Severe reports

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.

Saint Francis Ministries - Residential Texas TX

The operation failed to obtain timely medical care for a child after they ingested over the counter medication during an unauthorized departure.

From the state's report. Risk level: High. Cited: 748.1531(a)(2) - Medical care-A child in care must receive medical care as needed for injury, illness, and pain.

Unity Children's Home - Girls TX

Inspected August 30, 2023 Self-harm Medical neglect

A child in care suffered self-inflicted cuts to her arm on 08/24/2023 and was not seen by a medical professional until 08/28/2023 where the determination was made to admit her into a behavioral hospital for evaluation.

From the state's report. Risk level: High. Cited: 748.125(e)(1)(A) - You must immediately refer a child to a MH professional for a suicide risk assessment if screening finds child to be at a high risk for suicide..

How a report gets on this page

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.