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.

Childfirst Services: Glenn Clark House PA

Inspected November 28, 2021 Suicide attempt Medical neglect

It was substantiated that on Child # 1 attempted suicide at the facility and Staff Member A was made aware of the incident. [...] Staff Member A was indicated for abuse under the CPSL law on for causing serious physical neglect of a child for failure to provide medical care/treatment.

From the state's report. Citation, complaint inspection. Cited: 55 Pa. Code § 3800.32.b Specific Rights. "[...]" marks text left out between sentences.

Hoffman Homes - Rau Cottage PA

Inspected April 2, 2015 Death Suicide attempt

Staff Member D arrived to the residence at approximately 7:04 PM, with scissors, and Child #1 was able to be freed from the door, Child #1 died as a result of hanging and was pronounced dead at 7:38PM.

At 6:57 PM, Staff Member A instructed Staff Member B, to contact the carpus Registered Nurse, and Staff Member C to find something sharp to free the ligature from around Child #1's neck, Staff Member C searched the kitchen drawers for a sharp utensil, but could not locate anything at that time. [...] Staff Member D was informed that Child#1 had hanged himself, and that she needed to bring scissors to the facility immediately.

From the state's report. Citation, incident ; inspection, licence action taken. Cited: 55 Pa. Code § 3800.96; 55 Pa. Code § 3800.32.b. "[...]" marks text left out between sentences.

Hoffman Homes - Zion PA

Inspected September 16, 2013 Suicide attempt

On 7/5/13 Resident 1, attempted suicide by placing their belt around thelr neck and climbing into a closet. [...] The following day, 7/7/13, Resident 1 placed their belt around their neck in an attempt to commit suicide. [...] Resident 1’s safety plan was not updated for this Incident, On 10/12/13 Resident 2, date of admission 3/18/13. attempted to hang themselves by the neck with thelr belt, An updated Heaith and Safely assessment was completed for Resident 2 on TOMAS: not within a 24-hour perlod.

From the state's report. Citation, incident inspection. Cited: 55 Pa. Code § 3800.142. "[...]" marks text left out between sentences.

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.