Guardian's Promise, LLC

During an investigation, the foster parent indicated that abuse occurred between two children, but they did not report it to the hotline.

During an investigation, it was discovered that children in care were not meeting alone with the child placement staff during monthly visits.

During an investigation, a machete was observed in the home. Neither weapons, explosives, nor projectiles were addressed in the home study.

During an investigation it was found that monthly contact logs were being copied and pasted into other monthly contact logs.

This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS Investigation.

During an investigation, a child in care did not have a visit with agency staff for 62 days.

On several occasions, the foster parent hit children in care with multiple household objects which resulted in bruising

Children were intimidated with weapons, verbally threatened, and forced to stand on a stool with a rope around their neck to simulate a suicide attempt. Also, the children were isolated when made to sleep in the garage and outdoors.

Children in care were subjected to name calling and vulgar/threatening language

During a review conducted on March 31, 2025, it was determined that: (1) the Administrator failed to ensure compliance with the current HM Plan; and (2) 12 months had elapsed since the effective date of the plan. The heightened monitoring plan for this operation included a specific ?planned end date? at the 12-month mark by which the operation was expected to meet all heightened monitoring criteria necessary to move out of active heightened monitoring to a phase of ?post plan monitoring?. As a direct result of the administrator?s failure to ensure timely compliance with the heightened monitoring plan, this operation is now unable to successfully move to post-plan monitoring. Furthermore, the operation?s ?planned end date? must now be revised, and the period of heightened monitoring must be extended. Further details of the administrator?s failure to ensure compliance include the following: - Operation failed to satisfy the conditions of the plan - Operation failed to demonstrate 6 months of successive compliance with the standard and contract requirements that led to heightened monitoring; and - Operation was unable to meet compliance with Medium-High or High weighted licensing citations, including having an open investigation.

The agency failed to complete an addendum to address the foster mom's boyfriend living at the home.

Several children reported witnessing an additional caregiver hitting a child in care for misbehaving.

A background check was not completed for the foster mom's boyfriend who now lives in the home.

A child in care sustained a significantly sized bruise to a vital area on their body for which none of the caregivers could provide an explanation.

During the review of 2 children files today, inaccurate information was observed in each file. The service plan reviews for each child was completed but type of plan checked was initial instead of review.

During an inspection at a foster home it was observed that the grass in the backyard was overgrown, wood from the old fence still remained in the yard, a propane tank wasn't properly secured and a hot tub encased by a wooden structure was being used for storage.

During the review of one staff file, the Prevention, recognizing and reporting on child abuse, neglect and exploitation was observed to have expired. The training was last taken on 7-19-23. Staff took the training immediately it was brought to her attention as such citation was marked corrected at inspection.

During the review of one child's file, different date of birth was noticed. Date of birth in childs page in extended reach says 9-17-17 while date of birth in childs service plan says 9-7-17. Issue was corrected during the inspection as such no written correction will be required.

During a review conducted on September 30, 2024, it was determined that: (1) the Administrator failed to ensure compliance with the current HM Plan; and (2) 12 months had elapsed since the effective date of the plan. The heightened monitoring plan for this operation included a specific ?planned end date? at the 12-month mark by which the operation was expected to meet all heightened monitoring criteria necessary to move out of active heightened monitoring to a phase of ?post plan monitoring?. As a direct result of the administrator?s failure to ensure timely compliance with the heightened monitoring plan, this operation is now unable to successfully move to post-plan monitoring. Furthermore, the operation?s ?planned end date? must now be revised, and the period of heightened monitoring must be extended. Further details of the administrator?s failure to ensure compliance include the following: - Operation failed to demonstrate 6 months of successive compliance with the standard and contract requirements that led to heightened monitoring; and - Operation was unable to meet compliance with Medium-High or High weighted licensing citations, including having an open investigation.

Child in care sustained injury close to her eyes during physical altercation with another child during a family get together at the foster home.

Discharge summary was missing the name, address and telephone number of the person the children were discharged to.

