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Alliance Adolescent and Children's Services - Austin: Violation report November 2007

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Violation Details

Operation Number: 256006-85
Operation Name: ALLIANCE ADOLESCENT AND CHILDREN'S SVCS
Date: 11/26/2007
Standard Number:‡ 749.3041(4)
Standard Description:   Physical Environment-foster home must ensure that flammable or poisonous substances are stored out of the reach of children
Technical Assistance Given:   No
Narrative
A box of matches was found in the hallway of the home by one of the children residing in the home. This child held on to the matches and did not alert the foster parents that the matches had been found. This box of matches was hidden back in the foster parents' bedroom. Additionally the foster child in respite care over the Thanksgiving holiday was able to access another box of matches that she found in the dresser drawer of the room she was sleeping in. This child started a fire in the wastebasket of the bedroom with there matches. This box of matches was retrieved from the medicine cabinet in the bathroom.
2007 Nov 26