Follow-up·March 11, 2025

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Robert Maciel made a case management visit to the facility for the purpose of following up on an Unusual Incident Report submitted to the department on 3/3/25 and met with Site Supervisor Jessica Ballard (S1). On 3/3/25 at 11:40 PM, a child (C1) damaged the latch on the gate leading from the outdoor play area to the front yard, allowing her to exit the outdoor play area and run away from staff. Staff 2 (S2) followed C1 who had run from the front yard into the classroom to hide. S2 stated that she could not find C1 so the facility's site supervisor, Jessica Ballard (S1), began looking and found C1 in the classroom. During today's inspection, the facility was toured LPA spoke with staff. S2 showed LPA the gate latch that had been broken which LPA observed had been replaced, higher than the previous latch. S1 stated that the latch was replaced on 3/4/25. LPA observed that the front yard was separated from the driveway with a fence which was latched and signs had been posted reminding adults to close the latches on the gate to the outdoor play area as well as the gate to the front yard. No deficiencies were observed during today's visit. A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days.