External documentation requested not provided in timely manner

CCI confirmed the pool did not have any fence or wall during their visit. CCI representative also sent a photo of the pool which did not have any fence or wall surrounding it.

CCI Investigator confirmed there was no lifesaving device available around the pool during her visit to the home.

During a review conducted on March 27, 2024, it was determined that: (1) the Administrator failed to ensure compliance with the current HM Plan; and (2) 12 months had elapsed since the effective date of the plan. The heightened monitoring plan for this operation included a specific ?planned end date? at the 12-month mark by which the operation was expected to meet all heightened monitoring criteria necessary to move out of active heightened monitoring to a phase of ?post plan monitoring?. As a direct result of the administrator?s failure to ensure timely compliance with the heightened monitoring plan, this operation is now unable to successfully move to post-plan monitoring. Furthermore, the operation?s ?planned end date? must now be revised, and the period of heightened monitoring must be extended. Further details of the administrator?s failure to ensure compliance include the following: - Operation failed to demonstrate 6 months of successive compliance with the standard and contract requirements that led to heightened monitoring; and - Operation was unable to meet compliance with Medium-High or High weighted licensing citations, including having an open investigation.

Foster mother failed to submit background check request for her boyfriend / frequent visitor to her CPA. According to HCR 42.053, Agency foster home is considered part of the CPA.

This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation.

One foster home was observed to be inactive in class during today's inspection while the home was supposed to be active. Also, the operation failed to document it as such did not maintain accurate record of that foster home.

One home with a child placed in it since October 2023 was found to be inactive in Class. Administrator stated that the home was put inactive since November 2022. It was also observed that the last supervisory / quarterly visit was completed at the home on 9-27-23.

Multiple documents reviewed for the investigation contained inaccurate information or incomplete sections.

Both foster parents background checks were inactive for several months.

During the walkthrough of the home, one broken oulet electric cover was observed in front of the dining area. However, foster mother was able to replace it during inspection and photo was taken upon approval.

There were safety hazards in the home and each of the child's bedrooms to include cords hanging near the crib, a spray bottle filled with solution, and items cluttered creating a fire hazard. There were cigarettes in the kitchen along with phone and electrical wires hanging from the wall accessible to children. The swimming pool gate was attached to the grill on the patio which did not appear to be secure.

During a review conducted on 9/25/2023 it was determined that: 1. The Administrator failed to ensure compliance with the current HM Plan; and 2. 12 months had elapsed since the effective date of the plan. The heightened monitoring plan for this operation included a specific ?planned end date? at the 12-month mark by which the operation was expected to meet all heightened monitoring criteria necessary to move out of active heightened monitoring to a phase of ?post plan monitoring?. As a direct result of the administrator?s failure to ensure timely compliance with the heightened monitoring plan, this operation is now unable to successfully move to post-plan monitoring. Furthermore, the operation?s ?planned end date? must now be revised, and the period of heightened monitoring must be extended. Further details of the administrator?s failure to ensure compliance include the following: - Operation failed to satisfy the conditions of the plan - Operation failed to demonstrate 6 months of successive compliance with the standard and contract requirements that led to heightened monitoring; and - Operation was unable to meet compliance with Medium-High or High weighted licensing citations, including having an open investigation.

During a Residential Contracts inspection, the medication box containing medications was found to be unlocked.

Foster parent admitted to telling two children in care that she was counting down the days until they left.

Foster mother admitted to foster father yelling at one of the children after them being escorted from the dinner table.

There is video recording of the foster parent forcefully putting a child in care into a car seat and yelling. Multiple children placed in the home stated the foster parents yell and use profanity.

There was only one life saving device available at the swimming pool during an inspection at the foster home.

During the review of med log for one child, it was discovered that the medication log was missing the Month and Year the medication was administered.

