State seals $9.8 million deal with Family Service for Exeter girls treatment center

By: Alexander Castro

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: April 21, 2026

Words: 1,384

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Twenty months after a ceremonial groundbreaking, Rhode Island’s child welfare agency has selected an operator for a behavioral treatment center for teen girls on the site of the former Ladd School in Exeter, with the first-year contract valued at a little over $9.8 million.

Family Service of Rhode Island will run the clinical and educational services at the new residential treatment center, named South County Academy, which will have 16 beds for …

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