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Location: Fordyce, AR Population Served: Youth ages 6-17
| # of residents per unit: Up to 20 | Residents per room: 2-3 |
Capacity: 162 (111 Arkansas Medicaid PRTF beds, 51 Residential beds used for out-of-state resident PRTF placement or AR contract beds).
Contact with family (Calls and visit schedule): Family visits vary on a case-by-case basis. Phone Calls are allowed on 4 days of each week and are limited to 10 minutes unless otherwise specified.
| Restraint utilized? Yes | Chemical Restraint utilized? Yes | Seclusion utilized? Yes |
Clinical Director: LPC Therapists:8 full-time therapists (LPC-S, 5 LPC, 1 LCSW, 1 LMSW)
Treatment modalities offered: 1 EMDR, TF-CBT
# of individual therapy sessions/week: 1
# of group therapy sessions led by a licensed mental health professional/week: 3
Police Report
Escape from a Juvenile Detention Facility, Second Degree Escape
Nurse at facility advised officers that Juvenile had ran away from facility and gave a description. Officer spotted Juvenile in woods and was able to talk them into returning with the workers to Millcreek. Juvenile was turned over to staff
PRLU or OLTC
Licensing Compliance Record
Police Report
Possible Runaway
Caller advised there was a Millcreek patient running through her backyard. Upon arrival, Officer was unable to locate anyone. Back at the facility, all children were accounted for.
Police Report
Possible Runaway
Staff requested officer on scene for runaway juvenile. Approximately 3 hours later, staff reported to officers that they had found the juvenile.
Police Report
Assist Other Agency
Officers requested to assist ProMed Ambulance. Upon arrival, ambulance was loading patient with seizures and departing.
PRLU or OLTC
Survey Composition and Workload Report
Staff 30283 spent 8.75 hours on-site and 5.75 travel between 03/05 and 03/06/20. 2.25 Off-Site Report.
PRLU or OLTC
Licensing Compliance Record, Staff Record Review
Police Report
Possible Battery
Staff requested an officer to facility for a juvenile that had become combative & had struck some employees. No other info was given.
Police Report
Escape from a Juvenile Detention Facility, Second Degree Escape
Nurse at facility advised officers that Juvenile had ran away from facility and gave a description. Dispatch was advised that a Dallas County Deputy had caught Juvenile and transported them back to facility.
Police Report
Escape from a Juvenile Detention Facility, Second Degree Escape, Terroristic Threatening First Degree
Officer responded to facility for a report of up to 3 runaways. While en route to facility, officer picked up 2 of the 3 residents that had ran away that were walking on the side of the road. When back at the facility, 1 of the residents became belligerent and combative and started threatening officer, stating they would kill officer and fight staff and residents at Millcreek. That resident was transported to the Fordye Police Department (later was transported back to facility same day). On a later call that day, dispatch advised that the 3rd resident had returned to the facility.
Police Report
Escape from a Youth Service Program, Second Degree Escape
Officer responded to West 2nd St. area for a runaway juvenile that was reported. Upon arrival, officers made contact with juvenile who stated they ran away because staff wouldn’t let them plug in their stereo. Officer transported juvenile back to facility.
Police Report
Possible Runaway
Employee reported juvenile had been gone but they weren’t sure for how long. Child was located by officer and returned to facility.
PRLU or OLTC
Licensing Complaint, Licensing Compliance Record
PRLU or OLTC
Licensing Compliance Record
Police Report
Escape from Youth Service Program, Second Degree Escape
Nurse at facility advised officers that 2 residents had ran from facility. Officers were advised that both residents were back at the facility later that day.
Police Report
Assist Other Agency
False fire alarm reported upon arrival.
Police Report
Possible Staff Abuse Report
Gary from Millcreek requested a possible abuse report be taken – staff member to a client. Radio log, no report.
Police Report
Battery Third Degree, Recklessly Causes Injury
Director at Facility advised officers he needed to make an abuse report that he had a staff member drag a patient out of a room, down the hall, and into another room by his feet (on 12/31/2019 on 3pm11pm shift). Director stated there was also another staff member present that did not report this; They found out about the incident when the patient requested to see a nurse the next morning. Resident had bruises and scratches that match what happened. Director reported incident to Arkansas Child Abuse Hotline, the staff member was put on immediate Administrative Leave.
Police Report
Altercation
Individual from Dallas County Medical Center requested an officer for a report of an altercation that took place at Millcreek; Officers made contact with Individual in the ER. No other info.
Police Report
Runaway, Welfare Check
Caller requested Officer for a runaway Juvenile; Caller stated 5 Juveniles had ran away and they had found 4 of them but 1 was still missing. By the time Officer was on scene Staff had found last missing Juvenile. Caller requested a welfare check on his daughter at facility because she had been beat up by a couple of peers.
PRLU or OLTC
Licensing Compliance Record
• Specialist visited facility on report received on 12/13/19. Specialist reviewed personnel file of involved staff. There is no video footage available for this incident.
Police Report
Runaway
Caller stated a Juvenile had ran away from facility shortly after leaving for school. Juvenile was last seen around 0755 in the morning after taking his medication. Officer located Juvenile and transported him back to facility to Staff.
Police Report
Third Degree Escape
Officer was dispatched to facility at approximately 1820 hours for runaway Juvenile. At approximately 1906 hours, Staff called police to report that they had Juvenile back in their custody.
Police Report
Runaway
Staff reported a runaway Juvenile; Officer was informed that the Juvenile had been found. Officer was then informed that the same patient had just ran away again. Officer was then advised that Juvenile had been found.
Police Report
Missing Person
Staff advised that a new patient cannot be found. Staff then advised they had found the patient.