Incident investigation·January 8, 2025

On 1/8/2025, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Loyce Phillips, conducted a case management inspection to follow up on an Unusual Incident, reported to the department by telephone on 12/19/2024. LPA was greeted by Director, Telma Rojas. LPA toured the facility and took a census of the children. LPA observed a total of 49 children in care with 18 staff members. Description of the incident : On 12/17/2024, Director received a call from child 1 (C1) parents. Parents stated that a classmate touched C1 on her private part. No staff witness the incident. On 12/17/2024, the director and owner had a brief meeting with C1 parent. C1 has not returned to the facility since the incident. Parent informed Director that she would be withdrawing C1 from the school. During this inspection, LPA toured the facility, interviewed staff, obtained a copy of the facility roster and sign-in sheet for 12/16/2024. Based on the information provided and interviews conducted further investigation is required. An exit interview was conducted, a copy of this report and notice of site visit was provided to Director.