Office review·June 10, 2022

On 06/10/2022, an Informal Office Meeting was conducted at the Fresno South Regional Child Care Office. In attendance at the meeting were Regional Manager Alice Juarez, Licensing Program Manager Susie Fanning, Licensing Program Analyst Candis Rodriguez, KCAO Center Operations Manager Evelyn Solorio, Site Supervisor Shoua Moua, and Teacher Mara Morales. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss a recent violation of Title 22 regulations, that if not corrected, would pose an immediate and potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care. The following issue/violation was discussed: Type A Deficiency: Type A Deficiency cited: 101229(a)(1) Care and Supervision. On 05/25/2022, Child #1 was released to unauthorized person who was there to pick up Child #2 but received Child #1 by mistake. Based on interviews conducted, Child #1 was absent from the facility with an unauthorized person anywhere between five and twenty minutes. Facility terminated Teacher #1 who released Child #1 to the unauthorized person. Type B Deficiency: Type B Deficiency cited: 101229.1(b) Sign in and Sign out. It was revealed through interview and document review that the unauthorized person did not sign out for either Child #1 or Child #2 and was not asked for identification. It was discussed that continued violation of Title 22 regulations and failure to maintain compliance will result in a Non-Compliance Meeting and may be referred to Legal Division for possible Administrative Action. A copy of this report was given to Evelyn Solorio, Shoua Moua, and Mara Morales today, 06/10/2022.