YOUNGSTOWN - Back in February, one of our Watch Dog reports uncovered a facility in Youngstown called Achieve Beyond your Goals offering medical training without state compliance.

We've come to find on the same property, the director operating the school has also been running a group home without the proper permit.

Now, the owner of the building has filed an eviction against the woman operating these programs.

We looked into what this means for over a dozen vulnerable women and children living there.

Youngstown agencies said about 15 women and children are living in this building on Belmont Avenue, but they face an uncertain future now that the director running this transitional housing program faces an eviction.

"We have heard that there are anywhere between 15 and 16 women," Executive Director of Catholic Charities, Nancy Voitus said,
"I'm not sure how many children."

It's called Amina's Alternative School for Girls LLC, advertised online "as transitional housing for homeless or pregnant girls who have faced tremendous obstacles."

The Director is Jiquala Rushton, who we interviewed in February, pressing her about a medical training facility she was running on the same property without state approval.

The building owner, The Kevin Coleman Foundation, INC., filed an eviction notice through Youngstown Municipal Court claiming Rushton has failed to pay rent for the past six months.

"After she stopped paying, I think it was a month or two months, we wanted to know what was going on in there and that's when we started investigating ourselves if it was being maintained to our standards which it was not," Coleman Professional Services President, Nelson Burns, said.

The city of Youngstown said it didn't meet their requirements either.

"The operator inside the building... it was discovered that they didn't have a proper occupancy permit," Youngstown Deputy Director of Public Works Chuck Shasho said, "It was actually discovered they had a fictitious occupancy permit."

The city alleges that the document it calls 'fictitious' was displayed at Aminia's Alternative School for Girls as though it was a bona fide occupancy permit.

A county zoning inspector saw it during an investigation last winter. This resulted in a city zoning violation. 

21 News asked Rushon to respond to this situation and she said "no comment."

The Coleman Foundation said they were unaware Rushton was operating without the proper permit.

"The lease is clear that they need to follow all laws and certifications, all licensures that are permitted within the state or local governments," Burns said, "We're most concerned now about the women and children in transition."

Local organizations including "Catholic Charities" are helping to find new shelter for these vulnerable mothers and children.

Voitus said they've been in contact with five of the women so far and are still in the process of finding them permanent housing.

"I know one woman has four children that we're aware of that we're working with on trying to find someplace that has multiple bedrooms," she said. 

Amina's Alternative house for girls is still operating at this point, and there is a court hearing for the eviction in the coming days.

It's not clear whether the school Achieve Beyond your Goals is in operation but the state said Rushton never obtained proper compliance.