brittany Hailer at bhailer@themarshallproject.org.
– Brittany Hailer


