Complaint·January 27, 2022

12:00PM LICENSING PROGRAM ANALYST TASHA ALEXANDER MET WITH CENTER DIRECTOR KRISTA EDWARDS IN REGARDS TO THE ABOVE COMPLAINT ALLEGATION. A RISK ASSESSMENT WAS CONDUCTED AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE FACILITY. THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL RECENT POSITIVE COVID-19 CASES REPORTED TODAY. DUE TO THE RECENT POSITIVE REPORTS THIS INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE FACILITY WITH THE DIRECTOR. PER DIRECTOR THERE ARE 75 CHILDREN PRESENT TODAY ALONG WITH 30 STAFF. TODAY THE COVID GUIDELINES, REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, EXPOSURES, POSITIVE CASES AND ISOLATION PROCEDURES FOR THE FACILITY WERE DISCUSSED. DURING CONVERSATION AND A RESEARCH OF CURRENT CDC AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT GUIDELINES, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FACILITY IS NOT FULLY FOLLOWING THE CURRENT GUIDANCE ON HOW TO KEEP CHILDREN AND STAFF SAFE WHEN EXPOSED TO COVID-19 OR WHEN TESTING POSITIVE. BASED ON LPAs OBSERVATIONS AND INTERVIEWS WHICH WERE CONDUCTED AND RECORD REVIEWS, THE PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE STANDARD HAS BEEN MET, THEREFORE THE ABOVE ALLEGATION IS FOUND TO BE SUBSTANTIATED. California Code of Regulations, (Title 22, Division 12 & Chapter number 1), ARE BEING CITED ON THE ATTACHED LIC. 9099D.”