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.
A staff did not provide youth with a safe environment when he engaged in inappropriate sexual activity with children in their care. Staff confessed to law enforcement that he took the youth to Walmart, sexually abused them, and had naked photos of the girls on his phone.
From the state's report. Risk level: High. Cited: 748.685(c)(2) - Caregiver responsibility - provide a safe environment.
In plain words: The state found that a staff member had inappropriate sexual relations with children in care. Staff also neglected supervision, which led to a child getting a staff member's firearm and being arrested. Additionally, staff left children alone at the facility and gave a child keys to access medications and other prohibited areas. Our summary of the state's report. The state's own wording follows.
During the inspection, it was determined a staff member had inappropriate sexual relations with children in care; staff was neglectful in supervision resulting in a child gaining access to, and being arrested for the possession of, staff's firearm; and staff being neglectful in supervision by leaving children in care alone and unsupervised at the facility while providing a child keys which access medications, supplies, and other prohibited areas.
From the state's report. Risk level: High. Cited: 748.1101(b)(1)(B) - Children's rights-Adhere to the child's rights to be free of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. The state recorded it as corrected at the inspection.
A caregiver was informed by 16-year-old and 14-year-old child in care that they were sexually assaulted and the caregiver observed blood on the children(s) clothing. The caregiver then failed to immediately seek medical attention or contact law enforcement as related to the incident.
She had the children shower after a sexual assault before returning them to the operation.
From the state's report. Risk level: High; Risk level: Medium High. Cited: 748.1101(b)(1)(B) - Children's rights-Adhere to the child's rights to be free of abuse, neglect, and exploitation; 748.507(1) - Employee general responsibilities-Demonstrate competency, prudent judgment, self-control in presence of children and when performing assigned tasks.
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.