OLYMPIA -- The state Department of Social and Health Services stopped admissions, summarily suspended and revoked licenses of two privately operated Marysville adult family homes.

Welcome Home AFH and Welcome Home AFH II, are located at 10515 66th Avenue NE, and 10617 64th Avenue NE, respectively. The homes were licensed to Advantage Care LLC represented by Billy Rockwell.

The state took the action after finding numerous violations of regulations that affected the safety and well-being of residents. The violations include but are not limited to:

• The providers' failure to promote and protect the health and safety of four residents.
• The providers' failure to ensure criminal history background checks were received by the adult family home before staff had unsupervised access to residents.
• The providers' failure to report an allegation of sexual abuse of a resident.
• The providers' failure to protect a resident from sexual abuse.
• The provider and co-provider willfully interfered and failed to cooperate with department staff during investigation of alleged sexual abuse.

The provider has the right to contest the summary suspension and revocation by requesting an administrative hearing within 28 days of state notification. The home is also prohibited from admitting any new residents pending any appeal. Residents have been moved to other settings.