complaint·December 2, 2024

Allegation: Children are not being provided dignity in their relationships with others According to the allegation, a staff member asked a child in care if their hair was permed, which caused the child in care to feel made fun of. During interviews conducted, Child #2 stated a teacher told a child in care, “It looks like you have a perm. Do you have a perm?”. During interviews, Staff #6 stated a teacher told them “a child has curly hair and the teacher had asked the child “Is your hair permed”, or something like that”. Based on interviews which were conducted, the preponderance of evidence standard has been met, therefore the above allegation is found to be SUBSTANTIATED. California Code of Regulations, (Title 22, Division 1 & Chapter 12), is being cited on the attached LIC 9099D. A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days. Failure to comply with posting requirements shall result in an immediate civil penalty of $100. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with Assistant Director, Danielle Rojas. Page 2 of 2 Allegation: Staff are allowing bullying at the facility. According to the allegation, staff allowed a child in care to be bullied by other children in care. During interviews conducted with staff, children, and parents, no disclosures were made regarding children in care being bullied by other children while at the facility. Allegation: Facility is retaliating against child in care, making up stories that did not occur According to the allegation staff made up a story about a child in care, stating the child said an inappropriate word while in care, when in fact the child did not say the inappropriate word. During interviews conducted by LPA, Child #2, Child #3, Child #4, and Child #6 stated they heard the child in care say the inappropriate word. Additionally, Staff #1 stated they heard the child say the inappropriate word and Staff #5 stated “The child told me, “I did say that”. Allegation: Staff are allowing children to view inappropriate material at facility According to the allegation, staff allow children in care to view inappropriate material on their electronic devices while at the facility. During interviews conducted with staff, children, and parents, no disclosures were made to LPA regarding staff allowing children to view inappropriate material at the facility. Allegation: Unqualified person caring for children According to the allegation, a staff members child was caring for children at the facility. LPA reviewed staff files to ensure staff had the appropriate qualifications to be in the classroom. No disclosures were made during interviews regarding a staff members child caring for children at the school-age facility. Allegation: Lack of supervision Page 2 of 3 According to the allegation, due to lack of supervision, younger children in the school-age program have been hurt multiple times by older children in the school age program. During interviews conducted with staff, children, and parents, no disclosures were made to LPA regarding older children in care hurting younger children at the facility. Although the allegation may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violations did or did not occur, therefore the allegations are unsubstantiated. There were no deficiencies cited on the above-mentioned allegation per California Code of Regulations Title 22. A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days. Failure to comply with posting requirements shall result in an immediate civil penalty of $100 . Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with Assistant Director, Danielle Rojas. Page 3 of 3