Driver fired after girl in foster care left at wrong home

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RaSheeda Yates had foster child, 4, mistakenly dropped at her Florida home
Child welfare agency driver mistakenly took the girl to Yates' home on Monday
Four-year-old was supposed to be taken to her foster parents' nearby home
Driver was fired by agency after he left girl without confirming she lived there
Yates contacted police and posted photo of girl on Facebook to identify her
Little girl was returned to her foster family several hours later

Published: 09:09 EST, 27 January 2017 | Updated: 13:31 EST, 27 January 2017

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A driver for a child welfare agency in Florida has been fired after taking a four-year-old girl who was in foster care to the wrong home.

RaSheeda Yates was taking a shower at her home in Tampa on Monday night when her 14-year-old daughter yelled that they had an emergency, the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Yates rushed downstairs and found the little girl eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich while watching television in their living room.

The girl didn't know the name of the man who had dropped her off after daycare, or her mother's last name. She also didn't mention that she was in foster care.

RaSheeda Yates was forced to take care of a four-year-old foster girl on Monday night after a driver for a Florida child welfare agency dropped her off at the wrong home after daycare. The little girl ended up watching TV and eating a sandwich in their living room

Yates called police and decided to post a photo of the girl on Facebook in a bid to identify her. It was shared and eventually seen by the child's biological mother.

The biological mother made contact and that's when Yates and Tampa police solved the mystery.

The post identifying the girl has since been taken down.

A driver for Camelot Community Care left the girl at Yates' home after incorrectly programming his GPS.

Yates' street address is similar to the home of the girl's foster parents and both share the same house number.

A driver for Camelot Community Care left the girl at Yates' home after incorrectly programming his GPS. The two homes share the same number and similar street names

Yates called police and decided to post a photo of the girl on Facebook in a bid to identify her. The youngster's biological mother saw the image and got in touch

Yates said the driver delivered the girl to the door, which was answered by Yates' 14-year-old daughter. The man asked if he needed to sign anything but left when the girl ran inside the home.

The family kept her safe and fed the girl while police investigated. Her foster mother came to Yates' home at about 11.45pm to take the girl home.

Department of Children and Families say they're outraged by the incident and that the driver had been fired.

Camelot Community Care is an agency subcontracted by Eckerd Kids - the company that runs child welfare by the Department of Children and Families in the area.