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Safe Life Journey

Child care center · 610 UPTOWN BLVD STE 203, Cedar Hill, TX 75104-3528 · License 1702778- 13831

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Violation history (296)

Severity	Date	Standard / narrative	Corrected
1	—	749.2488(a)(9) - Rights and Responsibilities-Foster parents have right to know how much discretion they have in declining a placement without fear of repercussions Interviews completed indicate foster parents were pressured to take the current placement with promises of an infant being placed in the home at a later date.	—
2	—	749.869(a)(3) - Pre-Service Training- Must include a certificate, letter, or a signed and dated statement of successful completion from the training source One home file did not include training certificates, a letter or a signed statement from the training source indicating that several required trainings had been completed.	—
3	—	749.605(b)(2) - Minimum qualifications for employees-Record of a TB screening showing the employee is free of contagious TB as provided in 749.1417 A review of an employee file showed that previous employee who was rehired failed to get an updated TB test.	—
3	—	749.105(2) - Personnel policies-Develop written job descriptions including minimum qualifications and job responsibilities for each position A review of an employee file indicated that the employee did not meet the educational requirements of the job description.	—
3	—	749.2447(11) - Foster Home Screening-Agency documents the prospective foster parents' feelings about their childhoods and parents Home screening reviewed does not discuss the foster parent's parent or relationship with their parents.	—
5	—	749.151(1) - Operational responsibilities - Designate a qualified full-time child-placing agency administrator The operation does not have a full time administrator.	—
3	—	749.2908(b) - Disaster and Emergency-foster home must document discussions and drills, including date and time of each Fire and severe weather drill did not document the discussions from the drill.	—
5	—	749.1463(b)(5) - Administration of Medication-Ensure the child has taken the medication as prescribed One medication was not given to the child every 6 hours as prescribed	—
3	—	749.1417(a) - TB exam-Persons over 1 yr old who live, work, volunteer at operation have exam w/in 30 days, unless person had previous exam that meets requirements One foster child did not have a TB test completed within the first 30 days of admission.	—
5	—	749.2961(a)(1) - If weapons/explosives/projectiles allowed, must enforce policy w/precautions to ensure no unsupervised access for children/ kept in locked storage A "stun pen" which delivers an electrical jolt was not locked and was accessible to children in care.	—
5	—	749.1463(b)(3) - AP Administration of Medication-Administer medications according to label instructions or a prescribing health-care professional's subsequent orders One child did not receive their medication for two days. Another child did not receive their medication for three days.	—
5	—	749.1003(b)(1)(B) - Children's rights-Safety & care including right to be free from abuse, neglect and exploitation This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation.	—
4	—	749.2470(4) - Verification-Includes inspecting the home to ensure and document that the home meets appropriate rules of this chapter and ch K & O The fire inspection was not completed prior to home verification.	—
5	—	749.2593(a)(4) - Supervision-The caregiver is responsible for being able to intervene when necessary to ensure each child's safety One caregiver did not intervene when another caregiver used a "stun gun pen," which delivers an electric jolt, on a child in care as a form of discipline.	—
4	—	749.151(5) - Operational responsibilities - Allow Licensing to inspect or monitor any of your foster homes at any time An investigator was not allowed access to a bedroom in a foster home.	—
4	—	749.3103 - Driver & passengers must follow all laws when driving, including laws on use of child passenger safety seat systems, seat belts & liability insurance The caregiver was not using the car seats appropriately to secure children in care when transporting.	—
3	—	745.651(1) - Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving Background checks for several individuals no longer associated with the operation have not been inactive by the operation.	Yes
3	—	749.2631(a) - Respite-Except during an investigation, a child may be in respite child-care services for 14 consecutive days or 40 days each year During this course of this investigation, children were in respite home for more than 14 consecutive days.	—
4	—	749.2445(b) - Verification-Agency child placement management staff must review and approve each foster home screening. Child placement management staff did not sign or approve foster home screening addendums.	—
4	—	749.2965(b)(1) - Weapons-Foster home record must include documentation on weapons, firearms, explosives, projectiles present in the home There were two firearms discovered at the foster home that were not documented in the foster home record.	—
