Incident investigation·January 14, 2025

On 01/14/25 Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), Denisia Jimenez met with Licensee/Owner, Laurae Raths for an unannounced case management inspection. LPA toured the facility, and a census was taken. An Unusual Incident Report was submitted to the Fresno Community Care Licensing Office (CCL) regarding an incident that occurred on 01/09/25, where child #1 disclosed to parent #1 that teacher #1 had pulled child's #2 hair. LPA spoke with Teacher #1, and she clarified that 2 weeks ago child #2 hair was tangled into its hair tie, and she assisted the child. Teacher #1 stated that she held the child’s hair and pulled the hair tie out but did not intentionally pull her hair. Licensee contacted parents and clarified the incident. Based on the information obtained, this appears to be an isolated incident and Licensee took appropriate measures to address the incident and followed appropriate reporting requirements. Per Title 22, Division 12, Chapter 1, of the California Code of Regulations, no deficiencies are cited. Exit interview conducted with Licensee/Owner Laurae Raths. This report is to be made available to the public upon request. LIC 9213 Notice of Site Visit to be posted for 30 days