Cross Creek Programs was founded in 1988 by Robert Lichfield and Brent Facer, originally only for girls.
[2] Before founding Cross Creek, Lichfield had worked at Provo Canyon School.
[1] In an interview, multiple graduates, parents and staff members from the school described the program as manipulative, abusive and traumatic.
One graduate claimed he was forcibly kidnapped from his home, handcuffed, beaten, and taken across state lines against his will in order to be transported to the program, or in short legally trafficked.
[3] In 2006, a lawsuit was filed against Cross Creek and other defendants, alleging widespread physical and psychological abuse of the teenagers sent into their programs.