Incident investigation·February 19, 2025

On 02/19/2025, at 12:00 pm Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Carolyn Tuba conducted a case management inspection due to an incident that was self-reported by the facility. The incident occurred on 12/19/2024 at approximately 10:50 am. in the Toddler 2 classroom which is licensed as the Toddler Component. Covid Risk assessment was conducted. LPA met with Assistant Director, Nadine Torres who provided a tour to gain the census of 72 children with 8 staff. Director, Teresa Fuentez was available shortly after to facilitate the visit. The incident was reported to the Department within the required 24 hours of occurrence. During this investigation, LPA conducted an interview with the Director, Staff #1 (S1), and Parent #1 (P1). Child #1 (C1) was not interviewed because they did not qualify due to age of the child. According to the Director, S1 and P1 all confirmed that there was an incident where S1 had pulled on the back of the shirt of C1 to get them down off a child’s furniture (LPA took photo). P1 had observed this on a live footage as there are cameras in each classroom that parents can log in and observe their child during classroom time. C1 was not hurt during this incident. According to S1 they did not grab the child to hurt them but just to get them down from the furniture as they were hurrying to transition to outside play. S1 realized that it was not an appropriate way to bring C1 down off the furniture. According S1 they had items in their hand and P1 had confirmed that as well. The Director stated that her boss had viewed the recorded footage, but unfortunately the footage only can be viewed for the first 24 hours. Director’s boss did confirm that the video did show S1 pulling on C1’s shirt to get them down and that S1 was holding items in their hands. P1 feels that it was not none to hurt their child but felt there was a better way of handling the situation. P1 confirmed that their child did not get hurt. Director stated that S1 was spoken to after the incident and coached on appropriate ways. page 1 of 2 The following deficiency listed on the attached LIC 809 (deficiency page) are being cited in accordance with California Code of Regulations Title 22. Deficiency that are being cited need to be cleared to protect the children’s health & safety. A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with Director, Teresa Fuentez. page 2 of 2