Dirty House Inspection

1. Dirty House Inspection 12 –15 Oct 01

2. How It Started • On 11 Oct first sergeant received second housing notice, forwarded to flight for action • Immediate supervisor went to facility to look at yard, asked to see 8 month old baby mother had reported as being sick • Active duty mother brought sick child outside, would not let supervisor in

3. Actions • Immediate supervisor contacted first sergeant on morning of 12 Oct to discuss previous days events • First sergeant initiated dirty house inspection, requested Family Advocacy, Housing respond – later requested Children, Youth , and Families • During the inspection, the house was deemed inappropriate for the child

4. Results • CYF removed the child from the facility • Active Duty mother ordered to not allow child back into facility until cleared by CYF – an order the mother DID comply with • House was re-inspected 15 Oct with satisfactory results, child returned to parents • Follow on counseling, inspections, and discipline still to come

5. Pictures

6. Living Room

7. Living Room

12. Kitchen

17. Upstairs Landing

21. Laundry Room

24. Bedrooms

39. Bathrooms

44. Thoughts • It’s imperative that supervisors be aware of what their troops are doing • Husband was unemployed, stay at home dad • The housing write ups were for the outside, use that as your key to see what’s inside • If they show you they live bad on the outside, imagine what the inside that no one can see looks like