Florida health officials issue emergency order against Palm Beach County treatment center for kids

A residential mental health treatment facility for children was ordered by the state to stop accepting certain residents, after one resident died at the facility.

The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) claims in a 27-page order that employees at The Children’s Place at HomeSafe violated multiple policies in the days leading up to a 15-year-old’s suicide.

Per the order, the facility can’t admit new clients with “history of self-harm, suicidal ideations or suicide attempts” until the order is lifted…

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