The state Department of Human Services has revoked the license of a Child First Services group home in Albrightsville following a sexual assault and retaliatory beating in early April.

An inspection from April 4-8 led to the revocation due to what the state termed “mistreatment or abuse of clients, and gross incompetence, negligence or misconduct in operating the facility.”Based out of Philadelphia, ChildFirst takes in children referred by county Children and Youth Services and juvenile probation offices, according to its website.According to the DHS report, one of the children in the group home’s “Williams House,” located in the 2600-block of Route 903, reported to a staff member on April 2 that they had been sexually assaulted by two other children.The staff member waited until the next day to report the assault to ChildLine.The April 2 incident was the third time the child had been sexually abused since February.“The child was threatened with bodily harm if he/she did not comply,” the report states.Later on April 2, around 11 p.m., the child who had been sexually abused, along with six other kids in the home, assaulted the two alleged abusers using “fists, kicks and belts.”The only staff member on duty was told by multiple children that the retaliation for the sexual abuse was going to happen and reportedly told the children “you know what needs to be done, you know what needs to happen,” according to the report.Following that interaction, the staff member walked into the office, closed the door and stayed in the office.According to Pennsylvania code, the group home, which has two levels, was supposed to have two staff members on duty based on the number of children present. Only one was on duty.There were 12 children between the two houses, which is how many the home was licensed to have.The Williams Home is located on the upper level, while the Glenn Clark House is located downstairs.Two children from the Glenn Clark House assisted in the retaliatory assault, the report said.Other violations cited by DHS included failing to ensure children had the proper amount of dental and health examinations and needing operable smoke alarms near the bedrooms.Children in the ChildFirst home in Albrightsville attend the Jim Thorpe Area School District.In 2013, one of the home’s residents, Sabir Duncan Johnson, 18, was jailed after bringing a Black Ops Airsoft revolver, loaded with six metal bullets, to Jim Thorpe Area High School.ChildFirst can appeal the license revocation decision by April 24 or submit a plan to correct items of noncompliance.A call to ChildFirst was not immediately returned.