3	—	749.2475(a) - Background information-If background information is requested by another CPA, the agency must release it This agency did not provide background information for one of its foster homes when requested by another CPA.	—
5	—	749.2447(7)(A) - Foster Home Screening-Agency documents background check results for any person frequent and present in the home Background check results for three frequent visitors were not discussed in the home screening.	—
3	—	749.503(e)(5)(A) - Serious Incident-Report to Licensing within 24 hours of awareness of allegation a person under the auspices of the agency abused drugs in past 7 days. Operation staff did not report to Licensing when there was suspicion of drug use by the foster parents.	—
2	—	749.2623(1) - Respite-Agency must notify the child's parent before placing the child in respite child-care services The child's worker was not aware of the kid's being placed in a home for respite.	—
3	—	749.2449(a)(6) - Interview For Foster Home Screening-Must include one interview by phone/in person or letter with child 12 yrs and older or adult children not in home Two adult biological children were not interviewed.	—
5	—	749.2961(a)(1) - If weapons/explosives/projectiles allowed, must enforce policy w/precautions to ensure no unsupervised access for children/ kept in locked storage Two loaded firearms were observed by law enforcement to be stored unsecured on the top of the foster parent's bedroom closet.	—
5	—	749.1291(a) - Contact between child placement staff and children-except for child with PMN needs, monthly FTF contact; no longer than 60 days without a visit There was no monthly face-to-face contact made with a child in care by qualified child placement staff during the month of January 2024. The child has not been seen since 12/5/2024, which is longer than 60 days without face-to-face contact.	—
5	—	749.1953(a) - Corporal Punishment-May not use/threaten corporal punishment, such as hitting/spanking, forced exercise, holding physical position, unproductive work. Children were hit with a shoe by a caregiver as a form of punishment.	—
5	—	749.1521(1) - Medication Storage-Store medication in a locked container Over-the-counter medication was not stored in a locked container in the master bedroom and master bathroom. The master bedroom door was unlocked leaving it accessible to children in care. Note: This was corrected during the inspection and noted by the inspector.	—
2	—	749.2470(3)(A) - Verification-Includes obtaining floor plan showing dimensions and purposes of all rooms in the home and identifying indoor areas for children's use A review of a foster home file did not have the required dimensions listed on the sketch of the floor plan	—
3	—	745.651(2)(A) - Background Check Validation - Every 3 months each operation, other than a licensed, registered, or listed home, must validate current list The people list has not been validated on 10/21/2024, not within the last 3 months.	Yes
4	—	749.635(2) - AP CPA administrator responsibilities- Ensure that the operation complies with current heightened monitoring plans. During a review conducted on December 19, 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.	—
5	—	749.1957(1) - Other Prohibited Discipline-Any harsh, cruel, unusual, unnecessary, demeaning, or humiliating discipline or punishment A caregiver used a "stun gun pen," which delivers an electric jolt, on a child's hand as a form of discipline.	—
4	—	749.2815(a)(1) - Supervisory Visits-must have supervisory visits in the foster home at least quarterly The quarterly inspection was not completed by child placement staff and documentation did not include all requried information.	—
5	—	749.1463(b)(3) - AP Administration of Medication-Administer medications according to label instructions or a prescribing health-care professional's subsequent orders One child was not given administered one medication as prescribed by the physician.	—
5	—	749.2447(7)(A) - Foster Home Screening-Agency documents background check results for any person frequent and present in the home During a sampling inspection, foster parent indicated that her son is a frequent visitor, he does not have a required background check.	—
3	—	749.151(3) - Operational responsibilities - Maintain current, true, accurate, and complete records Home screening evaluation was completed over the phone but home screening documents states interviews were completed face to face.	—
5	—	749.1521(1) - Medication Storage-Store medication in a locked container Over-the-counter medication was not stored in a locked container in the master bedroom and master bathroom. The master bedroom door was unlocked leaving it accessible to children in care. Note: This was corrected during the inspection and noted by the inspector.	—
5	—	749.1463(b)(3) - AP Administration of Medication-Administer medications according to label instructions or a prescribing health-care professional's subsequent orders One child was not given administered one medication as prescribed by the physician.	—
