Incident investigation·February 20, 2025

On February 20, 2025, Licensing Program Analysts (LPAs) Garcia and Krenn made an unannounced case management visit to the child day care facility listed above and met with assistant director, Liza Monge. Purpose of the visit was explained to Lisa. The case management visit is from a self reported incident on 1/31/25 that occurred on 1/29/2025. The facility had 44 children and 11 teachers supervising the children in five rooms during the visit. On the day of the incident, January 29, 2025, a child was found by his parents in the parking lot during pick up time. Per incident report, the child walked out of the play yard unnoticed and was able to open the gate during the after-school program and the child was unharmed. LPAs Garcia and Krenn interviewed Liza regarding the incident and were shown and explained how the child was able to walk away from the facility. The assistant director, Liza also shared the different protocols they've placed and trainings that staff attended to prevent a similar incident from occurring. Based on the interview conducted by LPAs, there was lack of supervision at the moment of the incident. Type A Deficiency issued for lack of supervision and Technical Violation for reporting requirements. LPAs Garcia and Krenn informed licensee facility representative , Liza Monge that this report dated 2/20/2025 document 1 Type A citation(s) which shall be posted for 30 consecutive days as there is/are immediate risk(s) to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care. Also, LPA s Garcia and Krenn informed the facility representative to provide a copy of this licensing report dated 2/20/2025 that documents any Type A citation(s) to parents/guardians of all children currently enrolled by the next business day or the next day the children are in care, and to any newly enrolled parents/guardians for 12 months from the date of this report. A signed Acknowledgement of Receipt of Licensing Report (LIC 9224), or other written statement, must be placed in the child's file for verification. 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 Assistant Director, Liza Monge.