Incident investigation·August 14, 2024

On August 14, 2024, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Garcia made an unannounced case management visit to the child day care facility listed above and met with teacher Rosa Vazquez. Purpose of the visit was explained to the staff. The case management visit is from a self reported incident that occurred on 7/29/2024. The facility had 5 children and 3 teachers supervising the children during the visit. The day of the incident, July 29, 2024, a staff member was cleaning in the outdoor area of the facility and found a child outdoors, unattended. According to the report, the child was brought back inside by the same staff member and the child was not harmed. LPA Garcia spoke with Site Supervisor, Ana Pineda over the phone regarding the incident and how it occurred. According to Ana, the Human Resources are still in the process of investigating the incident and one teacher is on administrative leave. Based on the interviews and documents obtained and conducted by LPA, there was miscommunication between teachers, resulting in lack of supervision of child in care. Type B Deficiency for care and supervision. A copy of this report was given to the Licensee and a site visit notification must be posted for 30 days. Failure to comply with posting requirements shall result in an immediate civil penalty of $100. Exit interview was conducted and report was reviewed with teacher, Rosa Vazquez.