Bridges to Permanency LLC

The caregiver failed to follow the child's service plan regarding supervision. When a child in care under the age of six was allowed to heat up their own food without being properly supervised.

Information determined children in care were in respite care longer than the allowed time per Minimum Standards.

It was determined the operation failed to report a serious incident, where there was a car incident that led to the home being damaged.

There was no medical documentation for a child's hospitalization due to low heart rate and low blood pressure.

A child's service plan states "constant line of sight supervision is required when in the public or community." It was found the child has been permitted to walk home after school without caregiver supervision.

A child was observed with a backpack with stains and discoloration, showing it had never been washed. The child also had unkempt hair on two different occasions, evident by the cakey substance in her hair and on her rubber bands.

749.641 During a sampling inspection it was discover the foster parent's 14-year-old grandson has not had a background check submitted.

Caregivers failed to adhere to a child's rights to be free of abuse, neglect, and exploitation as defined in Texas Family Code 261.401 when they physically abused a child in care. This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation.

The foster parent used prohibited discipline.

Medication was not given although medication logs showed medicine was given.

Two children in care stated that one child had there hair pulled by foster mom. Two children in care stated that one child was slapped by foster mom.

The caregiver reported motioning a belt in the form of a "pop" to scare the child due to their behavior.

In 1 out of 2 homes reviewed did not have a floor plan on file.

In 1 out of 2 homes reviewed, there was not a 1st quarterly visit.

In 1 out of 2 homes reviewed, there was a safety plan that called for weekly unannounced visits. There was no documentation of these visits.

The caregiver failed to follow the child's service plan regarding supervision.

The caregiver allowed a frequent visitor to be present around the children without a cleared background check.

Caregiver failed to adhere to a child's rights to be free of abuse, neglect, and exploitation as defined in Texas Family Code 261.401(3) when the foster parent left the children unattended.This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation.

Per the agency, the caregiver was allowed to smoke in the garage for up to 10 minutes, but the caregiver reported 30?40-minute smoke breaks while the children were upstairs. He was unable to intervene to ensure the children's safety.

The caregiver did not follow the supervision guidelines in the children's service plans (ages 9, 5, and 4), resulting in sexual acting out and bullying behaviors.

A hired cook/nanny was supervising children in care without the required background checks.

The caregiver failed to supervise the children in care according to the agency guidelines and individual service plans, which resulted in the child-on-child abuse of children ages 5, 6, and 9.

I person identified as a frequent visitor did not have a background check request submitted before being allowed direct contact to children in care.

A child in care with a history of being physically or verbally aggressive with people of all ages and genders was allowed to share a room with an adult in care who was at a developmental age of a school aged child.

The age difference between the child in care and the adult in care was 25 months.

A serious incident that occurred on 6/17/2023 resulted in the psychical injury to a child in care and was not reported to the Child Abuse Hotline/Licensing until 7/1/2023.

Serious incident report does not give an accurate account of what occurred between the child in care and the caregivers on May 18, 2023.

The caregivers did not use good judgement when attempting to get the child in care to comply with their request. The caregivers engaged in struggle over a backpack the child had in his possession, resulting in the caregiver being injured and the child being arrested.

A Go Fund Me Page was created for the family due to personal matters. However, information regarding the fostering, the number of kids in care and how long certain kids have been placed were included in the summary. This was already corrected on 06/30/2023.

Foster Parent failed to document a child's injury.

Foster parent admitted to threatening a child's placement.

4 children in care confirmed they have witnessed foster parent hit other children in the home.

One child in care was not supervised appropriately.

The medication is being prepared days in advance and being kept in a 7-day pill box rather than the medication's original containers.

There are prohibited methods of discipline being used in the home such as yelling, profane language, and physical redirection by pulling on the child's arm.

There are camera's in the home used to record the children as a method of supervision in the living room and in addition the camera records audio.

The foster parent failed to report a serious incident regarding a child in care hospital treatment.

The operation lacked an annual log for unauthorized absences.