Incident investigation·September 23, 2024

On 9/23/24 Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Ranita Richmond arrived at the above named facility to conduct an unannounced case management incident visit due to unusual incident report (UIR) received via email to On Duty worker on 9/16/24. LPA was greeted by associate director, Daren Hiltunen . LPA toured the facility both indoors and outdoors. LPA observed 73 children and 8 staff members providing care and supervision. Facility contacted the On Duty worker on 9/16/2024 to report an unusual incident that occurred at the facility on 9/10/2024. Unusual incident report submitted to the El Segundo Child Care Regional Office states that child was sitting on the concrete barrier around the dirt area when he fell to the ground and started to cry. The teacher (C. Jones), moved closer to C1 to check and see if he was injured. He asked C1 where he was hurting, as well as inspected him visually for signs of injury. C1 did not say if any specific area was hurting but he continued to cry. The teacher did not see any marks or abrasions on C1 at this time and sat with C1 for a while until he stopped crying. The day of the incident, director confirmed that 1 staff member was outside in the yard providing care and supervision to 11 children. During today\342\200\231s inspection, LPA observed the outdoor space, the equipment that children were using during the incident and the placement of each teacher in the yard. LPA interviewed staff named in the incident report. Per Associate Director, Mom disenrolled child from the star program on 9/11/24. Associate Director provided LPA contact info for C1 and parent. There were no citations issued during today\342\200\231s inspection. The Unusual Incident Report investigation will continue. An exit interview was conducted. A copy of this report and Notice of Site Visit was provided to facility associate director Daren Hiltunen.