Complaint·May 12, 2022

This is an immediate risk to children in care. Staff#1 left the facility on 05/05/2022. Due to Staff#1 being present at the facility without a valid clearance since 01/20/2022 the facility has been cited with a type A violation and a civil penalty of $500 dollars. The facility was advised by LPA Lee on 05/05/2022 that Staff#1 could not return to the facility until she obtains a valid criminal record clearance. During the inspection conducted on this date, it was observed that Staff#1 did obtain a valid criminal record clearance and has been associated to this facility number as of 05/11/2022 so the plan of correction for the deficiency cited has already been met. Since Staff#1 and Staff#2 were present in a room with 22 children on 05/05/2022 the allegation that the facility is out ratio has also been substantiated. Although the facility had extra staff members to cover for Staff#1 being removed from the classroom on 05/05/2022 , the facility was still not in ratio for a period of time which is a potential risk to children in care. Based on the information obtained during the investigation, the preponderance of evidence standard has been met, therefore the allegations that facility is out of ratio and facility had staff present without a criminal record clearance are Substantiated. California Code of Regulations,(Title 22, Division 12 & Chapter Number 6), is being cited on the attached LIC 9099D. Facility was advised that the form LIC 9224 will need to provided to all enrolled and future parents of children in care for 1 year from the date of this report. The notice of site inspection along with all pages of this report must remain posted for a period of 30 days during business hours. Failure to maintain posting during business hours will result in a civil penalty of $100.00 dollars. Exit interview conducted with Director Elizabeth Sorto. Appeal rights discussed and explained. The complaint also alleged that food served in this facility was not cooked properly and caused children and staff to become ill. During the investigation LPA Lee did inspect the kitchen and conducted interviews in regards to the food preparation and menu. The observations of the kitchen during the unannounced inspections and the interviews conducted did not provide any additional evidence that supported this allegation. Based on the evidence collected during the investigation, the allegation that staff is not qualified and food is being served undercooked may be valid. However, there is not enough preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violation(s) did or did not occur, therefore at this time the above allegations are found to be unsubstantiated. The notice of site inspection must remain posted for a period of 30 days during hours of operation. Failure to maintain posting will result in a civil penalty of $100.00 dollars. Exit interview conducted with Director Elizabeth Sorto . Appeal rights discussed and explained.