Buckner Baptist Childrens Home

The child attempted to make waffles, and it was thrown away by the foster parent. The foster parents denied the option of waffles, causing the child to act out.

The purpose of this is for the use of a camera is not permitted as the child is over the age of 5, and the service plan does not permit the use of a video camera in the child's room. The caregiver reported the use of a video camera for the supervision of the child, The caregiver stated that the camera is a live camera without recordings.

This food was used as a form of discipline in an attempt to gain compliance after the child was reported to have "lied " to eat the snack the night before.

A child being restrained for over two minutes is a concern, which was longer than an allotted short restraint for the incident that occurred on 3/6/25

There was a camera/ monitor in a shared children's bedroom that was not approved by caseworker or documented on service plan.

Investigator was denied access to all areas of the home.

A child in care required for stitches to be removed by a medical professional per the discharge summary. These instructions have not been followed

Caregiver did not remove a child from an inappropriate situation causing child to get injured and need medical attention.

Foster parent failed to report serious incident in a timely manner.

Medication log was not completed properly.

The agency did not send the staff that was alleged to be abusing drugs within the timeframe. They did not send the staff for 7 days.

Medication log was not completed properly.

Caregiver did not remove a child from an inappropriate situation causing child to get injured and need medical attention.

Foster parent failed to report serious incident in a timely manner.

A caregiver made a sarcastic comment of cutting a child's hair as a form of discipline.

2 children in the home were placed in timeout for an excessive period of time when they were disciplined.

A caregiver did not have an active background check at the time of inspection.

6 of 8 foster parent CPR trainings were missing length of training.

Background check information from previous CPA was not obtained.

3 of 8 foster parent cpr documentation is missing trainers name and qualifications.

1 of 4 staff members did not have the required number of training hours.

Foster child notified foster mother of self-harming incident and no other arrangements were given to provide supervision or remove access to items used to self-harm.

A child was able to have access to a sharp item in the home resulting in the child being able to self-harm.

A child in care self harmed, communicated self harm to the foster parents and did not receive medical attention immediately.

A foster parent stated a child could sleep in the garage/van with pillow and blanket as a method to redirect behavior.

Agency home documents were not received in a timely manner.

A box of ammunition was not secured in a locked container and was accessible to children.

A child living in the home did not have the results of their background check yet before a child was placed in the home.

A four year old child was bit on the face by a dog.

A safety plan was not being followed which resulted in a child being bit by a dog.

During the review of documents it was found that the incident occurred on July 25th but was not reported to the hotline until the 27th.

One ceiling tile is missing/broken. Two other corner ceiling tiles are broken as well. Foster mother stated the ceiling tile broke less than 24hrs ago. A work order has been placed for the agency.

A household member does not have a cleared background check.

One foster home screening reviewed was missing the following information: how foster parent's DOB was verified, itemized expense report/list, certain behaviors/history of the children the foster parent's are willing to work with, foster parent's prior relationship history.

While reviewing case manager notes for one foster home, it was found that during two seperate visits to the home blankets were observed to be in the infant's crib.

The fire extinguisher was observed to need servicing.

A caregiver used tobacco products in the home.

During a sampling inspection at a foster home it was found that two frequent visitors/babysitters did not have background checks done.

A child living in the home did not have his FBI background check completed within time frame.

Fire/health inspection was not completed within the year time frame.

Documentation was requested from the agency on 2/24/22 to be sent by 2/28/22. Documentation was provided on 3/11/22.

When reviewing medication logs for child TL and child JL, It was noticed that in the November log for JL, the ADHD medication; Dexmethylphenidate; has no signatures for 11.29.21 and 11.30.21 medication given at noon.

There were three blanket in the infant in care babybed.

During a sampling inspection at a foster home it was found that a babysitter did not have a background check done.

The infants did not have appropriate toys for play time.

Three child files reviewed did not have the Child Right's form signed by the child.

One child did not have an orientation completed within seven days of admission and another child's orientation was not signed or dated.

Multiple foster home files contained supervisory visits that were done virtually and not in person.

Four foster home files did not have any unannounced supervisory visits in 2020.

Children have been in this home since 2019 and during this time they have engaged in multiple inappropriate acts.

Children's supervision plan was not followed which ended up with the children acting out inappropriately.