Texas Closes Youth Residential Psych Facility after Death of 11-year-old Foster Child

February 12, 2025

A Greenville (TX) foster care facility linked to the death of an 11-year-old last November had a history of sexual misconduct and physical abuse, including organizing fights between children and restraining one boy so severely he was hospitalized, according to a federal report filed Tuesday.

Details about the problems at Thompson’s Residential Treatment Center, which opened in 2009, were made public in a report filed by court monitors in the ongoing 14-year-old federal lawsuit over how Texas cares for roughly 7,500 children placed in long-term foster care.

First reported by The Texas Tribune last week, the 11-year-old boy, identified in court documents as O.R., died on Nov. 27, during a movie outing organized by the facility, which the state has permanently closed. He was one of 16 foster care children who died while in the state’s care between Nov. 2, 2023, to Feb. 5.

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