Houston Chronicle By Catherine Dominguez and John D. Harden May 17, 2018
Five staff members were fired from two residential treatment facilities for girls before Montgomery County law officials raided the facility Wednesday, part of an ongoing criminal investigation into complaints of neglect, improper supervision, physical and sexual abuse, according to state officials and law enforcement.
Troubling living conditions — including broken windows, moldy bathrooms and holes in the wall — and a lack of employee background investigations at the Care Cottage treatment facility for girls in Willis have been documented in state inspections.
Tejal Patel, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, said that 56 girls the agency placed at Care Cottage have been interviewed and are “currently safe.â€
“All of the abuse/neglect allegations reported to us have been or are being investigated by DFPS,†Patel said in an emailed statement. “While [Child Protective Services] continues to look into the situation and provide information to law enforcement as requested, it is important that these children continue to receive all their needed services, go to school, and focus on their individual situations.â€
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