Follow-up on corrections·August 31, 2023

At 1:20 pm Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Roxana Lopez conducted an unannounced case management- deficiencies inspection to the above facility. A Covid risk assessment was conducted upon entry. LPA met with Cathy Gaeta, Director, who guided analyst on a tour of the facility. The purpose of this inspection to follow up on incident and provide findings to a self reported incident which was reported on 8/2/2023. Incident self reported stated that Staff # 1 witnessed Staff # 2 dragged a cot across the room while child #1 was laying on the cot. LPA interviewed Director Patty Arrua and both staff regarding incident. All 3 staff corroborated that incident did occur, cot was "moved" across the room by staff # 3 while child was on it. Director, stated that incident was recorded. LPA did view recording of incident. LPA observed 3 staff in the classroom- one staff was helping a child sleep, second one was sitting down on a couch working on paperwork and third one was cleaning up after lunch. LPA observed child # 1 playing on their cot and grabbing items from a shelve. Staff cleaning went up to child #1, three different times putting items back on shelf and went back to cleaning, as child continued staff went back to child, grabbed the cot by the legs as child was laying on it and dragged cot over to the middle of the room. Video recording did not have any audio- LPA was unable to hear if there was any communication between staff and child. Once in the classroom LPA measured the distance of where the cot was located at to where it was moved to- distance was approximately 7 feet. ------------------------------------------------- pg. 1 of 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Per Director, the policy to move a child and a cot is to have child come off the cot, move the cot and then have child lay down again. Staff # 3 disclosed that since child was not sleeping in that area they grabbed cot with child laying on it and "glide it" across the room. Per staff # 3 they were talking to child at all times. Staff # 3 stated that from their understanding what they should have done is asked child to move from cot before moving cot. Based on LPA, observations and interviews, the following deficiency listed on the attached LIC 809D (deficiency page) are being cited in accordance with California Code of Regulations Title 22. Deficiencies that are being cited need to be cleared to protect the children\342\200\231s health & safety. 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 Facility Representatives Cathy Gaeta and Gloria Mejia. ----------------------------------------------------- pg. 2 of 2----------------------------------------------------------------