One staff member at a Grand Prairie group home broke a 14-year-old girl’s jaw in two places, and another cavorted with women he brought to the house at night...
Problems at a Grand Prairie group home were one of several examples a federal judge cited in her order holding Texas state health officials in contempt for failing to fix the state foster care system.One staff member at a Grand Prairie group home broke a 14-year-old girl’s jaw in two places with his fist, requiring her hospitalization. Another cavorted with women he brought to the house at night while children were in their rooms.
Evans described the man and some of her other workers as “unsavory employees” during her testimony. And she said the child and adult care industry “kind of reeks of scamsters and schemers,” court records show.The judge had harsh words for Evans’ hiring practices in her order, saying it contributed to the unsafe conditions at her group homes.
The girl was placed in one of Evans’ homes in April 2021 under the legal custody of the state Department of Family and Protective Services, records say. The monitors said all of the abuse and neglect investigations involving the girl had “extensive, unexplained delays.” Jack’s court order noted that one investigation lasted 17 months.
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