Incident investigation·July 29, 2025

On 07/29/2025, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Kruz Long conducted an unannounced case management inspection. LPA met with Florence Banda, Director and explained the purpose of the visit. There are 11 children with 4 staff members present during today's visit. The purpose of today’s visit is to deliver investigation findings for an incident that occurred on 06/05/2025 and was reported to the department on 06/06/2025. The self reported incident is regarding supervision. During the course of the investigation, LPA interviewed Staff #1 (S1) to Staff #3 (S3) in the office, obtained a copy of the children roster and disciplinary documents. LPA also toured the toddler and infant classroom with the Director. Children not interviewed due to age. According to interviews with S1 to S3, it was disclosed that on 06/05/2025 while children were being transitioned from one classroom to another, Child #1 was left unattended in the classroom for approximately 5 minutes. Documents reviewed indicate disciplinary action was taken for the supervising staff and additional training was provided. Based on interviews conducted and records review, the deficiency was cited in accordance with the Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations and Health & Safety Codes. Please see LIC809D for documentation of deficiency. Upon receipt of the licensing report. Licensee shall post report documenting Type A citation along with Notice of Site Visit Form in an area accessible for review for 30 days or a civil penalty of $100 will be assessed. Licensee shall also provide a copy of the report documenting Type A citation and any report resulting from a Non-Compliance Conference to all parents of currently enrolled children along with form LIC 9224 (Acknowledgement of Receipt of Licensing Report) for signature. Completed form shall be placed in child's file. Licensee shall also provide report and form to parents of newly enrolled children for the next 12 months. An exit Interview was conducted, a copy of this report and appeal rights along with Notice of Site visit was provided to the Director.