5	—	749.2447(7)(A) - Foster Home Screening-Agency documents background check results for any person frequent and present in the home During a sampling inspection, foster parent indicated that her son is a frequent visitor, he does not have a required background check.	—
3	—	749.503(e)(5)(A) - Serious Incident-Report to Licensing within 24 hours of awareness of allegation a person under the auspices of the agency abused drugs in past 7 days. Operation staff did not report to Licensing when there was suspicion of drug use by the foster parents.	—
4	—	749.2445(b) - Verification-Agency child placement management staff must review and approve each foster home screening. Child placement management staff did not sign or approve foster home screening addendums.	—
3	—	749.605(b)(2) - Minimum qualifications for employees-Record of a TB screening showing the employee is free of contagious TB as provided in 749.1417 A review of an employee file showed that previous employee who was rehired failed to get an updated TB test.	—
2	—	749.2470(3)(A) - Verification-Includes obtaining floor plan showing dimensions and purposes of all rooms in the home and identifying indoor areas for children's use A review of a foster home file did not have the required dimensions listed on the sketch of the floor plan	—
5	—	749.2961(a)(1) - If weapons/explosives/projectiles allowed, must enforce policy w/precautions to ensure no unsupervised access for children/ kept in locked storage Two loaded firearms were observed by law enforcement to be stored unsecured on the top of the foster parent's bedroom closet.	—
5	—	749.1953(a) - Corporal Punishment-May not use/threaten corporal punishment, such as hitting/spanking, forced exercise, holding physical position, unproductive work. Children were hit with a shoe by a caregiver as a form of punishment.	—
4	—	749.2815(a)(1) - Supervisory Visits-must have supervisory visits in the foster home at least quarterly The quarterly inspection was not completed by child placement staff and documentation did not include all requried information.	—
3	—	749.2475(a) - Background information-If background information is requested by another CPA, the agency must release it This agency did not provide background information for one of its foster homes when requested by another CPA.	—
5	—	749.2447(7)(A) - Foster Home Screening-Agency documents background check results for any person frequent and present in the home Background check results for three frequent visitors were not discussed in the home screening.	—
5	—	749.2961(a)(1) - If weapons/explosives/projectiles allowed, must enforce policy w/precautions to ensure no unsupervised access for children/ kept in locked storage A "stun pen" which delivers an electrical jolt was not locked and was accessible to children in care.	—
5	—	749.2593(a)(4) - Supervision-The caregiver is responsible for being able to intervene when necessary to ensure each child's safety One caregiver did not intervene when another caregiver used a "stun gun pen," which delivers an electric jolt, on a child in care as a form of discipline.	—
3	—	749.105(2) - Personnel policies-Develop written job descriptions including minimum qualifications and job responsibilities for each position A review of an employee file indicated that the employee did not meet the educational requirements of the job description.	—
4	—	749.151(5) - Operational responsibilities - Allow Licensing to inspect or monitor any of your foster homes at any time An investigator was not allowed access to a bedroom in a foster home.	—
3	—	745.651(2)(A) - Background Check Validation - Every 3 months each operation, other than a licensed, registered, or listed home, must validate current list The people list has not been validated on 10/21/2024, not within the last 3 months.	Yes
3	—	749.2447(11) - Foster Home Screening-Agency documents the prospective foster parents' feelings about their childhoods and parents Home screening reviewed does not discuss the foster parent's parent or relationship with their parents.	—
5	—	749.151(1) - Operational responsibilities - Designate a qualified full-time child-placing agency administrator The operation does not have a full time administrator.	—
5	—	749.1957(1) - Other Prohibited Discipline-Any harsh, cruel, unusual, unnecessary, demeaning, or humiliating discipline or punishment A caregiver used a "stun gun pen," which delivers an electric jolt, on a child's hand as a form of discipline.	—
3	—	749.151(3) - Operational responsibilities - Maintain current, true, accurate, and complete records Home screening evaluation was completed over the phone but home screening documents states interviews were completed face to face.	—
5	—	749.1291(a) - Contact between child placement staff and children-except for child with PMN needs, monthly FTF contact; no longer than 60 days without a visit There was no monthly face-to-face contact made with a child in care by qualified child placement staff during the month of January 2024. The child has not been seen since 12/5/2024, which is longer than 60 days without face-to-face contact.	—
5	—	749.1003(b)(1)(B) - Children's rights-Safety & care including right to be free from abuse, neglect and exploitation This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation.	—
