Incident investigation·August 15, 2023

A Case Management visit was conducted at the facility by Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Robert Maciel in response to an Unusual Incident Report received August 3, 2023 involving a lack of supervision. LPA met with Licensee Lauren Morris (S1). According to the incident report and interviews conducted, at 12:06 PM on July 28, 2023, child 1 (C1) had run out of the house and was discovered by adult 2 (A2) a few houses down the street sitting with adult 4 (A4) at approximately 12:30 PM. S1 came to pick up C1 and called parent 1 (P1) who arrived soon after. Police arrived at the place where C1 was found and spoke to P1. C1 returned to the facility at approximately 12:50 PM. C1 was outside for at least 20 minutes unsupervised. During today's visit, there were 6 children accounted for being supervised by 2 staff. Based on available information, it has been determined that day care staff were not properly supervising the children when the incident occurred on July 28th, 2023. The following violation of the California Code of Regulations, Title 22; Division 12, was observed: see LIC 809D. Notice of site visit must be posted for 30 days. Reports citing Type A violations are to be provided to parents/guardians of children currently enrolled and to parents/guardians of children newly enrolled at the facility during the next 12 months. Parents/guardians must sign Form LIC 9224 to be kept in each child's file. Appeal rights were provided during visit.