Arthur Lee Wiley's Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services worker, and her supervisor, report concerns about the severely disabled boy's care at his Place for Children group home and the need to move him. Later, he died.
ReportAn inspector at the Department of Human Resources, Ertha Sterling, writes two memos responding to a complaint about Arthur Lee Wiley's care at a Place for Children group home. Wiley had died under the group home's care.
First memo | Second memoBrotherhood and Sisterhood group home company wrote to state regulators after Jennifer McLaurin committed suicide saying it had repeatedly asked Jennifer's Baltimore City Department of Social Services worker to move Jennifer to a more appropriate facility, called an RTC or residential treatment center.
LetterA Baltimore County police officer's account of witnessing a counselor at an Evershine Residential Services Inc. group home assaulting Keyyon Makins, a resident. Makins fled the group home. Later, he was found murdered.
Police reportAn Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services worker writes, in a one-page excerpt from Arthur Lee Wiley's file, that the severely disabled boy's doctor recommends moving him because his Place for Children group home "is over their heads in caring for a child as complex as Arthur."
ReportPart 2
The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which licenses some Evershine Residential Services Inc. group homes, reports several violations. Among the violations are that children lack enough clothing and other supplies.
ReportA financial audit of Evershine Residential Services Inc. includes references to contracts and leases with people connected to the company. The audit also includes a reference to a $24,000 lawsuit settlement, which the company's executive director confirmed was the settlement of a sexual harassment complaint against him.
AuditPart 3
Letter from Tawana Nolan to Hassan A. AminA redacted letter from Baltimore County Department of Social Services to state regulators complaining about Children of Life group homes.
LetterLetter from the Harford County Department of Social Services to the head of the Department of Human Resource's licensing office complaining about Children of Life group homes. At the end, the county official complains that there are "issues here that border on neglect."
Letter1. Months after the state Department of Human Resources started receiving complaints from county social services workers, a department inspector asked Children of Life group homes to respond.
2. Children of Life's chief executive officer, Senora Marshall, responds to the inspector's letter a month later notice the date of the fax. In the meantime, the Department of Human Resources re-licensed Children of Life.
LettersA government sentencing memorandum says a drug paraphernalia ring was the nation's largest. Members of the ring had ties to Children of Life group homes in Harford County. Wilhelmina and Rachelle Anderson -- who worked at the homes even after being convicted on federal drug charges -- were "central figures" in the ring, according to court papers.
Memorandum Press release from Maryland Department of Human ResourcesPart 4
Letter from state Human Resources Secretary Christopher J. McCabe.
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