During the inspection, foster parent was not able to provide medicaion log for Certirizen HCL that was dispensed in February 2023 as she stated that she gave the child the medication for only 4 days and did not document the administered medication. Also, Vivance 30mg medication log for April 2023 was reviewed and it stated that 14 tablets are left. However, medication count confirmed the medication is remaining 13 tablets in the bottle as one tablet was missing and was brought to foster parent attention. Furthermore, Guanfacine 2mg medication log for April 2023 was reviewed and it stated that 15 tablets are left. However, medication count confirmed the medication is remaining 14 tablets in the bottle as one tablet was missing and was brought to foster parent attention.

It was observed that the agency did not call in an intake as soon as the agency was notified about the incident at the foster home.

The medication records for March 1st were not completed within 24 hours of administering medication.

During a recent inspection at a licensed home, 2 frequent visitors were identified that did not have the required background checks prior to being allowed in the home and prior to the operation receiving background check eligibility notification.

It was observed during the review of a child's initial and reviewed service plan that the therapist and psychiatrist did not participate in any of the meetings despite the child receiving treatment services.

Active file for staff was not available to the licensing staff for review during inspection.

During sampling inspection, it was found the child was taken to the ER for medical attention due to GI infection and Dehydration. Incident was not reported to the hotline.

It was observed during review of foster home study that law enforcement service calls request was not included in the home study.

It was observed during review of children medication log that foster parent is completing and signing medication log in advance when meds has not been administered to the children. Foster mother has signed medication log in advance to November 30th 2022. Foster parent also signed that medication has been adminsitered to the child for November 17th in advance when its not yet the 17th.

During a review of the background checks. An active caregiver is showing up with an inactive background check.

One record was found to have preliminary service plan completed 4 days late. The initial service plan was late 1 day.

During inspection it was noted that document of high school diploma or agency screening program was not found for 2 foster parents

Seven of nine supervisory visit reports reviewed did not indicate if the visit was announced or unannounced.

Medication count for some of the medications were not accurate.

During the investigation it was noted that one daughter of the FP did not have a background check until after the investigation was initiated.

During the investigation photos were taken of the home. In the photos the bed a child in care was sleeping on was broken. A wall was damaged and other damages in the home were noted during the observation

Medication log for January 2022 states dosage is 0.1 mg and not 1 mg for Guanfacine.

During a follow up inspection at the agency home. Interviews with 4out of 5 children in the home it was stated that the foster parent smokes in the home.

Foster mother failed to safely secure the children in car seats and seatbelts before she left the home, which resulted in an injury. The actions of Ms. Bowden were neglectful

Four young children in care were not seat belted while the foster parent was driving

A caregiver did not accurately document when they administered a prescription medication.

1 of 4 child records the CPMS did not sign the service plan.

Three out of five verbal youth placed in the home stated the foster parents smoke inside the home when they are present. Cigarette smoke was also smelled inside the home during the home's inspection while a youth in care was present.

During an audit with contracts, medical records did not include the dosage for 5 children in care.

During an audit by Contracts, it was found that medication was not administered as prescribed

Both foster parents hit all children in the home with sticks from tree.

Children were forced to hold heavy objects above their heads for discipline.

Children in care did not have proper booster seat and were sharing a seatbelt.

Both foster parents hit children in care with sticks from a tree

The fire extinguisher on the first floor needs to be service

It was observed during the walkthrough that there is a pet at the home; however, the parent could not locate her pet vaccination.

During the walk through at the home on 5/26/2021, it was observed that the foster parent left a knife on the counter near the kitchen sink, dirty dishes in the sink, and hazardous chemicals were left unlock under the kitchen sink. There were 5 loose screws sitting under the kitchen sink near chemicals.

The foster mother admitted during interview that she had not refill clonidine, which is a medication used for ADHD. The foster mother was unaware how long the child had gone without taken the medication , due to the fact that there were no medication logs available to licensing for review.

The children were being grabbed by their shirts and pulled around as a form of discipline.

A child in care at the time aged 3, fell into a toilet that caused injury to the child and the foster parents were not present and actively supervising when the injury occurred.

Foster parents struck a child in care with an unknown object resulting in bruising covering majority of the victim's buttocks.

It was determined that foster parents used corporal punishment on a child in care with an unknown object resulting in bruising covering majority of the victim's buttocks.