Clinton Hardy
Clinton Jace Hardy
President and Transport Interventionist
President and Transport Interventionist
I am Clinton Hardy, President and founder of New Start Transports. I am glad that you have made it to our website. I am thrilled at the many great opportunities I have had in my life to assist so many families and their children. Please know that you are not alone. There are many parents and families experiencing the same or similar struggles and family crises that you may seem to be in. However, most have not made it as far as you. I acknowledge your effort in coming this far. I admire your courage. I would like to briefly share a little bit of my personal background with you so you understand why I do what I do and why it is so satisfying for me.
As I entered my teen years, I was convinced that I did not need rules or direction from my parents or any other authority figures in my life. I made many poor choices that led to many severe consequences. I refused to attend school. When I did attend, I was undergoing disciplinary action from the school district and courts. There were many times I did not come home for days at a time. I experienced a few near death experiences and had no idea where my actions were leading me. Both of my parents were stressed and had no idea what to do. I attended more than one specialty school and wilderness program in my parents' attempt to intervene.
Being placed away from home saved my life. I am unsure if I would be here today if my parents did not intervene and place me somewhere away from home. I was able to learn and gain many life essential tools in these placements. At the time, I had a great resentment toward all involved but now I am thankful for the opportunity of the "new start" that I received. Almost immediately after reaching adulthood, I found myself involved in working with families and teens in similar situations.
I have been a licensed proctor parent for the State of Utah where I welcomed state custody youth and young adults into my home and worked with them, their families, and court appointed case managers to help give them the tools and opportunities they needed to change and be successful in their lives. Additionally, I have worked in several programs and transport services. My chosen career path has proved to be more than a job to me and continues to add great satisfaction to my professional and personal life. The more I have helped others, the greater life has improved. Unfortunately, I cannot force any teen to apply the tools I teach them unless they choose to, but I am thankful for every opportunity and believe it will benefit them when they choose to apply it.
While many of the parents I speak to are in a difficult state, I am amazed at the quality help that is available. I decided, along with the rest of my family, to begin our own service because I wanted to be able to serve more parents and teens directly. I believe and feel that with our personal experience followed by our professional expertise and training, we are the best equipped to help many of you in the difficult situations you are facing.
We founded New Start Transports with the pure intent of offering more sincere help, resources, and guidance to parents, teens, adults, and anyone in need. As stated above, I personally participated in an outdoor wilderness program that is still operating successfully today. I also participated in an "adolescent hospital" and "specialty school" that were closed down after my participation in their programs. With my experiences of both a reputable program and then one that was not so reputable, I take a strong personal interest in not just the intervention service we offer, but the programs we offer transitioning services to.
Below I have listed of some of the poor choices I was making between the ages of 13 and 19:
- Substance abuse
- Distributing of drugs and illegal substances
- Theft from family, individuals, and businesses
- Destruction of property
- Violent acts
- Dangerous affiliations
- High speed car chases from police
- Near death activity
- Running away
- Lying
- School problems (I did not attend school from 7th grade until the beginning of my 11th grade year)
In my adult career I have worked in the following areas of the parent, teen, adult, and family help industry:
- Proctor parent of a home for near adult and young adult prisoners that are transitioning back into society.
- Tracker of state custody youth living in foster and/or proctor care for youth and young adults still in the juvenile state custody of Utah.
- Youth program lead staff of multiple programs in the Utah area
- Youth program transitional living lead staff
- Lead youth transport escort agent for three transport services
- President and Founder of New Start Transports, LLC
- Currently serving on a student alumni advisory committee
- Crisis Prevention Intervention instructor
- Volunteered intervention and runaway locate services for families of struggling youth
- Lead founder and developer of New Start Intervention and its website content
- Provided multiple teen transport interventions of Dr. Phil Show clients
- Individual Affiliate NATSAP member
- Regular participant in the national conferences of the IECA (Independent Educational Consultants Association, NATSAP (National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs), and other credible troubled teen, adult, parent, and family conferences.
- Assisted parents, teens, adults, and families in finding the help and resources they need
I hope that my openness to my background as a youth, young adult, and professional will help you gain a better feel for why I have become involved in the troubled teen industry. I also hope that the knowledge of where I once was to where I am now will provide additional hope to all who read it. I look forward to hearing from you and the possible opportunity of assisting your family and child. Please contact me through our toll-free office line or email me directly.
Thank you for the opportunity to serve you!