3	—	749.2449(a)(6) - Interview For Foster Home Screening-Must include one interview by phone/in person or letter with child 12 yrs and older or adult children not in home Two adult biological children were not interviewed.	—
1	—	749.2488(a)(9) - Rights and Responsibilities-Foster parents have right to know how much discretion they have in declining a placement without fear of repercussions Interviews completed indicate foster parents were pressured to take the current placement with promises of an infant being placed in the home at a later date.	—
3	—	749.2631(a) - Respite-Except during an investigation, a child may be in respite child-care services for 14 consecutive days or 40 days each year During this course of this investigation, children were in respite home for more than 14 consecutive days.	—
4	—	749.2470(4) - Verification-Includes inspecting the home to ensure and document that the home meets appropriate rules of this chapter and ch K & O The fire inspection was not completed prior to home verification.	—
2	—	749.869(a)(3) - Pre-Service Training- Must include a certificate, letter, or a signed and dated statement of successful completion from the training source One home file did not include training certificates, a letter or a signed statement from the training source indicating that several required trainings had been completed.	—
4	—	749.2965(b)(1) - Weapons-Foster home record must include documentation on weapons, firearms, explosives, projectiles present in the home There were two firearms discovered at the foster home that were not documented in the foster home record.	—
3	—	749.2908(b) - Disaster and Emergency-foster home must document discussions and drills, including date and time of each Fire and severe weather drill did not document the discussions from the drill.	—
4	—	749.3103 - Driver & passengers must follow all laws when driving, including laws on use of child passenger safety seat systems, seat belts & liability insurance The caregiver was not using the car seats appropriately to secure children in care when transporting.	—
4	—	749.635(2) - AP CPA administrator responsibilities- Ensure that the operation complies with current heightened monitoring plans. During a review conducted on December 19, 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.	—
3	—	749.1417(a) - TB exam-Persons over 1 yr old who live, work, volunteer at operation have exam w/in 30 days, unless person had previous exam that meets requirements One foster child did not have a TB test completed within the first 30 days of admission.	—
5	—	749.1463(b)(3) - AP Administration of Medication-Administer medications according to label instructions or a prescribing health-care professional's subsequent orders One child did not receive their medication for two days. Another child did not receive their medication for three days.	—
2	—	749.2623(1) - Respite-Agency must notify the child's parent before placing the child in respite child-care services The child's worker was not aware of the kid's being placed in a home for respite.	—
5	—	749.1463(b)(5) - Administration of Medication-Ensure the child has taken the medication as prescribed One medication was not given to the child every 6 hours as prescribed	—
3	—	745.651(1) - Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving Background checks for several individuals no longer associated with the operation have not been inactive by the operation.	Yes
3	—	749.105(2) - Personnel policies-Develop written job descriptions including minimum qualifications and job responsibilities for each position A review of an employee file indicated that the employee did not meet the educational requirements of the job description.	—
5	—	749.1953(a) - Corporal Punishment-May not use/threaten corporal punishment, such as hitting/spanking, forced exercise, holding physical position, unproductive work. Children were hit with a shoe by a caregiver as a form of punishment.	—
4	—	749.2470(4) - Verification-Includes inspecting the home to ensure and document that the home meets appropriate rules of this chapter and ch K & O The fire inspection was not completed prior to home verification.	—
3	—	749.503(e)(5)(A) - Serious Incident-Report to Licensing within 24 hours of awareness of allegation a person under the auspices of the agency abused drugs in past 7 days. Operation staff did not report to Licensing when there was suspicion of drug use by the foster parents.	—
2	—	749.2470(3)(A) - Verification-Includes obtaining floor plan showing dimensions and purposes of all rooms in the home and identifying indoor areas for children's use A review of a foster home file did not have the required dimensions listed on the sketch of the floor plan	—
2	—	749.2623(1) - Respite-Agency must notify the child's parent before placing the child in respite child-care services The child's worker was not aware of the kid's being placed in a home for respite.	—
5	—	749.2961(a)(1) - If weapons/explosives/projectiles allowed, must enforce policy w/precautions to ensure no unsupervised access for children/ kept in locked storage Two loaded firearms were observed by law enforcement to be stored unsecured on the top of the foster parent's bedroom closet.	—
