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Facility: Centers for Youth and Families Little Rock

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Location: Little Rock, AR

Population Served: Youth ages 5-18

# of residents per unit: Up to 8 Residents per room: 1-3 Capacity: 82 beds (PRTF and residential)

Contact with family (Calls and visit schedule): Facility declined to provide specifics regarding call frequency or schedule

Restraint utilized? Yes Chemical Restraint utilized? Yes Seclusion utilized? No

Treatment Components

Clinical Director – LCSW

Therapists: Facility declined to identify, report number employed, or share credential status of any therapists.

Treatment modalities offered: Facility declined to identify any specific modalities available.

# of individual therapy sessions/week: Facility declined to provide a number or range.

# of group therapy sessions led by a licensed mental health professional/week: Facility declined to provide a number or range.

04.27.24 Notice of Incident. Maltreatment. CLR

Youth advised her caseworker that staff was spraying female adolescents in the face with Lysol due to coughing while on quarantine. Staff instructed youth not to cough on them, and youth verbalized that if staff kept spraying her in the face, she was going to cough on them. Staff sprayed youth in face again and […]

04.24.24 Police Report. Drugs. CLR

Officers made contact with Ms. Clary at the listed address. She advised that her staff found listed items in a black box inside an unknown room. Ms. Clary advised she wanted police to secure or destroy the items. Items were taken and stored in the Northwest Property Room for destruction.

04.15.24 Police Report. Disturbance. CLR

Officers were dispatched to this location in reference to a disturbance. Upon arrival, officers made contact with Ms. Sandra Williams, employee. Ms. Williams advised that she was in an altercation with a 16 year old juvenile. The juvenile became irate when told they would have to wait to retrieve personal items, and pushed Ms. Williams […]

04.13.24 Notice of Incident. Suicide Attempt. CLR

Client exited shower and staff observed blood on her neck. Client stated that she had cut herself with her fingernails, then began making suicidal ideation comments and stated that she wanted to go back where she came from. The client was transferred to Acute placement at Bridgeway. 4/18/24 – Per facility via email: “After further […]