The most serious findings in the state inspection reports we hold: deaths,
sexual and physical abuse, restraints that injured a child, suicide attempts,
medical neglect and hospitalisations. Every quote below is the licensing
agency's own wording, and each one was read against its report by a person
before it was listed here.
Caregivers were unaware that a child in care, who had history of suicidal gestures, went into the restroom until the door was opened for another child. The child was found unresponsive with clothing around their neck.
From the state's report. Risk level: High. Cited: 748.685(a)(4) - Caregiver responsibility - providing the level of supervision necessary to ensure each child's safety and well-being.
A program reads every inspection report we collect and picks out findings
that describe serious harm, using the state's own severity rating or
complaint outcome where there is one. A person then reads the report and
approves or rejects each one. Only findings the state substantiated are
listed: a citation, or a complaint the investigator upheld. A child
running away is listed only when it ended in a death or a serious injury.
This page is not complete: it covers the states and reports reviewed so far,
and a facility's absence here says nothing about its record. Every report we
hold, flagged or not, is on the state trackers.