Severe reports

In plain words: Due to a failure to provide proper staffing and supervision, young people in the program were sexually abused and exploited by a van driver and another man from the community. Our summary of the state's report. The state's own wording follows.

An admission assessment dated 3/9/18 noting “was admitted from a crisis center, Full Scale 1Q of 92, victim of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, witnessed her father being shot and killed by the police, held client and her mom hostage in a standoff, situational drug related incidents such as seizures, mini strokes, panic attacks and blacking out, self-injurious behaviors (picks skin), prior inpatient and outpatient treatment, verbal altercations, issues with being disrespectful and not following rules, destroys property, got high off of Xanax and overdosed (took 21 pills), sniffing cleaning products, AWOL from previous placements, poly-substance abuse (marijuana, alcohol, methamphetamines, over the counter drugs, crack/cocaine, opiates, hallucinogens, barbiturates and inhalants)."

Because of the failure to provide appropriate staffing and supervision, clients were sexually abused and exploited by the Church van driver (CVD) and another non-staff adult male in the community.

From the state's report. Deficiency cited, complaint and follow-up survey. Cited: V 295 27G .1703 Residential Tx. Child/Adol - Reg. for A; V 293.

Staff #3 had made sexual comments to him and also made sexual gestures.

From the state's report. Deficiency cited, complaint and follow-up survey. Cited: V 367| 27G .0604 Incident Reporting Requirements.

In plain words: A child in the program stole a school laptop from the office to contact men and then ran away from the group home. Staff found her, talked to her about the dangers of contacting older men, and she agreed to follow safety rules before running away later that shift. Our summary of the state's report. The state's own wording follows.

One elopement noted in September 2017. [...] Due to hospitalization between 03/06/18 and 03/21/18, client #8 was not able to be interviewed. [...] 02/25/18, client had been caught inappropriately using her alternative school laptop...client had stolen her school laptop from the staff's office and was attempting to utilize in her bedroom to facetime men...staff discovered Cc client using the laptop during a routine check and retained the tablet..staff educated the client on the dangers of seeking older men, giving out her personal information such as the residential placement's address and attempting to link up with men to be sexually active... client was able to contract for safety and agreed not to steal electronics, utilize face book again to contact men and to really focus on her school work...later in the shift, client eloped from the group home. [...] She was hospitalized in that area.

From the state's report. Deficiency cited, complaint survey. Cited: V 296] 27G .1704 Residential Tx. Child/Adol - Min.. "[...]" marks text left out between sentences.