5	—	749.1521(1) - Medication Storage-Store medication in a locked container Over-the-counter medication was not stored in a locked container in the master bedroom and master bathroom. The master bedroom door was unlocked leaving it accessible to children in care. Note: This was corrected during the inspection and noted by the inspector.	—
3	—	749.2449(a)(6) - Interview For Foster Home Screening-Must include one interview by phone/in person or letter with child 12 yrs and older or adult children not in home Two adult biological children were not interviewed.	—
5	—	749.1003(b)(1)(B) - Children's rights-Safety & care including right to be free from abuse, neglect and exploitation This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation.	—
4	—	749.3103 - Driver & passengers must follow all laws when driving, including laws on use of child passenger safety seat systems, seat belts & liability insurance The caregiver was not using the car seats appropriately to secure children in care when transporting.	—
3	—	749.2475(a) - Background information-If background information is requested by another CPA, the agency must release it This agency did not provide background information for one of its foster homes when requested by another CPA.	—
5	—	749.2447(7)(A) - Foster Home Screening-Agency documents background check results for any person frequent and present in the home Background check results for three frequent visitors were not discussed in the home screening.	—
4	—	749.151(5) - Operational responsibilities - Allow Licensing to inspect or monitor any of your foster homes at any time An investigator was not allowed access to a bedroom in a foster home.	—
3	—	749.2631(a) - Respite-Except during an investigation, a child may be in respite child-care services for 14 consecutive days or 40 days each year During this course of this investigation, children were in respite home for more than 14 consecutive days.	—
5	—	749.1463(b)(3) - AP Administration of Medication-Administer medications according to label instructions or a prescribing health-care professional's subsequent orders One child was not given administered one medication as prescribed by the physician.	—
3	—	749.2447(11) - Foster Home Screening-Agency documents the prospective foster parents' feelings about their childhoods and parents Home screening reviewed does not discuss the foster parent's parent or relationship with their parents.	—
4	—	749.2965(b)(1) - Weapons-Foster home record must include documentation on weapons, firearms, explosives, projectiles present in the home There were two firearms discovered at the foster home that were not documented in the foster home record.	—
5	—	749.1463(b)(5) - Administration of Medication-Ensure the child has taken the medication as prescribed One medication was not given to the child every 6 hours as prescribed	—
4	—	749.2815(a)(1) - Supervisory Visits-must have supervisory visits in the foster home at least quarterly The quarterly inspection was not completed by child placement staff and documentation did not include all requried information.	—
5	—	749.1463(b)(3) - AP Administration of Medication-Administer medications according to label instructions or a prescribing health-care professional's subsequent orders One child did not receive their medication for two days. Another child did not receive their medication for three days.	—
3	—	745.651(1) - Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving Background checks for several individuals no longer associated with the operation have not been inactive by the operation.	Yes
2	—	749.869(a)(3) - Pre-Service Training- Must include a certificate, letter, or a signed and dated statement of successful completion from the training source One home file did not include training certificates, a letter or a signed statement from the training source indicating that several required trainings had been completed.	—
5	—	749.1291(a) - Contact between child placement staff and children-except for child with PMN needs, monthly FTF contact; no longer than 60 days without a visit There was no monthly face-to-face contact made with a child in care by qualified child placement staff during the month of January 2024. The child has not been seen since 12/5/2024, which is longer than 60 days without face-to-face contact.	—
3	—	749.1417(a) - TB exam-Persons over 1 yr old who live, work, volunteer at operation have exam w/in 30 days, unless person had previous exam that meets requirements One foster child did not have a TB test completed within the first 30 days of admission.	—
5	—	749.2447(7)(A) - Foster Home Screening-Agency documents background check results for any person frequent and present in the home During a sampling inspection, foster parent indicated that her son is a frequent visitor, he does not have a required background check.	—

Severity 5 = most serious. Source: official state record.

Inspections (168)

168 inspection record(s) on file from TX-HHSC.

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